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

1:49

Air

1:30

Overture to Act 1

1:18

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

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

3:39

"The lot is cast" (Soprano)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Gillian Fisher

0:32

"Brave souls" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:21

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

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

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

2:12

"Let not a moonborn elf" (Grimbald)

English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

2:26

"How blest are shepherds" (Shepherd, Chorus)

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

6:36

"Shepherd, leave decoying" (Shepherdesses)

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

2:11

Hornpipe "Come shepherds" (Chorus)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

1:38

Air

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, Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner

2:51

"Thou doting fool" (Cupid)

Elisabeth Priday, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:03

"Great love" (Cold Genius)

Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:54

"No part of my dominion" (Cupid)

Elisabeth Priday, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:55

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

Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

3:26

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

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

2:01

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

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

3:44

Hornpipe

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)

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

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

3:19

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

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

2:43

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

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

3:00

"Fairest isle" (Venus)

English Baroque Soloists, Gill Ross, John Eliot Gardiner

4:07

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

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

5:26

Trumpet Tune

0:35

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

Jennifer Smith, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, 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)

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

1:59

III "Sound the trumpet" (Counter-Tenors)

John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra

2:27

IV "Come, ye Sons of Art, come away" (Chorus)

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

1:22

V "Strike the viol" (Counter-Tenor)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble

4:45

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

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

2:32

VII "Bid the Virtues" (Soprano)

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

3:31

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

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

1:40

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

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

2:59

I March

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble

2:17

II "Man that is born"

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

3:48

III Canzona

John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:44

IV "In the midst of life"

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

5:55

V Canzona

Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

0:52

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

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

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)

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

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)

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)

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

3:06

VIII "Wondrous machine" (Bass)

John Eliot Gardiner, David Thomas, English Baroque Soloists

2:16

IX "The airy violin" (Alto)

Brian Gordon, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:22

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

Paul Elliott, Ashley Stafford, John Eliot Gardiner, 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, David Thomas, Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner

2:31

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

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

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)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Lynne Dawson

1:22

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

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

1:12

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

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

2:32

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Gillian Fisher

1:11

VI "Who can resist" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

1:34

VII "Return, revolting rebels!" (Bacchus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Stephen Varcoe

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, John Eliot Gardiner, Rogers Covey-Crump

1:03

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

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

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

2:17

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

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

4:24

"Let the soldiers rejoice" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

1:53

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

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

2:33

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

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

5:11

Dance of Furies

3:21

Second Act Tune

0:40

Chaconne

2:35

"When first I saw" (Soprano)

Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:29

The Chair Dance

1:19

"What shall I do" (Soprano)

Lynne Dawson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

5:24

Third Act Tune

0:37

Butterfly Dance

2:12

Trumpet Tune

0:33

"Sound, Fame" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

5:19

Fourth Act Tune

0:34

Country Dance

0:53

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

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

2:38

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

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

1:03

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

3:59

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

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

1:49

"Let monarchs fight" (A Faun)

Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:18

"Since from my dear" (Another Faun)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Gillian Fisher

2:44

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

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

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)

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

6:11

Dance

1:00

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

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

4:39

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

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

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)

English Baroque Soloists, Martyn Hill, John Eliot Gardiner

2:13

"Why should men quarrel" (Girl)

Rosemary Hardy, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:28

"By ancient prophecies" (Girl, Boy)

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

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes, English Baroque Soloists

0:40

"I come to sing" (Fame)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes

1:26

Air

0:40

Minuet

1:31

"Ye twice ten hundred deities" (Ismeron)

Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

5:28

Symphony for hautboys

1:04

"Seek not to know" (God of Dreams)

Martyn Hill, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:53

Trumpet Overture

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)

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

1:29

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Rosemary Hardy

1:47

Air (Spirits of the air, Chorus)

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

1:17

Third Act Tune

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, David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner

6:17

Overture

4:10

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

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

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, Carol Hall, Monteverdi Choir, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:24

"Full fathom five" (Ariel, Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Carol Hall, Monteverdi Choir, 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

0:27

The sailor's dance