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

Overture

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:49

Air

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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

3:39

"The lot is cast" (Soprano)

English Baroque Soloists, Gillian Fisher, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

2:02

"Come if you dare" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

3:41

"Hither, this way" (Philidel, Chorus)

Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, 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)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

0:37

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

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

2:26

"How blest are shepherds" (Shepherd, Chorus)

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

6:36

"Shepherd, leave decoying" (Shepherdesses)

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

2:11

Hornpipe "Come shepherds" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

1:38

Air

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:57

Prelude "What ho! thou genius of this isle" (Cupid)

English Baroque Soloists, Elisabeth Priday, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

English Baroque Soloists, Elisabeth Priday, John Eliot Gardiner

0:55

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

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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

3:44

Hornpipe

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:41

"Two daughters of this aged stream" (Sirens)

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

2:41

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

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe

2:50

Symphony

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:40

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

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

3:19

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

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

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)

Gill Ross, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

4:07

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

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

5:26

Trumpet Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:35

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

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

2:01

Chaconne

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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 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, Charles Brett, John Williams

2:27

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

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

1:22

V "Strike the viol" (Counter-Tenor)

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

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, Dame Felicity Lott, 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"

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

3:48

III Canzona

Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

1:44

IV "In the midst of life"

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

5:55

V Canzona

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble

0:52

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

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

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)

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

4:42

III "Hark each tree" (Alto, Bass)

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

3:59

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Paul Elliott

4:12

V "Soul of the world" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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

3:06

VIII "Wondrous machine" (Bass)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, David Thomas

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)

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

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, John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists

2:31

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

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

4:25

Overture to The Masque

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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, Gillian Fisher, Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe

1:12

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

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

2:32

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

John Eliot Gardiner, Gillian Fisher, English Baroque Soloists

1:11

VI "Who can resist" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir

1:34

VII "Return, revolting rebels!" (Bacchus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Stephen Varcoe

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)

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

1:03

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

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

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

4:14

First Act Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:42

"Great Diocles" (Bass, Chorus)

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

2:17

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

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

4:24

"Let the soldiers rejoice" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

1:53

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

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

2:33

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

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

5:11

Dance of Furies

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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, 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, English Baroque Soloists, Lynne Dawson

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, Paul Elliott, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

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)

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

2:38

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

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

1:03

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

3:59

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

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

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

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)

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

6:11

Dance

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:00

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

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

4:39

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

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

4:56

First Air

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:19

Second Air

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:08

First Hornpipe

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:53

Second Hornpipe

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:23

Adagio

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:28

"By ancient prophecies" (Girl, Boy)

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

4:29

Trumpet Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:47

Canzona

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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 Elwes, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:56

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

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

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)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

3:01

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

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

2:33

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

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

1:29

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

English Baroque Soloists, Rosemary Hardy, John Eliot Gardiner

1:47

Air (Spirits of the air, Chorus)

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

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, David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner

6:17

Overture

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

4:10

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

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

2:07

"Around, around we pace" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

1:37

"Arise, ye subterranean winds" (First Devil)

David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

3:02

Dance of Winds

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

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)

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

2:12

"Dry those eyes" (Ariel)

Carol Hall, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

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)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Rosemary Hardy

2:08

"Great neptune!" (Amphitrite, Neptune)

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

4:04

"The nereids and Tritons" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

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)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Jennifer Smith, John Eliot Gardiner

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
John Elwes

Tenor
Equale Brass Ensemble

Ensemble
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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