King Arthur (highlights)
John Eliot Gardiner · English Baroque Soloists · Monteverdi Choir · Stephen Varcoe · Gillian Fisher · Jennifer Smith
King Arthur (highlights) (2004), CD, on Apex. Music by Henry Purcell, performed by John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Stephen Varcoe; 24 tracks.
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King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1: "Woden, first to thee"
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act I, Scene II, 5. “The white horse neigh’d aloud.” … “To Woden thanks we render” (tenor, alto, chorus)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1: "Brave souls"
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act I, Scene II, 7. “Brave souls, to be renown’d in story” (Chorus)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1: Symphony - "Come if you dare"
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act I, Scene III, 9. “Come if you dare” (symphony followed by tenor and chorus)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: "Hither, this way"
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act II, Scene I, 10. “Hither, this way, this way bend” (Chorus)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: "Come, follow me"
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act II, Scene I, 13. “Come follow me” (Philidel, spirits)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: "How blest are shepherds"
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act II, Scene II, 14. “How blest are shepherds, how happy their lasses” (Shepherd and chorus)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: Second Act Tune - Air
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act II, 17. Second Act Tune: Air
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Prelude - "What ho! thou genius of this isle"
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: "What power art thou"
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act III, 20. “What power art thou, who from below…” (Cold Genius)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Dance - "See, see, we assemble"
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act III, 25. “See, see, we assemble” (Chorus)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Ritornello - 'Tis I that have warm'd ye 'Tis Love that has warm'd us"
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act III, 26. “’Tis I that have warm’d ye” (Cupid, followed by ritornello and chorus)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: "Sound a parley, ye fair, and surrender"
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act III, 27. “Sound a parley” (Cupid and Cold Genius, followed by ritornello and chorus)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Third act tune - Hornpipe
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act III, 28. Third Act Tune: Hornpipe
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 4: "Two daughters of this aged stream are we"
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act IV, Scene II, 29. “Two daughters of this aged stream are we” (Sirens)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Gillian Fisher
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act IV, Scene II, 30. Passacaglia – “How happy the lover” (Tenor, Nymphs, and Sylvans)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Trumpet tune
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V, Scene II, 32. Trumpet Tune
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Ritornello - "Your hay it is mow'd"
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V, Scene II, 37. “Your hay it is mow’d, and your corn is reap’d” (Comus, peasants)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: "Fairest isle"
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V, Scene II, 38. “Fairest Isle” (Venus)
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Trumpet tune
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V, Scene II, 40. Trumpet Tune (Warlike Consort)