King Arthur / Music for Queen Mary / Hail! Bright Cecilia / Timon of Athens / Dioclesian / The Indian Queen / The Tempest
John Eliot Gardiner · Nicholas Kraemer · Simon Standage · English Baroque Soloists · Monteverdi Choir · Stephen Varcoe · Gillian Fisher · Charles Brett · Felicity Lott · Jennifer Smith
King Arthur / Music for Queen Mary / Hail! Bright Cecilia / Timon of Athens / Dioclesian / The Indian Queen / The Tempest (2007), CD, on Warner Classics & Jazz. Music by Henry Purcell, performed by John Eliot Gardiner, Nicholas Kraemer, Simon Standage, English Baroque Soloists; 165 tracks.
Composer
Tracklist
Disc 1
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: Act I. “The lot is cast”
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act I, Scene II, 6. “The lot is cast, and Tanfan pleas’d” (Soprano)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Gillian Fisher
King Arthur: Act I. “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: Act I. “I call you all to Woden’s hall”
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act I, Scene II, 8. “I call you all to Woden’s Hall” (Alto and chorus)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
King Arthur: Act I. 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: Act II. “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: Act II. Ritornello “Let not a moonborn elf”
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act II, Scene I, 11. “Let not a moon‐born elf deceive thee” (Grimbald)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe
King Arthur: Act II. “Hither, this way”
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act II, Scene I, 12. “Hither, this way, this way bend” (Chorus)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
King Arthur: Act II. Ritornello “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: Act II. “How blest are shepherds” (Song tune)
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: Act II. Symphony “Shepherd, leave decoying”
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act II, Scene II, 15. “Shepherd, shepherd, leave decoying” (Two shepherdesses)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Gillian Fisher
King Arthur: Act II. Hornpipe – “Come, shepherds”
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act II, Scene II, 16b. “Come, shepherds, lead up a lively measure” (Chorus of shepherds)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
King Arthur: Act II. Second Act Tune: Air
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act II, 17. Second Act Tune: Air
King Arthur: Act III. Prelude (The Frost Scene) – “What ho! Thou genius of this isle”
King Arthur: Act III. Prelude while Cold Genius rises “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: Act III. “Thou doting fool”
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act III, 21. “Thou doting fool” (Cupid)
King Arthur: Act III. “Great love”
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act III, 22. “Great love, I know thee now” (Cold Genius)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe
King Arthur: Act III. “No part of my dominion”
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act III, 23. “No part of my dominion shall be waste” (Cupid)
King Arthur: Act III. Prelude – “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: Act III. 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
Disc 2
King Arthur: Act IV. “Two daughters of this aged stream”
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
King Arthur: Act IV. Passacaglia “How happy the lover” – Ritornello “For love ev’ry creature”
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: Act IV. Fourth Act Tune: Air
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act IV, Scene II, 31. Fourth Act Tune: Air
King Arthur: Act V. Trumpet tune
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V, Scene II, 32. Trumpet Tune
King Arthur: Act V. “Ye blust’ring brethren”
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V, Scene II, 33. “Ye blust’ring brethren” (Aeolus)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe
King Arthur: Act V. Song tune – “Round thy coast”
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V, Scene II, 35. “Round thy coasts, fair nymph of Britain” (Pan, a Nereid)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
King Arthur: Act V. “For folded flocks”
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V, Scene II, 36. “For folded flocks, on fruitful plains” (alto, tenor, bass)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe
King Arthur: Act V. 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: Act V. Ritornello “Fairest isle”
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V, Scene II, 38. “Fairest Isle” (Venus)
King Arthur: Act V. “You say ’tis love”
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V, Scene II, 39. “You say ’tis love” (He, She)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Jennifer Smith
King Arthur: Act V. Trumpet tune (Warlike consort)
Henry Purcell - King Arthur, Z. 628: Act V, Scene II, 40. Trumpet Tune (Warlike Consort)
Disc 3
Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: Ouverture
Henry Purcell - Birthday Ode for Queen Mary "Come Ye Sons of Art", Z. 323
Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: Come, ye sons of Art, come away
Henry Purcell - Birthday Ode for Queen Mary "Come Ye Sons of Art", Z. 323
Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: Sound the trumpet
Henry Purcell - Birthday Ode for Queen Mary "Come Ye Sons of Art", Z. 323
Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: Come, ye sons of Art, come away
Henry Purcell - Birthday Ode for Queen Mary "Come Ye Sons of Art", Z. 323
Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: Strike the viol
Henry Purcell - Birthday Ode for Queen Mary "Come Ye Sons of Art", Z. 323
Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: The day that such a blessing
Henry Purcell - Birthday Ode for Queen Mary "Come Ye Sons of Art", Z. 323
Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: Bid the Virtues
Henry Purcell - Birthday Ode for Queen Mary "Come Ye Sons of Art", Z. 323
Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: These, are the sacred charms
Henry Purcell - Birthday Ode for Queen Mary "Come Ye Sons of Art", Z. 323
Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: See Nature, rejoicing
Henry Purcell - Birthday Ode for Queen Mary "Come Ye Sons of Art", Z. 323
Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z.860: March
Funeral Sentences for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z.27 no. 1: Man that is born
Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z.860: Canzona
Funeral Sentences for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z.27 no. 2: In the midst of life
Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z.860: Canzona
Disc 4
Hail! Bright Cecilia: Hail! Bright Cecilia
Henry Purcell - “Hail! Bright Cecilia”, Z. 328
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Hail! Bright Cecilia: Soul of the World!
Henry Purcell - “Hail! Bright Cecilia”, Z. 328
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Hail! Bright Cecilia: Thou tun’st this world below
Henry Purcell - “Hail! Bright Cecilia”, Z. 328
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Jennifer Smith
Hail! Bright Cecilia: The fife and all the harmony of war
Disc 5
Henry Purcell - Timon of Athens: A Symphony of Pipes Imitating the Chirping of Birds
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Gillian Fisher
Timon of Athens, Love in their little veins inspires their cheerful notes
Henry Purcell - Timon of Athens, Z. 632: 3. Solo "Love in their little veins inspires"
Timon of Athens, But ah! how much are our delights more dear
Henry Purcell - Timon of Athens, Z. 632: 4. Trio "But ah! How much are our delights"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Gillian Fisher
Timon of Athens, Hence with your trifling deity!
Henry Purcell - Timon of Athens, Z. 632: 5. Solo "Hence with your trifling deity"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Rogers Covey-Crump
Timon of Athens, Come all, come all to me, make haste
Henry Purcell - Timon of Athens, Z. 632: 7. Solo "Come, come all to me"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Gillian Fisher
Timon of Athens, Who can resist such mighty charms?
Henry Purcell - Timon of Athens, Z. 632: 8. Chorus "Who can resist such mighty charms"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Timon of Athens, Return, revolting rebels! Where d’ye go?
Henry Purcell - Timon of Athens, Z. 632: 9. Solo "Return, revolting rebels"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe
Timon of Athens, The cares of lovers, their alarms, their sighs, their tears
Henry Purcell - Timon of Athens, Z. 632: 10. Solo "The cares of lovers"
Timon of Athens, Love quickly is pall’d, tho’ with labour, ’tis gain’d
Henry Purcell - Timon of Athens, Z. 632: 11. Solo "Love quickly is pall'd"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Rogers Covey-Crump
Timon of Athens, Come, let us agree, there are pleasures divine
Henry Purcell - Timon of Athens, Z. 632: 12. Duet "Come, let us agree"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Dioclesian, Act I, First Act Tune: Hornpipe
Henry Purcell - The Prophetess, or The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627: Act 1. First Act Tune
Dioclesian, Act II, Great Diocles the Boar has kill’d
Henry Purcell - The Prophetess, or The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627: Act 2. Prelude, Aria and Chorus "Great Diocles the Boar has kill'd"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Henry Purcell - The Prophetess, or The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627: Act 2. Prelude and Aria "Charon the peaceful Shade invites"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Dioclesian, Act II, Let the soldiers rejoice
Henry Purcell - The Prophetess, or The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627: Act 2. Prelude, Aria and Chorus "Let the soldier's rejoice"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Dioclesian, Act II, Ritornello – To Mars let ’em raise – Ritornello
Henry Purcell - The Prophetess, or The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627: Act 2. Trio and Chorus "To Mars let 'em raise"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Henry Purcell - The Prophetess, or The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627: Act 2. Aria and Chorus "Since the toils and hazards of war"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Dioclesian, Act II, Dance of Furies
Henry Purcell - The Prophetess, or The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627: Act 2. Dance of the furies
Disc 6
Dioclesian, Act III, When I first saw the bright Aurelia’s eyes
Henry Purcell - The Prophetess, or The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627: Song "When First I Saw Aurelia's Eyes"
Dioclesian, Act III, The Chair Dance
Henry Purcell - The Prophetess, or The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627: Act 3. The Chair Dance
Dioclesian, Act III, What shall I do to show how much I love her?
Henry Purcell - The Prophetess, or The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627: Act 3. Prelude for Hautboys – Aria "What shall I do?"
Dioclesian, Act III, Third Act Tune
Henry Purcell - The Prophetess, or The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627: Act 3. Third act tune
Dioclesian, Act IV, Butterfly Dance
Henry Purcell - The Prophetess, or The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627: Act 4. Dance – Butterfly Dance
Dioclesian, Act IV, Trumpet Tune
Henry Purcell - The Prophetess, or The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627: Act 4. Tune for Trumpets
Dioclesian, Act IV, Sound, Fame, thy brazen trumpet sound!
Henry Purcell - The Prophetess, or The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627: Act 4. Aria "Sound, Fame, thy brazen trumpet sound"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Dioclesian, Act IV, Fourth Act Tune
Henry Purcell - The Prophetess, or The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627: Act 4. Fourth act tune
Dioclesian, Act V, Country Dance
Henry Purcell - The Prophetess, or The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627: Act 5. Masque: Country Dance
Dioclesian, Act V, Prelude – Call the Nymphs and the Fawns from the woods
Henry Purcell - The Prophetess, or The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627: Act 5. Masque: "Call the nymphs"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Dioclesian, Act V, Come, come away, no delay
Henry Purcell - The Prophetess, or The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627: Act 5. Masque: Duet "Come, come away"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Stephen Varcoe
Dioclesian, Act V, Prelude – Behold, O mightiest of Gods
Henry Purcell - The Prophetess, or The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627: Act 5. Masque: Chorus "Behold, O mighty'st of Gods"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Dioclesian, Act V, Ah! The sweet delights of love!
Henry Purcell - The Prophetess, or The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627: Act 5. Masque: Duet "O the Sweet Delights of Love"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Gillian Fisher
Dioclesian, Act V, Let monarchs fight for power and for fame
Henry Purcell - The Prophetess, or The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627: Act 5. Masque: Dance
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Dioclesian, Act V, Since from my dear Astrea’s sight I was so rudely torn
Henry Purcell - The Prophetess, or The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627: Act 5. Song "Since from my dear Astrea's sight"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Gillian Fisher
Dioclesian, Act V, Make room, make room – Dance of Bacchanals
Henry Purcell - The Prophetess, or The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627: Act 5. Masque: Dance of Bacchanals
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Dioclesian, Act V, Still I’m wishing, still desiring
Henry Purcell - The Prophetess, or The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627: Act 5. Masque: Dance
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Rogers Covey-Crump
Dioclesian, Act V, Canaries – Tell me why my charming fair
Henry Purcell - The Prophetess, or The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627: Act 5. Masque: Duet "Tell me why my charming fair"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Gillian Fisher
Disc 7
The Indian Queen, Prologue, Why should men quarrel here
Henry Purcell - The Indian Queen, Z 630: Why should men quarrel?
The Indian Queen, Prologue, By ancient prophecies we have been told
The Indian Queen, Act II, I come to sing great Zempoalla’s story
The Indian Queen, Act II, What flatt’ring noise is this
The Indian Queen, Act II, Scorn’d Envy, here’s nothing that thou canst blast
The Indian Queen, Act II, I fly from the place where flattery reigns
The Indian Queen, Act II, Begone, curst fiends of Hell
The Indian Queen, Prelude – I come to sing great Zempoalla’s story
The Indian Queen, Act III, Ye twice ten hundred deities
The Indian Queen, Act III, Seek not to know what must not be reveal’d
The Indian Queen, Act III, Trumpet Overture
The Indian Queen, Act III, We the spirits of the air
Henry Purcell - The Indian Queen: Song Tune: We spirits of the air
The Indian Queen, Act III, I attempt from love’s sickness to fly in vain
Henry Purcell - The Indian Queen, Z. 630: Act III: 17h. "I Attempt From Love's Sickness to Fly"
The Indian Queen, Act III, We the spirits of the air (reprise)
Henry Purcell - The Indian Queen: Song Tune: We spirits of the air
The Indian Queen, Act III, Third Act Tune
Henry Purcell - The Indian Queen, Z. 630: Act III: 18. 3rd Act Tune (Rondeau)
Disc 8
The Tempest, Act II, Around, around we pace, around this accursed place
The Tempest, Act II, Arise, arise, ye subterranean winds
Henry Purcell - The Tempest, Z. 631: Act II "Arise, ye subterranean winds"
The Tempest, Act III, Come unto these yellow sands … Hark! Hark! The watchdogs bark
Henry Purcell - The Tempest, Z. 631: Act II. "Come Unto These Yellow Sands"
The Tempest, Act III, Full fathom five thy father lies
The Tempest, Act III, Dry those eyes which are o’erflowing
The Tempest, Act V, Great Neptune! Now no more let Aeolus enrage the sea
Henry Purcell - The Tempest, Z. 631: Act V. The Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite
The Tempest, Act V, The Nereids and Tritons shall sing and shall play
The Tempest, Act V, Your awful voice I hear and I obey … Come down, my blusterers, swell no more
The Tempest, Act V, Halcyon days, now wars are ending, you shall find wheree’er you sail