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

Overture

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

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

2:02

"Come if you dare" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

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)

English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

0:37

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

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

2:26

"How blest are shepherds" (Shepherd, Chorus)

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

6:36

"Shepherd, leave decoying" (Shepherdesses)

Gillian Fisher, English Baroque Soloists, Jennifer Smith, 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)

John Eliot Gardiner, Elisabeth Priday, English Baroque Soloists

1:22

"What power art thou" (Cold Genius)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe

2:51

"Thou doting fool" (Cupid)

Elisabeth Priday, English Baroque Soloists, 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)

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)

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

2:01

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

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

3:44

Hornpipe

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:41

"Two daughters of this aged stream" (Sirens)

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

2:41

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

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

3:19

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

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

2:43

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

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

5:26

Trumpet Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:35

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

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

2:01

Chaconne

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

3:25

I Overture

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble

4:10

II "Come, ye Sons of Art, come away" (Counter-Tenor, Chorus)

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

1:59

III "Sound the trumpet" (Counter-Tenors)

John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, Charles Brett, John Williams

2:27

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

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

1:22

V "Strike the viol" (Counter-Tenor)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble, Charles Brett

4:45

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

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

2:32

VII "Bid the Virtues" (Soprano)

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

3:31

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

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

1:40

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

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

2:59

I March

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble

2:17

II "Man that is born"

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

3:48

III Canzona

Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner

1:44

IV "In the midst of life"

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

5:55

V Canzona

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble

0:52

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

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

2:25

VII March

John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra

2:22

I Symphony

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

9:37

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

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

4:42

III "Hark each tree" (Alto, Bass)

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

3:59

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

English Baroque Soloists, Paul Elliott, John Eliot Gardiner

4:12

V "Soul of the world" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:32

VI "Thou tun'st this world" (Soprano)

Jennifer Smith, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

5:13

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

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

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)

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

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)

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

4:25

Overture to The Masque

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:42

I "Hark! how the songsters of the grove" (Two Nymphs)

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

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)

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

1:12

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

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

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, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

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, English Baroque Soloists, 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)

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

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:42

"Great Diocles" (Bass, Chorus)

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

2:17

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

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

4:24

"Let the soldiers rejoice" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

1:53

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

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

2:33

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

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

5:11

Dance of Furies

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, Lynne Dawson, English Baroque Soloists

2:29

The Chair Dance

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:19

"What shall I do" (Soprano)

Lynne Dawson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:33

"Sound, Fame" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

5:19

Fourth Act Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:34

Country Dance

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:53

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

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

2:38

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

Stephen Varcoe, MICHAEL GEORGE, 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, English Baroque Soloists, Gillian Fisher, Lynne Dawson

1:49

"Let monarchs fight" (A Faun)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Lynne Dawson

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

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

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)

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

6:11

Dance

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:00

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

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

4:39

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

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

4:56

First Air

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:19

Second Air

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:08

First Hornpipe

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:53

Second Hornpipe

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:23

Adagio

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:43

Allegro

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:53

Trumpet Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:46

"Wake, Quivera" (Boy)

Martyn Hill, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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, John Eliot Gardiner, Rosemary Hardy

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:57

"I come to sing great Zempoalla Story" (Fame)

John Elwes, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:56

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

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

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 Elwes, John Eliot Gardiner

1:26

Air

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

English Baroque Soloists, Martyn Hill, John Eliot Gardiner

2:53

Trumpet Overture

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

3:01

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

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

2:33

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

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

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)

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

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, John Eliot Gardiner, David Thomas

6:17

Overture

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

4:10

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

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

2:07

"Around, around we pace" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir

1:37

"Arise, ye subterranean winds" (First Devil)

David Thomas, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

3:02

Dance of Winds

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

1:21

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

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

1:24

"Full fathom five" (Ariel, Chorus)

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

2:12

"Dry those eyes" (Ariel)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Carol Hall

6:08

"Kind fortune smiles" (Ariel)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Carol Hall

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, Rosemary Hardy, John Eliot Gardiner

2:08

"Great neptune!" (Amphitrite, Neptune)

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

4:04

"The nereids and Tritons" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Monteverdi Orchestra

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)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe

4:56

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

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

5:32

Henry Purcell

Composer
English Baroque Soloists

Orchestra, Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra
Elisabeth Priday

Soprano
Equale Brass Ensemble

Ensemble
Lynne Dawson

Soprano

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

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