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

Overture

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:49

Air

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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

3:39

"The lot is cast" (Soprano)

John Eliot Gardiner, Gillian Fisher, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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

2:02

"Come if you dare" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

3:41

"Hither, this way" (Philidel, Chorus)

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

2:12

"Let not a moonborn elf" (Grimbald)

English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner

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

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, Elisabeth Priday, English Baroque Soloists

1:22

"What power art thou" (Cold Genius)

Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:51

"Thou doting fool" (Cupid)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Elisabeth Priday

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir

3:26

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

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

2:01

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

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

3:44

Hornpipe

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:41

"Two daughters of this aged stream" (Sirens)

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

2:41

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

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe

2:50

Symphony

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:40

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

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

3:19

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

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

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, Gill Ross, English Baroque Soloists

4:07

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

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

5:26

Trumpet Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:35

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

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

2:01

Chaconne

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

3:25

I Overture

Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

4:10

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

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

1:59

III "Sound the trumpet" (Counter-Tenors)

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

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)

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

4:45

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

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

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)

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

1:40

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

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

2:59

I March

John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra

2:17

II "Man that is born"

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

3:48

III Canzona

Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner

1:44

IV "In the midst of life"

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

5:55

V Canzona

Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

0:52

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

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

2:25

VII March

Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

2:22

I Symphony

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

9:37

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

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

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, Paul Elliott, English Baroque Soloists

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)

Jennifer Smith, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

5:13

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

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

3:06

VIII "Wondrous machine" (Bass)

John Eliot Gardiner, David Thomas, English Baroque Soloists

2:16

IX "The airy violin" (Alto)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Brian Gordon

1:22

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

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

6:17

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

Brian Gordon, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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

4:25

Overture to The Masque

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:42

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

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

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)

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

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, Paul Elliott, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:34

VII "Return, revolting rebels!" (Bacchus)

Stephen Varcoe, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

1:03

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

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

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

4:14

First Act Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:42

"Great Diocles" (Bass, Chorus)

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

2:17

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

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

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)

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

2:33

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

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

5:11

Dance of Furies

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Lynne Dawson

2:29

The Chair Dance

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:19

"What shall I do" (Soprano)

Lynne Dawson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

5:24

Third Act Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:37

Butterfly Dance

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:12

Trumpet Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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

2:38

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

John Eliot Gardiner, MICHAEL GEORGE, English Baroque Soloists, 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)

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

1:49

"Let monarchs fight" (A Faun)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Lynne Dawson

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

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

4:09

One of Cupid's Followers (Tenor)

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

5:06

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

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

6:11

Dance

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:00

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

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

4:39

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

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

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:43

Allegro

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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, English Baroque Soloists, Rosemary Hardy

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, John Elwes

0:56

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

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

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, John Eliot Gardiner, 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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:40

Minuet

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:31

"Ye twice ten hundred deities" (Ismeron)

John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists

5:28

Symphony for hautboys

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:04

"Seek not to know" (God of Dreams)

John Eliot Gardiner, Martyn Hill, English Baroque Soloists

2:53

Trumpet Overture

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

3:01

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

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

2:33

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

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

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)

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

1:17

Third Act Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, David Thomas

6:17

Overture

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

4:10

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

Monteverdi Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir, Roderick Earle, David Thomas, 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)

John Eliot Gardiner, David Thomas, Monteverdi Orchestra

3:02

Dance of Winds

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:21

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

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

1:24

"Full fathom five" (Ariel, Chorus)

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

2:12

"Dry those eyes" (Ariel)

Carol Hall, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

6:08

"Kind fortune smiles" (Ariel)

Carol Hall, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

1:07

Dance of Devils

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

0:27

The sailor's dance

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

1:08

"Dear pretty youth" (Dorinda)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Rosemary Hardy, John Eliot Gardiner

2:08

"Great neptune!" (Amphitrite, Neptune)

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

4:04

"The nereids and Tritons" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir

1:54

"Aeolus, you must appear" (Neptune)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner

3:14

"Your awful voice I hear" (Aeolus)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes

4:21

"Halcyon days" (Amphitrite)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Jennifer Smith

6:30

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

John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe, Monteverdi Orchestra

4:56

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

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

5:32

Henry Purcell

Composer
English Baroque Soloists

Orchestra, Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra
David Thomas

Bass Guitar, Bass
Stephen Varcoe

Baritone, Bass Guitar, Bass
Equale Brass Ensemble

Ensemble

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

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