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

Overture

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:49

Air

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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

3:39

"The lot is cast" (Soprano)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Gillian Fisher

0:32

"Brave souls" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:21

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

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

2:02

"Come if you dare" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

3:41

"Hither, this way" (Philidel, Chorus)

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

2:12

"Let not a moonborn elf" (Grimbald)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe

1:15

"Hither, this way" (Chorus)

English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

0:37

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

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

2:26

"How blest are shepherds" (Shepherd, Chorus)

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

6:36

"Shepherd, leave decoying" (Shepherdesses)

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

1:22

"What power art thou" (Cold Genius)

Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:51

"Thou doting fool" (Cupid)

English Baroque Soloists, Elisabeth Priday, John Eliot Gardiner

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, English Baroque Soloists, 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)

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

2:01

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

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

3:44

Hornpipe

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:41

"Two daughters of this aged stream" (Sirens)

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

2:41

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

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

2:50

Symphony

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:40

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

Jennifer Smith, English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe, Monteverdi Choir, 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)

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

3:00

"Fairest isle" (Venus)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Gill Ross

4:07

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

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

5:26

Trumpet Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:35

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

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

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

1:59

III "Sound the trumpet" (Counter-Tenors)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble

2:27

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

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

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

2:32

VII "Bid the Virtues" (Soprano)

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

3:31

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

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

1:40

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

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

2:59

I March

John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra

2:17

II "Man that is born"

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

3:48

III Canzona

Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:44

IV "In the midst of life"

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

5:55

V Canzona

Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

0:52

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

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

2:25

VII March

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Equale Brass Ensemble

2:22

I Symphony

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

9:37

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

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

4:42

III "Hark each tree" (Alto, Bass)

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

5:13

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

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

3:06

VIII "Wondrous machine" (Bass)

David Thomas, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:16

IX "The airy violin" (Alto)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Brian Gordon

1:22

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

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

6:17

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

Brian Gordon, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

3:01

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

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

2:31

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

Ashley Stafford, Brian Gordon, David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Paul Elliott, 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, John Eliot Gardiner, Lynne Dawson, Gillian Fisher

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)

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

1:12

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

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir

1:34

VII "Return, revolting rebels!" (Bacchus)

Stephen Varcoe, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

1:03

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

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

1:57

Curtain Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:17

First Music

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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

2:17

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

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

4:24

"Let the soldiers rejoice" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

1:53

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

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

2:33

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

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:19

"What shall I do" (Soprano)

John Eliot Gardiner, Lynne Dawson, English Baroque Soloists

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)

English Baroque Soloists, Paul Elliott, Monteverdi Choir, 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)

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

2:38

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

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

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, Lynne Dawson, English Baroque Soloists, Gillian Fisher

1:49

"Let monarchs fight" (A Faun)

English Baroque Soloists, Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner

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

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)

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

6:11

Dance

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:00

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

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

4:39

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

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

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

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)

English Baroque Soloists, Rosemary Hardy, John Eliot Gardiner

1:28

"By ancient prophecies" (Girl, Boy)

English Baroque Soloists, Martyn Hill, 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

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 Elwes, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:56

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

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

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, 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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

2:33

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

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

1:29

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

Rosemary Hardy, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:47

Air (Spirits of the air, Chorus)

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

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

2:07

"Around, around we pace" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

1:37

"Arise, ye subterranean winds" (First Devil)

David Thomas, Monteverdi Orchestra, 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 Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir, Carol Hall

1:24

"Full fathom five" (Ariel, Chorus)

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

2:12

"Dry those eyes" (Ariel)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Carol Hall, John Eliot Gardiner

6:08

"Kind fortune smiles" (Ariel)

John Eliot Gardiner, Carol Hall, Monteverdi Orchestra

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)

Rosemary Hardy, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

2:08

"Great neptune!" (Amphitrite, Neptune)

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

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)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes

4:21

"Halcyon days" (Amphitrite)

John Eliot Gardiner, Jennifer Smith, Monteverdi Orchestra

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, Jennifer Smith, Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner

5:32

Henry Purcell

Composer
Sir Thomas Allen

Bass Guitar, Bass
David Thomas

Bass Guitar, Bass
Stephen Varcoe

Baritone, Bass Guitar, Bass
English Baroque Soloists

Orchestra, Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra

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

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