King Arthur

Album by Henry Purcell & Nancy Argenta & Julia Gooding & Linda Perillo & Jamie MacDougall & Mark Tucker & Brian Bannatyne‐Scott & Gerald Finley & The English Concert & The English Concert Choir & Trevor Pinnock

King Arthur is a semi-opera by English composer Henry Purcell, first performed in 1691. The work combines spoken drama with musical masques and substantial vocal and orchestral numbers, employing Baroque orchestration, choruses and solo airs, and exemplifies Restoration-era English stage music while illustrating Purcell's contributions to the form.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): First Music: Chaconne
    3:24
  2. 2.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Second Music: I. Overture
    1:59
  3. 3.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): II. Air
    1:25
  4. 4.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 1: "Woden, first to thee" / "We have sacrific'd"
    2:19
  5. 5.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 1: "The white horse neigh'd aloud" / "To Woden thanks we render"
    1:21
  6. 6.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 1: The Lot is cast (soprano)
    0:43
  7. 7.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 1: Brave souls
    2:34
  8. 8.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 1: I call ye all (Tenor)
    2:09
  9. 9.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 1: 'Come if you dare' (tenor)
    4:02
  10. 10.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 2: Hither this way (Philidel)
    2:05
  11. 11.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 2: Let not a Moon-born Elf (Grimbald)
    1:12
  12. 12.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 2: Hither, this way bend
    0:38
  13. 13.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 2: Come follow, follow, follow me (Philidel)
    2:19
  14. 14.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 2: How blest are Shepherds (Shepherd)
    4:34
  15. 15.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 2: Shepherd, shepherd, leave Decoying (Shepherdesses)
    1:55
  16. 16.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 2: Come, shepherds
    1:30
  17. 17.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 2: Second Act Tune: Air
    1:08
  18. 18.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 3: Prelude
    0:23
  19. 19.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 3: What ho (Cupid)
    1:08
  20. 20.
    King Arthur, Or The British Worthy (1691): Act 3: What Power Art Thou (Genius)
    2:51
  21. 21.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 3: Thou Doting Fool (Cupid)
    0:54
  22. 22.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 3: Great Love, I know thee now
    1:01
  23. 23.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 3: No part of my Dominium (Cupid)
    1:11
  24. 24.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 3: Prelude
    0:51
  25. 25.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 3: See, See, We Assemble
    3:20
  26. 26.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 3: 'Tis I that have warm'd ye (Cupid)
    2:11
  27. 27.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 3: "Sound a parley" / "'Tis Love, 'tis Love, 'tis Love that has warm'd us"
    4:24
  28. 28.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 3: Third Act Tune: Hornpipe
    0:47

Disc 2

  1. 1.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 4: Two Daughters (Syrens)
    3:07
  2. 2.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 4: Passacaglia - "How happy the lover" - Ritornello - "For love ev'ry creature" - "No joys are above" - "In vain are our graces" - "Then use the sweet blessing"
    6:07
  3. 3.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 4: Fourth Act Tune: Air
    0:40
  4. 4.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 5: Trumpet Tune
    0:53
  5. 5.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 5: Ye blust'ring brethren
    3:03
  6. 6.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 5: Symphony
    2:00
  7. 7.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 5: Round thy coast
    2:27
  8. 8.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 5: For Folded Flocks (Countertenor, Tenor and Bass)
    3:39
  9. 9.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 5: Your Hay it is Mow'd (Comus)
    2:37
  10. 10.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 5: Fairest Isle (Venus)
    4:49
  11. 11.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 5: Dialogue: You say, 'Tis Love (Soprano and bass)
    5:24
  12. 12.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 5: Trumpet tune
    0:40
  13. 13.
    King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691): Act 5: "Saint George, the patron of our Isle" - "Our natives not alone appear"
    3:27

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