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

Overture

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:49

Air

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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

3:39

"The lot is cast" (Soprano)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Gillian Fisher

0:32

"Brave souls" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir

2:21

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

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

2:02

"Come if you dare" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

3:41

"Hither, this way" (Philidel, Chorus)

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

2:12

"Let not a moonborn elf" (Grimbald)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe

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)

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

2:26

"How blest are shepherds" (Shepherd, Chorus)

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

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

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)

English Baroque Soloists, Elisabeth Priday, 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)

English Baroque Soloists, Elisabeth Priday, John Eliot Gardiner

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, Elisabeth Priday, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, 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)

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe

2:50

Symphony

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:40

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

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

3:19

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

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

2:43

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

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

3:00

"Fairest isle" (Venus)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Gill Ross

4:07

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

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

5:26

Trumpet Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:35

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

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

2:01

Chaconne

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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, Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

1:59

III "Sound the trumpet" (Counter-Tenors)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble

2:27

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

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

1:22

V "Strike the viol" (Counter-Tenor)

Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

4:45

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

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

2:32

VII "Bid the Virtues" (Soprano)

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

3:31

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

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

1:40

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

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

2:59

I March

Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner

2:17

II "Man that is born"

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

3:48

III Canzona

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble

1:44

IV "In the midst of life"

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

5:55

V Canzona

Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

0:52

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

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

2:25

VII March

Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

2:22

I Symphony

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

9:37

II "Hail! Bright Cecilia" (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone, Bass, Chorus)

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

4:42

III "Hark each tree" (Alto, Bass)

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

3:59

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Paul Elliott

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)

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

1:22

X "In vain the am'rous flute" (Alto, Tenor)

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

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)

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

2:31

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

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

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)

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

1:12

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

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

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)

English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

1:34

VII "Return, revolting rebels!" (Bacchus)

Stephen Varcoe, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

1:03

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

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

1:57

Curtain Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

2:17

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

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

4:24

"Let the soldiers rejoice" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

1:53

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

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

2:33

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

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

5:11

Dance of Furies

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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, Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner

2:29

The Chair Dance

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:19

"What shall I do" (Soprano)

John Eliot Gardiner, Lynne Dawson, English Baroque Soloists

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:34

Country Dance

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

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

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:00

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

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

4:39

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

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

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

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)

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, 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)

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

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)

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, 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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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, Gillian Fisher, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Rosemary Hardy

3:36

"While thus we bow" (High Priest)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, David Thomas

6:17

Overture

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

4:10

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

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

2:07

"Around, around we pace" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir

1:37

"Arise, ye subterranean winds" (First Devil)

David Thomas, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

3:02

Dance of Winds

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:21

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

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

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, Monteverdi Orchestra, Carol Hall

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

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:08

"Dear pretty youth" (Dorinda)

Rosemary Hardy, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

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)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner

3:14

"Your awful voice I hear" (Aeolus)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes

4:21

"Halcyon days" (Amphitrite)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Jennifer Smith

6:30

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

John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe, Monteverdi Orchestra

4:56

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

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

5:32

Henry Purcell

Composer
John Eliot Gardiner

Conductor
Monteverdi Choir

Chorus, Choir
Lynne Dawson

Soprano
MICHAEL GEORGE

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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