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

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)

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

3:39

"The lot is cast" (Soprano)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Gillian Fisher

0:32

"Brave souls" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:21

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

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

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, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

0:37

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

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

2:26

"How blest are shepherds" (Shepherd, Chorus)

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

6:36

"Shepherd, leave decoying" (Shepherdesses)

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

2:11

Hornpipe "Come shepherds" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Elisabeth Priday

1:03

"Great love" (Cold Genius)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, 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)

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, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Elisabeth Priday

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)

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

2:41

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

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

6:10

Air

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:52

Trumpet Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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

3:19

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

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

2:43

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

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

3:00

"Fairest isle" (Venus)

Gill Ross, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

4:07

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

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

5:26

Trumpet Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:35

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

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

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

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)

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

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

2:32

VII "Bid the Virtues" (Soprano)

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

3:31

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

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

1:40

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

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

2:59

I March

Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

2:17

II "Man that is born"

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

3:48

III Canzona

Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

1:44

IV "In the midst of life"

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

5:55

V Canzona

Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner

0:52

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

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

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)

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

4:42

III "Hark each tree" (Alto, Bass)

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

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, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

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)

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

3:06

VIII "Wondrous machine" (Bass)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, David Thomas

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)

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

6:17

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

Brian Gordon, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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

4:25

Overture to The Masque

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

Lynne Dawson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:22

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

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

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, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

1:34

VII "Return, revolting rebels!" (Bacchus)

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

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

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)

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)

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

4:24

"Let the soldiers rejoice" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

1:53

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

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

2:33

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

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Lynne Dawson

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, MICHAEL GEORGE, Stephen Varcoe, 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)

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

1:49

"Let monarchs fight" (A Faun)

Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:18

"Since from my dear" (Another Faun)

Gillian Fisher, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:44

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

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

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)

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

6:11

Dance

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:00

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

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

4:39

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

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

4:56

First Air

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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

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)

Rosemary Hardy, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:28

"By ancient prophecies" (Girl, Boy)

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

4:29

Trumpet Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:47

Canzona

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:07

Adagio

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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

0:42

"Scorn'd Envy, here's nothing" (Fame)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, 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)

John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes, English Baroque Soloists

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)

Martyn Hill, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:53

Trumpet Overture

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, 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)

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Rosemary Hardy

3:36

"While thus we bow" (High Priest)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, David Thomas

6:17

Overture

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

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, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

1:37

"Arise, ye subterranean winds" (First Devil)

John Eliot Gardiner, David Thomas, Monteverdi Orchestra

3:02

Dance of Winds

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

1:21

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

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

1:24

"Full fathom five" (Ariel, Chorus)

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

2:12

"Dry those eyes" (Ariel)

John Eliot Gardiner, Carol Hall, Monteverdi Orchestra

6:08

"Kind fortune smiles" (Ariel)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Carol Hall, John Eliot Gardiner

1:07

Dance of Devils

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

4:04

"The nereids and Tritons" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Choir, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

1:54

"Aeolus, you must appear" (Neptune)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe

3:14

"Your awful voice I hear" (Aeolus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Elwes

4:21

"Halcyon days" (Amphitrite)

Jennifer Smith, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

6:30

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

Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

4:56

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

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

5:32

Henry Purcell

Composer
Monteverdi Orchestra

Orchestra
Dame Felicity Lott

Soprano
Jennifer Smith

Soprano
Martyn Hill

Tenor

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

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