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

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)

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

3:39

"The lot is cast" (Soprano)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Gillian Fisher

0:32

"Brave souls" (Chorus)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

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)

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

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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

2:26

"How blest are shepherds" (Shepherd, Chorus)

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

1:38

Air

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:57

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Elisabeth Priday

1:22

"What power art thou" (Cold Genius)

John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists

2:51

"Thou doting fool" (Cupid)

Elisabeth Priday, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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, English Baroque Soloists, Elisabeth Priday

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, Elisabeth Priday, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:01

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

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

3:44

Hornpipe

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:41

"Two daughters of this aged stream" (Sirens)

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

2:41

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

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

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

3:19

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

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

2:43

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

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

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

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, Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir

1:22

V "Strike the viol" (Counter-Tenor)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble

4:45

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

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

2:32

VII "Bid the Virtues" (Soprano)

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

3:31

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

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

1:40

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

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

2:59

I March

John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra

2:17

II "Man that is born"

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

3:48

III Canzona

John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:44

IV "In the midst of life"

Sir Thomas Allen, Monteverdi Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir, Equale Brass Ensemble, Dame Felicity Lott, 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"

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

2:25

VII March

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

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)

English Baroque Soloists, Paul Elliott, 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, John Eliot Gardiner, Jennifer Smith

5:13

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

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

3:06

VIII "Wondrous machine" (Bass)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, David Thomas

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)

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

2:31

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

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

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Lynne Dawson

1:22

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

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

1:12

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

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

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)

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:34

VII "Return, revolting rebels!" (Bacchus)

Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

1:46

VIII "The care of lovers" (A Nymph)

English Baroque Soloists, Lynne Dawson, 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)

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

1:57

Curtain Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:17

First Music

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Stephen Varcoe

2:17

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

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

4:24

"Let the soldiers rejoice" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

1:53

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

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

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)

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)

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, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, 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, Gillian Fisher, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

2:38

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

Stephen Varcoe, MICHAEL GEORGE, 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, John Eliot Gardiner, Gillian Fisher

1:49

"Let monarchs fight" (A Faun)

English Baroque Soloists, Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner

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

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)

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)

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

4:39

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

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:53

Second Hornpipe

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

English Baroque Soloists, Martyn Hill, John Eliot Gardiner

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, Martyn Hill, Rosemary Hardy, 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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:57

"I come to sing great Zempoalla Story" (Fame)

John Elwes, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:56

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

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

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 Elwes, John Eliot Gardiner

1:26

Air

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:40

Minuet

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

2:33

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

John Eliot Gardiner, Gillian Fisher, English Baroque Soloists, 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)

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

English Baroque Soloists, Rosemary Hardy, 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, David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Monteverdi Orchestra

2:07

"Around, around we pace" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

1:37

"Arise, ye subterranean winds" (First Devil)

John Eliot Gardiner, David Thomas, Monteverdi Orchestra

3:02

Dance of Winds

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

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, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Carol Hall

2:12

"Dry those eyes" (Ariel)

Carol Hall, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

6:08

"Kind fortune smiles" (Ariel)

Carol Hall, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Rosemary Hardy

2:08

"Great neptune!" (Amphitrite, Neptune)

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

4:04

"The nereids and Tritons" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir

1:54

"Aeolus, you must appear" (Neptune)

John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe, Monteverdi Orchestra

3:14

"Your awful voice I hear" (Aeolus)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Elwes, John Eliot Gardiner

4:21

"Halcyon days" (Amphitrite)

John Eliot Gardiner, Jennifer Smith, Monteverdi Orchestra

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)

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

5:32

Henry Purcell

Composer
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass Guitar, Bass
English Baroque Soloists

Orchestra, Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra
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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