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

Overture

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:49

Air

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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

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

2:02

"Come if you dare" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

3:41

"Hither, this way" (Philidel, Chorus)

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

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)

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

2:26

"How blest are shepherds" (Shepherd, Chorus)

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

6:36

"Shepherd, leave decoying" (Shepherdesses)

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

2:11

Hornpipe "Come shepherds" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:38

Air

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists

2:51

"Thou doting fool" (Cupid)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Elisabeth Priday

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, John Eliot Gardiner, Elisabeth Priday

0:55

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

English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

3:26

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

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

2:01

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

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

3:44

Hornpipe

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:41

"Two daughters of this aged stream" (Sirens)

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

2:41

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

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:40

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

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

3:19

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

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

2:43

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

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

3:00

"Fairest isle" (Venus)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Gill Ross

4:07

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

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

5:26

Trumpet Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:35

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

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

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)

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

1:59

III "Sound the trumpet" (Counter-Tenors)

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

2:27

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

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

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)

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

2:32

VII "Bid the Virtues" (Soprano)

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

3:31

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

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

1:40

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

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

3:48

III Canzona

Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

1:44

IV "In the midst of life"

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

5:55

V Canzona

Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner

0:52

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

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

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)

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

4:42

III "Hark each tree" (Alto, Bass)

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

3:59

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

Paul Elliott, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

Jennifer Smith, English Baroque Soloists, 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)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, David Thomas

2:16

IX "The airy violin" (Alto)

Brian Gordon, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:22

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

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

6:17

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

English Baroque Soloists, Brian Gordon, John Eliot Gardiner

3:01

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

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

2:31

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

Ashley Stafford, Paul Elliott, Brian Gordon, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, David Thomas, 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, Gillian Fisher, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:41

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

John Eliot Gardiner, Lynne Dawson, English Baroque Soloists

1:22

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

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

1:12

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

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

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)

Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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

1:57

Curtain Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:17

First Music

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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

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)

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

4:24

"Let the soldiers rejoice" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

1:53

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

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

2:33

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

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

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, John Eliot Gardiner, Lynne Dawson

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

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)

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

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)

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

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

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

4:09

One of Cupid's Followers (Tenor)

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

5:06

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

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

6:11

Dance

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:00

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

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

4:39

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

Paul Elliott, Rogers Covey-Crump, John Eliot Gardiner, 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

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Martyn Hill

2:13

"Why should men quarrel" (Girl)

John Eliot Gardiner, Rosemary Hardy, English Baroque Soloists

1:28

"By ancient prophecies" (Girl, Boy)

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

4:29

Trumpet Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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 Elwes, John Eliot Gardiner

0:56

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

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

0:42

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Elwes, John Eliot Gardiner

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 Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes

0:40

"I come to sing" (Fame)

John Elwes, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:04

"Seek not to know" (God of Dreams)

Martyn Hill, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:53

Trumpet Overture

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

3:01

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

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Rosemary Hardy

1:47

Air (Spirits of the air, Chorus)

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

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, Roderick Earle, Monteverdi Orchestra, David Thomas, Monteverdi Choir

2:07

"Around, around we pace" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

1:37

"Arise, ye subterranean winds" (First Devil)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, David Thomas

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, Carol Hall, Monteverdi Orchestra

2:12

"Dry those eyes" (Ariel)

Carol Hall, John Eliot Gardiner, 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)

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

4:04

"The nereids and Tritons" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:54

"Aeolus, you must appear" (Neptune)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner

3:14

"Your awful voice I hear" (Aeolus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Elwes

4:21

"Halcyon days" (Amphitrite)

John Eliot Gardiner, Jennifer Smith, Monteverdi Orchestra

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)

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

5:32

Henry Purcell

Composer
English Baroque Soloists

Orchestra, Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra
Monteverdi Orchestra

Orchestra
Paul Elliott

Tenor
David Thomas

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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