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

Overture

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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, English Baroque Soloists, Paul Elliott, Monteverdi Choir, Stephen Varcoe, 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)

Ashley Stafford, English Baroque Soloists, 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)

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

2:12

"Let not a moonborn elf" (Grimbald)

Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:15

"Hither, this way" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir

0:37

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

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

2:26

"How blest are shepherds" (Shepherd, Chorus)

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

6:36

"Shepherd, leave decoying" (Shepherdesses)

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

2:11

Hornpipe "Come shepherds" (Chorus)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

1:38

Air

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:57

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

English Baroque Soloists, Elisabeth Priday, John Eliot Gardiner

1:22

"What power art thou" (Cold Genius)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe

2:51

"Thou doting fool" (Cupid)

English Baroque Soloists, Elisabeth Priday, John Eliot Gardiner

1:03

"Great love" (Cold Genius)

Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:54

"No part of my dominion" (Cupid)

English Baroque Soloists, Elisabeth Priday, John Eliot Gardiner

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, Elisabeth Priday, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

2:01

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

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

3:44

Hornpipe

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:41

"Two daughters of this aged stream" (Sirens)

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

2:41

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

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

Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:50

Symphony

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:40

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

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

3:19

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

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

2:43

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

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

5:26

Trumpet Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:35

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

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

2:01

Chaconne

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

3:25

I Overture

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble

4:10

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

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

1:59

III "Sound the trumpet" (Counter-Tenors)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble

2:27

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

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

1:22

V "Strike the viol" (Counter-Tenor)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner

4:45

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

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

2:32

VII "Bid the Virtues" (Soprano)

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

3:31

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

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

1:40

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

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

2:59

I March

John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra

2:17

II "Man that is born"

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

3:48

III Canzona

John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:44

IV "In the midst of life"

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

5:55

V Canzona

John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra

0:52

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

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

2:25

VII March

Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner

2:22

I Symphony

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

9:37

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

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

4:42

III "Hark each tree" (Alto, Bass)

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

3:59

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

Paul Elliott, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

4:12

V "Soul of the world" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir

2:32

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

English Baroque Soloists, Jennifer Smith, John Eliot Gardiner

5:13

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

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

3:06

VIII "Wondrous machine" (Bass)

David Thomas, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:16

IX "The airy violin" (Alto)

John Eliot Gardiner, Brian Gordon, English Baroque Soloists

1:22

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

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

6:17

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

English Baroque Soloists, Brian Gordon, John Eliot Gardiner

3:01

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

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

2:31

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

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

4:25

Overture to The Masque

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:42

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

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

1:41

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

Lynne Dawson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:22

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

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

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, Gillian Fisher, 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)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Stephen Varcoe

1:46

VIII "The care of lovers" (A Nymph)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Lynne Dawson

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

1:57

Curtain Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:17

First Music

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:22

Second Music

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:26

Overture to Act 1

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

4:14

First Act Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:42

"Great Diocles" (Bass, Chorus)

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

2:17

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

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

4:24

"Let the soldiers rejoice" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

1:53

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

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

2:33

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

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

5:11

Dance of Furies

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

3:21

Second Act Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:40

Chaconne

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:35

"When first I saw" (Soprano)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Lynne Dawson

2:29

The Chair Dance

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:19

"What shall I do" (Soprano)

Lynne Dawson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

5:24

Third Act Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:34

Country Dance

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:53

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

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

2:38

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

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

1:03

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

3:59

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

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

1:49

"Let monarchs fight" (A Faun)

John Eliot Gardiner, Lynne Dawson, English Baroque Soloists

2:18

"Since from my dear" (Another Faun)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Gillian Fisher

2:44

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

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

4:09

One of Cupid's Followers (Tenor)

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

5:06

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

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

6:11

Dance

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:00

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

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

4:39

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

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

4:56

First Air

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:19

Second Air

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:08

First Hornpipe

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:53

Second Hornpipe

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:23

Adagio

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:43

Allegro

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:53

Trumpet Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:46

"Wake, Quivera" (Boy)

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

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:57

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes

0:56

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

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

0:42

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes

1:02

"I fly from the place" (Envy)

English Baroque Soloists, David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner

1:06

"Begone, curst fiends of Hell" (Fame)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes

0:40

"I come to sing" (Fame)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, John Elwes

1:26

Air

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

English Baroque Soloists, Martyn Hill, John Eliot Gardiner

2:53

Trumpet Overture

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

3:01

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

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

2:33

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

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

1:29

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

Rosemary Hardy, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:47

Air (Spirits of the air, Chorus)

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

1:17

Third Act Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:57

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

Rosemary Hardy, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

3:36

"While thus we bow" (High Priest)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, David Thomas

6:17

Overture

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

4:10

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

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

2:07

"Around, around we pace" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:37

"Arise, ye subterranean winds" (First Devil)

John Eliot Gardiner, David Thomas, Monteverdi Orchestra

3:02

Dance of Winds

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

1:21

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

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

1:24

"Full fathom five" (Ariel, Chorus)

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

2:12

"Dry those eyes" (Ariel)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Carol Hall

6:08

"Kind fortune smiles" (Ariel)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Carol Hall, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

Rosemary Hardy, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

2:08

"Great neptune!" (Amphitrite, Neptune)

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

4:04

"The nereids and Tritons" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir

1:54

"Aeolus, you must appear" (Neptune)

Stephen Varcoe, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

3:14

"Your awful voice I hear" (Aeolus)

John Elwes, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

4:21

"Halcyon days" (Amphitrite)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Jennifer Smith

6:30

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

Monteverdi Orchestra, Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner

4:56

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

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

5:32

Henry Purcell

Composer
Elisabeth Priday

Soprano
English Baroque Soloists

Orchestra, Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra
David Thomas

Bass Guitar, Bass
Stephen Varcoe

Baritone, Bass Guitar, Bass

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

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