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

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

3:39

"The lot is cast" (Soprano)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Gillian Fisher

0:32

"Brave souls" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:21

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

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

2:02

"Come if you dare" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

3:41

"Hither, this way" (Philidel, Chorus)

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

2:12

"Let not a moonborn elf" (Grimbald)

Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

2:26

"How blest are shepherds" (Shepherd, Chorus)

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

6:36

"Shepherd, leave decoying" (Shepherdesses)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Jennifer Smith, 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)

Elisabeth Priday, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:22

"What power art thou" (Cold Genius)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe

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)

Elisabeth Priday, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:55

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

3:26

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

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

2:01

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

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

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)

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

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)

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

3:00

"Fairest isle" (Venus)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Gill Ross

4:07

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

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

5:26

Trumpet Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:35

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

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

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)

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

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)

Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir, 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)

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

2:32

VII "Bid the Virtues" (Soprano)

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

3:31

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

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

1:40

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

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

2:59

I March

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble

2:17

II "Man that is born"

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

3:48

III Canzona

John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:44

IV "In the midst of life"

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

5:55

V Canzona

John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra

0:52

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

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

2:25

VII March

Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner

2:22

I Symphony

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

9:37

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

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

4:42

III "Hark each tree" (Alto, Bass)

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

3:59

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Paul Elliott

4:12

V "Soul of the world" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir

2:32

VI "Thou tun'st this world" (Soprano)

John Eliot Gardiner, Jennifer Smith, English Baroque Soloists

5:13

VII "With that sublime celestial lay" (Altos, Bass)

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

3:06

VIII "Wondrous machine" (Bass)

English Baroque Soloists, David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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)

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

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, English Baroque Soloists, 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)

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

1:12

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

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

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

1:34

VII "Return, revolting rebels!" (Bacchus)

Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

1:46

VIII "The care of lovers" (A Nymph)

Lynne Dawson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:42

"Great Diocles" (Bass, Chorus)

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

2:17

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

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

4:24

"Let the soldiers rejoice" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

1:53

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

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

2:33

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

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

5:11

Dance of Furies

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

3:21

Second Act Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:19

"What shall I do" (Soprano)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Lynne Dawson

5:24

Third Act Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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

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)

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

2:38

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

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

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)

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

1:49

"Let monarchs fight" (A Faun)

Lynne Dawson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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, Paul Elliott, MICHAEL GEORGE, Monteverdi Choir, Stephen Varcoe, 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)

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

6:11

Dance

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:00

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

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

4:39

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

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

4:56

First Air

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:19

Second Air

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

4:29

Trumpet Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:47

Canzona

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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)

John Elwes, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:02

"I fly from the place" (Envy)

English Baroque Soloists, David Thomas, 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 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

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)

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

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)

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

Rosemary Hardy, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

3:36

"While thus we bow" (High Priest)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, David Thomas

6:17

Overture

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

4:10

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

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

2:07

"Around, around we pace" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:37

"Arise, ye subterranean winds" (First Devil)

David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

3:02

Dance of Winds

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

1:21

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

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

1:24

"Full fathom five" (Ariel, Chorus)

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

2:12

"Dry those eyes" (Ariel)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Carol Hall, John Eliot Gardiner

6:08

"Kind fortune smiles" (Ariel)

Carol Hall, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

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)

Rosemary Hardy, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

2:08

"Great neptune!" (Amphitrite, Neptune)

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

4:04

"The nereids and Tritons" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:54

"Aeolus, you must appear" (Neptune)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe

3:14

"Your awful voice I hear" (Aeolus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Elwes

4:21

"Halcyon days" (Amphitrite)

Jennifer Smith, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

6:30

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

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Stephen Varcoe

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 Elwes

Tenor
English Baroque Soloists

Orchestra, Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra
Rogers Covey-Crump

Tenor
Sir Thomas Allen

Vocals, 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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