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

Overture

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:49

Air

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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

3:39

"The lot is cast" (Soprano)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Gillian Fisher

0:32

"Brave souls" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:21

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

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

2:02

"Come if you dare" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

3:41

"Hither, this way" (Philidel, Chorus)

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

2:12

"Let not a moonborn elf" (Grimbald)

English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

2:26

"How blest are shepherds" (Shepherd, Chorus)

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

6:36

"Shepherd, leave decoying" (Shepherdesses)

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

2:11

Hornpipe "Come shepherds" (Chorus)

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

2:51

"Thou doting fool" (Cupid)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Elisabeth Priday

1:03

"Great love" (Cold Genius)

English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe, 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)

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)

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

2:01

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

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

3:44

Hornpipe

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:41

"Two daughters of this aged stream" (Sirens)

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

2:41

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

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:40

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

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

3:19

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

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

2:43

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

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

3:00

"Fairest isle" (Venus)

English Baroque Soloists, Gill Ross, John Eliot Gardiner

4:07

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

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

5:26

Trumpet Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:35

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

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

2:01

Chaconne

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

3:25

I Overture

Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

4:10

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

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

1:59

III "Sound the trumpet" (Counter-Tenors)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble

2:27

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

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

1:22

V "Strike the viol" (Counter-Tenor)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble

4:45

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

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

2:32

VII "Bid the Virtues" (Soprano)

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

3:31

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

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

1:40

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

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

2:59

I March

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble

2:17

II "Man that is born"

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

3:48

III Canzona

John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:44

IV "In the midst of life"

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

5:55

V Canzona

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble

0:52

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

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

2:25

VII March

Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

2:22

I Symphony

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

9:37

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

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

4:42

III "Hark each tree" (Alto, Bass)

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

3:59

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

Paul Elliott, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

English Baroque Soloists, Jennifer Smith, John Eliot Gardiner

5:13

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

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

3:06

VIII "Wondrous machine" (Bass)

David Thomas, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

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)

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

2:31

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

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

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, Lynne Dawson, English Baroque Soloists

1:22

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

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

1:12

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

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

2:32

V "Come all, come all to me" (Cupid)

John Eliot Gardiner, Gillian Fisher, English Baroque Soloists

1:11

VI "Who can resist" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir

1:34

VII "Return, revolting rebels!" (Bacchus)

Monteverdi Choir, Stephen Varcoe, 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)

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

1:03

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

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

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

4:14

First Act Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:42

"Great Diocles" (Bass, Chorus)

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

2:17

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

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

4:24

"Let the soldiers rejoice" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

1:53

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

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

2:33

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

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

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

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:33

"Sound, Fame" (Tenor, Chorus)

Paul Elliott, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, 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)

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

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, John Eliot Gardiner, Gillian Fisher, Lynne Dawson

1:49

"Let monarchs fight" (A Faun)

John Eliot Gardiner, Lynne Dawson, English Baroque Soloists

2:18

"Since from my dear" (Another Faun)

John Eliot Gardiner, Gillian Fisher, English Baroque Soloists

2:44

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

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

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:00

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

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

4:39

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

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

4:56

First Air

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:19

Second Air

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:08

First Hornpipe

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:53

Second Hornpipe

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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, English Baroque Soloists, Rosemary Hardy

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

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes, English Baroque Soloists

0:56

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

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

0:42

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

John Elwes, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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 Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, John Elwes

0:40

"I come to sing" (Fame)

John Elwes, John Eliot Gardiner, 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)

Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

5:28

Symphony for hautboys

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:04

"Seek not to know" (God of Dreams)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Martyn Hill

2:53

Trumpet Overture

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

3:01

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

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

2:33

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

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

1:29

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Rosemary Hardy

1:47

Air (Spirits of the air, Chorus)

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

Rosemary Hardy, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

3:36

"While thus we bow" (High Priest)

David Thomas, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

6:17

Overture

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

4:10

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

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

2:07

"Around, around we pace" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Choir, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

1:37

"Arise, ye subterranean winds" (First Devil)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, David Thomas

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)

Carol Hall, Monteverdi Choir, Monteverdi Orchestra, 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)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Rosemary Hardy

2:08

"Great neptune!" (Amphitrite, Neptune)

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

4:04

"The nereids and Tritons" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:54

"Aeolus, you must appear" (Neptune)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

4:56

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

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

5:32

Henry Purcell

Composer
John Eliot Gardiner

Conductor
Monteverdi Choir

Chorus, Choir
John Elwes

Tenor
Equale Brass Ensemble

Ensemble

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

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