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

Overture

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:49

Air

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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

3:39

"The lot is cast" (Soprano)

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

2:02

"Come if you dare" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

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)

Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:37

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

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

2:26

"How blest are shepherds" (Shepherd, Chorus)

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

6:36

"Shepherd, leave decoying" (Shepherdesses)

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

2:11

Hornpipe "Come shepherds" (Chorus)

English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

1:38

Air

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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)

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, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

3:26

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

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

2:01

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

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

3:44

Hornpipe

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:41

"Two daughters of this aged stream" (Sirens)

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

2:41

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

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

6:10

Air

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:52

Trumpet Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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

3:19

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

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

2:43

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

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

3:00

"Fairest isle" (Venus)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Gill Ross

4:07

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

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

5:26

Trumpet Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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

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, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Monteverdi Orchestra

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, Sir Thomas Allen, Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Choir, Monteverdi Orchestra

2:32

VII "Bid the Virtues" (Soprano)

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

3:31

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

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

1:40

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

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

2:59

I March

Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

2:17

II "Man that is born"

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

3:48

III Canzona

John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:44

IV "In the midst of life"

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

5:55

V Canzona

Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

0:52

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

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

2:25

VII March

John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra

2:22

I Symphony

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

9:37

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

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

4:42

III "Hark each tree" (Alto, Bass)

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

3:59

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Paul Elliott

4:12

V "Soul of the world" (Chorus)

English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, 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)

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

3:06

VIII "Wondrous machine" (Bass)

David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:16

IX "The airy violin" (Alto)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Brian Gordon

1:22

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

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

6:17

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Brian Gordon

3:01

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

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

2:31

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

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

4:25

Overture to The Masque

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Lynne Dawson

1:22

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

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

1:12

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

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

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, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Gillian Fisher, Stephen Varcoe

1:57

Curtain Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:42

"Great Diocles" (Bass, Chorus)

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

2:17

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

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

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)

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

2:33

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

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

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:35

"When first I saw" (Soprano)

English Baroque Soloists, Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:12

Trumpet Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:33

"Sound, Fame" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

5:19

Fourth Act Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:34

Country Dance

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:53

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

English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, 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)

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

2:44

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

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

4:09

One of Cupid's Followers (Tenor)

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

5:06

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

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

6:11

Dance

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:00

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

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

4:39

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

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Rosemary Hardy

1:28

"By ancient prophecies" (Girl, Boy)

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

4:29

Trumpet Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes, English Baroque Soloists

0:56

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

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

0:42

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

John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes, English Baroque Soloists

1:02

"I fly from the place" (Envy)

English Baroque Soloists, David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner

1:06

"Begone, curst fiends of Hell" (Fame)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, John Elwes

0:40

"I come to sing" (Fame)

John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes, English Baroque Soloists

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, 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)

English Baroque Soloists, Martyn Hill, John Eliot Gardiner

2:53

Trumpet Overture

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

3:01

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

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

1:47

Air (Spirits of the air, Chorus)

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Rosemary Hardy

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)

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

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

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

1:21

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

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

1:24

"Full fathom five" (Ariel, Chorus)

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

2:12

"Dry those eyes" (Ariel)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Carol Hall

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

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:08

"Dear pretty youth" (Dorinda)

Rosemary Hardy, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

2:08

"Great neptune!" (Amphitrite, Neptune)

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

4:04

"The nereids and Tritons" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

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)

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

5:32

Henry Purcell

Composer
Paul Elliott

Tenor
Equale Brass Ensemble

Ensemble
Monteverdi Orchestra

Orchestra
David Thomas

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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