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

Released 2007165 tracks · 422:55EnglishErato, Warner Classics & Jazz

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1.1King Arthur: OvertureHenry Purcell1:48
1.2King Arthur: AirHenry Purcell1:30
1.3King Arthur: OvertureHenry Purcell1:18
1.4King Arthur: Act I. “Woden, first to thee” – “The white horse neigh’d aloud” – “To Woden thanks we render”Monteverdi Choir, Ashley Stafford, Stephen Varcoe, Paul Elliott3:40
1.5King Arthur: Act I. “The lot is cast”Gillian Fisher0:32
1.6King Arthur: Act I. “Brave souls”Monteverdi Choir2:21
1.7King Arthur: Act I. “I call you all to Woden’s hall”Monteverdi Choir, Ashley Stafford2:03
1.8King Arthur: Act I. Symphony “Come if you dare”Monteverdi Choir, Paul Elliott3:45
1.9King Arthur: Act II. “Hither, this way”Monteverdi Choir, Gillian Fisher2:13
1.10King Arthur: Act II. Ritornello “Let not a moonborn elf”Stephen Varcoe1:15
1.11King Arthur: Act II. “Hither, this way”Monteverdi Choir0:38
1.12King Arthur: Act II. Ritornello “Come, follow me”Monteverdi Choir, Elisabeth Priday, Ashley Stafford, Stephen Varcoe, Jennifer Smith, Paul Elliott, Gill Ross, Gillian Fisher2:27
1.13King Arthur: Act II. “How blest are shepherds” (Song tune)Monteverdi Choir, Paul Elliott6:37
1.14King Arthur: Act II. Symphony “Shepherd, leave decoying”Jennifer Smith, Gillian Fisher2:11
1.15King Arthur: Act II. Hornpipe – “Come, shepherds”Monteverdi Choir1:38
1.16King Arthur: Act II. Second Act Tune: AirHenry Purcell1:00
1.17King Arthur: Act III. Prelude (The Frost Scene) – “What ho! Thou genius of this isle”Elisabeth Priday1:23
1.18King Arthur: Act III. Prelude while Cold Genius rises “What power art thou”Stephen Varcoe2:52
1.19King Arthur: Act III. “Thou doting fool”Elisabeth Priday1:03
1.20King Arthur: Act III. “Great love”Stephen Varcoe0:54
1.21King Arthur: Act III. “No part of my dominion”Elisabeth Priday0:56
1.22King Arthur: Act III. Prelude – “See, see, we assemble”Monteverdi Choir3:27
1.23King Arthur: Act III. Ritornello “Tis I that have warm’d ye” – “Tis love that has warm’d us”Monteverdi Choir, Elisabeth Priday2:02
1.24King Arthur: Act III. Ritornello “Sound a parley”Monteverdi Choir, Elisabeth Priday, Stephen Varcoe3:45
1.25King Arthur: Act III. Third Act Tune: HornpipeHenry Purcell0:39
2.1King Arthur: Act IV. “Two daughters of this aged stream”Jennifer Smith, Gillian Fisher2:43
2.2King Arthur: Act IV. Passacaglia “How happy the lover” – Ritornello “For love ev’ry creature”Monteverdi Choir, Elisabeth Priday, Ashley Stafford, Stephen Varcoe, Jennifer Smith, Paul Elliott, Gillian Fisher6:12
2.3King Arthur: Act IV. Fourth Act Tune: AirHenry Purcell0:56
2.4King Arthur: Act V. Trumpet tuneHenry Purcell0:40
2.5King Arthur: Act V. “Ye blust’ring brethren”Stephen Varcoe2:51
2.6King Arthur: Act V. SymphonyHenry Purcell1:40
2.7King Arthur: Act V. Song tune – “Round thy coast”Monteverdi Choir, Stephen Varcoe, Jennifer Smith3:19
2.8King Arthur: Act V. “For folded flocks”Ashley Stafford, Stephen Varcoe, Paul Elliott2:43
2.9King Arthur: Act V. Ritornello “Your hay it is mow’d”Monteverdi Choir, Ashley Stafford, Stephen Varcoe, Paul Elliott3:03
2.10King Arthur: Act V. Ritornello “Fairest isle”Gill Ross4:08
2.11King Arthur: Act V. “You say ’tis love”Stephen Varcoe, Jennifer Smith5:28
2.12King Arthur: Act V. Trumpet tune (Warlike consort)Henry Purcell0:36
2.13King Arthur: Act V. “St George” – “Our natives not alone appear”Monteverdi Choir, Jennifer Smith2:01
2.14King Arthur: Act V. ChaconneHenry Purcell3:25
3.1Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: OuvertureMonteverdi Choir, Sir Thomas Allen, Charles Brett, Felicity Lott, John Williams4:11
3.2Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: Come, ye sons of Art, come awayMonteverdi Choir2:00
3.3Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: Sound the trumpetMonteverdi Choir2:28
3.4Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: Come, ye sons of Art, come awayMonteverdi Choir1:23
3.5Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: Strike the violMonteverdi Choir, Sir Thomas Allen, Charles Brett, Felicity Lott, John Williams4:46
3.6Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: The day that such a blessingMonteverdi Choir, Sir Thomas Allen, Charles Brett, Felicity Lott, John Williams2:36
3.7Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: Bid the VirtuesMonteverdi Choir, Sir Thomas Allen, Charles Brett, Felicity Lott, John Williams3:32
3.8Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: These, are the sacred charmsMonteverdi Choir, Sir Thomas Allen, Charles Brett, Felicity Lott, John Williams1:41
3.9Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: See Nature, rejoicingMonteverdi Choir, Sir Thomas Allen, Charles Brett, Felicity Lott, John Williams3:00
3.10Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z.860: MarchMonteverdi Choir, Sir Thomas Allen, Charles Brett, Felicity Lott, John Williams2:17
3.11Funeral Sentences for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z.27 no. 1: Man that is bornMonteverdi Choir, Sir Thomas Allen, Charles Brett, Felicity Lott, John Williams3:49
3.12Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z.860: CanzonaMonteverdi Choir, Sir Thomas Allen, Charles Brett, Felicity Lott, John Williams1:44
3.13Funeral Sentences for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z.27 no. 2: In the midst of lifeMonteverdi Choir, Sir Thomas Allen, Charles Brett, Felicity Lott, John Williams5:56
3.14Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z.860: CanzonaMonteverdi Choir, Sir Thomas Allen, Charles Brett, Felicity Lott, John Williams0:53
3.15Funeral Sentences for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z.27 no. 3: Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our HeartsMonteverdi Choir, Sir Thomas Allen, Charles Brett, Felicity Lott, John Williams2:22
3.16Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z.860: MarchMonteverdi Choir, Sir Thomas Allen, Charles Brett, Felicity Lott, John Williams2:20
4.1Hail! Bright Cecilia: SymphonyHenry Purcell9:38
4.2Hail! Bright Cecilia: Hail! Bright CeciliaMonteverdi Choir, David Thomas, Ashley Stafford, Stephen Varcoe, Jennifer Smith, Paul Elliott, Brian Gordon4:43
4.3Hail! Bright Cecilia: Hark! Hark! Each treeDavid Thomas, Ashley Stafford3:59
4.4Hail! Bright Cecilia: ’Tis Nature’s VoicePaul Elliott4:13
4.5Hail! Bright Cecilia: Soul of the World!Monteverdi Choir2:33
4.6Hail! Bright Cecilia: Thou tun’st this world belowJennifer Smith5:13
4.7Hail! Bright Cecilia: With that sublime celestial layDavid Thomas, Ashley Stafford, Brian Gordon3:07
4.8Hail! Bright Cecilia: Wondrous machine!David Thomas2:16
4.9Hail! Bright Cecilia: The airy violinBrian Gordon1:22
4.10Hail! Bright Cecilia: In vain the am’rous fluteAshley Stafford, Paul Elliott6:19
4.11Hail! Bright Cecilia: The fife and all the harmony of warBrian Gordon3:02
4.12Hail! Bright Cecilia: Let these amongst themselves contestDavid Thomas, Stephen Varcoe2:31
4.13Hail! Bright Cecilia: Hail! Bright CeciliaMonteverdi Choir, David Thomas, Ashley Stafford, Paul Elliott, Brian Gordon4:20
5.1Timon of Athens, OvertureHenry Purcell2:41
5.2Timon of Athens, A symphony of Pipes imitating the chirping of Birds, Hark, how the songsters of the grove singLynne Dawson, Gillian Fisher1:41
5.3Timon of Athens, Love in their little veins inspires their cheerful notesLynne Dawson1:23
5.4Timon of Athens, But ah! how much are our delights more dearLynne Dawson, Stephen Varcoe, Gillian Fisher1:12
5.5Timon of Athens, Hence with your trifling deity!Michael George, Rogers Covey‐Crump, Paul Elliott2:33
5.6Timon of Athens, Come all, come all to me, make hasteGillian Fisher1:12
5.7Timon of Athens, Who can resist such mighty charms?Monteverdi Choir1:34
5.8Timon of Athens, Return, revolting rebels! Where d’ye go?Stephen Varcoe1:47
5.9Timon of Athens, The cares of lovers, their alarms, their sighs, their tearsLynne Dawson1:38
5.10Timon of Athens, Love quickly is pall’d, tho’ with labour, ’tis gain’dRogers Covey‐Crump1:04
5.11Timon of Athens, Come, let us agree, there are pleasures divineMonteverdi Choir, Stephen Varcoe, Gillian Fisher1:57
5.12Timon of Athens, Curtain TuneHenry Purcell2:26
5.13Dioclesian, First MusicHenry Purcell2:13
5.14Dioclesian, Second MusicHenry Purcell1:26
5.15Dioclesian, OvertureHenry Purcell4:16
5.16Dioclesian, Act I, First Act Tune: HornpipeHenry Purcell0:42
5.17Dioclesian, Act II, Great Diocles the Boar has kill’dMonteverdi Choir, Stephen Varcoe2:16
5.18Dioclesian, Act II, Charon, the peaceful Shade invites – Symphony – Let all mankind the pleasure shareMonteverdi Choir, Michael George, Gillian Fisher4:25
5.19Dioclesian, Act II, Let the soldiers rejoiceMonteverdi Choir, Paul Elliott1:53
5.20Dioclesian, Act II, Ritornello – To Mars let ’em raise – RitornelloMonteverdi Choir, Michael George, Stephen Varcoe, Paul Elliott2:33
5.21Dioclesian, 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’ gloryMonteverdi Choir, Rogers Covey‐Crump, Stephen Varcoe, Paul Elliott, Gillian Fisher5:11
5.22Dioclesian, Act II, Dance of FuriesHenry Purcell3:22
5.23Dioclesian, Act II, Second Act TuneHenry Purcell0:40
5.24Dioclesian, Act III, Chaconne (Two in one upon a Ground)Henry Purcell2:38
6.1Dioclesian, Act III, When I first saw the bright Aurelia’s eyesLynne Dawson2:28
6.2Dioclesian, Act III, The Chair DanceHenry Purcell1:20
6.3Dioclesian, Act III, What shall I do to show how much I love her?Lynne Dawson5:24
6.4Dioclesian, Act III, Third Act TuneHenry Purcell0:39
6.5Dioclesian, Act IV, Butterfly DanceHenry Purcell2:11
6.6Dioclesian, Act IV, Trumpet TuneHenry Purcell0:33
6.7Dioclesian, Act IV, Sound, Fame, thy brazen trumpet sound!Monteverdi Choir, Paul Elliott5:20
6.8Dioclesian, Act IV, Fourth Act TuneHenry Purcell0:36
6.9Dioclesian, Act V, Country DanceHenry Purcell0:55
6.10Dioclesian, Act V, Prelude – Call the Nymphs and the Fawns from the woodsMonteverdi Choir, Gillian Fisher2:35
6.11Dioclesian, Act V, Come, come away, no delayMichael George, Stephen Varcoe1:04
6.12Dioclesian, Act V, Prelude – Behold, O mightiest of GodsMonteverdi Choir4:00
6.13Dioclesian, Act V, Ah! The sweet delights of love!Lynne Dawson, Gillian Fisher1:51
6.14Dioclesian, Act V, Let monarchs fight for power and for fameMonteverdi Choir, Lynne Dawson2:18
6.15Dioclesian, Act V, Since from my dear Astrea’s sight I was so rudely tornGillian Fisher2:45
6.16Dioclesian, Act V, Make room, make room – Dance of BacchanalsMonteverdi Choir, Michael George, Stephen Varcoe, Paul Elliott4:07
6.17Dioclesian, Act V, Still I’m wishing, still desiringRogers Covey‐Crump5:09
6.18Dioclesian, Act V, Canaries – Tell me why my charming fairStephen Varcoe, Gillian Fisher6:11
6.19Dioclesian, Act V, DanceHenry Purcell1:01
6.20Dioclesian, Act V, All our days and our nights shall be spent in delightsMonteverdi Choir, Lynne Dawson, Paul Elliott4:38
6.21Dioclesian, Act V, Dance – Triumph, triumph victorious LoveMonteverdi Choir, Michael George, Rogers Covey‐Crump, Paul Elliott5:02
7.1The Indian Queen, First Music – First AirHenry Purcell1:19
7.2The Indian Queen, First Music – Second AirHenry Purcell1:08
7.3The Indian Queen, Second Music – First HornpipeHenry Purcell0:54
7.4The Indian Queen, Second Music – Second HornpipeHenry Purcell1:23
7.5The Indian Queen, Overture – AdagioHenry Purcell1:44
7.6The Indian Queen, Overture – AllegroHenry Purcell1:53
7.7The Indian Queen, Trumpet TuneHenry Purcell0:46
7.8The Indian Queen, Prologue, Wake, QuiveraMartyn Hill2:14
7.9The Indian Queen, Prologue, Why should men quarrel hereRosemary Hardy1:29
7.10The Indian Queen, Prologue, By ancient prophecies we have been toldRosemary Hardy, Martyn Hill4:29
7.11The Indian Queen, Prologue, Trumpet Tune (reprise)Henry Purcell0:47
7.12The Indian Queen, Act II, Symphony, CanzonaHenry Purcell2:08
7.13The Indian Queen, Act II, Symphony, AdagioHenry Purcell1:52
7.14The Indian Queen, Act II, Symphony, AllegroHenry Purcell0:57
7.15The Indian Queen, Act II, I come to sing great Zempoalla’s storyMonteverdi Choir, John Elwes0:56
7.16The Indian Queen, Act II, What flatt’ring noise is thisDavid Thomas, Ashley Stafford, John Elwes0:42
7.17The Indian Queen, Act II, Scorn’d Envy, here’s nothing that thou canst blastJohn Elwes1:03
7.18The Indian Queen, Act II, I fly from the place where flattery reignsDavid Thomas1:07
7.19The Indian Queen, Act II, Begone, curst fiends of HellJohn Elwes0:41
7.20The Indian Queen, Prelude – I come to sing great Zempoalla’s storyMonteverdi Choir, John Elwes1:26
7.21The Indian Queen, Act III, AirHenry Purcell0:41
7.22The Indian Queen, Act III, MinuetHenry Purcell1:31
7.23The Indian Queen, Act III, Ye twice ten hundred deitiesStephen Varcoe5:29
7.24The Indian Queen, Act III, Symphony for hautboysHenry Purcell1:05
7.25The Indian Queen, Act III, Seek not to know what must not be reveal’dJohn Elwes2:53
7.26The Indian Queen, Act III, Trumpet OvertureHenry Purcell2:59
7.27The Indian Queen, Act III, Ah! How happy are we!Ashley Stafford, John Elwes2:33
7.28The Indian Queen, Act III, We the spirits of the airMonteverdi Choir, Martyn Hill, Gillian Fisher1:30
7.29The Indian Queen, Act III, I attempt from love’s sickness to fly in vainDinah Harris1:47
7.30The Indian Queen, Act III, We the spirits of the air (reprise)Monteverdi Choir, Martyn Hill, Gillian Fisher1:17
7.31The Indian Queen, Act III, Third Act TuneHenry Purcell1:57
7.32The Indian Queen, Act IV, They tell us that your mighty powersJennifer Smith3:36
7.33The Indian Queen, Act V, While thus we bow before your shrineMonteverdi Choir, Stephen Varcoe6:21
8.1The Tempest, OvertureHenry Purcell4:10
8.2The Tempest, Act II, Where does the black fiend Ambition reside?Monteverdi Choir, David Thomas, Roderick Earle2:07
8.3The Tempest, Act II, Around, around we pace, around this accursed placeMonteverdi Choir1:38
8.4The Tempest, Act II, Arise, arise, ye subterranean windsDavid Thomas3:02
8.5The Tempest, Act II, Dance of WindsHenry Purcell1:21
8.6The Tempest, Act III, Come unto these yellow sands … Hark! Hark! The watchdogs barkMonteverdi Choir, Carol Hall1:25
8.7The Tempest, Act III, Full fathom five thy father liesMonteverdi Choir, Carol Hall2:12
8.8The Tempest, Act III, Dry those eyes which are o’erflowingCarol Hall6:09
8.9The Tempest, Act III, Kind fortune smilesCarol Hall1:07
8.10The Tempest, Act IV, Dance of DevilsHenry Purcell0:28
8.11The Tempest, Act IV, The sailors’ danceHenry Purcell1:09
8.12The Tempest, Act IV, Dear pretty youth unveil those eyesRosemary Hardy2:08
8.13The Tempest, Act V, Great Neptune! Now no more let Aeolus enrage the seaStephen Varcoe, Jennifer Smith4:05
8.14The Tempest, Act V, The Nereids and Tritons shall sing and shall playMonteverdi Choir1:54
8.15The Tempest, Act V, Aeolus, you must apprear, my great commands to hear … While these pass o’er the deep, your stormy winds must ceaseStephen Varcoe3:14
8.16The Tempest, Act V, Your awful voice I hear and I obey … Come down, my blusterers, swell no moreJohn Elwes4:22
8.17The Tempest, Act V, Halcyon days, now wars are ending, you shall find wheree’er you sailJennifer Smith6:30
8.18The Tempest, Act V, See, see, the heavens smileStephen Varcoe4:56
8.19The Tempest, Act V, No stars again shall hurt you from aboveMonteverdi Choir, Stephen Varcoe, Jennifer Smith5:35

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