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

Overture

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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

3:39

"The lot is cast" (Soprano)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, 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)

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

2:02

"Come if you dare" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

3:41

"Hither, this way" (Philidel, Chorus)

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

2:12

"Let not a moonborn elf" (Grimbald)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe

1:15

"Hither, this way" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

0:37

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

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

2:26

"How blest are shepherds" (Shepherd, Chorus)

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

6:36

"Shepherd, leave decoying" (Shepherdesses)

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

2:11

Hornpipe "Come shepherds" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:51

"Thou doting fool" (Cupid)

English Baroque Soloists, Elisabeth Priday, John Eliot Gardiner

1:03

"Great love" (Cold Genius)

Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:54

"No part of my dominion" (Cupid)

John Eliot Gardiner, Elisabeth Priday, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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

2:01

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

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

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

John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists

2:50

Symphony

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:40

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

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

3:19

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

John Eliot Gardiner, Ashley Stafford, Paul Elliott, 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)

English Baroque Soloists, Gill Ross, John Eliot Gardiner

4:07

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

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

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, Monteverdi Choir, Jennifer Smith

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)

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

1:59

III "Sound the trumpet" (Counter-Tenors)

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

2:27

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

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

1:22

V "Strike the viol" (Counter-Tenor)

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

4:45

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

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

2:32

VII "Bid the Virtues" (Soprano)

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

3:31

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

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

1:40

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

Monteverdi Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir, Sir Thomas Allen, Dame Felicity Lott, 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"

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

3:48

III Canzona

John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:44

IV "In the midst of life"

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

5:55

V Canzona

Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

0:52

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

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

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)

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

4:42

III "Hark each tree" (Alto, Bass)

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

3:59

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Paul Elliott

4:12

V "Soul of the world" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir

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)

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

3:06

VIII "Wondrous machine" (Bass)

John Eliot Gardiner, David Thomas, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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

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, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe

2:31

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

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

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

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, English Baroque Soloists, 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)

John Eliot Gardiner, Lynne Dawson, English Baroque Soloists

1:38

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

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

1:03

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

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

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:42

"Great Diocles" (Bass, Chorus)

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

2:17

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

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

4:24

"Let the soldiers rejoice" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

1:53

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

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

2:33

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

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:35

"When first I saw" (Soprano)

Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:29

The Chair Dance

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:19

"What shall I do" (Soprano)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Lynne Dawson

5:24

Third Act Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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)

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

2:38

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

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

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, John Eliot Gardiner, Gillian Fisher

1:49

"Let monarchs fight" (A Faun)

Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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, MICHAEL GEORGE, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir

4:09

One of Cupid's Followers (Tenor)

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

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)

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

4:39

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

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

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

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:46

"Wake, Quivera" (Boy)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Martyn Hill

2:13

"Why should men quarrel" (Girl)

Rosemary Hardy, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:28

"By ancient prophecies" (Girl, Boy)

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

4:29

Trumpet Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes

0:56

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

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

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)

English Baroque Soloists, David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner

1:06

"Begone, curst fiends of Hell" (Fame)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, John Elwes

0:40

"I come to sing" (Fame)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, 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)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, 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)

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

2:33

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

Rosemary Hardy, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, 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)

Rosemary Hardy, John Elwes, Martyn Hill, English Baroque Soloists, 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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Rosemary Hardy

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)

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

2:07

"Around, around we pace" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:37

"Arise, ye subterranean winds" (First Devil)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, David Thomas

3:02

Dance of Winds

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

1:21

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

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

1:24

"Full fathom five" (Ariel, Chorus)

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

2:12

"Dry those eyes" (Ariel)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Carol Hall

6:08

"Kind fortune smiles" (Ariel)

Carol Hall, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

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, Monteverdi Orchestra, Stephen Varcoe

4:04

"The nereids and Tritons" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:54

"Aeolus, you must appear" (Neptune)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Stephen Varcoe

3:14

"Your awful voice I hear" (Aeolus)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes

4:21

"Halcyon days" (Amphitrite)

Jennifer Smith, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

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
Gillian Fisher

Soprano
Rosemary Hardy

Soprano

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

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