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

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)

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

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

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, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Gillian Fisher

2:12

"Let not a moonborn elf" (Grimbald)

John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists

1:15

"Hither, this way" (Chorus)

English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

0:37

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

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

2:26

"How blest are shepherds" (Shepherd, Chorus)

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

6:36

"Shepherd, leave decoying" (Shepherdesses)

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

2:11

Hornpipe "Come shepherds" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:38

Air

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:57

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

John Eliot Gardiner, Elisabeth Priday, English Baroque Soloists

1:22

"What power art thou" (Cold Genius)

English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner

2:51

"Thou doting fool" (Cupid)

English Baroque Soloists, Elisabeth Priday, John Eliot Gardiner

1:03

"Great love" (Cold Genius)

English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner

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, Elisabeth Priday, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

2:01

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

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

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

2:50

Symphony

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:40

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

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

3:19

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

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

2:43

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

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

3:00

"Fairest isle" (Venus)

Gill Ross, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

4:07

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

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

5:26

Trumpet Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:35

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

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

2:01

Chaconne

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

3:25

I Overture

Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner

4:10

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

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

1:59

III "Sound the trumpet" (Counter-Tenors)

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

2:27

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

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

1:22

V "Strike the viol" (Counter-Tenor)

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

4:45

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

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

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)

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

1:40

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

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

2:59

I March

Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner

2:17

II "Man that is born"

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

3:48

III Canzona

Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:44

IV "In the midst of life"

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

5:55

V Canzona

Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner

0:52

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

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

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

4:42

III "Hark each tree" (Alto, Bass)

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

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)

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

3:06

VIII "Wondrous machine" (Bass)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, David Thomas

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)

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

6:17

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

Brian Gordon, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

3:01

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

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

2:31

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

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

4:25

Overture to The Masque

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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, John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe, 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, Paul Elliott, MICHAEL GEORGE, 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)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, 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)

Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:38

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

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

1:03

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

Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, 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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:26

Overture to Act 1

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

4:14

First Act Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:42

"Great Diocles" (Bass, Chorus)

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

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, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Paul Elliott

1:53

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

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

2:33

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

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

5:11

Dance of Furies

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

3:21

Second Act Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:40

Chaconne

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:35

"When first I saw" (Soprano)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Lynne Dawson

2:29

The Chair Dance

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:19

"What shall I do" (Soprano)

Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner, 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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:33

"Sound, Fame" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

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)

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Lynne Dawson, 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

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

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)

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

6:11

Dance

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

4:56

First Air

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:19

Second Air

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:08

First Hornpipe

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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

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)

English Baroque Soloists, Rosemary Hardy, John Eliot Gardiner

1:28

"By ancient prophecies" (Girl, Boy)

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

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, John Elwes

0:56

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

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

0:42

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, John Elwes

1:02

"I fly from the place" (Envy)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, David Thomas

1:06

"Begone, curst fiends of Hell" (Fame)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes

0:40

"I come to sing" (Fame)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, John Elwes

1:26

Air

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

3:01

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

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

2:33

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

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

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)

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

1:17

Third Act Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, David Thomas, English Baroque Soloists

6:17

Overture

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

4:10

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

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

2:07

"Around, around we pace" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Monteverdi Orchestra

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 Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Carol Hall

1:24

"Full fathom five" (Ariel, Chorus)

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

2:12

"Dry those eyes" (Ariel)

John Eliot Gardiner, Carol Hall, Monteverdi Orchestra

6:08

"Kind fortune smiles" (Ariel)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Carol Hall

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, Rosemary Hardy, Monteverdi Orchestra

2:08

"Great neptune!" (Amphitrite, Neptune)

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

4:04

"The nereids and Tritons" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:54

"Aeolus, you must appear" (Neptune)

Stephen Varcoe, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

3:14

"Your awful voice I hear" (Aeolus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Elwes

4:21

"Halcyon days" (Amphitrite)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Jennifer Smith, John Eliot Gardiner

6:30

"See, see, the heavens smile" (Neptune)

Stephen Varcoe, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

4:56

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

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

5:32

Henry Purcell

Composer
David Thomas

Bass Guitar, Bass
Stephen Varcoe

Baritone, 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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