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

Overture

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:49

Air

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

2:21

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

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

2:02

"Come if you dare" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

3:41

"Hither, this way" (Philidel, Chorus)

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

2:12

"Let not a moonborn elf" (Grimbald)

Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:15

"Hither, this way" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir

0:37

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

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

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

2:11

Hornpipe "Come shepherds" (Chorus)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

1:38

Air

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:57

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

Elisabeth Priday, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:22

"What power art thou" (Cold Genius)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe

2:51

"Thou doting fool" (Cupid)

Elisabeth Priday, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:03

"Great love" (Cold Genius)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe

0:54

"No part of my dominion" (Cupid)

Elisabeth Priday, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:55

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir

3:26

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

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

2:01

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

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

3:44

Hornpipe

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:41

"Two daughters of this aged stream" (Sirens)

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

2:41

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

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe

2:50

Symphony

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:40

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

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

3:19

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

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

2:43

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

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

3:00

"Fairest isle" (Venus)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Gill Ross

4:07

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

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

5:26

Trumpet Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:35

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Jennifer Smith, 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)

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

1:59

III "Sound the trumpet" (Counter-Tenors)

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

2:27

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

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

1:22

V "Strike the viol" (Counter-Tenor)

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

4:45

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

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

2:32

VII "Bid the Virtues" (Soprano)

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

3:31

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

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

1:40

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

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

2:59

I March

Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

2:17

II "Man that is born"

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

3:48

III Canzona

John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:44

IV "In the midst of life"

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

5:55

V Canzona

John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra

0:52

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

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

2:25

VII March

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble

2:22

I Symphony

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

9:37

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

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

4:42

III "Hark each tree" (Alto, Bass)

David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner, Ashley Stafford, 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)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

2:32

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

John Eliot Gardiner, Jennifer Smith, English Baroque Soloists

5:13

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

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

3:06

VIII "Wondrous machine" (Bass)

David Thomas, English Baroque Soloists, 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)

John Eliot Gardiner, Paul Elliott, English Baroque Soloists, 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)

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

2:31

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

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

4:25

Overture to The Masque

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:42

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Lynne Dawson, 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)

John Eliot Gardiner, Lynne Dawson, English Baroque Soloists, 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, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Paul Elliott, MICHAEL GEORGE

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)

English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

1:34

VII "Return, revolting rebels!" (Bacchus)

Stephen Varcoe, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Gillian Fisher, 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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

2:17

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

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

4:24

"Let the soldiers rejoice" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

1:53

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

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

2:33

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

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

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, 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

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, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Paul Elliott

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)

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

2:38

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

English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe, MICHAEL GEORGE, 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)

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

1:49

"Let monarchs fight" (A Faun)

Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Paul Elliott, Stephen Varcoe

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)

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

6:11

Dance

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:00

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

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

4:39

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

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Rosemary Hardy

1:28

"By ancient prophecies" (Girl, Boy)

Martyn Hill, Rosemary Hardy, English Baroque Soloists, 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

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)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes

0:56

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

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

0:42

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

John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes, English Baroque Soloists

1:02

"I fly from the place" (Envy)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, David Thomas

1:06

"Begone, curst fiends of Hell" (Fame)

English Baroque Soloists, John Elwes, John Eliot Gardiner

0:40

"I come to sing" (Fame)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, 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, 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, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:53

Trumpet Overture

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

3:01

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

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

English Baroque Soloists, Rosemary Hardy, John Eliot Gardiner

1:47

Air (Spirits of the air, Chorus)

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

1:17

Third Act Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

David Thomas, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

6:17

Overture

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

4:10

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

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

2:07

"Around, around we pace" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Choir, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

1:37

"Arise, ye subterranean winds" (First Devil)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, David Thomas

3:02

Dance of Winds

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:21

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

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

1:24

"Full fathom five" (Ariel, Chorus)

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

2:12

"Dry those eyes" (Ariel)

Carol Hall, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

6:08

"Kind fortune smiles" (Ariel)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Carol Hall

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)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Rosemary Hardy, John Eliot Gardiner

2:08

"Great neptune!" (Amphitrite, Neptune)

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

4:04

"The nereids and Tritons" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir, 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)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes

4:21

"Halcyon days" (Amphitrite)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Jennifer Smith

6:30

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

Monteverdi Orchestra, Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner

4:56

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

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

5:32

Henry Purcell

Composer
Equale Brass Ensemble

Ensemble
Sir Thomas Allen

Vocals, Bass Guitar, Bass
David Thomas

Bass Guitar, Bass
Stephen Varcoe

Baritone, 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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