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

Overture

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:49

Air

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:30

Overture to Act 1

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:18

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

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

3:39

"The lot is cast" (Soprano)

English Baroque Soloists, Gillian Fisher, John Eliot Gardiner

0:32

"Brave souls" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir

2:21

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

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

2:02

"Come if you dare" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

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, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists

1:15

"Hither, this way" (Chorus)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

0:37

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

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

2:26

"How blest are shepherds" (Shepherd, Chorus)

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

6:36

"Shepherd, leave decoying" (Shepherdesses)

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

2:11

Hornpipe "Come shepherds" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir

1:38

Air

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:57

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Elisabeth Priday

1:22

"What power art thou" (Cold Genius)

John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists

2:51

"Thou doting fool" (Cupid)

English Baroque Soloists, Elisabeth Priday, John Eliot Gardiner

1:03

"Great love" (Cold Genius)

Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:54

"No part of my dominion" (Cupid)

English Baroque Soloists, Elisabeth Priday, John Eliot Gardiner

0:55

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

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

3:26

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

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

2:01

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

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

3:44

Hornpipe

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:41

"Two daughters of this aged stream" (Sirens)

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

2:41

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

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

6:10

Air

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:52

Trumpet Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:46

"Ye blust'ring brethren" (Aeolus)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe

2:50

Symphony

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:40

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

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

3:19

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

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

2:43

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

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

3:00

"Fairest isle" (Venus)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Gill Ross

4:07

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

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

5:26

Trumpet Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:35

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

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

2:01

Chaconne

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

3:25

I Overture

Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner

4:10

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

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

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)

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

1:22

V "Strike the viol" (Counter-Tenor)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble

4:45

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

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

2:32

VII "Bid the Virtues" (Soprano)

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

3:31

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

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

1:40

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

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

2:59

I March

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble

2:17

II "Man that is born"

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

3:48

III Canzona

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble

1:44

IV "In the midst of life"

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

5:55

V Canzona

Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner

0:52

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

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

2:25

VII March

Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, 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)

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

4:42

III "Hark each tree" (Alto, Bass)

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

3:59

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Paul Elliott

4:12

V "Soul of the world" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:32

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

Jennifer Smith, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

5:13

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

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

3:06

VIII "Wondrous machine" (Bass)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, David Thomas

2:16

IX "The airy violin" (Alto)

English Baroque Soloists, Brian Gordon, John Eliot Gardiner

1:22

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

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

6:17

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Brian Gordon

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)

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

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, Gillian Fisher, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:41

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Lynne Dawson

1:22

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

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

1:12

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

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

2:32

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Gillian Fisher

1:11

VI "Who can resist" (Chorus)

English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

1:34

VII "Return, revolting rebels!" (Bacchus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe, Monteverdi Choir

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

1:57

Curtain Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:17

First Music

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

2:17

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

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

4:24

"Let the soldiers rejoice" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

1:53

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

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

2:33

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

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

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)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Lynne Dawson

5:24

Third Act Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:37

Butterfly Dance

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:12

Trumpet Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:33

"Sound, Fame" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

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, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Gillian Fisher

2:38

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

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

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, Lynne Dawson, English Baroque Soloists, Gillian Fisher

1:49

"Let monarchs fight" (A Faun)

Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner, 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

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

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)

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

6:11

Dance

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:00

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

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

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:53

Second Hornpipe

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:23

Adagio

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:43

Allegro

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:53

Trumpet Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

Rosemary Hardy, English Baroque Soloists, Martyn Hill, 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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

0:42

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Elwes, John Eliot Gardiner

1:02

"I fly from the place" (Envy)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, David Thomas

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, John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes, English Baroque Soloists

2:33

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

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

1:29

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

Rosemary Hardy, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:47

Air (Spirits of the air, Chorus)

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

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)

David Thomas, English Baroque Soloists, 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 Choir, David Thomas, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

2:07

"Around, around we pace" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

1:37

"Arise, ye subterranean winds" (First Devil)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, David Thomas

3:02

Dance of Winds

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:21

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

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

1:24

"Full fathom five" (Ariel, Chorus)

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

2:12

"Dry those eyes" (Ariel)

John Eliot Gardiner, Carol Hall, Monteverdi Orchestra

6:08

"Kind fortune smiles" (Ariel)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Carol Hall

1:07

Dance of Devils

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

0:27

The sailor's dance

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:08

"Dear pretty youth" (Dorinda)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, 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)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Stephen Varcoe

3:14

"Your awful voice I hear" (Aeolus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Elwes

4:21

"Halcyon days" (Amphitrite)

Jennifer Smith, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

6:30

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

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Stephen Varcoe

4:56

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

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

5:32

Henry Purcell

Composer
Dame Felicity Lott

Soprano
Jennifer Smith

Soprano
Martyn Hill

Tenor
Rogers Covey-Crump

Tenor

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

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