Tracklist

A1	The Plaint
A2	If Music Be The Food Of Love
A3	I Attempt From Love's Sickness
A4	Fairest Isle
A5	Sweeter Than Roses
A6	Not All My Torments
A7	Thrice Happy Lovers
B1	An Evening Hymn
B2	From Rosy Bow'rs
B3	O Lead Me To Some Peaceful Gloom
B4	Retired From Any Mortal's Sight
B5	Music For A While
B6	Since From My Dear Astrea's Sight

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Harmonia Mundi s.a.
• Printed By – Glory

Credits

• Composed By – Henry Purcell
• Countertenor Vocals – Alfred Deller
• Design, Layout – Atelier Relations
• Engineer – Jean-François Pontefract
• Harpsichord – William Christie
• Photography By, Cover [Alfred Deller] – Alan Howlett
• Recorded By – Jean-François Pontefract
• Sleeve Notes [French] – Henry De Rouville
• Sleeve Notes [Translation Into English] – D. Yeld*
• Sleeve Notes [Translation Into French] – M. Sennet*
• Sleeve Notes [Translation Into German] – Escha
• Viol [Basse De Viole] – Wieland Kuijken
• Violin [Violon Baroque] – Roderick Skeaping (tracks: A1)

Notes

harmonia mundi s.a., 04300 Saint-Michel de Provence Ⓟ 1969. Made in W. Germany (labels).
Recorded during the first days of spring 1979.
The gate-fold sleeve contains an extra inserted/glued 2-sided page.
The sleeve notes as well as the verses (sung texts) are displayed in English, French and German.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A - label): A-4438 A
• Matrix / Runout (Side B - label): A-4438 B
• Matrix / Runout (Side A - runout - etched by hand): 020 HM249A TL (TL = intertwined)
• Matrix / Runout (Side A - runout - stamped): A-4438 A-1/79 S II
• Matrix / Runout (Side B - runout - etched by hand): 020 A-4438-B-2 HM249B
• Matrix / Runout (Side A and B - runout): Made in Germany
• Other (Suffix catalog# - Boxed in separately): HM 57

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
HM 249, VIC-2271	アルフレッド・デラー*	Music For A While = 歎きの歌～珠玉のパーセル歌曲集 ‎(LP, Album)	Harmonia Mundi, Victor	HM 249, VIC-2271	Japan	1980
HM 249	Henry Purcell - Alfred Deller, Wieland Kuijken, William Christie, Roderick Skeaping	Henry Purcell - Alfred Deller, Wieland Kuijken, William Christie, Roderick Skeaping - Music For A While ‎(LP)	Harmonia Mundi France, Harmonia Mundi	HM 249	France	1979
HM 40249	Purcell* / Alfred Deller	Purcell* / Alfred Deller - Music For A While ‎(Cass, Album)	Harmonia Mundi	HM 40249	France	1979
HMG 50249	Henry Purcell - Alfred Deller, Wieland Kuijken, William Christie	Henry Purcell - Alfred Deller, Wieland Kuijken, William Christie - Music For A While & Other Songs ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Harmonia Mundi	HMG 50249	Europe	2008
EHM 249	Henry Purcell, Alfred Deller, Wieland Kuijken, William Christie, Roderick Skeaping	Henry Purcell, Alfred Deller, Wieland Kuijken, William Christie, Roderick Skeaping - Music For A While ‎(LP, Gat)	Harmonia Mundi, Edigsa	EHM 249	Germany	1979