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

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)

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

3:39

"The lot is cast" (Soprano)

English Baroque Soloists, Gillian Fisher, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

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)

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

2:12

"Let not a moonborn elf" (Grimbald)

English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner

1:15

"Hither, this way" (Chorus)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

0:37

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

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

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

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)

Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:51

"Thou doting fool" (Cupid)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Elisabeth Priday

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)

Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

3:26

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

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

2:01

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

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

3:44

Hornpipe

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:41

"Two daughters of this aged stream" (Sirens)

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

2:41

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

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

John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists

2:50

Symphony

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:40

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

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

3:19

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

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

2:43

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

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

3:00

"Fairest isle" (Venus)

English Baroque Soloists, Gill Ross, John Eliot Gardiner

4:07

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

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

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

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)

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

1:59

III "Sound the trumpet" (Counter-Tenors)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner

2:27

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

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir, 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)

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

2:32

VII "Bid the Virtues" (Soprano)

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

3:31

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

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

1:40

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

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

2:59

I March

Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner

2:17

II "Man that is born"

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

3:48

III Canzona

Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

1:44

IV "In the midst of life"

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

5:55

V Canzona

Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble, John Eliot Gardiner

0:52

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

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

2:25

VII March

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Equale Brass Ensemble

2:22

I Symphony

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

9:37

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

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

4:42

III "Hark each tree" (Alto, Bass)

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

3:59

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

English Baroque Soloists, Paul Elliott, John Eliot Gardiner

4:12

V "Soul of the world" (Chorus)

English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

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

3:06

VIII "Wondrous machine" (Bass)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, David Thomas

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)

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

6:17

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

English Baroque Soloists, Brian Gordon, John Eliot Gardiner

3:01

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

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

2:31

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

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

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

1:12

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

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

2:32

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

John Eliot Gardiner, Gillian Fisher, English Baroque Soloists

1:11

VI "Who can resist" (Chorus)

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, 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)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Lynne Dawson

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)

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

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

4:14

First Act Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:42

"Great Diocles" (Bass, Chorus)

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

2:17

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

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

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

2:33

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

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

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

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

2:35

"When first I saw" (Soprano)

Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:29

The Chair Dance

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:12

Trumpet Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:33

"Sound, Fame" (Tenor, Chorus)

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

5:19

Fourth Act Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:34

Country Dance

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

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

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, Lynne Dawson, Gillian Fisher

1:49

"Let monarchs fight" (A Faun)

Lynne Dawson, John Eliot Gardiner, 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

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

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, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Gillian Fisher

6:11

Dance

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:00

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

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

4:39

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

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

4:56

First Air

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:43

Allegro

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:53

Trumpet Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:46

"Wake, Quivera" (Boy)

Martyn Hill, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

2:13

"Why should men quarrel" (Girl)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Rosemary Hardy

1:28

"By ancient prophecies" (Girl, Boy)

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

4:29

Trumpet Tune

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:47

Canzona

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, John Elwes

0:56

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

English Baroque Soloists, David Thomas, Martyn Hill, 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)

John Eliot Gardiner, David Thomas, English Baroque Soloists

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)

Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

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)

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

1:29

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

Rosemary Hardy, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:47

Air (Spirits of the air, Chorus)

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

1:17

Third Act Tune

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

1:57

"They tell us that your mighty powers" (Soprano) Fourth Act Tune

Rosemary Hardy, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

3:36

"While thus we bow" (High Priest)

David Thomas, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

6:17

Overture

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

4:10

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

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

2:07

"Around, around we pace" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Choir, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

1:37

"Arise, ye subterranean winds" (First Devil)

John Eliot Gardiner, David Thomas, Monteverdi Orchestra

3:02

Dance of Winds

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

1:21

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

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

1:24

"Full fathom five" (Ariel, Chorus)

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

2:12

"Dry those eyes" (Ariel)

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra, Carol Hall

6:08

"Kind fortune smiles" (Ariel)

Carol Hall, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Orchestra

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)

John Eliot Gardiner, Rosemary Hardy, Monteverdi Orchestra

2:08

"Great neptune!" (Amphitrite, Neptune)

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

4:04

"The nereids and Tritons" (Chorus)

Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

1:54

"Aeolus, you must appear" (Neptune)

Stephen Varcoe, Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner

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)

Monteverdi Orchestra, Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner

4:56

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

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

5:32

Henry Purcell

Composer
Paul Elliott

Tenor
Equale Brass Ensemble

Ensemble
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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