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

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)

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

3:39

"The lot is cast" (Soprano)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, 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)

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

2:02

"Come if you dare" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

3:41

"Hither, this way" (Philidel, Chorus)

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

2:12

"Let not a moonborn elf" (Grimbald)

John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists

1:15

"Hither, this way" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:37

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

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

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

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)

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

1:03

"Great love" (Cold Genius)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe

0:54

"No part of my dominion" (Cupid)

Elisabeth Priday, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:55

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

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

3:26

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

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

2:01

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

Elisabeth Priday, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, 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, Gillian Fisher, Jennifer Smith

2:41

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

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

6:10

Air

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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

3:19

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

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

2:43

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

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

3:00

"Fairest isle" (Venus)

Gill Ross, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

4:07

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

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

5:26

Trumpet Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:35

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

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

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)

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

1:59

III "Sound the trumpet" (Counter-Tenors)

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

2:27

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

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

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)

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

2:32

VII "Bid the Virtues" (Soprano)

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

3:31

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

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

1:40

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

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

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, Monteverdi Orchestra, Dame Felicity Lott, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

3:48

III Canzona

John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:44

IV "In the midst of life"

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

5:55

V Canzona

Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

0:52

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

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

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)

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

4:42

III "Hark each tree" (Alto, Bass)

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

3:59

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Paul Elliott

4:12

V "Soul of the world" (Chorus)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

2:32

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Jennifer Smith

5:13

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

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

3:06

VIII "Wondrous machine" (Bass)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, David Thomas

2:16

IX "The airy violin" (Alto)

John Eliot Gardiner, Brian Gordon, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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

2:31

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

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

4:25

Overture to The Masque

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:42

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

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

1:41

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

Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:22

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

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

1:12

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

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

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, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

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, John Eliot Gardiner, 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)

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

1:57

Curtain Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:17

First Music

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:22

Second Music

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

2:17

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

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

4:24

"Let the soldiers rejoice" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

1:53

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

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

2:33

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

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

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

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:19

"What shall I do" (Soprano)

John Eliot Gardiner, Lynne Dawson, English Baroque Soloists

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:33

"Sound, Fame" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

5:19

Fourth Act Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:34

Country Dance

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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, John Eliot Gardiner, MICHAEL GEORGE, Stephen Varcoe

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)

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

1:49

"Let monarchs fight" (A Faun)

John Eliot Gardiner, Lynne Dawson, English Baroque Soloists

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

4:09

One of Cupid's Followers (Tenor)

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

5:06

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

John Eliot Gardiner, Gillian Fisher, English Baroque Soloists, 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)

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

4:56

First Air

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:19

Second Air

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:08

First Hornpipe

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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

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)

Rosemary Hardy, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:28

"By ancient prophecies" (Girl, Boy)

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

4:29

Trumpet Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:47

Canzona

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes, English Baroque Soloists

0:56

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

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

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, John Eliot Gardiner, David Thomas

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:31

"Ye twice ten hundred deities" (Ismeron)

John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists

5:28

Symphony for hautboys

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:04

"Seek not to know" (God of Dreams)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Martyn Hill

2:53

Trumpet Overture

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

3:01

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

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

2:33

"We the spirits of the Air" (3rd & 4th aerial spirits)

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

1:29

"I attempt from love's sickness" (Soprano)

English Baroque Soloists, Rosemary Hardy, John Eliot Gardiner

1:47

Air (Spirits of the air, Chorus)

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

3:36

"While thus we bow" (High Priest)

David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

6:17

Overture

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

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 Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:37

"Arise, ye subterranean winds" (First Devil)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, David Thomas

3:02

Dance of Winds

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

1:21

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

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

1:24

"Full fathom five" (Ariel, Chorus)

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

2:12

"Dry those eyes" (Ariel)

Carol Hall, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

6:08

"Kind fortune smiles" (Ariel)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Carol Hall

1:07

Dance of Devils

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

0:27

The sailor's dance

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:08

"Dear pretty youth" (Dorinda)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Rosemary Hardy, John Eliot Gardiner

2:08

"Great neptune!" (Amphitrite, Neptune)

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

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, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

5:32

Henry Purcell

Composer
Equale Brass Ensemble

Ensemble
John Elwes

Tenor
Rogers Covey-Crump

Tenor
Dame Felicity Lott

Soprano

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

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