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

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)

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

English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

2:21

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

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

2:02

"Come if you dare" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

3:41

"Hither, this way" (Philidel, Chorus)

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

2:12

"Let not a moonborn elf" (Grimbald)

Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:15

"Hither, this way" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir

0:37

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

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

2:26

"How blest are shepherds" (Shepherd, Chorus)

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

6:36

"Shepherd, leave decoying" (Shepherdesses)

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

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)

English Baroque Soloists, Elisabeth Priday, John Eliot Gardiner

1:22

"What power art thou" (Cold Genius)

Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, 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, 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)

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)

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

2:01

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

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

3:44

Hornpipe

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:41

"Two daughters of this aged stream" (Sirens)

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

2:41

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

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

2:50

Symphony

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:40

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

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

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)

Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, Paul Elliott, 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)

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

5:26

Trumpet Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:35

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

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

2:01

Chaconne

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

3:25

I Overture

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble

4:10

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

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

1:59

III "Sound the trumpet" (Counter-Tenors)

Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

2:27

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

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

1:22

V "Strike the viol" (Counter-Tenor)

Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

4:45

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

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

2:32

VII "Bid the Virtues" (Soprano)

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

3:31

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

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

1:40

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

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

2:59

I March

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble

2:17

II "Man that is born"

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

3:48

III Canzona

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble

1:44

IV "In the midst of life"

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

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

2:25

VII March

John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra

2:22

I Symphony

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

9:37

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

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

4:42

III "Hark each tree" (Alto, Bass)

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

3:59

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Paul Elliott

4:12

V "Soul of the world" (Chorus)

English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

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

3:06

VIII "Wondrous machine" (Bass)

David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:16

IX "The airy violin" (Alto)

Brian Gordon, English Baroque Soloists, 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)

John Eliot Gardiner, Brian Gordon, English Baroque Soloists

3:01

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

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

2:31

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

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

4:25

Overture to The Masque

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:42

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

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

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)

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

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir

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, English Baroque Soloists, 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)

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

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, Monteverdi Choir, Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner

2:17

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

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

4:24

"Let the soldiers rejoice" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

1:53

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

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

2:33

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

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

Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:29

The Chair Dance

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:19

"What shall I do" (Soprano)

English Baroque Soloists, Lynne Dawson, 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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:33

"Sound, Fame" (Tenor, Chorus)

Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Paul Elliott, 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)

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

2:38

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

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

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)

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

1:49

"Let monarchs fight" (A Faun)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Lynne Dawson

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

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

4:09

One of Cupid's Followers (Tenor)

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

5:06

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

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

6:11

Dance

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:00

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

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

4:39

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

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

4:56

First Air

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:19

Second Air

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:08

First Hornpipe

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:53

Second Hornpipe

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:23

Adagio

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

Rosemary Hardy, English Baroque Soloists, 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

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)

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes

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)

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)

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)

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

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Rosemary Hardy

3:36

"While thus we bow" (High Priest)

English Baroque Soloists, David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner

6:17

Overture

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

4:10

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

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

2:07

"Around, around we pace" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Choir, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

1:37

"Arise, ye subterranean winds" (First Devil)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, David Thomas

3:02

Dance of Winds

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:21

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

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

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, Monteverdi Orchestra, Carol Hall

6:08

"Kind fortune smiles" (Ariel)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Carol Hall, 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, Rosemary Hardy, John Eliot Gardiner

2:08

"Great neptune!" (Amphitrite, Neptune)

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

4:04

"The nereids and Tritons" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

1:54

"Aeolus, you must appear" (Neptune)

Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

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)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner

4:56

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

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

5:32

Henry Purcell

Composer
Rosemary Hardy

Soprano
Gillian Fisher

Soprano
English Baroque Soloists

Orchestra, Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra
Elisabeth Priday

Soprano

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

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