tracks a1 bass vocals James Eby
tracks b1 cello Peter Makas
tracks b1 chorus The Early Music Foundation
tracks b1 contralto vocals Ruth Kisch-Arndt
creative director Ruth Kisch-Arndt
tracks a1, a2, b1 harpsichord Robert Conant
liner notes Michael Hauptmann
music director Michael Hauptmann
tracks b1 orchestra The Early Music Foundation
tracks a1, a2 soprano vocals Ruth Popeski
tracks a1 tenor vocals John Howard
The proper title of Saul and the Witch at Endor is In guilty night; it, and My song shall be alway [of the loving kindness of the Lord] were both initially published in Playford's Harmonia Sacra (1693). Bess of Bedlam initially appeared in Orpheus Britannicus (1698). The frontispiece of the 1706 edition of Orpheus Britannicus is reproduced on the left half of the front cover of this album. This album was probably the first full-length LP devoted to the music of Henry Purcell. Ruth Kisch-Arndt is credited as the director of the Early Music Foundation itself; this organization has no relationship to the Early Music Foundation established by Frederick Renz in 1974. In the credits on the back cover underneath the titles, Kisch-Armdt's name is misspelled Ruth Kisch-Arntd.
Matrix / Runout: X-14 A
Matrix / Runout: X-14 B