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

Overture

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

2:21

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

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

2:02

"Come if you dare" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

3:41

"Hither, this way" (Philidel, Chorus)

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

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)

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

2:26

"How blest are shepherds" (Shepherd, Chorus)

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

6:36

"Shepherd, leave decoying" (Shepherdesses)

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

Elisabeth Priday, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:22

"What power art thou" (Cold Genius)

Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:51

"Thou doting fool" (Cupid)

John Eliot Gardiner, Elisabeth Priday, English Baroque Soloists

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, 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)

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

2:01

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

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

3:44

Hornpipe

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:41

"Two daughters of this aged stream" (Sirens)

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

2:41

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

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

Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:50

Symphony

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:40

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

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

3:19

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

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

2:43

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

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

5:26

Trumpet Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:35

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

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

2:01

Chaconne

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

3:25

I Overture

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble

4:10

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

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

1:59

III "Sound the trumpet" (Counter-Tenors)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, 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)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner

4:45

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

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

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)

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

1:40

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

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

2:59

I March

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble

2:17

II "Man that is born"

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

3:48

III Canzona

Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

1:44

IV "In the midst of life"

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

5:55

V Canzona

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble

0:52

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

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

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)

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

4:42

III "Hark each tree" (Alto, Bass)

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

3:59

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

John Eliot Gardiner, Paul Elliott, English Baroque Soloists

4:12

V "Soul of the world" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

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

3:06

VIII "Wondrous machine" (Bass)

David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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

6:17

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

Brian Gordon, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

3:01

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

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

2:31

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

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

4:25

Overture to The Masque

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:42

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

Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner, 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)

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

1:12

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

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

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, 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)

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

1:03

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

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

1:57

Curtain Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:17

First Music

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:42

"Great Diocles" (Bass, Chorus)

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

2:17

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

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

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)

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

2:33

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

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

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

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:12

Trumpet Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:33

"Sound, Fame" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

5:19

Fourth Act Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:34

Country Dance

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, MICHAEL GEORGE, 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)

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

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

4:09

One of Cupid's Followers (Tenor)

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

5:06

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

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

6:11

Dance

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:00

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

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

4:39

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

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

4:56

First Air

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:19

Second Air

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:53

Trumpet Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:46

"Wake, Quivera" (Boy)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Martyn Hill

2:13

"Why should men quarrel" (Girl)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Rosemary Hardy

1:28

"By ancient prophecies" (Girl, Boy)

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

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)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes

0:56

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

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

0:42

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

John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes, English Baroque Soloists

1:02

"I fly from the place" (Envy)

English Baroque Soloists, David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner

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

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:04

"Seek not to know" (God of Dreams)

English Baroque Soloists, Martyn Hill, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

3:36

"While thus we bow" (High Priest)

English Baroque Soloists, David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner

6:17

Overture

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

4:10

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

Monteverdi Orchestra, Roderick Earle, David Thomas, 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)

Monteverdi Orchestra, David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner

3:02

Dance of Winds

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

1:21

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

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

1:24

"Full fathom five" (Ariel, Chorus)

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

2:12

"Dry those eyes" (Ariel)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, 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

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

1:08

"Dear pretty youth" (Dorinda)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Rosemary Hardy, John Eliot Gardiner

2:08

"Great neptune!" (Amphitrite, Neptune)

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

4:04

"The nereids and Tritons" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Choir, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

1:54

"Aeolus, you must appear" (Neptune)

John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe, Monteverdi Orchestra

3:14

"Your awful voice I hear" (Aeolus)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes

4:21

"Halcyon days" (Amphitrite)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Jennifer Smith, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

5:32

Henry Purcell

Composer
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass Guitar, Bass
Elisabeth Priday

Soprano
John Eliot Gardiner

Conductor
Monteverdi Choir

Chorus, Choir

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

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