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

Overture

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

3:39

"The lot is cast" (Soprano)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, 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)

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

2:02

"Come if you dare" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

3:41

"Hither, this way" (Philidel, Chorus)

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

2:12

"Let not a moonborn elf" (Grimbald)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe

1:15

"Hither, this way" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

0:37

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

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

2:26

"How blest are shepherds" (Shepherd, Chorus)

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

6:36

"Shepherd, leave decoying" (Shepherdesses)

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

2:11

Hornpipe "Come shepherds" (Chorus)

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

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists

0:54

"No part of my dominion" (Cupid)

John Eliot Gardiner, Elisabeth Priday, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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

2:01

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

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

3:44

Hornpipe

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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

2:50

Symphony

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:40

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

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

3:19

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

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

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Gill Ross

4:07

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

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

5:26

Trumpet Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:35

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

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

2:01

Chaconne

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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

Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble, 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)

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

2:32

VII "Bid the Virtues" (Soprano)

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

3:31

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

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

1:40

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

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

2:59

I March

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble

2:17

II "Man that is born"

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

3:48

III Canzona

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble

1:44

IV "In the midst of life"

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

5:55

V Canzona

Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner

0:52

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

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

2:25

VII March

Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

2:22

I Symphony

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

9:37

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

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

4:42

III "Hark each tree" (Alto, Bass)

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

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)

Jennifer Smith, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

David Thomas, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:16

IX "The airy violin" (Alto)

Brian Gordon, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:22

X "In vain the am'rous flute" (Alto, Tenor)

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

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, David Thomas, Stephen Varcoe

2:31

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

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

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, Gillian Fisher, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:41

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, 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)

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

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)

Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

1:46

VIII "The care of lovers" (A Nymph)

John Eliot Gardiner, Lynne Dawson, English Baroque Soloists

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

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

2:17

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

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

4:24

"Let the soldiers rejoice" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

1:53

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

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

2:33

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

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

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, John Eliot Gardiner, Lynne Dawson

2:29

The Chair Dance

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:19

"What shall I do" (Soprano)

Lynne Dawson, English Baroque Soloists, 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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:33

"Sound, Fame" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

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)

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

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)

English Baroque Soloists, Gillian Fisher, Lynne Dawson, 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)

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

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

4:09

One of Cupid's Followers (Tenor)

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

5:06

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

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

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, English Baroque Soloists, Paul Elliott, Monteverdi Choir

4:39

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

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

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

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Rosemary Hardy

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:07

Adagio

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, David Thomas

1:06

"Begone, curst fiends of Hell" (Fame)

English Baroque Soloists, John Elwes, John Eliot Gardiner

0:40

"I come to sing" (Fame)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes

1:26

Air

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:40

Minuet

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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, 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)

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

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

John Eliot Gardiner, Rosemary Hardy, English Baroque Soloists

3:36

"While thus we bow" (High Priest)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, David Thomas

6:17

Overture

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

4:10

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

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

2:07

"Around, around we pace" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir

1:37

"Arise, ye subterranean winds" (First Devil)

David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

3:02

Dance of Winds

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:21

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

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

1:24

"Full fathom five" (Ariel, Chorus)

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

2:12

"Dry those eyes" (Ariel)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Carol Hall, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:54

"Aeolus, you must appear" (Neptune)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner

3:14

"Your awful voice I hear" (Aeolus)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes

4:21

"Halcyon days" (Amphitrite)

Jennifer Smith, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

6:30

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

Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

4:56

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

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

5:32

Henry Purcell

Composer
Elisabeth Priday

Soprano
Equale Brass Ensemble

Ensemble
Sir Thomas Allen

Vocals, Bass Guitar, Bass
Lynne Dawson

Soprano

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

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