‎Purcell: King Arthur, Music for Queen Mary, Hail! Bright Cecilia, Timon of Athens, Dioclesian, The Indian Queen & The Tempest by Gill Ross

Overture

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:49

Air

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:30

Overture to Act 1

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:18

"Woden, first to thee... To Woden thanks we render" (Contralto, Tenor, Baritone, Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe, Paul Elliott, Ashley Stafford

3:39

"The lot is cast" (Soprano)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Gillian Fisher

0:32

"Brave souls" (Chorus)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

2:21

"I call you all to Woden's Hall" (Contralto, Chorus)

English Baroque Soloists, Ashley Stafford, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

2:02

"Come if you dare" (Tenor, Chorus)

Paul Elliott, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

3:41

"Hither, this way" (Philidel, Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Gillian Fisher

2:12

"Let not a moonborn elf" (Grimbald)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe

1:15

"Hither, this way" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

0:37

"Come, follow me" (Philidel, Sopranos, Contralto, Tenor, Baritone, Spirits, Chorus)

Gillian Fisher, English Baroque Soloists, Jennifer Smith, Elisabeth Priday, Paul Elliott, Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Ashley Stafford

2:26

"How blest are shepherds" (Shepherd, Chorus)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Paul Elliott

6:36

"Shepherd, leave decoying" (Shepherdesses)

Jennifer Smith, English Baroque Soloists, Gillian Fisher, John Eliot Gardiner

2:11

Hornpipe "Come shepherds" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

1:38

Air

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:57

Prelude "What ho! thou genius of this isle" (Cupid)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Elisabeth Priday

1:22

"What power art thou" (Cold Genius)

Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:51

"Thou doting fool" (Cupid)

Elisabeth Priday, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:03

"Great love" (Cold Genius)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe

0:54

"No part of my dominion" (Cupid)

John Eliot Gardiner, Elisabeth Priday, English Baroque Soloists

0:55

Prelude "See, see, we assemble" (Chorus)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

3:26

"Tis I that have warm'd ye... Tis Love that has warm'd us" (Cupid, Chorus)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Elisabeth Priday

2:01

"Sound a parley" (Chorus, Cupid, Genius)

Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Elisabeth Priday, English Baroque Soloists

3:44

Hornpipe

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:41

"Two daughters of this aged stream" (Sirens)

Jennifer Smith, John Eliot Gardiner, Gillian Fisher, English Baroque Soloists

2:41

"How happy the lover... For love ev'ry creature" (Tenor, Chorus, Nymphs, Men)

Paul Elliott, Elisabeth Priday, Stephen Varcoe, Gillian Fisher, English Baroque Soloists, Jennifer Smith, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Ashley Stafford

6:10

Air

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:52

Trumpet Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:46

"Ye blust'ring brethren" (Aeolus)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe

2:50

Symphony

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:40

"Round thy coast" (Nereid, Pan, Chorus)

Jennifer Smith, Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

3:19

"For folded flocks" (Contralto, Tenor, Baritone)

Stephen Varcoe, Paul Elliott, John Eliot Gardiner, Ashley Stafford, English Baroque Soloists

2:43

"Your hay it is mow'd" (Comus, Men)

Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Paul Elliott, Ashley Stafford

3:00

"Fairest isle" (Venus)

Gill Ross, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

4:07

"You say 'tis love" (She, He)

Stephen Varcoe, Jennifer Smith, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

5:26

Trumpet Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:35

"St George... Our natives not alone appear" (Honour, Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Jennifer Smith

2:01

Chaconne

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

3:25

I Overture

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble

4:10

II "Come, ye Sons of Art, come away" (Counter-Tenor, Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble

1:59

III "Sound the trumpet" (Counter-Tenors)

Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

2:27

IV "Come, ye Sons of Art, come away" (Chorus)

Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

1:22

V "Strike the viol" (Counter-Tenor)

Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Charles Brett

4:45

VI "The day that such a blessing" (Bass, Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Sir Thomas Allen, Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra

2:32

VII "Bid the Virtues" (Soprano)

Dame Felicity Lott, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble

3:31

VIII "These, are the sacred charms" (Bass)

Sir Thomas Allen, Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:40

IX "See Nature, rejoicing" (Soprano, Bass, Chorus)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Dame Felicity Lott, Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Sir Thomas Allen

2:59

I March

John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra

2:17

II "Man that is born"

Sir Thomas Allen, Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Dame Felicity Lott

3:48

III Canzona

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble

1:44

IV "In the midst of life"

Sir Thomas Allen, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, Dame Felicity Lott

5:55

V Canzona

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble

0:52

VI "Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our Hearts"

Dame Felicity Lott, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Sir Thomas Allen, Equale Brass Ensemble

2:25

VII March

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble

2:22

I Symphony

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

9:37

II "Hail! Bright Cecilia" (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone, Bass, Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Jennifer Smith, David Thomas, English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe, Ashley Stafford, Brian Gordon, Paul Elliott

4:42

III "Hark each tree" (Alto, Bass)

David Thomas, Ashley Stafford, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

3:59

IV "'Tis Nature's voice" (Tenor)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Paul Elliott

4:12

V "Soul of the world" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

2:32

VI "Thou tun'st this world" (Soprano)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Jennifer Smith

5:13

VII "With that sublime celestial lay" (Altos, Bass)

English Baroque Soloists, Brian Gordon, John Eliot Gardiner, Ashley Stafford, David Thomas

3:06

VIII "Wondrous machine" (Bass)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, David Thomas

2:16

IX "The airy violin" (Alto)

Brian Gordon, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:22

X "In vain the am'rous flute" (Alto, Tenor)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Ashley Stafford, Paul Elliott

6:17

XII "The fife and all the harmony of war" (Alto)

Brian Gordon, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

3:01

XIII "Let these amongst themselves contest" (Baritone, Bass)

English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner, David Thomas

2:31

XIV "Hail! Bright Cecilia" (Altos, Tenor, Bass, Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Ashley Stafford, English Baroque Soloists, Brian Gordon, David Thomas, Paul Elliott

4:25

Overture to The Masque

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:42

I "Hark! how the songsters of the grove" (Two Nymphs)

Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Gillian Fisher

1:41

II "Love in their little veins inspires" (Nymph)

English Baroque Soloists, Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner

1:22

The Masque "But ah! how much are our delights" (Two Nymphs, Shepherd)

Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner, Gillian Fisher, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists

1:12

IV "Hence with your trifling deity!" (A Bacchanal) "But over us no griefs prevail" (Three Bacchanals)

MICHAEL GEORGE, Rogers Covey-Crump, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Paul Elliott

2:32

V "Come all, come all to me" (Cupid)

Gillian Fisher, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:11

VI "Who can resist" (Chorus)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

1:34

VII "Return, revolting rebels!" (Bacchus)

Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

1:46

VIII "The care of lovers" (A Nymph)

Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:38

IX "Love quickly is pall'd" (A Bacchanal)

John Eliot Gardiner, Rogers Covey-Crump, English Baroque Soloists

1:03

X "Come, let us agree" (Cupid, Bacchus, Chorus)

Stephen Varcoe, Gillian Fisher, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

1:57

Curtain Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:17

First Music

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:22

Second Music

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:26

Overture to Act 1

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

4:14

First Act Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:42

"Great Diocles" (Bass, Chorus)

Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

2:17

"Charon, the peaceful shade" (Woman) "Let all mankind the pleasure share" (Chorus, Soprano, Bass)

Gillian Fisher, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Lynne Dawson, Monteverdi Choir, MICHAEL GEORGE

4:24

"Let the soldiers rejoice" (Tenor, Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Paul Elliott

1:53

"To Mars let'em raise" (Tenor, Bass, Chorus)

MICHAEL GEORGE, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Paul Elliott

2:33

"Since the tolis " (Tenor) "Let the priests" (Soprano, Tenor, Bass, Chorus)

Gillian Fisher, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Rogers Covey-Crump, English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe, Paul Elliott

5:11

Dance of Furies

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

3:21

Second Act Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:40

Chaconne

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:35

"When first I saw" (Soprano)

Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:29

The Chair Dance

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:19

"What shall I do" (Soprano)

John Eliot Gardiner, Lynne Dawson, English Baroque Soloists

5:24

Third Act Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:37

Butterfly Dance

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:12

Trumpet Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:33

"Sound, Fame" (Tenor, Chorus)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Paul Elliott

5:19

Fourth Act Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:34

Country Dance

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:53

Prelude to The Masque: "Call the Nymphs" (Cupid, Chorus)

English Baroque Soloists, Gillian Fisher, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

2:38

"Come, come away" (A Bacchanalian, A Silvan)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe, MICHAEL GEORGE

1:03

Prelude & Chorus: "Behold, O mightiest of Gods"

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

3:59

"Ah the sweet delights of love" (2 Wood-Gods)

Lynne Dawson, Gillian Fisher, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:49

"Let monarchs fight" (A Faun)

English Baroque Soloists, Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner

2:18

"Since from my dear" (Another Faun)

Gillian Fisher, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:44

"Make room" (Two of Bacchus' followers, Bacchus) "Give to every one" (Tenor, Bass, Chorus) Dance of Bacchanals

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Stephen Varcoe, Paul Elliott, MICHAEL GEORGE

4:09

One of Cupid's Followers (Tenor)

John Eliot Gardiner, Rogers Covey-Crump, English Baroque Soloists

5:06

"Tell me why my charming fair" (Shepherd, Shepherdess)

John Eliot Gardiner, Gillian Fisher, English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe

6:11

Dance

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:00

"All our days" (Tenor, Chorus) "Let us dance" (Soprano)

English Baroque Soloists, Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Paul Elliott

4:39

"Triumph, victorious love" (Tenor, Tenor, Bass, Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, MICHAEL GEORGE, Paul Elliott, Rogers Covey-Crump, English Baroque Soloists

4:56

First Air

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:19

Second Air

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:08

First Hornpipe

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:53

Second Hornpipe

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:23

Adagio

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:43

Allegro

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:53

Trumpet Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:46

"Wake, Quivera" (Boy)

Martyn Hill, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:13

"Why should men quarrel" (Girl)

John Eliot Gardiner, Rosemary Hardy, English Baroque Soloists

1:28

"By ancient prophecies" (Girl, Boy)

Martyn Hill, Rosemary Hardy, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

4:29

Trumpet Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:47

Canzona

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:07

Adagio

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:51

Allegro

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:57

"I come to sing great Zempoalla Story" (Fame)

John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes, English Baroque Soloists

0:56

"What flattering noise is this" (Envy, 1st & 2nd follower)

Martyn Hill, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, David Thomas

0:42

"Scorn'd Envy, here's nothing" (Fame)

John Elwes, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:02

"I fly from the place" (Envy)

David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:06

"Begone, curst fiends of Hell" (Fame)

John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes, English Baroque Soloists

0:40

"I come to sing" (Fame)

John Elwes, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:26

Air

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:40

Minuet

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:31

"Ye twice ten hundred deities" (Ismeron)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe

5:28

Symphony for hautboys

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:04

"Seek not to know" (God of Dreams)

Martyn Hill, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:53

Trumpet Overture

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

3:01

"Ah, how happy are we" (1st & 2nd aerial spirits)

Martyn Hill, John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes, English Baroque Soloists

2:33

"We the spirits of the Air" (3rd & 4th aerial spirits)

English Baroque Soloists, Gillian Fisher, Rosemary Hardy, John Eliot Gardiner

1:29

"I attempt from love's sickness" (Soprano)

John Eliot Gardiner, Rosemary Hardy, English Baroque Soloists

1:47

Air (Spirits of the air, Chorus)

Martyn Hill, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, John Elwes, Gillian Fisher, Rosemary Hardy, English Baroque Soloists

1:17

Third Act Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:57

"They tell us that your mighty powers" (Soprano) Fourth Act Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Rosemary Hardy

3:36

"While thus we bow" (High Priest)

English Baroque Soloists, David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner

6:17

Overture

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

4:10

"Where does the black fiend" (First Devil, Second Devil, Chorus)

Roderick Earle, Monteverdi Orchestra, David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

2:07

"Around, around we pace" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

1:37

"Arise, ye subterranean winds" (First Devil)

David Thomas, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

3:02

Dance of Winds

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:21

"Comme unto these yellow sands" (Ariel, Chorus)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Carol Hall, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

1:24

"Full fathom five" (Ariel, Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Monteverdi Orchestra, Carol Hall

2:12

"Dry those eyes" (Ariel)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Carol Hall, John Eliot Gardiner

6:08

"Kind fortune smiles" (Ariel)

John Eliot Gardiner, Carol Hall, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:07

Dance of Devils

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

0:27

The sailor's dance

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:08

"Dear pretty youth" (Dorinda)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Rosemary Hardy

2:08

"Great neptune!" (Amphitrite, Neptune)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Jennifer Smith, Stephen Varcoe

4:04

"The nereids and Tritons" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:54

"Aeolus, you must appear" (Neptune)

Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

3:14

"Your awful voice I hear" (Aeolus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Elwes

4:21

"Halcyon days" (Amphitrite)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Jennifer Smith, John Eliot Gardiner

6:30

"See, see, the heavens smile" (Neptune)

Stephen Varcoe, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

4:56

"No stars again shall hurt you" (Amphitrite, Neptune, Chorus)

Stephen Varcoe, Jennifer Smith, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

5:32

Henry Purcell

Composer
Lynne Dawson

Soprano
MICHAEL GEORGE

Bass Guitar, Bass
Elisabeth Priday

Soprano
John Elwes

Tenor

Purcell: King Arthur, Music for Queen Mary, Hail! Bright Cecilia, Timon of Athens, Dioclesian, The Indian Queen & The Tempest

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