2x CD
King Arthur
Album by Purcell; Jennifer Smith, Gillian Fisher, Elisabeth Priday, Gill Ross, Ashley Stafford, Paul Elliott, Stephen Varcoe, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
Released 1985
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1King Arthur: OvertureHenry Purcell1:47
- 2King Arthur: AirHenry Purcell1:30
- 3King Arthur: OvertureHenry Purcell1:18
- 4King Arthur: Act I. “Woden, first to thee” - “The white horse neigh’d aloud” - “To woden thanks we render”Henry Purcell3:40
- 5King Arthur: Act I. “The lot is cast”Henry Purcell0:32
- 6King Arthur: Act I. “Brave souls”Henry Purcell2:21
- 7King Arthur: Act I. “I call you all to woden’s hall”Henry Purcell2:02
- 8King Arthur: Act I. Symphony “Come if you dare”Henry Purcell3:44
- 9King Arthur: Act II. “Hither, this way”Henry Purcell2:12
- 10King Arthur: Act II. Ritornello “Let not a moonborn elf”Henry Purcell1:15
- 11King Arthur: Act II. “Hither, this way”Henry Purcell0:37
- 12King Arthur: Act II. Ritornello “Come, follow me”Henry Purcell2:27
- 13King Arthur: Act II. “How blest are shepherds” (Song tune)Henry Purcell6:37
- 14King Arthur: Act II. Symphony “Shepherd, leave decoying”Henry Purcell2:11
- 15King Arthur: Act II. Hornpipe - “Come, shepherds”Henry Purcell1:38
- 16King Arthur: Act II. Second Act Tune: AirHenry Purcell0:59
- 17King Arthur: Act III. Prelude (The Frost Scene) - “What ho! Thou genius of this isle”Henry Purcell1:22
- 18King Arthur: Act III. Prelude while Cold Genius rises “What power art thou”Henry Purcell2:51
- 19King Arthur: Act III. “Thou doting fool”Henry Purcell1:03
- 20King Arthur: Act III. “Great love”Henry Purcell0:54
- 21King Arthur: Act III. “No part of my dominion”Henry Purcell0:55
- 22King Arthur: Act III. Prelude - “See, see, we assemble”Henry Purcell3:26
- 23King Arthur: Act III. Ritornello “Tis I that have warm’d ye” - “Tis love that has warm’d us”Henry Purcell2:01
- 24King Arthur: Act III. Ritornello “Sound a parley”Henry Purcell3:44
- 25King Arthur: Act III. Third Act Tune: HornpipeHenry Purcell0:39
- CD 2
- 1King Arthur: Act IV. “Two daughters of this aged stream”Henry Purcell2:42
- 2King Arthur: Act IV. Passacaglia “How happy the lover” - Ritornello “For love ev’ry creature”Henry Purcell6:11
- 3King Arthur: Act IV. Fourth Act Tune: AirHenry Purcell0:56
- 4King Arthur: Act V. Trumpet tuneHenry Purcell0:39
- 5King Arthur: Act V. “Ye blust’ring brethren”Henry Purcell2:50
- 6King Arthur: Act V. SymphonyHenry Purcell1:40
- 7King Arthur: Act V. Song tune - “Round thy coast”Henry Purcell3:18
- 8King Arthur: Act V. “For folded flocks”Henry Purcell2:43
- 9King Arthur: Act V. Ritornello “Your hay it is mow’d”Henry Purcell3:02
- 10King Arthur: Act V. Ritornello “Fairest isle”Henry Purcell4:08
- 11King Arthur: Act V. “You say ’tis love”Henry Purcell5:28
- 12King Arthur: Act V. Trumpet tune (Warlike consort)Henry Purcell0:36
- 13King Arthur: Act V. “St George” - “Our natives not alone appear”Henry Purcell2:01
- 14King Arthur: Act V. ChaconneHenry Purcell3:24
More by Purcell, Jennifer Smith, Gillian Fisher, Elisabeth Priday, Gill Ross, Ashley Stafford, Paul Elliott, Stephen Varcoe, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
Release credits
- alto vocals [2.8, 1.4, 1.7], countertenor vocals [1.12, 2.2, 2.9]
- soprano vocals [1.12, 1.17, 1.19, 1.21, 1.23-24, 2.2]
- performing orchestra
- soprano vocals [2.10, 1.12]
- soprano vocals [1.5, 1.9, 1.12, 1.14, 2.1-2]
- soprano vocals [1.12, 1.14, 2.1-2, 2.7, 2.11, 2.13]
- choir vocals [1.4, 1.6-9, 1.11-13, 1.15, 1.22-24, 2.2, 2.7, 2.9, 2.13]
- tenor vocals [1.4, 1.8, 1.12-13, 2.2, 2.8-9]
- balance
- conductor
- baritone vocals [2.2, 2.5, 2.7-9, 2.11, 1.4, 1.10, 1.12, 1.18, 1.20, 1.24]
- producer
Issues
K
K2x CD1985
K2x CD1994- K2x CD