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

1:49

Air

1:30

Overture to Act 1

1:18

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

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

3:39

"The lot is cast" (Soprano)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Gillian Fisher

0:32

"Brave souls" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

2:21

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

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

2:02

"Come if you dare" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

3:41

"Hither, this way" (Philidel, Chorus)

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

2:12

"Let not a moonborn elf" (Grimbald)

John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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

2:26

"How blest are shepherds" (Shepherd, Chorus)

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

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, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

1:38

Air

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)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe

0:54

"No part of my dominion" (Cupid)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Elisabeth Priday

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)

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

2:01

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

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

3:44

Hornpipe

0:41

"Two daughters of this aged stream" (Sirens)

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

2:41

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

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

6:10

Air

0:52

Trumpet Tune

0:46

"Ye blust'ring brethren" (Aeolus)

Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:50

Symphony

1:40

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

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

3:19

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

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

2:43

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

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

3:00

"Fairest isle" (Venus)

English Baroque Soloists, Gill Ross, John Eliot Gardiner

4:07

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

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

5:26

Trumpet Tune

0:35

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

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

2:01

Chaconne

3:25

I Overture

Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

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, Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

4:45

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

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

2:32

VII "Bid the Virtues" (Soprano)

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

3:31

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

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

1:40

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

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

2:59

I March

John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra

2:17

II "Man that is born"

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

3:48

III Canzona

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble

1:44

IV "In the midst of life"

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

5:55

V Canzona

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble

0:52

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

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

2:25

VII March

Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

2:22

I Symphony

9:37

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

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

4:42

III "Hark each tree" (Alto, Bass)

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

3:59

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Paul Elliott

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)

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

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)

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

2:31

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

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

4:25

Overture to The Masque

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)

Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:22

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

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

1:12

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

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

2:32

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

Gillian Fisher, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:11

VI "Who can resist" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir

1:34

VII "Return, revolting rebels!" (Bacchus)

Stephen Varcoe, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

1:46

VIII "The care of lovers" (A Nymph)

English Baroque Soloists, Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

1:57

Curtain Tune

2:17

First Music

2:22

Second Music

1:26

Overture to Act 1

4:14

First Act Tune

0:42

"Great Diocles" (Bass, Chorus)

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

2:17

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

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

4:24

"Let the soldiers rejoice" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

1:53

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

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

2:33

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

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

5:11

Dance of Furies

3:21

Second Act Tune

0:40

Chaconne

2:35

"When first I saw" (Soprano)

John Eliot Gardiner, Lynne Dawson, English Baroque Soloists

2:29

The Chair Dance

1:19

"What shall I do" (Soprano)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Lynne Dawson

5:24

Third Act Tune

0:37

Butterfly Dance

2:12

Trumpet Tune

0:33

"Sound, Fame" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

5:19

Fourth Act Tune

0:34

Country Dance

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)

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

1:03

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

3:59

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

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

1:49

"Let monarchs fight" (A Faun)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Lynne Dawson

2:18

"Since from my dear" (Another Faun)

Gillian Fisher, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:44

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

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

1:00

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

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

4:39

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

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

4:56

First Air

1:19

Second Air

1:08

First Hornpipe

0:53

Second Hornpipe

1:23

Adagio

1:43

Allegro

1:53

Trumpet Tune

0:46

"Wake, Quivera" (Boy)

Martyn Hill, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:13

"Why should men quarrel" (Girl)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Rosemary Hardy

1:28

"By ancient prophecies" (Girl, Boy)

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

4:29

Trumpet Tune

0:47

Canzona

2:07

Adagio

1:51

Allegro

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes, English Baroque Soloists

1:02

"I fly from the place" (Envy)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, David Thomas

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, English Baroque Soloists, John Elwes

1:26

Air

0:40

Minuet

1:31

"Ye twice ten hundred deities" (Ismeron)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe

5:28

Symphony for hautboys

1:04

"Seek not to know" (God of Dreams)

English Baroque Soloists, Martyn Hill, John Eliot Gardiner

2:53

Trumpet Overture

3:01

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

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

John Eliot Gardiner, Rosemary Hardy, English Baroque Soloists

1:47

Air (Spirits of the air, Chorus)

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

1:17

Third Act Tune

1:57

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

English Baroque Soloists, Rosemary Hardy, John Eliot Gardiner

3:36

"While thus we bow" (High Priest)

David Thomas, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

6:17

Overture

4:10

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

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

2:07

"Around, around we pace" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Choir, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

1:37

"Arise, ye subterranean winds" (First Devil)

Monteverdi Orchestra, David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner

3:02

Dance of Winds

1:21

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

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir, 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)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Carol Hall, John Eliot Gardiner

1:07

Dance of Devils

0:27

The sailor's dance