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

Overture

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

3:39

"The lot is cast" (Soprano)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, 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)

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

2:02

"Come if you dare" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

3:41

"Hither, this way" (Philidel, Chorus)

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

2:12

"Let not a moonborn elf" (Grimbald)

Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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

2:26

"How blest are shepherds" (Shepherd, Chorus)

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

1:38

Air

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:51

"Thou doting fool" (Cupid)

John Eliot Gardiner, Elisabeth Priday, English Baroque Soloists

1:03

"Great love" (Cold Genius)

Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:54

"No part of my dominion" (Cupid)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Elisabeth Priday

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)

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

2:01

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

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

3:44

Hornpipe

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:41

"Two daughters of this aged stream" (Sirens)

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

2:41

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

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

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)

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

3:19

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

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

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, Gill Ross, English Baroque Soloists

4:07

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

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

2:01

Chaconne

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

1:59

III "Sound the trumpet" (Counter-Tenors)

Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

2:27

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

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

1:22

V "Strike the viol" (Counter-Tenor)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner

4:45

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

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

2:32

VII "Bid the Virtues" (Soprano)

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

3:31

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

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

1:40

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

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

2:59

I March

Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

2:17

II "Man that is born"

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

3:48

III Canzona

Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:44

IV "In the midst of life"

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

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

2:25

VII March

Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble, 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)

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

4:42

III "Hark each tree" (Alto, Bass)

English Baroque Soloists, David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner, 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)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Jennifer Smith

5:13

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

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

3:06

VIII "Wondrous machine" (Bass)

English Baroque Soloists, David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner

2:16

IX "The airy violin" (Alto)

John Eliot Gardiner, Brian Gordon, English Baroque Soloists

1:22

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

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

6:17

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

Brian Gordon, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

3:01

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

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

2:31

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

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

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)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Lynne Dawson

1:22

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

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

1:12

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

Rogers Covey-Crump, Paul Elliott, 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)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, 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)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Lynne Dawson

1:38

IX "Love quickly is pall'd" (A Bacchanal)

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

1:03

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

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

1:57

Curtain Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:17

First Music

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:22

Second Music

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir

2:17

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

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

4:24

"Let the soldiers rejoice" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

1:53

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

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

2:33

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

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

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, Lynne Dawson, English Baroque Soloists

2:29

The Chair Dance

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:19

"What shall I do" (Soprano)

Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Paul Elliott

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)

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

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

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

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, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Gillian Fisher

6:11

Dance

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:00

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

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

4:39

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

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

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:46

"Wake, Quivera" (Boy)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Martyn Hill

2:13

"Why should men quarrel" (Girl)

John Eliot Gardiner, Rosemary Hardy, English Baroque Soloists

1:28

"By ancient prophecies" (Girl, Boy)

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

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)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes

0:56

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

Martyn Hill, David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner, 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)

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, 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)

English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner

5:28

Symphony for hautboys

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:04

"Seek not to know" (God of Dreams)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Martyn Hill

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)

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

1:29

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

Rosemary Hardy, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:47

Air (Spirits of the air, Chorus)

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, 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, Monteverdi Choir, David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner

2:07

"Around, around we pace" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

1:37

"Arise, ye subterranean winds" (First Devil)

Monteverdi Orchestra, David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner

3:02

Dance of Winds

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

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 Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir

2:12

"Dry those eyes" (Ariel)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Carol Hall

6:08

"Kind fortune smiles" (Ariel)

Carol Hall, John Eliot Gardiner, 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)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Rosemary Hardy

2:08

"Great neptune!" (Amphitrite, Neptune)

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

4:04

"The nereids and Tritons" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

1:54

"Aeolus, you must appear" (Neptune)

John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe, Monteverdi Orchestra

3:14

"Your awful voice I hear" (Aeolus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Elwes

4:21

"Halcyon days" (Amphitrite)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Jennifer Smith, John Eliot Gardiner

6:30

"See, see, the heavens smile" (Neptune)

Stephen Varcoe, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

4:56

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

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

5:32

Henry Purcell

Composer
John Elwes

Tenor
David Thomas

Bass Guitar, Bass
Stephen Varcoe

Baritone, Bass Guitar, Bass
Dame Felicity Lott

Soprano

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

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