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

Overture

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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

3:39

"The lot is cast" (Soprano)

John Eliot Gardiner, Gillian Fisher, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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

2:02

"Come if you dare" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

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, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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

2:11

Hornpipe "Come shepherds" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

1:38

Air

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:57

Prelude "What ho! thou genius of this isle" (Cupid)

English Baroque Soloists, Elisabeth Priday, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner

0:54

"No part of my dominion" (Cupid)

Elisabeth Priday, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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

2:01

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

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

3:44

Hornpipe

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:41

"Two daughters of this aged stream" (Sirens)

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

2:41

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

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

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, Jennifer Smith, Monteverdi Choir

3:19

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

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

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)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Gill Ross

4:07

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

English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe, 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)

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

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

1:59

III "Sound the trumpet" (Counter-Tenors)

John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra

2:27

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

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

1:22

V "Strike the viol" (Counter-Tenor)

John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra

4:45

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

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

2:32

VII "Bid the Virtues" (Soprano)

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

3:31

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

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

1:40

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

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

2:59

I March

John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra

2:17

II "Man that is born"

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

3:48

III Canzona

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble

1:44

IV "In the midst of life"

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

5:55

V Canzona

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble

0:52

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

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

2:25

VII March

John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra

2:22

I Symphony

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

9:37

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

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

4:42

III "Hark each tree" (Alto, Bass)

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

3:59

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

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

5:13

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

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

3:06

VIII "Wondrous machine" (Bass)

English Baroque Soloists, David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner

2:16

IX "The airy violin" (Alto)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Brian Gordon

1:22

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

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

6:17

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Brian Gordon

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)

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

4:25

Overture to The Masque

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:42

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

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

1:41

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

English Baroque Soloists, Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner

1:22

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

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

1:12

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

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

2:32

V "Come all, come all to me" (Cupid)

Gillian Fisher, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:11

VI "Who can resist" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir

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, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:38

IX "Love quickly is pall'd" (A Bacchanal)

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

1:03

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

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

1:57

Curtain Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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

4:24

"Let the soldiers rejoice" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

1:53

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

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

2:33

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

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

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, Lynne Dawson, English Baroque Soloists

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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

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)

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

2:38

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

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

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, English Baroque Soloists, Gillian Fisher, Lynne Dawson

1:49

"Let monarchs fight" (A Faun)

Lynne Dawson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:18

"Since from my dear" (Another Faun)

Gillian Fisher, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:44

"Make room" (Two of Bacchus' followers, Bacchus) "Give to every one" (Tenor, Bass, Chorus) Dance of Bacchanals

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

4:09

One of Cupid's Followers (Tenor)

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

5:06

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

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

6:11

Dance

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:00

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

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

4:39

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

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

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:23

Adagio

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:43

Allegro

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:53

Trumpet Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:46

"Wake, Quivera" (Boy)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Martyn Hill

2:13

"Why should men quarrel" (Girl)

John Eliot Gardiner, Rosemary Hardy, English Baroque Soloists

1:28

"By ancient prophecies" (Girl, Boy)

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

4:29

Trumpet Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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 Elwes, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:56

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

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

0:42

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, John Elwes

1:02

"I fly from the place" (Envy)

David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:06

"Begone, curst fiends of Hell" (Fame)

John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes, English Baroque Soloists

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)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe

5:28

Symphony for hautboys

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:04

"Seek not to know" (God of Dreams)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Martyn Hill

2:53

Trumpet Overture

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

3:01

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

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

2:33

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

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

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)

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

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, David Thomas

6:17

Overture

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

4:10

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

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

2:07

"Around, around we pace" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

1:37

"Arise, ye subterranean winds" (First Devil)

Monteverdi Orchestra, David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner

3:02

Dance of Winds

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

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)

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

2:12

"Dry those eyes" (Ariel)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Carol Hall

6:08

"Kind fortune smiles" (Ariel)

Carol Hall, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Rosemary Hardy

2:08

"Great neptune!" (Amphitrite, Neptune)

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

4:04

"The nereids and Tritons" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, 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)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Jennifer Smith

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)

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

5:32

Henry Purcell

Composer
John Elwes

Tenor
Elisabeth Priday

Soprano
David Thomas

Bass Guitar, Bass
Stephen Varcoe

Baritone, 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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