‎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)

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

2:02

"Come if you dare" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

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)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe

1:15

"Hither, this way" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:37

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

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

2:26

"How blest are shepherds" (Shepherd, Chorus)

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

6:36

"Shepherd, leave decoying" (Shepherdesses)

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

2:11

Hornpipe "Come shepherds" (Chorus)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

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, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:51

"Thou doting fool" (Cupid)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Elisabeth Priday

1:03

"Great love" (Cold Genius)

Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:54

"No part of my dominion" (Cupid)

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

2:01

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

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

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

2:50

Symphony

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:40

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

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

3:19

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

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

2:43

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, 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)

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

5:26

Trumpet Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:35

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

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

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, Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

1:59

III "Sound the trumpet" (Counter-Tenors)

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

2:27

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

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

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)

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

2:32

VII "Bid the Virtues" (Soprano)

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

3:31

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

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

1:40

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

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

2:59

I March

Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner

2:17

II "Man that is born"

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

3:48

III Canzona

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble

1:44

IV "In the midst of life"

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

5:55

V Canzona

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble

0:52

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

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

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)

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

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)

English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

2:32

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Jennifer Smith

5:13

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

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

3:06

VIII "Wondrous machine" (Bass)

John Eliot Gardiner, David Thomas, English Baroque Soloists

2:16

IX "The airy violin" (Alto)

English Baroque Soloists, Brian Gordon, John Eliot Gardiner

1:22

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

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

6:17

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

John Eliot Gardiner, Brian Gordon, English Baroque Soloists

3:01

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

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

2:31

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

John Eliot Gardiner, Ashley Stafford, Brian Gordon, English Baroque Soloists, Paul Elliott, 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)

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

1:41

II "Love in their little veins inspires" (Nymph)

English Baroque Soloists, Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner

1:22

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

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

1:12

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

MICHAEL GEORGE, Paul Elliott, John Eliot Gardiner, 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)

Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, 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)

Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:38

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

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

1:03

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

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

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

2:17

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

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

4:24

"Let the soldiers rejoice" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

1:53

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

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

2:33

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

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:35

"When first I saw" (Soprano)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Lynne Dawson

2:29

The Chair Dance

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:19

"What shall I do" (Soprano)

English Baroque Soloists, Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

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)

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

2:38

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

MICHAEL GEORGE, Stephen Varcoe, 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)

English Baroque Soloists, Lynne Dawson, Gillian Fisher, 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

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

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, John Eliot Gardiner, Gillian Fisher, English Baroque Soloists

6:11

Dance

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:00

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

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

4:39

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

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

4:56

First Air

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

4:29

Trumpet Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:47

Canzona

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, 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)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes

1:02

"I fly from the place" (Envy)

David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:06

"Begone, curst fiends of Hell" (Fame)

John Elwes, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:40

"I come to sing" (Fame)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes

1:26

Air

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:40

Minuet

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:31

"Ye twice ten hundred deities" (Ismeron)

Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

3:01

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

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

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)

English Baroque Soloists, Rosemary Hardy, John Eliot Gardiner

1:47

Air (Spirits of the air, Chorus)

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

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)

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)

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

2:07

"Around, around we pace" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir

1:37

"Arise, ye subterranean winds" (First Devil)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, David Thomas

3:02

Dance of Winds

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

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)

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

2:12

"Dry those eyes" (Ariel)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Carol Hall, John Eliot Gardiner

6:08

"Kind fortune smiles" (Ariel)

Carol Hall, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:07

Dance of Devils

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

0:27

The sailor's dance

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

1:08

"Dear pretty youth" (Dorinda)

Rosemary Hardy, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

2:08

"Great neptune!" (Amphitrite, Neptune)

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

4:04

"The nereids and Tritons" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Jennifer Smith

6:30

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

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Stephen Varcoe

4:56

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

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

5:32

Henry Purcell

Composer
Lynne Dawson

Soprano
MICHAEL GEORGE

Bass Guitar, Bass
John Elwes

Tenor
Gillian Fisher

Soprano

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

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