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

Overture

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:49

Air

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

3:39

"The lot is cast" (Soprano)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Gillian Fisher

0:32

"Brave souls" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

3:41

"Hither, this way" (Philidel, Chorus)

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

2:12

"Let not a moonborn elf" (Grimbald)

Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, 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)

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

2:26

"How blest are shepherds" (Shepherd, Chorus)

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

6:36

"Shepherd, leave decoying" (Shepherdesses)

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

2:11

Hornpipe "Come shepherds" (Chorus)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

1:38

Air

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe

2:51

"Thou doting fool" (Cupid)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Elisabeth Priday

1:03

"Great love" (Cold Genius)

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

2:01

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

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

3:44

Hornpipe

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:41

"Two daughters of this aged stream" (Sirens)

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

2:41

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

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

6:10

Air

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:52

Trumpet Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:46

"Ye blust'ring brethren" (Aeolus)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe

2:50

Symphony

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:40

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

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

3:19

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

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

2:43

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

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

3:00

"Fairest isle" (Venus)

Gill Ross, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

4:07

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

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

5:26

Trumpet Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:35

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

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

2:01

Chaconne

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

3:25

I Overture

Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

4:10

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

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

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)

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

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)

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

2:32

VII "Bid the Virtues" (Soprano)

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

3:31

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

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

1:40

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

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

2:59

I March

John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra

2:17

II "Man that is born"

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

3:48

III Canzona

Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

1:44

IV "In the midst of life"

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

5:55

V Canzona

Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

0:52

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

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

2:25

VII March

Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, 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)

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

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir

2:32

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Jennifer Smith

5:13

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

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

3:06

VIII "Wondrous machine" (Bass)

English Baroque Soloists, David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner

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, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Paul Elliott

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)

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

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, English Baroque Soloists, Gillian Fisher, John Eliot Gardiner

1:41

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

Lynne Dawson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:22

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

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

1:12

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

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

1:34

VII "Return, revolting rebels!" (Bacchus)

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

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

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, Paul Elliott, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

1:53

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

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

2:33

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

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:35

"When first I saw" (Soprano)

Lynne Dawson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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, Paul Elliott, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

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, Gillian Fisher, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

2:38

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

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

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Lynne Dawson

2:18

"Since from my dear" (Another Faun)

John Eliot Gardiner, Gillian Fisher, English Baroque Soloists

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, Paul Elliott, Monteverdi Choir, 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)

Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner, 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)

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

4:39

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

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

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:53

Trumpet Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:46

"Wake, Quivera" (Boy)

Martyn Hill, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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, Rosemary Hardy, Martyn Hill, John Eliot Gardiner

4:29

Trumpet Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:47

Canzona

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:07

Adagio

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:51

Allegro

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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

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, 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)

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)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, 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)

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

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)

Rosemary Hardy, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:47

Air (Spirits of the air, Chorus)

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

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)

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)

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

2:07

"Around, around we pace" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir

1:37

"Arise, ye subterranean winds" (First Devil)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, David Thomas

3:02

Dance of Winds

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:21

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

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

1:24

"Full fathom five" (Ariel, Chorus)

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

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

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

Jennifer Smith, Monteverdi Orchestra, 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)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Stephen Varcoe

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe, Monteverdi Orchestra

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
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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