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

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)

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, 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)

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

2:02

"Come if you dare" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

3:41

"Hither, this way" (Philidel, Chorus)

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

2:12

"Let not a moonborn elf" (Grimbald)

English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner

1:15

"Hither, this way" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:37

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

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

2:26

"How blest are shepherds" (Shepherd, Chorus)

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

6:36

"Shepherd, leave decoying" (Shepherdesses)

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

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)

Elisabeth Priday, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe, 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)

Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

3:26

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

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

2:01

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

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

3:44

Hornpipe

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

6:10

Air

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:40

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

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

3:19

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

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

2:43

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

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

5:26

Trumpet Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:35

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

Jennifer Smith, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, 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, Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Choir

1:59

III "Sound the trumpet" (Counter-Tenors)

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

2:27

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

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

1:22

V "Strike the viol" (Counter-Tenor)

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

4:45

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

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

2:32

VII "Bid the Virtues" (Soprano)

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

3:31

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

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

1:40

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

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

2:59

I March

Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

2:17

II "Man that is born"

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

3:48

III Canzona

Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:44

IV "In the midst of life"

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

5:55

V Canzona

Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

0:52

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

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

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)

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

4:42

III "Hark each tree" (Alto, Bass)

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

3:59

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

English Baroque Soloists, Paul Elliott, John Eliot Gardiner

4:12

V "Soul of the world" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, 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)

John Eliot Gardiner, David Thomas, Brian Gordon, Ashley Stafford, 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)

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

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, David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner

2:31

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

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

4:25

Overture to The Masque

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:42

I "Hark! how the songsters of the grove" (Two Nymphs)

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

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)

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

1:12

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

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

2:32

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Gillian Fisher

1:11

VI "Who can resist" (Chorus)

English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

1:34

VII "Return, revolting rebels!" (Bacchus)

Monteverdi Choir, Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner

1:46

VIII "The care of lovers" (A Nymph)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Lynne Dawson

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, John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe, Gillian Fisher

1:57

Curtain Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:42

"Great Diocles" (Bass, Chorus)

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

2:17

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

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

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)

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

2:33

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

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:35

"When first I saw" (Soprano)

English Baroque Soloists, Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner

2:29

The Chair Dance

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:19

"What shall I do" (Soprano)

Lynne Dawson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:33

"Sound, Fame" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

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)

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

2:38

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

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

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, Gillian Fisher, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:49

"Let monarchs fight" (A Faun)

English Baroque Soloists, Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner

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

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

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

4:39

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

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

4:56

First Air

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:19

Second Air

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:08

First Hornpipe

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:53

Second Hornpipe

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:23

Adagio

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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, Martyn Hill, John Eliot Gardiner

2:13

"Why should men quarrel" (Girl)

English Baroque Soloists, Rosemary Hardy, John Eliot Gardiner

1:28

"By ancient prophecies" (Girl, Boy)

English Baroque Soloists, Martyn Hill, 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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:57

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, John Elwes

0:56

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

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

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 Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes, English Baroque Soloists

0:40

"I come to sing" (Fame)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, 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)

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)

Martyn Hill, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:53

Trumpet Overture

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

3:01

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

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

2:33

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

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

1:29

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

John Eliot Gardiner, Rosemary Hardy, English Baroque Soloists

1:47

Air (Spirits of the air, Chorus)

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, 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, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Roderick Earle, David Thomas

2:07

"Around, around we pace" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Choir, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

1:37

"Arise, ye subterranean winds" (First Devil)

David Thomas, Monteverdi Orchestra, 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)

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

2:12

"Dry those eyes" (Ariel)

John Eliot Gardiner, Carol Hall, Monteverdi Orchestra

6:08

"Kind fortune smiles" (Ariel)

Carol Hall, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:07

Dance of Devils

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

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)

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

4:04

"The nereids and Tritons" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

1:54

"Aeolus, you must appear" (Neptune)

Stephen Varcoe, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

3:14

"Your awful voice I hear" (Aeolus)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes

4:21

"Halcyon days" (Amphitrite)

Jennifer Smith, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

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, Jennifer Smith, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

5:32

Henry Purcell

Composer
English Baroque Soloists

Orchestra, Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra
Rogers Covey-Crump

Tenor
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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