King Arthur / Music for Queen Mary / Hail! Bright Cecilia / Timon of Athens / Dioclesian / The Indian Queen / The Tempest
Compilation by Purcell; John Eliot Gardiner
Released 22 October 2007
Tracklist
- CD 1: King Arthur: Act I–III
- 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: King Arthur: Act IV–V
- 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
- CD 3: Come, ye Sons of Art (Ode for the Birthday of Queen Mary, 1694) (1–9) / Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary (1695) (10–16)
- 1Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: OuvertureHenry Purcell4:11
- 2Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: Come, ye sons of Art, come awayHenry Purcell2:00
- 3Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: Sound the trumpetHenry Purcell2:28
- 4Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: Come, ye sons of Art, come awayHenry Purcell1:23
- 5Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: Strike the violHenry Purcell4:46
- 6Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: The day that such a blessingHenry Purcell2:36
- 7Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: Bid the VirtuesHenry Purcell3:32
- 8Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: These, are the sacred charmsHenry Purcell1:41
- 9Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: See Nature, rejoicingHenry Purcell3:00
- 10Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z.860: MarchHenry Purcell2:17
- 11Funeral Sentences for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z.27 no. 1: Man that is bornHenry Purcell3:49
- 12Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z.860: CanzonaHenry Purcell1:44
- 13Funeral Sentences for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z.27 no. 2: In the midst of lifeHenry Purcell5:56
- 14Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z.860: CanzonaHenry Purcell0:53
- 15Funeral Sentences for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z.27 no. 3: Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our HeartsHenry Purcell2:22
- 16Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z.860: MarchHenry Purcell2:20
- CD 4: Hail! Bright Cecilia
- 1Hail! Bright Cecilia: SymphonyHenry Purcell9:38
- 2Hail! Bright Cecilia: Hail! Bright CeciliaHenry Purcell4:43
- 3Hail! Bright Cecilia: Hark! Hark! Each treeHenry Purcell3:59
- 4Hail! Bright Cecilia: ’Tis Nature’s VoiceHenry Purcell4:13
- 5Hail! Bright Cecilia: Soul of the World!Henry Purcell2:33
- 6Hail! Bright Cecilia: Thou tun’st this world belowHenry Purcell5:13
- 7Hail! Bright Cecilia: With that sublime celestial layHenry Purcell3:07
- 8Hail! Bright Cecilia: Wondrous machine!Henry Purcell2:16
- 9Hail! Bright Cecilia: The airy violinHenry Purcell1:22
- 10Hail! Bright Cecilia: In vain the am’rous fluteHenry Purcell6:19
- 11Hail! Bright Cecilia: The fife and all the harmony of warHenry Purcell3:02
- 12Hail! Bright Cecilia: Let these amongst themselves contestHenry Purcell2:31
- 13Hail! Bright Cecilia: Hail! Bright CeciliaHenry Purcell4:20
- CD 5: Timon of Athens (1–12) / Dioclesian (13–24)
- 1Timon of Athens, OvertureHenry Purcell2:41
- 2Timon of Athens, A symphony of Pipes imitating the chirping of Birds, Hark, how the songsters of the grove singHenry Purcell1:40
- 3Timon of Athens, Love in their little veins inspires their cheerful notesHenry Purcell1:22
- 4Timon of Athens, But ah! how much are our delights more dearHenry Purcell1:12
- 5Timon of Athens, Hence with your trifling deity!Henry Purcell2:32
- 6Timon of Athens, Come all, come all to me, make hasteHenry Purcell1:12
- 7Timon of Athens, Who can resist such mighty charms?Henry Purcell1:34
- 8Timon of Athens, Return, revolting rebels! Where d’ye go?Henry Purcell1:46
- 9Timon of Athens, The cares of lovers, their alarms, their sighs, their tearsHenry Purcell1:37
- 10Timon of Athens, Love quickly is pall’d, tho’ with labour, ’tis gain’dHenry Purcell1:03
- 11Timon of Athens, Come, let us agree, there are pleasures divineHenry Purcell1:57
- 12Timon of Athens, Curtain TuneHenry Purcell2:26
- 13Dioclesian, First MusicHenry Purcell2:13
- 14Dioclesian, Second MusicHenry Purcell1:26
- 15Dioclesian, OvertureHenry Purcell4:15
- 16Dioclesian, Act I, First Act Tune: HornpipeHenry Purcell0:42
- 17Dioclesian, Act II, Great Diocles the Boar has kill’dHenry Purcell2:16
- 18Dioclesian, Act II, Charon, the peaceful Shade invites – Symphony – Let all mankind the pleasure shareHenry Purcell4:24
- 19Dioclesian, Act II, Let the soldiers rejoiceHenry Purcell1:52
- 20Dioclesian, Act II, Ritornello – To Mars let ’em raise – RitornelloHenry Purcell2:33
- 21Dioclesian, Act II, A Symphony of flutes in the air – Since the toils and the hazards of war … Let the priests with processions … All sing Diocles’ gloryHenry Purcell5:11
- 22Dioclesian, Act II, Dance of FuriesHenry Purcell3:21
- 23Dioclesian, Act II, Second Act TuneHenry Purcell0:40
- 24Dioclesian, Act III, Chaconne (Two in one upon a Ground)Henry Purcell2:38
- CD 6: Dioclesian
- 1Dioclesian, Act III, When I first saw the bright Aurelia’s eyesHenry Purcell2:28
- 2Dioclesian, Act III, The Chair DanceHenry Purcell1:19
- 3Dioclesian, Act III, What shall I do to show how much I love her?Henry Purcell5:23
- 4Dioclesian, Act III, Third Act TuneHenry Purcell0:38
- 5Dioclesian, Act IV, Butterfly DanceHenry Purcell2:11
- 6Dioclesian, Act IV, Trumpet TuneHenry Purcell0:33
- 7Dioclesian, Act IV, Sound, Fame, thy brazen trumpet sound!Henry Purcell5:19
- 8Dioclesian, Act IV, Fourth Act TuneHenry Purcell0:35
- 9Dioclesian, Act V, Country DanceHenry Purcell0:55
- 10Dioclesian, Act V, Prelude – Call the Nymphs and the Fawns from the woodsHenry Purcell2:34
- 11Dioclesian, Act V, Come, come away, no delayHenry Purcell1:03
- 12Dioclesian, Act V, Prelude – Behold, O mightiest of GodsHenry Purcell3:59
- 13Dioclesian, Act V, Ah! The sweet delights of love!Henry Purcell1:50
- 14Dioclesian, Act V, Let monarchs fight for power and for fameHenry Purcell2:17
- 15Dioclesian, Act V, Since from my dear Astrea’s sight I was so rudely tornHenry Purcell2:45
- 16Dioclesian, Act V, Make room, make room – Dance of BacchanalsHenry Purcell4:07
- 17Dioclesian, Act V, Still I’m wishing, still desiringHenry Purcell5:08
- 18Dioclesian, Act V, Canaries – Tell me why my charming fairHenry Purcell6:10
- 19Dioclesian, Act V, DanceHenry Purcell1:01
- 20Dioclesian, Act V, All our days and our nights shall be spent in delightsHenry Purcell4:37
- 21Dioclesian, Act V, Dance – Triumph, triumph victorious LoveHenry Purcell5:01
- CD 7: The Indian Queen
- 1The Indian Queen, First Music – First AirHenry Purcell1:19
- 2The Indian Queen, First Music – Second AirHenry Purcell1:08
- 3The Indian Queen, Second Music – First HornpipeHenry Purcell0:54
- 4The Indian Queen, Second Music – Second HornpipeHenry Purcell1:23
- 5The Indian Queen, Overture – AdagioHenry Purcell1:44
- 6The Indian Queen, Overture – AllegroHenry Purcell1:53
- 7The Indian Queen, Trumpet TuneHenry Purcell0:46
- 8The Indian Queen, Prologue, Wake, QuiveraHenry Purcell2:13
- 9The Indian Queen, Prologue, Why should men quarrel hereHenry Purcell1:29
- 10The Indian Queen, Prologue, By ancient prophecies we have been toldHenry Purcell4:28
- 11The Indian Queen, Prologue, Trumpet Tune (reprise)Henry Purcell0:46
- 12The Indian Queen, Act II, Symphony, CanzonaHenry Purcell2:07
- 13The Indian Queen, Act II, Symphony, AdagioHenry Purcell1:51
- 14The Indian Queen, Act II, Symphony, AllegroHenry Purcell0:57
- 15The Indian Queen, Act II, I come to sing great Zempoalla’s storyHenry Purcell0:56
- 16The Indian Queen, Act II, What flatt’ring noise is thisHenry Purcell0:42
- 17The Indian Queen, Act II, Scorn’d Envy, here’s nothing that thou canst blastHenry Purcell1:02
- 18The Indian Queen, Act II, I fly from the place where flattery reignsHenry Purcell1:06
- 19The Indian Queen, Act II, Begone, curst fiends of HellHenry Purcell0:40
- 20The Indian Queen, Prelude – I come to sing great Zempoalla’s storyHenry Purcell1:26
- 21The Indian Queen, Act III, AirHenry Purcell0:41
- 22The Indian Queen, Act III, MinuetHenry Purcell1:31
- 23The Indian Queen, Act III, Ye twice ten hundred deitiesHenry Purcell5:28
- 24The Indian Queen, Act III, Symphony for hautboysHenry Purcell1:04
- 25The Indian Queen, Act III, Seek not to know what must not be reveal’dHenry Purcell2:53
- 26The Indian Queen, Act III, Trumpet OvertureHenry Purcell2:59
- 27The Indian Queen, Act III, Ah! How happy are we!Henry Purcell2:33
- 28The Indian Queen, Act III, We the spirits of the airHenry Purcell1:29
- 29The Indian Queen, Act III, I attempt from love’s sickness to fly in vainHenry Purcell1:47
- 30The Indian Queen, Act III, We the spirits of the air (reprise)Henry Purcell1:17
- 31The Indian Queen, Act III, Third Act TuneHenry Purcell1:57
- 32The Indian Queen, Act IV, They tell us that your mighty powersHenry Purcell3:36
- 33The Indian Queen, Act V, While thus we bow before your shrineHenry Purcell6:21
- CD 8: The Tempest
- 1The Tempest, OvertureHenry Purcell4:10
- 2The Tempest, Act II, Where does the black fiend Ambition reside?Henry Purcell2:07
- 3The Tempest, Act II, Around, around we pace, around this accursed placeHenry Purcell1:37
- 4The Tempest, Act II, Arise, arise, ye subterranean windsHenry Purcell3:01
- 5The Tempest, Act II, Dance of WindsHenry Purcell1:21
- 6The Tempest, Act III, Come unto these yellow sands … Hark! Hark! The watchdogs barkHenry Purcell1:25
- 7The Tempest, Act III, Full fathom five thy father liesHenry Purcell2:11
- 8The Tempest, Act III, Dry those eyes which are o’erflowingHenry Purcell6:08
- 9The Tempest, Act III, Kind fortune smilesHenry Purcell1:07
- 10The Tempest, Act IV, Dance of DevilsHenry Purcell0:27
- 11The Tempest, Act IV, The sailors’ danceHenry Purcell1:09
- 12The Tempest, Act IV, Dear pretty youth unveil those eyesHenry Purcell2:08
- 13The Tempest, Act V, Great Neptune! Now no more let Aeolus enrage the seaHenry Purcell4:05
- 14The Tempest, Act V, The Nereids and Tritons shall sing and shall playHenry Purcell1:54
- 15The Tempest, Act V, Aeolus, you must apprear, my great commands to hear … While these pass o’er the deep, your stormy winds must ceaseHenry Purcell3:14
- 16The Tempest, Act V, Your awful voice I hear and I obey … Come down, my blusterers, swell no moreHenry Purcell4:21
- 17The Tempest, Act V, Halcyon days, now wars are ending, you shall find wheree’er you sailHenry Purcell6:30
- 18The Tempest, Act V, See, see, the heavens smileHenry Purcell4:56
- 19The Tempest, Act V, No stars again shall hurt you from aboveHenry Purcell5:35
More by Purcell, John Eliot Gardiner
Release credits
- organ [1-19]
- alto vocals [1.4, 1.7, 2.8, 4.2-3, 4.7, 4.10, 4.13], countertenor vocals [1.12, 2.2, 2.9, 7.16, 7.27]
- alto vocals [2, 7, 9, 11, 13]
- mezzo-soprano vocals [6-9]
- countertenor vocals [1, 5-16]
- bass vocals [4.2-3, 4.7-8, 4.12-13, 8.2, 8.4], bass-baritone vocals [16, 18]
- soprano vocals [29]
- soprano vocals [1.12, 1.17, 1.19, 1.21, 1.23-24, 2.2]
- violin [1-33]
- instrument [7, 10], performing orchestra [5.1-24, 6.1-21, 7.1-33, 1.1-25, 2.1-14, 4.1-6, 4.8-9, 4.11-13]
- brass [2-4], performing orchestra [1, 5-16]
- soprano vocals [1, 5-16]
- editor [1-16]
- soprano vocals [1.12, 2.10]
- soprano vocals [1.5, 1.9, 1.12, 1.14, 2.1-2, 6.10, 6.13, 6.15, 6.18, 7.28, 7.30, 5.2, 5.4, 5.6, 5.11, 5.18, 5.21]
- balance [5.1-24, 6.1-21]
- soprano vocals [2.1-2, 2.7, 2.11, 2.13, 7.32, 4.2, 4.6, 1.12, 1.14, 8.13, 8.17, 8.19]
- tenor vocals [8.16, 7.15-17, 7.19-20, 7.25, 7.27]
- countertenor vocals [1, 5-16]
- soprano vocals [6.1, 6.3, 6.13-14, 6.20, 5.2-4, 5.9]
- cello [8.1-19, 7.1-33]
- tenor vocals [8, 10, 28], vocal [30]
- bass vocals [5.5, 5.18, 5.20, 6.11, 6.16, 6.21]
- lute [1-33], theorbo [1-19]
- producer [8.1-19, 3.1-16, 4.1-13, 7.1-33]
- choir vocals [4.2, 4.5, 4.13, 1.4, 1.6-9, 1.11-13, 1.15, 1.22-24, 6.7, 6.10, 6.16, 6.20-21, 8.2-3, 8.6-7, 8.14, 8.19, 2.2, 2.7, 2.9, 2.13, 5.7, 5.11, 5.17-21, 3.1-16, 7.15, 7.20, 7.28, 7.30, 7.33], vocal [12, 14]
- performing orchestra [8.1-19, 3.1-16]
- harpsichord [7.1-33, 8.1-19]
- violin [1-33]
- tenor vocals [1.4, 1.8, 1.12-13, 5.5, 5.19-21, 2.2, 2.8-9, 6.7, 6.16, 6.20-21, 4.2, 4.4, 4.10, 4.13]
- sound [1-16]
- balance [1.1-25, 2.1-14, 8.1-19, 7.1-33]
- bass vocals [2]
- tenor vocals [5.5, 5.10, 5.21, 6.17, 6.21]
- soprano vocals [8.12, 7.9-10]
- violin [1-33]
- conductor
- bass vocals [1, 5-16]
- baritone vocals [7.23, 7.33, 1.4, 1.10, 1.12, 1.18, 1.20, 1.24, 6.11, 6.16, 6.18, 5.4, 5.8, 5.11, 5.17, 5.20-21, 4.2, 4.12, 8.13, 8.15, 8.18-19, 2.2, 2.5, 2.7-9, 2.11]
- balance [5.1-24, 4.1-13, 6.1-21], editor [1-13], producer [2.1-14, 5.1-24, 6.1-21, 1.1-25]






