Alfred Deller sings Purcell - LIVE!

Here are five songs from a 1952 concert in the Netherlands with countertenor Alfred Deller and Gustav Leonhardt at the harpsichord. I. “Thrice happy lovers“ (Fairy Queen) II. “O lead me to some peaceful gloom“ (Bonduca) 3:05 III. “Hark! how all things with one sound rejoice“ (Fairy Queen) 6:04 IV. “Not all my torments can your pity move“ (Gresham Manuscript) 8:11 V. “Music for a while“ (Oedipus) 10:30 Link to my Alfred Deller playlist: “I love, tho’ I despair.“ (the images used here are not from this concert.)