‎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

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)

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

2:02

"Come if you dare" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

3:41

"Hither, this way" (Philidel, Chorus)

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

2:12

"Let not a moonborn elf" (Grimbald)

Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:15

"Hither, this way" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:37

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

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

2:26

"How blest are shepherds" (Shepherd, Chorus)

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

6:36

"Shepherd, leave decoying" (Shepherdesses)

English Baroque Soloists, Jennifer Smith, John Eliot Gardiner, 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)

Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:51

"Thou doting fool" (Cupid)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Elisabeth Priday

1:03

"Great love" (Cold Genius)

Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:54

"No part of my dominion" (Cupid)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Elisabeth Priday

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)

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

2:01

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

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

3:44

Hornpipe

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:41

"Two daughters of this aged stream" (Sirens)

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

2:41

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

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

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

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)

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

3:00

"Fairest isle" (Venus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Gill Ross, English Baroque Soloists

4:07

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

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

5:26

Trumpet Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:35

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

English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Jennifer Smith, 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, Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

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

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

2:32

VII "Bid the Virtues" (Soprano)

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

3:31

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

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

1:40

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

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

2:59

I March

Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

2:17

II "Man that is born"

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

3:48

III Canzona

Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

1:44

IV "In the midst of life"

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

5:55

V Canzona

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble

0:52

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

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

2:25

VII March

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble

2:22

I Symphony

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

9:37

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

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

4:42

III "Hark each tree" (Alto, Bass)

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

3:59

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

Paul Elliott, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

5:13

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

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

3:06

VIII "Wondrous machine" (Bass)

David Thomas, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

2:31

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

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

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

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)

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

1:12

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

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

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)

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

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, Stephen Varcoe, Monteverdi Choir

2:17

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

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

4:24

"Let the soldiers rejoice" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

1:53

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

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

2:33

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

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

5:11

Dance of Furies

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

3:21

Second Act Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:19

"What shall I do" (Soprano)

John Eliot Gardiner, Lynne Dawson, English Baroque Soloists

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:33

"Sound, Fame" (Tenor, Chorus)

Paul Elliott, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, 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)

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

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)

English Baroque Soloists, Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner

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

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

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)

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)

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

4:39

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

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

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

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)

English Baroque Soloists, Martyn Hill, John Eliot Gardiner

2:13

"Why should men quarrel" (Girl)

Rosemary Hardy, John Eliot Gardiner, 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

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)

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

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)

David Thomas, English Baroque Soloists, 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)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, 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)

Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner, 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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

3:01

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

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

2:33

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

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

1:29

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Rosemary Hardy

1:47

Air (Spirits of the air, Chorus)

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

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)

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

2:07

"Around, around we pace" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

1:37

"Arise, ye subterranean winds" (First Devil)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, David Thomas

3:02

Dance of Winds

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

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)

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

2:12

"Dry those eyes" (Ariel)

Carol Hall, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

6:08

"Kind fortune smiles" (Ariel)

John Eliot Gardiner, Carol Hall, Monteverdi Orchestra

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)

Rosemary Hardy, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

2:08

"Great neptune!" (Amphitrite, Neptune)

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

4:04

"The nereids and Tritons" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Choir, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

1:54

"Aeolus, you must appear" (Neptune)

Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

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)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe

4:56

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

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

5:32

Henry Purcell

Composer
Elisabeth Priday

Soprano
English Baroque Soloists

Orchestra, Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra
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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