In the semioperas, particularly King Arthur and The Indian Queen, Deller’s role is principally that of conductor rather than singer...The Fairy Queen, recorded with the modern instruments of the Stour Music Orchestra and an over-large chorus, does now sound somewhat dated...Yet Deller’s deep feeling for and understanding of the essence of Purcellian style is never far away, giving much of the music an irresistible rhythmic buoyancy.

Works Purcell: An Evening Hymn 'Now that the sun hath veiled his light', Z193 Purcell: Blow up the trumpet in Sion, Z10 Purcell: Fairest Isle (from King Arthur) Purcell: From Rosy Bow'rs (from Don Quixote) Purcell: Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z15 Purcell: I attempt from love's sickness to fly in vain (from The Indian Queen) Purcell: If music be the food of love, Z379 Purcell: King Arthur, Z628 Purcell: Music for a while, Z583 Purcell: My song shall be always, Z31 Purcell: Not all my torments can your pity move, Z400 Purcell: O give thanks unto the Lord, Z33 Purcell: O lead me to some peaceful gloom (from Bonduca or The British Heroine, Z574) Purcell: O Lord God of hosts, Z37 Purcell: O solitude, my sweetest choice, Z406 Purcell: Plainte - O, Let Me Weep (from The Fairy Queen, Z629) Purcell: Since the toils and the hazards of war, Z627 Purcell: Sweeter than Roses (from Pausanius, the Betrayer of his Country, Z585) Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z629 Purcell: The History of King Richard the Second or The Sicilian Usurper: Retir'd from any mortal's sight, Z581 Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z630 Purcell: Thrice happy lovers (An Epithalamium) Purcell: Timon of Athens, Z632 Groups & Artists Deller, Alfred