King Arthur / Music for Queen Mary / Hail! Bright Cecilia / Timon of Athens / Dioclesian / The Indian Queen / The Tempest

Tracklist

• CD 1: King Arthur: Act I–III
• 1
  King Arthur: Overture

  Henry Purcell
  1:47
• 2
  King Arthur: Air

  Henry Purcell
  1:30
• 3
  King Arthur: Overture

  Henry Purcell
  1:18
• 4
  King Arthur: Act I. “Woden, first to thee” – “The white horse neigh’d aloud” – “To Woden thanks we render”

  Henry Purcell
  3:40
• 5
  King Arthur: Act I. “The lot is cast”

  Henry Purcell
  0:32
• 6
  King Arthur: Act I. “Brave souls”

  Henry Purcell
  2:21
• 7
  King Arthur: Act I. “I call you all to Woden’s hall”

  Henry Purcell
  2:02
• 8
  King Arthur: Act I. Symphony “Come if you dare”

  Henry Purcell
  3:44
• 9
  King Arthur: Act II. “Hither, this way”

  Henry Purcell
  2:12
• 10
  King Arthur: Act II. Ritornello “Let not a moonborn elf”

  Henry Purcell
  1:15
• 11
  King Arthur: Act II. “Hither, this way”

  Henry Purcell
  0:37
• 12
  King Arthur: Act II. Ritornello “Come, follow me”

  Henry Purcell
  2:27
• 13
  King Arthur: Act II. “How blest are shepherds” (Song tune)

  Henry Purcell
  6:37
• 14
  King Arthur: Act II. Symphony “Shepherd, leave decoying”

  Henry Purcell
  2:11
• 15
  King Arthur: Act II. Hornpipe – “Come, shepherds”

  Henry Purcell
  1:38
• 16
  King Arthur: Act II. Second Act Tune: Air

  Henry Purcell
  0:59
• 17
  King Arthur: Act III. Prelude (The Frost Scene) – “What ho! Thou genius of this isle”

  Henry Purcell
  1:22
• 18
  King Arthur: Act III. Prelude while Cold Genius rises “What power art thou”

  Henry Purcell
  2:51
• 19
  King Arthur: Act III. “Thou doting fool”

  Henry Purcell
  1:03
• 20
  King Arthur: Act III. “Great love”

  Henry Purcell
  0:54
• 21
  King Arthur: Act III. “No part of my dominion”

  Henry Purcell
  0:55
• 22
  King Arthur: Act III. Prelude – “See, see, we assemble”

  Henry Purcell
  3:26
• 23
  King Arthur: Act III. Ritornello “Tis I that have warm’d ye” – “Tis love that has warm’d us”

  Henry Purcell
  2:01
• 24
  King Arthur: Act III. Ritornello “Sound a parley”

  Henry Purcell
  3:44
• 25
  King Arthur: Act III. Third Act Tune: Hornpipe

  Henry Purcell
  0:39
• CD 2: King Arthur: Act IV–V
• 1
  King Arthur: Act IV. “Two daughters of this aged stream”

  Henry Purcell
  2:42
• 2
  King Arthur: Act IV. Passacaglia “How happy the lover” – Ritornello “For love ev’ry creature”

  Henry Purcell
  6:11
• 3
  King Arthur: Act IV. Fourth Act Tune: Air

  Henry Purcell
  0:56
• 4
  King Arthur: Act V. Trumpet tune

  Henry Purcell
  0:39
• 5
  King Arthur: Act V. “Ye blust’ring brethren”

  Henry Purcell
  2:50
• 6
  King Arthur: Act V. Symphony

  Henry Purcell
  1:40
• 7
  King Arthur: Act V. Song tune – “Round thy coast”

  Henry Purcell
  3:18
• 8
  King Arthur: Act V. “For folded flocks”

  Henry Purcell
  2:43
• 9
  King Arthur: Act V. Ritornello “Your hay it is mow’d”

  Henry Purcell
  3:02
• 10
  King Arthur: Act V. Ritornello “Fairest isle”

  Henry Purcell
  4:08
• 11
  King Arthur: Act V. “You say ’tis love”

  Henry Purcell
  5:28
• 12
  King Arthur: Act V. Trumpet tune (Warlike consort)

  Henry Purcell
  0:36
• 13
  King Arthur: Act V. “St George” – “Our natives not alone appear”

  Henry Purcell
  2:01
• 14
  King Arthur: Act V. Chaconne

  Henry Purcell
  3:24
• 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)
• 1
  Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: Ouverture

  Henry Purcell
  4:11
• 2
  Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: Come, ye sons of Art, come away

  Henry Purcell
  2:00
• 3
  Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: Sound the trumpet

  Henry Purcell
  2:28
• 4
  Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: Come, ye sons of Art, come away

  Henry Purcell
  1:23
• 5
  Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: Strike the viol

  Henry Purcell
  4:46
• 6
  Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: The day that such a blessing

  Henry Purcell
  2:36
• 7
  Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: Bid the Virtues

  Henry Purcell
  3:32
• 8
  Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: These, are the sacred charms

  Henry Purcell
  1:41
• 9
  Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: See Nature, rejoicing

  Henry Purcell
  3:00
• 10
  Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z.860: March

  Henry Purcell
  2:17
• 11
  Funeral Sentences for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z.27 no. 1: Man that is born

  Henry Purcell
  3:49
• 12
  Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z.860: Canzona

  Henry Purcell
  1:44
• 13
  Funeral Sentences for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z.27 no. 2: In the midst of life

  Henry Purcell
  5:56
• 14
  Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z.860: Canzona

  Henry Purcell
  0:53
• 15
  Funeral Sentences for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z.27 no. 3: Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our Hearts

  Henry Purcell
  2:22
• 16
  Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z.860: March

  Henry Purcell
  2:20
• CD 4: Hail! Bright Cecilia
• 1
  Hail! Bright Cecilia: Symphony

  Henry Purcell
  9:38
• 2
  Hail! Bright Cecilia: Hail! Bright Cecilia

  Henry Purcell
  4:43
• 3
  Hail! Bright Cecilia: Hark! Hark! Each tree

  Henry Purcell
  3:59
• 4
  Hail! Bright Cecilia: ’Tis Nature’s Voice

  Henry Purcell
  4:13
• 5
  Hail! Bright Cecilia: Soul of the World!

  Henry Purcell
  2:33
• 6
  Hail! Bright Cecilia: Thou tun’st this world below

  Henry Purcell
  5:13
• 7
  Hail! Bright Cecilia: With that sublime celestial lay

  Henry Purcell
  3:07
• 8
  Hail! Bright Cecilia: Wondrous machine!

  Henry Purcell
  2:16
• 9
  Hail! Bright Cecilia: The airy violin

  Henry Purcell
  1:22
• 10
  Hail! Bright Cecilia: In vain the am’rous flute

  Henry Purcell
  6:19
• 11
  Hail! Bright Cecilia: The fife and all the harmony of war

  Henry Purcell
  3:02
• 12
  Hail! Bright Cecilia: Let these amongst themselves contest

  Henry Purcell
  2:31
• 13
  Hail! Bright Cecilia: Hail! Bright Cecilia

  Henry Purcell
  4:20
• CD 5: Timon of Athens (1–12) / Dioclesian (13–24)
• 1
  Timon of Athens, Overture

  Henry Purcell
  2:41
• 2
  Timon of Athens, A symphony of Pipes imitating the chirping of Birds, Hark, how the songsters of the grove sing

  Henry Purcell
  1:40
• 3
  Timon of Athens, Love in their little veins inspires their cheerful notes

  Henry Purcell
  1:22
• 4
  Timon of Athens, But ah! how much are our delights more dear

  Henry Purcell
  1:12
• 5
  Timon of Athens, Hence with your trifling deity!

  Henry Purcell
  2:32
• 6
  Timon of Athens, Come all, come all to me, make haste

  Henry Purcell
  1:12
• 7
  Timon of Athens, Who can resist such mighty charms?

  Henry Purcell
  1:34
• 8
  Timon of Athens, Return, revolting rebels! Where d’ye go?

  Henry Purcell
  1:46
• 9
  Timon of Athens, The cares of lovers, their alarms, their sighs, their tears

  Henry Purcell
  1:37
• 10
  Timon of Athens, Love quickly is pall’d, tho’ with labour, ’tis gain’d

  Henry Purcell
  1:03
• 11
  Timon of Athens, Come, let us agree, there are pleasures divine

  Henry Purcell
  1:57
• 12
  Timon of Athens, Curtain Tune

  Henry Purcell
  2:26
• 13
  Dioclesian, First Music

  Henry Purcell
  2:13
• 14
  Dioclesian, Second Music

  Henry Purcell
  1:26
• 15
  Dioclesian, Overture

  Henry Purcell
  4:15
• 16
  Dioclesian, Act I, First Act Tune: Hornpipe

  Henry Purcell
  0:42
• 17
  Dioclesian, Act II, Great Diocles the Boar has kill’d

  Henry Purcell
  2:16
• 18
  Dioclesian, Act II, Charon, the peaceful Shade invites – Symphony – Let all mankind the pleasure share

  Henry Purcell
  4:24
• 19
  Dioclesian, Act II, Let the soldiers rejoice

  Henry Purcell
  1:52
• 20
  Dioclesian, Act II, Ritornello – To Mars let ’em raise – Ritornello

  Henry Purcell
  2:33
• 21
  Dioclesian, 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’ glory

  Henry Purcell
  5:11
• 22
  Dioclesian, Act II, Dance of Furies

  Henry Purcell
  3:21
• 23
  Dioclesian, Act II, Second Act Tune

  Henry Purcell
  0:40
• 24
  Dioclesian, Act III, Chaconne (Two in one upon a Ground)

  Henry Purcell
  2:38
• CD 6: Dioclesian
• 1
  Dioclesian, Act III, When I first saw the bright Aurelia’s eyes

  Henry Purcell
  2:28
• 2
  Dioclesian, Act III, The Chair Dance

  Henry Purcell
  1:19
• 3
  Dioclesian, Act III, What shall I do to show how much I love her?

  Henry Purcell
  5:23
• 4
  Dioclesian, Act III, Third Act Tune

  Henry Purcell
  0:38
• 5
  Dioclesian, Act IV, Butterfly Dance

  Henry Purcell
  2:11
• 6
  Dioclesian, Act IV, Trumpet Tune

  Henry Purcell
  0:33
• 7
  Dioclesian, Act IV, Sound, Fame, thy brazen trumpet sound!

  Henry Purcell
  5:19
• 8
  Dioclesian, Act IV, Fourth Act Tune

  Henry Purcell
  0:35
• 9
  Dioclesian, Act V, Country Dance

  Henry Purcell
  0:55
• 10
  Dioclesian, Act V, Prelude – Call the Nymphs and the Fawns from the woods

  Henry Purcell
  2:34
• 11
  Dioclesian, Act V, Come, come away, no delay

  Henry Purcell
  1:03
• 12
  Dioclesian, Act V, Prelude – Behold, O mightiest of Gods

  Henry Purcell
  3:59
• 13
  Dioclesian, Act V, Ah! The sweet delights of love!

  Henry Purcell
  1:50
• 14
  Dioclesian, Act V, Let monarchs fight for power and for fame

  Henry Purcell
  2:17
• 15
  Dioclesian, Act V, Since from my dear Astrea’s sight I was so rudely torn

  Henry Purcell
  2:45
• 16
  Dioclesian, Act V, Make room, make room – Dance of Bacchanals

  Henry Purcell
  4:07
• 17
  Dioclesian, Act V, Still I’m wishing, still desiring

  Henry Purcell
  5:08
• 18
  Dioclesian, Act V, Canaries – Tell me why my charming fair

  Henry Purcell
  6:10
• 19
  Dioclesian, Act V, Dance

  Henry Purcell
  1:01
• 20
  Dioclesian, Act V, All our days and our nights shall be spent in delights

  Henry Purcell
  4:37
• 21
  Dioclesian, Act V, Dance – Triumph, triumph victorious Love

  Henry Purcell
  5:01
• CD 7: The Indian Queen
• 1
  The Indian Queen, First Music – First Air

  Henry Purcell
  1:19
• 2
  The Indian Queen, First Music – Second Air

  Henry Purcell
  1:08
• 3
  The Indian Queen, Second Music – First Hornpipe

  Henry Purcell
  0:54
• 4
  The Indian Queen, Second Music – Second Hornpipe

  Henry Purcell
  1:23
• 5
  The Indian Queen, Overture – Adagio

  Henry Purcell
  1:44
• 6
  The Indian Queen, Overture – Allegro

  Henry Purcell
  1:53
• 7
  The Indian Queen, Trumpet Tune

  Henry Purcell
  0:46
• 8
  The Indian Queen, Prologue, Wake, Quivera

  Henry Purcell
  2:13
• 9
  The Indian Queen, Prologue, Why should men quarrel here

  Henry Purcell
  1:29
• 10
  The Indian Queen, Prologue, By ancient prophecies we have been told

  Henry Purcell
  4:28
• 11
  The Indian Queen, Prologue, Trumpet Tune (reprise)

  Henry Purcell
  0:46
• 12
  The Indian Queen, Act II, Symphony, Canzona

  Henry Purcell
  2:07
• 13
  The Indian Queen, Act II, Symphony, Adagio

  Henry Purcell
  1:51
• 14
  The Indian Queen, Act II, Symphony, Allegro

  Henry Purcell
  0:57
• 15
  The Indian Queen, Act II, I come to sing great Zempoalla’s story

  Henry Purcell
  0:56
• 16
  The Indian Queen, Act II, What flatt’ring noise is this

  Henry Purcell
  0:42
• 17
  The Indian Queen, Act II, Scorn’d Envy, here’s nothing that thou canst blast

  Henry Purcell
  1:02
• 18
  The Indian Queen, Act II, I fly from the place where flattery reigns

  Henry Purcell
  1:06
• 19
  The Indian Queen, Act II, Begone, curst fiends of Hell

  Henry Purcell
  0:40
• 20
  The Indian Queen, Prelude – I come to sing great Zempoalla’s story

  Henry Purcell
  1:26
• 21
  The Indian Queen, Act III, Air

  Henry Purcell
  0:41
• 22
  The Indian Queen, Act III, Minuet

  Henry Purcell
  1:31
• 23
  The Indian Queen, Act III, Ye twice ten hundred deities

  Henry Purcell
  5:28
• 24
  The Indian Queen, Act III, Symphony for hautboys

  Henry Purcell
  1:04
• 25
  The Indian Queen, Act III, Seek not to know what must not be reveal’d

  Henry Purcell
  2:53
• 26
  The Indian Queen, Act III, Trumpet Overture

  Henry Purcell
  2:59
• 27
  The Indian Queen, Act III, Ah! How happy are we!

  Henry Purcell
  2:33
• 28
  The Indian Queen, Act III, We the spirits of the air

  Henry Purcell
  1:29
• 29
  The Indian Queen, Act III, I attempt from love’s sickness to fly in vain

  Henry Purcell
  1:47
• 30
  The Indian Queen, Act III, We the spirits of the air (reprise)

  Henry Purcell
  1:17
• 31
  The Indian Queen, Act III, Third Act Tune

  Henry Purcell
  1:57
• 32
  The Indian Queen, Act IV, They tell us that your mighty powers

  Henry Purcell
  3:36
• 33
  The Indian Queen, Act V, While thus we bow before your shrine

  Henry Purcell
  6:21
• CD 8: The Tempest
• 1
  The Tempest, Overture

  Henry Purcell
  4:10
• 2
  The Tempest, Act II, Where does the black fiend Ambition reside?

  Henry Purcell
  2:07
• 3
  The Tempest, Act II, Around, around we pace, around this accursed place

  Henry Purcell
  1:37
• 4
  The Tempest, Act II, Arise, arise, ye subterranean winds

  Henry Purcell
  3:01
• 5
  The Tempest, Act II, Dance of Winds

  Henry Purcell
  1:21
• 6
  The Tempest, Act III, Come unto these yellow sands … Hark! Hark! The watchdogs bark

  Henry Purcell
  1:25
• 7
  The Tempest, Act III, Full fathom five thy father lies

  Henry Purcell
  2:11
• 8
  The Tempest, Act III, Dry those eyes which are o’erflowing

  Henry Purcell
  6:08
• 9
  The Tempest, Act III, Kind fortune smiles

  Henry Purcell
  1:07
• 10
  The Tempest, Act IV, Dance of Devils

  Henry Purcell
  0:27
• 11
  The Tempest, Act IV, The sailors’ dance

  Henry Purcell
  1:09
• 12
  The Tempest, Act IV, Dear pretty youth unveil those eyes

  Henry Purcell
  2:08
• 13
  The Tempest, Act V, Great Neptune! Now no more let Aeolus enrage the sea

  Henry Purcell
  4:05
• 14
  The Tempest, Act V, The Nereids and Tritons shall sing and shall play

  Henry Purcell
  1:54
• 15
  The Tempest, Act V, Aeolus, you must apprear, my great commands to hear … While these pass o’er the deep, your stormy winds must cease

  Henry Purcell
  3:14
• 16
  The Tempest, Act V, Your awful voice I hear and I obey … Come down, my blusterers, swell no more

  Henry Purcell
  4:21
• 17
  The Tempest, Act V, Halcyon days, now wars are ending, you shall find wheree’er you sail

  Henry Purcell
  6:30
• 18
  The Tempest, Act V, See, see, the heavens smile

  Henry Purcell
  4:56
• 19
  The Tempest, Act V, No stars again shall hurt you from above

  Henry Purcell
  5:35

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Release credits

• Alastair Ross
  organ [1-19]
• Ashley Stafford
  alto vocals [2.8, 1.4, 1.7, 4.2-3, 4.7, 4.10, 4.13], countertenor vocals [7.16, 7.27, 2.2, 2.9, 1.12]
• Brian Gordon
  alto vocals [2, 7, 9, 11, 13]
• Carol Hall
  mezzo-soprano vocals [6-9]
• Charles Brett
  countertenor vocals [1, 5-16]
• David Thomas
  bass vocals [4.2-3, 4.7-8, 4.12-13, 8.2, 8.4], bass-baritone vocals [16, 18]
• Dinah Harris
  soprano vocals [29]
• Elisabeth Priday
  soprano vocals [2.2, 1.12, 1.17, 1.19, 1.21, 1.23-24]
• Elizabeth Wilcock
  violin [1-33]
• English Baroque Soloists
  instrument [7, 10], performing orchestra [6.1-21, 2.1-14, 7.1-33, 1.1-25, 5.1-24, 4.1-6, 4.8-9, 4.11-13]
• Equale Brass Ensemble
  brass [2-4], performing orchestra [1, 5-16]
• Felicity Lott
  soprano vocals [1, 5-16]
• Françoise Garcin
  editor [1-16]
• Gill Ross
  soprano vocals [2.10, 1.12]
• Gillian Fisher
  soprano vocals [7.28, 7.30, 1.5, 1.9, 1.12, 1.14, 2.1-2, 5.2, 5.4, 5.6, 5.11, 5.18, 5.21, 6.10, 6.13, 6.15, 6.18]
• Jacques Doll
  balance [6.1-21, 5.1-24]
• Jennifer Smith
  soprano vocals [1.12, 1.14, 7.32, 2.1-2, 2.7, 2.11, 2.13, 8.13, 8.17, 8.19, 4.2, 4.6]
• John Elwes
  tenor vocals [7.15-17, 7.19-20, 7.25, 7.27, 8.16]
• John Williams
  countertenor vocals [1, 5-16]
• Lynne Dawson
  soprano vocals [6.1, 6.3, 6.13-14, 6.20, 5.2-4, 5.9]
• Marilyn Sansom
  cello [7.1-33, 8.1-19]
• Martyn Hill
  tenor vocals [8, 10, 28], vocal [30]
• Michael George
  bass vocals [5.5, 5.18, 5.20, 6.11, 6.16, 6.21]
• Michael Lewin
  lute [1-33], theorbo [1-19]
• Michel Garcin
  producer [8.1-19, 7.1-33, 4.1-13, 3.1-16]
• Monteverdi Choir
  choir vocals [2.2, 2.7, 2.9, 2.13, 4.2, 4.5, 4.13, 6.7, 6.10, 6.16, 6.20-21, 5.7, 5.11, 5.17-21, 3.1-16, 1.4, 1.6-9, 1.11-13, 1.15, 1.22-24, 8.2-3, 8.6-7, 8.14, 8.19, 7.15, 7.20, 7.28, 7.30, 7.33], vocal [12, 14]
• Monteverdi Orchestra
  performing orchestra [3.1-16, 8.1-19]
• Nicholas Kraemer
  harpsichord [7.1-33, 8.1-19]
• Nona Liddell
  violin [1-33]
• Paul Elliott
  tenor vocals [1.4, 1.8, 1.12-13, 5.5, 5.19-21, 4.2, 4.4, 4.10, 4.13, 2.2, 2.8-9, 6.7, 6.16, 6.20-21]
• Peter Willemoës
  sound [1-16]
• Pierre Lavoix
  balance [7.1-33, 1.1-25, 2.1-14, 8.1-19]
• Roderick Earle
  bass vocals [2]
• Rogers Covey‐Crump
  tenor vocals [6.17, 6.21, 5.5, 5.10, 5.21]
• Rosemary Hardy
  soprano vocals [7.9-10, 8.12]
• Simon Standage
  violin [1-33]
• Sir John Eliot Gardiner
  conductor
• Sir Thomas Allen
  bass vocals [1, 5-16]
• Stephen Varcoe
  baritone vocals [5.4, 5.8, 5.11, 5.17, 5.20-21, 8.13, 8.15, 8.18-19, 2.2, 2.5, 2.7-9, 2.11, 7.23, 7.33, 6.11, 6.16, 6.18, 1.4, 1.10, 1.12, 1.18, 1.20, 1.24, 4.2, 4.12]
• Yolanta Skura
  balance [4.1-13, 5.1-24, 6.1-21], editor [1-13], producer [6.1-21, 1.1-25, 5.1-24, 2.1-14]
• Show all credits (40)

Issues

• 

  K
  King Arthur / Music for Queen Mary / Hail! Bright Cecilia / Timon of Athens / Dioclesian / The Indian Queen / The Tempest

  8x CD
  22 October 2007