Alfred Deller
English counter-tenor singer who re-popularized this style of singing and the use of period instruments for early music performances in the 20th century. He also founded and directed the Deller Consort and the Stour Music Festival. He is the father of Mark Deller.
b. May 31, 1912 (Margate, England)
d. July 16, 1979 (Bologna, Italy)
A Minstrel's Christmas
Alfred Deller, Deller Consort
2021
Alto
CD
Campion, Purcell, Buxtehude
Buxtehude*, Milano*, Campion*, Purcell*, Alfred Deller
2019
Decca
CD, Comp, RM
The Purcell Album
Alfred Deller, Deller Consort
2019
Alto
CD, Comp, RE
« If Music Be The Food Of Love ». Songs
Purcell* - Catherine Bott, Karina Gauvin, Nancy Argenta, Barbara Bonney, Jennifer Smith (3), Lynne Dawson, Ruby Hughes, Paul Elliott, Paul Agnew (2), Alfred Deller, Howard Crook
2018
Diapason
CD, Comp, RM, Gat
Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell, Kalmar Chamber Orchestra London, Michael Tippett*, Ambrosian Singers*, Alfred Deller, Wilfred Brown
2015
BNF Collection
50xFile, MP3, Comp, 320
Countertenor
Alfred Deller
2013
The Intense Media
4xCD
Œuvres de Purcell, Bach, Couperin
Alfred Deller
2012
Le Monde De La Musique Sacrée
2xCD, Comp
The Very Best Of English Song
Britten* · Byrd* · Delius* · Elgar* · Parry* · Purcell* · Stanford* · Vaughan Williams* · Walton* - Sir Thomas Allen* · Dame Janet Baker* · Ian Bostridge · Alfred Deller · Emma Kirkby · Anthony Rolfe Johnson · Robert Tear
2012
EMI Classics, EMI Classics
Box, Album, Comp + 5xCD, Comp, Mono, RM
Folksongs
Alfred Deller
2011
Alto
CD, Album, RE
Music Of Handel, Bach And The English Renaissance
Alfred Deller, The Deller Consort*, Gustav Leonhardt, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Oriana Concert Choir And Orchestra*, Vienna State Opera Orchestra*
2009
Musical Concepts, Vanguard Classics
6xCD, Comp + CD-ROM + Box
Christmas Carols And Motets
Alfred Deller, The Deller Consort*
2008
Musical Concepts, Vanguard Classics
4xCD, Comp + CD-ROM
Alfred Deller (Volume Two) - Music Of Henry Purcell
Alfred Deller, The Deller Consort*, Gustav Leonhardt, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Michael Tippett*, Concentus Musicus Wien, Oriana Concert Orchestra
2008
Musical Concepts, Vanguard Classics
6xCD, + C
Alfred Deller Chante Purcell
Alfred Deller, Henry Purcell
2008
Classica Répertoire
CD, Album, Comp, Promo
Folk Songs And Ballads
Alfred Deller, The Deller Consort*
2008
Musical Concepts, Vanguard Classics
7xCD, Comp + CD-ROM + Box
Agnus Dei - Cantates BWV 54 Et 170 - Oeuvres De Purcell, Dowland, Parsons, Campian, Bartlett
Alfred Deller, Gustav Leonhardt, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble
2008
King Arthur (1)
Henry Purcell – Deller Consort & Choir* / The King's Musick / Alfred Deller
2007
Harmonia Mundi France
CD, Comp, RE
King Arthur (2) ; The Folksong Recital
Purcell* – Deller Consort & Choir* / The King's Musick / Alfred Deller
2007
Harmonia Mundi France
CD, Comp, RE
Ses Premiers Enregistrements
Alfred Deller
2004
EMI Classics
CD, Comp, Mono, RM
Portrait Of A Legend
Alfred Deller
2004
Harmonia Mundi, Harmonia Mundi France
4xCD, Comp, RM
Les Plus Beaux Chants des CASTRATS
Alfred Deller, James Bowman (2)
2001
La Collection (2)
CD, Comp
50 Years Of The Deller Consort (The Early Years 1955-1963)
Alfred Deller, Deller Consort
2000
Vanguard Classics
2xCD, Album
Au Temps Des Castrats / Leurs Plus Beaux Chants
James Bowman (2), Alfred Deller
2000
Tempo Music & Media
CD, RM
The Art of the Countertenor
Jochen Kowalski, Alfred Deller, Michael Chance
1999
HMV Classics
CD, Comp
The Cruel Mother
Alfred Deller
1998
Vanguard Classics
CD, Album, Comp
Western Wind And Other English Folk Songs And Ballads
Alfred Deller
1998
Vanguard Classics USA
CD, Album
The Art Of Ornamentation In Early Music
Alfred Deller / The Deller Consort*, Maureen Forrester • Igor Kipnis • Antonio Janigro / I Solisti Di Zagreb* • Anton Heiller • Jan Tomasow, Gustav Leonhardt, Sir Charles Mackerras
1998
Vanguard Classics USA
CD, Comp, RM
Dido And Aeneas
Henry Purcell, Oriana Concert Orchestra, Alfred Deller
1997
Vanguard Classics
CD
The Masque In Dioclesian And Instrumental Music For The Play
Henry Purcell - Alfred Deller, Philip Todd, Honor Sheppard, Max Worthley, Sally LeSage, Maurice Bevan, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nicolaus Harnoncourt*, Concentus Musicus Wien
1997
Vanguard Classics
CD
De Profundis - Music Of Medieval Fance (Sacred & Secular)
Lalande*, Alfred Deller, Vienna State Opera Orchestra*, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien
1996
Vanguard Classics
CD, Comp
Purcell - Handel - Bach - Campion - Buxtehude
Alfred Deller
1996
Decca
CD, Comp, Mono, RM, ADD
Inoubliable Alfred Deller. A Portrait
Alfred Deller, Wieland Kuijken, William Christie, David Munrow, Richard Lee (2), Desmond Dupré, Robert Elliott, Robert Spencer (2), The Consort Of Six, Henry Purcell, John Dowland
1995
Harmonia Mundi
3xCD, Album
Le Choix De Deller
Alfred Deller, Gustav Leonhardt, Marie Leonhardt, Robert Scheiwein
1995
Vanguard Classics
CD, Comp, Promo
Music Of Medieval Fance 1200-1400 (Sacred & Secular)
Alfred Deller, The Deller Consort*, Nikolaus Harnoncourt And Concentus Musicus, Wien*
1995
Vanguard Classics
CD, Comp
HMV Recordings, 1949-1954 (Purcell, Dowland, Shakespeare Songs, Campion, Rosseter, Bedyngham, Ciconia)
Alfred Deller
1995
EMI Classics
CD, Comp, Mono, RM
Western Wind - Ballades et Chansons Populaires Anglaises
Alfred Deller
1995
Vanguard Classics
CD, Album
Un Panorama Musical de L'angletrre de Shakespeare - Dowland, Tallis, Byrd...
Alfred Deller
1995
Vanguard Classics
CD
Greensleeves Et Autres Chansons Populaires
Alfred Deller, Deller Consort, Ralph Vaughan Williams
1995
Vanguard Classics
CD, Comp, RM
The Cries Of London - The Cruel Mother, And Other English Ballads And Folk Songs
Alfred Deller, Deller Consort
1995
Vanguard Classics
CD
Morley . Madrigals : "Now Is The Merry Month Of Maying "
Thomas Morley - The Deller Consort*, Alfred Deller
1995
Vanguard Classics
CD, Album, RE
Awake Sweet Love - Airs & Partsongs (Alfred Deller Edition)
John Dowland - Alfred Deller, The Deller Consort*, Honor Sheppard, Maurice Bevan, Philip Todd, Desmond Dupré
1995
Vanguard Classics
CD, Album
Welcome To All The Pleasures (Ode on St. Cecilia's Day 1683) / Ode On The Death Of Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell / John Blow, Alfred Deller
1995
Vanguard Classics
CD
The Glory Of Purcell
Kirkby*, Bott*, Bowman*, Deller*, Christopher Hogwood
1995
Music In Reims Cathedral And In Notre-Dame De Paris
Machaut* / Perotinus* / Chancelier* / Anonymous – Deller Consort · Members Of Collegium Aureum* · Alfred Deller
1995
The Connoisseur's Handel (Arias And Ensembles From The Operas And Oratorios)
Handel*, Alfred Deller
1995
The Cries Of London - The Cruel Mother And Other English Ballads And Folk Songs
Alfred Deller, The Deller Concort*
1994
Vanguard Classics
CD, Album
Il Ballo Delle Ingrate / Lamento D'Arianna
Monteverdi* – Alfred Deller, The Deller Consort*
1994
Vanguard Classics
CD, RE
Bach / Haendel
Bach*, Haendel*, Alfred Deller, Gustav Leonhardt, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
1994
Vanguard Classics
CD, RE
Come Ye Sons Of Art - Welcome To All Pleasures
Purcell*, Alfred Deller, Deller Consort
1994
Vanguard Classics
CD
English Lute Songs (And Six In Nomines)
Alfred Deller
1994
Vanguard Classics, The Bach Guild
CD, Album
Byrd Et Son Temps - Byrd And His Age
William Byrd, Alfred Deller, Wenzinger Consort Of Viols Of The Schola Cantorum Basiliensis*, August Wenzinger
1994
Vanguard
CD, RE
The Masque In Dioclesian (Instrumental Music For The Play)
Purcell*, Deller Consort, Choir And Orchestra Of The Concentus Musica, Vienna*, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Alfred Deller
1993
Vanguard Classics
CD, RE, RM
Il Ballo Delle Ingrate / Lamento D'Arianna
Monteverdi*, Alfred Deller, The Deller Consort*
1993
Vanguard Classics
CD, RE
Come Ye Sons Of Art · The Bell Anthem · My Beloved Spake · Welcome To All The Pleasures
Henry Purcell - Alfred Deller, Mark Deller, Soloists of the Deller Consort*, Orchestra*
1993
Vanguard Classics
CD, Comp, RE
INA, Mémoire Vive
Alfred Deller, Monteverdi*, Bach*, Purcell*
1992
INA
CD, Album
Historical Anthology: Celebrated Songs, Sacred Airs, Concerted Pieces For String And Harpsichord
Henry Purcell - Alfred Deller, April Cantelo, Maurice Bevan, Neville Marriner*, Desmond Dupré, George Malcolm
1992
Vanguard Classics
2xCD, Album, Comp, RE
Music for a While / O Solitude
Alfred Deller, Wieland Kuijken, William Christie, Roderick Skeaping
1992
Harmonia Mundi
CD
La Renaissance Anglaise
Deller Consort, Alfred Deller
1992
The Fairy Queen
Purcell* - Deller Consort, Stour Music Chorus & Orchestra*, Alfred Deller
1992
Come Ye Sons
Henry Purcell, Alfred Deller, Deller Consort
1991
Vanguard Classics
CD, Comp
Come Ye Sons of Art
Henry Purcell, Alfred Deller, Deller Consort
1991
Vanguard Classics
CD, Comp
The Three Ravens (Elizabethan Folks & Minstrel Songs)
Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré
1991
Chant Gregorien
Deller Consort, Alfred Deller
1990
Harmonia Mundi, Harmonia Mundi France
3xCD, Album
Olinda Theatre Music & Sacred Songs
Henry Purcell, Deller Consort, Alfred Deller
1990
Lute Songs Vol. II · Come, Heavy Sleep
John Dowland · Alfred Deller · Robert Spencer (2)
1989
Harmonia Mundi France, Harmonia Mundi France, Harmonia Mundi, Harmonia Mundi
CD, Album
Messes
William Byrd - Deller Consort, Alfred Deller
1989
Now Is The Month Of Maying! - English Madrigals By Morley, Weelkes, Wilbye, Vautor, Bartlett, Ward And Bennet
Deller Consort, Alfred Deller
1988
Vanguard Records
CD, Comp, RM
Welcome To All The Pleasures - Odes
Henry Purcell : Deller Consort / Alfred Deller
1988
The Music Of Purcell (Ode For St. Cecilia's Day • Rejoice In The Lord Alway)
Purcell* - Alfred Deller, Sir Michael Tippett
1987
Vanguard
CD, Comp
Leçons De Ténèbres (Feria Quinta)
Carlo Gesualdo - Deller Consort, Alfred Deller
1987
Ode On The Death Of Mr. Henry Purcell
John Blow / Deller Consort / Alfred Deller
1987
Tenebrae II
Carlo Gesualdo, Deller Consort, Alfred Deller
1985
Harmonia Mundi France
LP, Album, RE
In Memory Of Alfred Deller
Alfred Deller
1985
Harmonia Mundi
3xLP, Comp, box
Alfred Deller
Alfred Deller / Purcell* • Bach* • Handel* • Buxtehude* • Campian*
1984
Decca
LP, Comp, Mono
The Early Recordings: 1949-1953 (Songs And Arias By Dowland, Campion, Rosseter, Purcell & Handel)
Alfred Deller
1982
His Master's Voice
LP, Comp, Mono, RM
Oude Muziek Rond De Janskerk
Alfred Deller • Frans Brüggen • Quink Vocaal Ensemble* • Desmond Dupré • Robert Spencer (2)
1981
COrneMUse
LP
Purcell: Antología De Canciones, Arias Y Música Instrumental
Purcell*, Alfred Deller, April Cantelo, Maurice Bevan, George Malcolm, Sir Neville Marriner, Desmond Dupré
1981
Hispavox
2xLP, Album
Sosarme
Handel* : Alfred Deller, Helen Watts, William Herbert, Anthony Lewis*
1981
Tenebrae III
Carlo Gesualdo, Deller Consort, Alfred Deller
1980
Musique De Scène / Airs D'opéras / Odes Et Chants Sacrés
Henry Purcell - Deller Consort, Alfred Deller
1980
Viejas Canciones Inglesas De Taberna. Catches Y Glees - Siglos XV Al XVIII
The Deller Consort* Director: Alfred Deller
1979
Music For A While
Henry Purcell - Alfred Deller, Wieland Kuijken, William Christie, Roderick Skeaping
1979
Acis & Galatea
Georg Friedrich Händel, Deller-Consort*, Stour Music Chamber Orchestra*, Alfred Deller
1979
King Arthur
Purcell* - Deller Consort / Chœur* / The King's Musick, Alfred Deller
1979
L'Age D'Or Du Madrigal (Madrigaux Italiens, Anglais, Français)
Deller Consort, Quatuor Bulgare*, René Saorgin, Raphael Perulli* , Dir. Alfred Deller
1979
Lute Songs / Lute Solos / Consort Music
John Dowland • Alfred Deller • Robert Spencer (2), Consort Of Six*
1978
Lute Songs & Lute Solos
Dowland*, Alfred Deller, Robert Spencer (2)
1978
Mass For Three Voices
William Byrd - Deller Consort, Alfred Deller
1977
The Art of Alfred Deller
Alfred Deller, Deller Consort
1977
Music In The Cathedrals Of England
Deller Consort, Alfred Deller
1977
The Indian Queen (Opéra En 5 Actes) / Le Masque De Timon D'Athènes
Henry Purcell - Deller Consort Direction Alfred Deller
1977
Chansons De Tavernes Et De Chapelles
Henry Purcell - Deller Consort, Alfred Deller
1977
Messe À Quatre Voix Avec Trombones / La Naissance Du Baroque
Monteverdi*, Grandi*, Frescobaldi*, Palestrina*, Bassano*, Clemencic Consort / Deller Consort , Dir. Alfred Deller
1977
The English Madrigal School
Alfred Deller, The Deller Consort*
1977
"Anthems" Pour Soli, Choeurs, Cordes & Orgue
Henry Purcell - Deller Consort , Direction: Alfred Deller
1975
Elegies Pour Les Rois Et Les Princes
Deller Consort, Alfred Deller
1975
Madrigaux, Ballets & Fantasies, Musica Deo Sacra
Deller Consort, Thomas Tomkins, Ensemble De Violes De La Schola Cantorum De Bâle, Alfred Deller
1974
Alfred Deller Solo Volume 2
Alfred Deller
1973
Ode A Sainte Cécile «Welcome To All The Pleasures» (1683) / Ode Pour L'Anniversaire De La Reine Mary «Love's Goddess Sure Was Blind» (1692)
Henry Purcell, Deller Consort, Stour Music Festival Chamber Orchestra, Alfred Deller
1973
Balletts And Madrigals/The Cries Of London/Sacred Music/Music For Viols
Thomas Weelkes / Deller Consort, The Jaye Consort, Alfred Deller
1972
The English Madrigal School Vol. 3 (Madrigals Of Thomas Morley)
Thomas Morley - The Deller Consort*, Alfred Deller
1972
Greensleeves
Alfred Deller
The Three Ravens
Alfred Deller
The Plaint
Alfred Deller
If Music Be the Food of Love
Alfred Deller
The Oak and the Ash
Alfred Deller
Music for a While
Alfred Deller
Down in Yon Forest
Alfred Deller
The Tailor And The Mouse
Alfred Deller
The Cuckoo
Alfred Deller
Barbara Allen
Alfred Deller
Sumer Is Icumen In
Alfred Deller
Heigh Ho, the Wind and the Rain
Alfred Deller
King Henry
Alfred Deller
o solitude
Alfred Deller
I Will Give My Love An Apple
Alfred Deller
Sweet nightingale
Alfred Deller
Waly, Waly
Alfred Deller
Fairest Isle
Alfred Deller
Sweeter Than Roses
Alfred Deller
The Seeds Of Love
Alfred Deller