Music from "Cupid and Death"
Album by Christopher Gibbons, Matthew Locke; The Consort of Musicke, Anthony Rooley
Released 1995
Tracklist
- 1Cupid and Death: First Entry (Cupid). Curtain MusicChristopher Gibbons, Matthew Locke4:27
- 2Cupid and Death: First Entry (Cupid). Entrance of Cupid and his Train of Folly and MadnessChristopher Gibbons, Matthew Locke1:32
- 3Cupid and Death: First Entry (Cupid). "Though little be the God of love" (Soprano) - "Thus Love can fiery spirits tame" (Chorus)Christopher Gibbons, Matthew Locke2:32
- 4Cupid and Death: Second Entry (Death). Suite of DancesChristopher Gibbons, Matthew Locke1:59
- 5Cupid and Death: Second Entry (Death). Death's Entrance DanceChristopher Gibbons, Matthew Locke1:39
- 6Cupid and Death: Second Entry (Death). Suite of DancesChristopher Gibbons, Matthew Locke3:39
- 7Cupid and Death: Second Entry (Death). "Victorious men of Earth" (Soprano) - "He hath at will" (Chorus)Christopher Gibbons, Matthew Locke2:14
- 8Cupid and Death: Third Entry (The Exchange of Arrows). Suite of DancesChristopher Gibbons, Matthew Locke1:54
- 9Cupid and Death: Third Entry (The Exchange of Arrows). "Stay, Cupid, whither art thou flying?" (Soprano) - "O let the weeping virgins strow" (Chorus)Christopher Gibbons, Matthew Locke2:30
- 10Cupid and Death: Fourth Entry (Distraught Nature). Suite of DancesChristopher Gibbons, Matthew Locke4:02
- 11Cupid and Death: Fourth Entry (Distraught Nature). Nature's Entrance and Aria "Fly, fly, my children" (Nature)Christopher Gibbons, Matthew Locke3:56
- 12Cupid and Death: Fourth Entry (Distraught Nature). Old Men and Women DanceChristopher Gibbons, Matthew Locke0:33
- 13Cupid and Death: Fourth Entry (Distraught Nature). "What will it be, Death, advance thy name" (Bass) - "O Love! O Death!" (Chorus)Christopher Gibbons, Matthew Locke2:04
- 14Cupid and Death: Fourth Entry (Distraught Nature). Soldier's Dance (The Hectors' Dance)Christopher Gibbons, Matthew Locke3:30
- 15Cupid and Death: Fourth Entry (Distraught Nature). "Change, o change your fatal bows" (Nature) - "Take pity, gods!" (Chorus)Christopher Gibbons, Matthew Locke2:07
- 16Cupid and Death: Fifth Entry (Mercury Descends). Suite of DancesChristopher Gibbons, Matthew Locke1:36
- 17Cupid and Death: Fifth Entry (Mercury Descends). Chamberlain's and Apes' Entrance and Aria "O yes..."Christopher Gibbons, Matthew Locke6:38
- 18Cupid and Death: Fifth Entry (Mercury Descends). Apes and Satyr DanceChristopher Gibbons, Matthew Locke1:35
- 19Cupid and Death: Fifth Entry (Mercury Descends). A Symphony for Mercury's EntranceChristopher Gibbons, Matthew Locke1:21
- 20Cupid and Death: Fifth Entry (Mercury Descends). Aria "Hence ye profane" (Mercury)Christopher Gibbons, Matthew Locke2:46
- 21Cupid and Death: Fifth Entry (Mercury Descends). "I am here. What send the gods by Mercury?" (Cupid, Mercury, Death, Nature)Christopher Gibbons, Matthew Locke7:44
- 22Cupid and Death: Fifth Entry (Mercury Descends). Music for Elysium "Where am I?" (Nature, Mercury)Christopher Gibbons, Matthew Locke1:12
- 23Cupid and Death: Fifth Entry (Mercury Descends). "Open bless'd Elysian grove" (Soprano, Bass) - "If this place be not heaven" (Chorus) - "O who shall guide me hence?" (Nature, Mercury)Christopher Gibbons, Matthew Locke3:58
- 24Cupid and Death: Fifth Entry (Mercury Descends). The Grand DanceChristopher Gibbons, Matthew Locke2:07
- 25Cupid and Death: Fifth Entry (Mercury Descends). Aria "Return, return you happy men" (Mercury)Christopher Gibbons, Matthew Locke2:03
- 26Cupid and Death: Fifth Entry (Mercury Descends). "Like a perfuming gale o'er flowers" (Chorus)Christopher Gibbons, Matthew Locke0:58
More by Christopher Gibbons, Matthew Locke, The Consort of Musicke, Anthony Rooley
Release credits
- tenor vocals
- conductor
- bass vocals
- soprano vocals
- soprano vocals
- tenor vocals
- contralto vocals
- soprano vocals
- bass vocals
- performing orchestra
Issues
- M1995




