Title: Purcell: King Arthur, Music for Queen Mary, The Indian Queen, The Tempest… (9CD)
Artist: Gardiner, John Eliot
Label: Erato
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 190296416231
Genre: Classical Vocal Crossover
As John Eliot Gardiner converted his Monteverdi Orchestra to early instruments in the mid-1970s and renamed it the English Baroque Soloists, he engaged his magnificent instrumentalists, choir and a host of first-class soloists in the most emblematic works by "the Greatest Genius we [England] ever had": Henry Purcell! He reception was unanimously enthusiastic and led Diapason to say: "Gardiner's reading of Purcell, dramatic, hyper-refined, sometimes burning, overwhelming, at all times enchanting, cannot escape the discography of the enlightened music lover. Purcell himself is there!"
Tracks:
1.1 King Arthur, Z. 628: Overture
1.2 King Arthur, Z. 628: Air
1.3 King Arthur, Z. 628: Overture (Reprise)
1.4 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act I: Trio and Chorus. "Woden, First to Thee" - "The White Horse Neigh'd Aloud" ; "To Woden, Our Defender, Thanks We Render"
1.5 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act I: Song. "The Lot Is Cast, and Tanfan Pleas'd"
1.6 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act I: Chorus. "Brave Souls, to Be Renown'd in Story"
1.7 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act I: Song and Chorus. "I Call You All to Woden's Hall"
1.8 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act I: Song and Chorus. "Come If You Dare" - First Act Tune
1.9 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: Song and Chorus. "Hither, This Way, This Way Bend"
1.10 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: Song. "Let Not a Moonborn Elf Mislead Ye"
1.11 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: Chorus. "Hither This Way, This Way Bend"
1.12 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: Song and Chorus. "Come, Follow Me"
1.13 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: Song and Chorus. "How Blest Are Shepherds"
1.14 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: Duet. "Shepherd, Shepherd, Leave Decoying"
1.15 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: Chorus. "Come, Shepherds, Lead up a Lively Measure" - Hornpipe
1.16 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: Second Act Tune. Air
1.17 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Song. "What Ho! Thou Genius of This Isle"
1.18 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Prelude While Cold Genius Rises - Song. "What Power Art Thou"
1.19 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Song. "What Ho! Thou Genius of This Isle" - Song. "Thou Doting Fool"
1.20 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Song. "Great Love, I Know Thee Now"
1.21 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Song. "No Part of My Dominion"
1.22 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Prelude - Chorus. "See, See, We Assemble" - Dance
1.23 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Ritornello. "Tis I That Have Warm'd Ye" - Chorus. "Tis Love That Has Warm'd Us"
1.24 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Duet. "Sound a Parley" - Ritornello - Chorus. "Tis Love That Has Warm'd Us"
1.25 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Third Act Tune. Hornpipe
2.1 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act IV: Duet. "Two Daughters of This Aged Stream Are We"
2.2 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act IV: Song and Chorus. "How Happy the Lover" - Duet and Chorus. "For Love Every Creature" ; Chorus Trio. "In Vain Are Our Graces"
2.3 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act IV: Fourth Act Tune. Air
2.4 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Trumpet Tune
2.5 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Song. "Ye Blust'ring Brethren of the Skies"
2.6 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Symphony
2.7 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Song and Chorus. "Round Thy Coast"
2.8 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Trio. "For Folded Flocks, and Fruitful Plains"
2.9 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Song and Chorus. "Your Hay It Is Mow'd"
2.10 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Song. "Fairest Isle"
2.11 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Duet. "You Say 'tis Love"
2.12 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Trumpet Tune. Warlike Consort
2.13 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Song and Chorus. "Saint George"
2.14 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Chaconne
3.1 Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 1, Symphony
3.2 Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 2, Aria and Chorus. "Come Ye Sons of Art Away"
3.3 Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 3, Duet. "Sound the Trumpet"
3.4 Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 4, Chorus. "Come Ye Sons of Art Away"
3.5 Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 5, Ritornello. "Strike the Viol"
3.6 Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 6, Aria and Chorus. "The Day That Such a Blessing Gave"
3.7 Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 7, Aria. "Bid the Virtues"
3.8 Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 8, Aria. "These Are the Sacred Charms"
3.9 Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 9, Duet and Chorus. "See Nature Rejoicing"
3.10 March and Canzona for Queen Mary's Funeral, Z. 860: March
3.11 Funeral Sentences: Man That Is Born of a Woman, Z. 27
3.12 March and Canzona for Queen Mary's Funeral, Z. 860: Canzona
3.13 Funeral Sentences: In the Midst of Life, Z. 17A
3.14 March and Canzona for Queen Mary's Funeral, Z. 860: Canzona (Reprise)
3.15 Funeral Sentences: Thou Know'st, Lord, Z. 58C
3.16 March and Canzona for Queen Mary's Funeral, Z. 860: March (Reprise)
3.17 Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes, Z. 135
3.18 My Beloved Spake, Z. 28
3.19 O God, Thou Hast Cast Us Out, Z. 36
3.20 Hear My Prayer, O Lord, Z. 15
4.1 Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Symphony
4.2 Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Chorus. "Hail! Bright Cecilia"
4.3 Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Duet. "Hark Each Tree"
4.4 Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Aria. "'Tis Nature's Voice"
4.5 Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Chorus. "Soul of the World"
4.6 Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Aria. "Thou Tun'st This World"
4.7 Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Trio. "With That Sublime Celestial Lay"
4.8 Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Aria. "Wondrous Machine"
4.9 Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Aria. "The Airy Violin"
4.10 Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Duet. "In Vain the Am'rous Flute"
4.11 Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Aria. "The Fife and All the Harmony of War"
4.12 Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Duet. "Let These Amongst Themselves Contest"
4.13 Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Final Chorus. "Hail! Bright Cecilia"
5.1 Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Overture
5.2 Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Duet. "Hark! How the Songsters of the Grove" (Two Nymphs)
5.3 Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Song. "Love in Their Little Veins" (Nymph)
5.4 Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Trio. "But Ah! How Much Are Our Delights" (Two Nymphs, Shepherd)
5.5 Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Song. "Hence With Your Trifling Deity!" - Trio. "But Over Us no Griefs Prevail" (Bacchanals)
5.6 Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Song. "Come All, Come All to Me" (Cupid)
5.7 Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Chorus. "Who Can Resist" (Chorus)
5.8 Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Song. "Return, Revolting Rebels!" (Bacchus)
5.9 Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Song. "The Care of Lovers" (A Nymph)
5.10 Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Song. "Love Quickly Is Pall'd" (A Bacchanal)
5.11 Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Duet and Chorus. "Come, Let Us Agree" (Cupid, Bacchus, Chorus)
5.12 Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Curtain Tune on a Ground
5.13 Dioclesian, Z. 627: First Music
5.14 Dioclesian, Z. 627: Second Music
5.15 Dioclesian, Z. 627: Overture
5.16 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act I: First Act Tune. Hornpipe
5.17 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act II: Song. "Great Diocles" - Chorus. "Sing Lo's"
5.18 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act II: Song. "Charon, the Peaceful Shade" - Sinfonia - Duet and Chorus. "Let All Mankind the Pleasure Share"
5.19 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act II: Martial Song. "Let the Soldiers Rejoice" - Chorus. "Rejoice, Rejoice"
5.20 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act II: Ritornello and Trio. "To Mars Let 'em Raise" - Chorus. "Rejoice, Rejoice" ; Ritornello
5.21 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act II: A Symphony of Flutes - Song. "Since the Toils" - Quartet. "Let the Priests" ; Chorus. "All Sing Great Diocles' Glory"
5.22 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act II: Dance of Furies
5.23 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act II: Second Act Tune
5.24 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act III: Chaconne. Two in One Upon a Ground
6.1 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act III: Song. "When First I Saw"
6.2 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act III: The Chair Dance
6.3 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act III: Song. "What Shall I Do"
6.4 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act III: Third Act Tune
6.5 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act IV: Butterfly Dance
6.6 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act IV: Trumpet Tune
6.7 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act IV: Song. "Sound, Fame" - Chorus. "Let All Rehearse"
6.8 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act IV: Fourth Act Tune
6.9 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act V: Country Dance
6.10 Dioclesian, Z.