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: First Music: Chaconne
    3:24
  2. 2.
    King Arthur: Second Music: 1. Overture
    1:59
  3. 3.
    King Arthur: Second Music: 2. Air
    1:27
  4. 4.
    King Arthur: Act I. “Woden, first to thee” / “We have sacrific’d”
    2:19
  5. 5.
    King Arthur: Act I. “The white horse neigh’d aloud” / “To Woden thanks we render”
    1:21
  6. 6.
    King Arthur: Act I. “The lot is cast”
    0:43
  7. 7.
    King Arthur: Act I. “Brave souls”
    2:34
  8. 8.
    King Arthur: Act I. “I call you all to Woden’s Hall”
    2:08
  9. 9.
    King Arthur: Act I. “Come if you dare” / First Act Tune
    4:06
  10. 10.
    King Arthur: Act II. “Hither, this way, this way bend”
    2:04
  11. 11.
    King Arthur: Act II. “Let not a moon‐born elf mislead ye”
    1:12
  12. 12.
    King Arthur: Act II. “Hither, this way bend”
    0:37
  13. 13.
    King Arthur: Act II. “Come follow me”
    2:18
  14. 14.
    King Arthur: Act II. “How blest are shepherds”
    4:33
  15. 15.
    King Arthur: Act II. Symphony / “Shepherd, shepherd, leave decoying”
    1:55
  16. 16.
    King Arthur: Act II. “Come shepherds”
    1:29
  17. 17.
    King Arthur: Act II. Second Act Tune. Air
    1:13
  18. 18.
    King Arthur: Act III. Prelude
    0:22
  19. 19.
    King Arthur: Act III. “What ho!”
    1:07
  20. 20.
    King Arthur: Act III. “What power art thou”
    2:51
  21. 21.
    King Arthur: Act III. “Thou doting fool, forbear”
    0:53
  22. 22.
    King Arthur: Act III. “Great Love, I know thee now”
    1:01
  23. 23.
    King Arthur: Act III. “No part of my dominion”
    1:10
  24. 24.
    King Arthur: Act III. Prelude
    0:50
  25. 25.
    King Arthur: Act III. “See, see, we assemble” / Dance
    3:20
  26. 26.
    King Arthur: Act III. “’Tis I, ’tis I that have warm’d ye”
    2:11
  27. 27.
    King Arthur: Act III. “Sound a parley” / “’Tis love, ’tis love, ’tis love that has warm’d us”
    4:24
  28. 28.
    King Arthur: Act III: Third Act Tune. Hornpipe
    0:47

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    King Arthur: Act IV. “Two daughters of this aged stream”
    3:07
  2. 3.
    King Arthur: Act IV. 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” / “No joys are above”
    6:07
  3. 4.
    King Arthur: Act IV. Fourth Act Tune. Air
    0:44
  4. 5.
    King Arthur: Act V. Trumpet Tune
    0:52
  5. 6.
    King Arthur: Act V. “Ye blust’ring brethren”
    3:03
  6. 7.
    King Arthur: Act V. Symphony
    2:00
  7. 8.
    King Arthur: Act V. “Round thy coast”
    2:26
  8. 9.
    King Arthur: Act V. “For folded flocks”
    3:38
  9. 10.
    King Arthur: Act V. “Your hay, it is mow’d” / Dance
    2:36
  10. 11.
    King Arthur: Act V. “Fairest isle”
    4:49
  11. 12.
    King Arthur: Act V. “You say, ’tis love”
    5:23
  12. 13.
    King Arthur: Act V. Trumpet Tune
    0:40
  13. 14.
    King Arthur: Act V. “Saint George, the patron of our isle” / “Our natives not alone appear”
    3:27

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