Timon of Athens / Dioclesian

Album by Henry Purcell & Sir John Eliot Gardiner & Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists

Timon of Athens / Dioclesian is a pair of semi-operas by English composer Henry Purcell, composed in the 1690s. The music is in the English Baroque style and has choral numbers, instrumental dances and orchestral pieces, and it was part of Purcell's late stage output and shows his approach to theatre music in England.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Timon of Athens, Overture
    2:41
  2. 2.
    Timon of Athens, A symphony of Pipes imitating the chirping of Birds, Hark, how the songsters of the grove sing
    1:40
  3. 3.
    Timon of Athens, Love in their little veins inspires their cheerful notes
    1:22
  4. 4.
    Timon of Athens, But ah! how much are our delights more dear
    1:12
  5. 5.
    Timon of Athens, Hence with your trifling deity!
    2:32
  6. 6.
    Timon of Athens, Come all, come all to me, make haste
    1:12
  7. 7.
    Timon of Athens, Who can resist such mighty charms?
    1:34
  8. 8.
    Timon of Athens, Return, revolting rebels! Where d'ye go?
    1:46
  9. 9.
    Timon of Athens, The cares of lovers, their alarms, their sighs, their tears
    1:37
  10. 10.
    Timon of Athens, Love quickly is pall'd, tho' with labour, 'tis gain'd
    1:03
  11. 11.
    Timon of Athens, Come, let us agree, there are pleasures divine
    1:57
  12. 12.
    Timon of Athens, Curtain Tune
    2:26
  13. 13.
    Dioclesian, First Music
    2:13
  14. 14.
    Dioclesian, Second Music
    1:26
  15. 15.
    Dioclesian, Overture
    4:15
  16. 16.
    Dioclesian, Act I, First Act Tune: Hornpipe
    0:42
  17. 17.
    Dioclesian, Act II, Great Diocles the Boar has kill'd
    2:16
  18. 18.
    Dioclesian, Act II, Charon, the peaceful Shade invites - Symphony - Let all mankind the pleasure share
    4:24
  19. 19.
    Dioclesian, Act II, Let the soldiers rejoice
    1:52
  20. 20.
    Dioclesian, Act II, Ritornello - To Mars let 'em raise - Ritornello
    2:33
  21. 21.
    Dioclesian, 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' glory
    5:11
  22. 22.
    Dioclesian, Act II, Dance of Furies
    3:21
  23. 23.
    Dioclesian, Act II, Second Act Tune
    0:40
  24. 24.
    Dioclesian, Act III, Chaconne (Two in one upon a Ground)
    2:38

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Dioclesian, Act III, When I first saw the bright Aurelia's eyes
    2:28
  2. 3.
    Dioclesian, Act III, The Chair Dance
    1:19
  3. 4.
    Dioclesian, Act III, What shall I do to show how much I love her?
    5:23
  4. 5.
    Dioclesian, Act III, Third Act Tune
    0:38
  5. 6.
    Dioclesian, Act IV, Butterfly Dance
    2:11
  6. 7.
    Dioclesian, Act IV, Trumpet Tune
    0:33
  7. 8.
    Dioclesian, Act IV, Sound, Fame, thy brazen trumpet sound!
    5:19
  8. 9.
    Dioclesian, Act IV, Fourth Act Tune
    0:35
  9. 10.
    Dioclesian, Act V, Country Dance
    0:55
  10. 11.
    Dioclesian, Act V, Prelude - Call the Nymphs and the Fawns from the woods
    2:34
  11. 12.
    Dioclesian, Act V, Come, come away, no delay
    1:03
  12. 13.
    Dioclesian, Act V, Prelude - Behold, O mightiest of Gods
    3:59
  13. 14.
    Dioclesian, Act V, Ah! the sweet delights of love!
    1:50
  14. 15.
    Dioclesian, Act V, Let monarchs fight for power and for fame
    2:17
  15. 16.
    Dioclesian, Act V, Since from my dear Astrea's sight I was so rudely torn
    2:45
  16. 17.
    Dioclesian, Act V, Make room, make room - Dance of Bachanals
    4:07
  17. 18.
    Dioclesian, Act V, Still I'm wishing, still desiring
    5:08
  18. 19.
    Dioclesian, Act V, Canaries - Tell me why my charming fair
    6:10
  19. 20.
    Dioclesian, Act V, Dance
    1:01
  20. 21.
    Dioclesian, Act V, All our days and our nights shall be spent in delights
    4:37
  21. 22.
    Dioclesian, Act V, Dance - Triumph, triumph victorious Love
    5:01

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