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

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)

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

2:21

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

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

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, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Gillian Fisher

2:12

"Let not a moonborn elf" (Grimbald)

John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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

2:26

"How blest are shepherds" (Shepherd, Chorus)

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

6:36

"Shepherd, leave decoying" (Shepherdesses)

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

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)

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, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:55

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

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

3:26

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

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

2:01

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

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

3:44

Hornpipe

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:41

"Two daughters of this aged stream" (Sirens)

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

2:41

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

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

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

3:19

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

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

2:43

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

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

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

5:26

Trumpet Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:35

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

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

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

1:59

III "Sound the trumpet" (Counter-Tenors)

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

2:27

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

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

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

2:32

VII "Bid the Virtues" (Soprano)

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

3:31

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

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

1:40

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

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

2:59

I March

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble

2:17

II "Man that is born"

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

3:48

III Canzona

Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:44

IV "In the midst of life"

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

5:55

V Canzona

Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

0:52

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

Dame Felicity Lott, Monteverdi Orchestra, Sir Thomas Allen, Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Choir, 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, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, David Thomas, Monteverdi Choir, Brian Gordon, Jennifer Smith, Ashley Stafford, Stephen Varcoe

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, Paul Elliott, English Baroque Soloists

4:12

V "Soul of the world" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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

3:06

VIII "Wondrous machine" (Bass)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, David Thomas

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, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

6:17

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Brian Gordon

3:01

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

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

2:31

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

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

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

1:41

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

Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:22

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

English Baroque Soloists, Lynne Dawson, Gillian Fisher, John Eliot Gardiner, 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, Paul Elliott, 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)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir

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)

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

1:03

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

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

1:57

Curtain Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:17

First Music

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:22

Second Music

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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)

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

4:24

"Let the soldiers rejoice" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

1:53

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

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

2:33

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

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:12

Trumpet Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:33

"Sound, Fame" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

5:19

Fourth Act Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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, MICHAEL GEORGE, John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe

1:03

Prelude & Chorus: "Behold, O mightiest of Gods"

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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

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

4:09

One of Cupid's Followers (Tenor)

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

5:06

"Tell me why my charming fair" (Shepherd, Shepherdess)

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

6:11

Dance

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:00

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

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

4:39

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

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

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:46

"Wake, Quivera" (Boy)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Martyn Hill

2:13

"Why should men quarrel" (Girl)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Rosemary Hardy

1:28

"By ancient prophecies" (Girl, Boy)

English Baroque Soloists, Rosemary Hardy, Martyn Hill, 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

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)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes

0:56

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

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

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)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, David Thomas

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, 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, Stephen Varcoe, 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

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, 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)

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

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, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

3:36

"While thus we bow" (High Priest)

English Baroque Soloists, David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner

6:17

Overture

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

4:10

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

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

2:07

"Around, around we pace" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir

1:37

"Arise, ye subterranean winds" (First Devil)

Monteverdi Orchestra, David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

2:12

"Dry those eyes" (Ariel)

John Eliot Gardiner, Carol Hall, Monteverdi Orchestra

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)

Rosemary Hardy, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

2:08

"Great neptune!" (Amphitrite, Neptune)

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

4:04

"The nereids and Tritons" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Monteverdi Orchestra

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 Elwes, John Eliot Gardiner

4:21

"Halcyon days" (Amphitrite)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Jennifer Smith, John Eliot Gardiner

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, Monteverdi Orchestra, Stephen Varcoe

5:32

Henry Purcell

Composer
Rogers Covey-Crump

Tenor
John Elwes

Tenor
John Eliot Gardiner

Conductor
Monteverdi Choir

Chorus, Choir

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

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