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

Album by Henry Purcell & Sir John Eliot Gardiner

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    King Arthur: Overture
    1:47
  2. 2.
    King Arthur: Air
    1:30
  3. 3.
    King Arthur: Overture
    1:18
  4. 4.
    King Arthur: Act I. “Woden, first to thee” – “The white horse neigh’d aloud” – “To Woden thanks we render”
    3:40
  5. 5.
    King Arthur: Act I. “The lot is cast”
    0:32
  6. 6.
    King Arthur: Act I. “Brave souls”
    2:21
  7. 7.
    King Arthur: Act I. “I call you all to Woden’s hall”
    2:02
  8. 8.
    King Arthur: Act I. Symphony “Come if you dare”
    3:44
  9. 9.
    King Arthur: Act II. “Hither, this way”
    2:12
  10. 10.
    King Arthur: Act II. Ritornello “Let not a moonborn elf”
    1:15
  11. 11.
    King Arthur: Act II. “Hither, this way”
    0:37
  12. 12.
    King Arthur: Act II. Ritornello “Come, follow me”
    2:27
  13. 13.
    King Arthur: Act II. “How blest are shepherds” (Song tune)
    6:37
  14. 14.
    King Arthur: Act II. Symphony “Shepherd, leave decoying”
    2:11
  15. 15.
    King Arthur: Act II. Hornpipe – “Come, shepherds”
    1:38
  16. 16.
    King Arthur: Act II. Second Act Tune: Air
    0:59
  17. 17.
    King Arthur: Act III. Prelude (The Frost Scene) – “What ho! Thou genius of this isle”
    1:22
  18. 18.
    King Arthur: Act III. Prelude while Cold Genius rises “What power art thou”
    2:51
  19. 19.
    King Arthur: Act III. “Thou doting fool”
    1:03
  20. 20.
    King Arthur: Act III. “Great love”
    0:54
  21. 21.
    King Arthur: Act III. “No part of my dominion”
    0:55
  22. 22.
    King Arthur: Act III. Prelude – “See, see, we assemble”
    3:26
  23. 23.
    King Arthur: Act III. Ritornello “Tis I that have warm’d ye” – “Tis love that has warm’d us”
    2:01
  24. 24.
    King Arthur: Act III. Ritornello “Sound a parley”
    3:44
  25. 25.
    King Arthur: Act III. Third Act Tune: Hornpipe
    0:39

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    King Arthur: Act IV. “Two daughters of this aged stream”
    2:42
  2. 3.
    King Arthur: Act IV. Passacaglia “How happy the lover” – Ritornello “For love ev’ry creature”
    6:11
  3. 4.
    King Arthur: Act IV. Fourth Act Tune: Air
    0:56
  4. 5.
    King Arthur: Act V. Trumpet tune
    0:39
  5. 6.
    King Arthur: Act V. “Ye blust’ring brethren”
    2:50
  6. 7.
    King Arthur: Act V. Symphony
    1:40
  7. 8.
    King Arthur: Act V. Song tune – “Round thy coast”
    3:18
  8. 9.
    King Arthur: Act V. “For folded flocks”
    2:43
  9. 10.
    King Arthur: Act V. Ritornello “Your hay it is mow’d”
    3:02
  10. 11.
    King Arthur: Act V. Ritornello “Fairest isle”
    4:08
  11. 12.
    King Arthur: Act V. “You say ’tis love”
    5:28
  12. 13.
    King Arthur: Act V. Trumpet tune (Warlike consort)
    0:36
  13. 14.
    King Arthur: Act V. “St George” – “Our natives not alone appear”
    2:01
  14. 15.
    King Arthur: Act V. Chaconne
    3:24

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: Ouverture
    4:11
  2. 4.
    Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: Come, ye sons of Art, come away
    2:00
  3. 5.
    Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: Sound the trumpet
    2:28
  4. 6.
    Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: Come, ye sons of Art, come away
    1:23
  5. 7.
    Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: Strike the viol
    4:46
  6. 8.
    Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: The day that such a blessing
    2:36
  7. 9.
    Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: Bid the Virtues
    3:32
  8. 10.
    Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: These, are the sacred charms
    1:41
  9. 11.
    Birthday Ode for Queen Mary “Come Ye Sons of Art Away”, Z. 323: See Nature, rejoicing
    3:00
  10. 12.
    Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z.860: March
    2:17
  11. 13.
    Funeral Sentences for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z.27 no. 1: Man that is born
    3:49
  12. 14.
    Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z.860: Canzona
    1:44
  13. 15.
    Funeral Sentences for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z.27 no. 2: In the midst of life
    5:56
  14. 16.
    Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z.860: Canzona
    0:53
  15. 17.
    Funeral Sentences for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z.27 no. 3: Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our Hearts
    2:22
  16. 18.
    Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z.860: March
    2:20

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    Hail! Bright Cecilia: Symphony
    9:38
  2. 5.
    Hail! Bright Cecilia: Hail! Bright Cecilia
    4:43
  3. 6.
    Hail! Bright Cecilia: Hark! Hark! Each tree
    3:59
  4. 7.
    Hail! Bright Cecilia: ’Tis Nature’s Voice
    4:13
  5. 8.
    Hail! Bright Cecilia: Soul of the World!
    2:33
  6. 9.
    Hail! Bright Cecilia: Thou tun’st this world below
    5:13
  7. 10.
    Hail! Bright Cecilia: With that sublime celestial lay
    3:07
  8. 11.
    Hail! Bright Cecilia: Wondrous machine!
    2:16
  9. 12.
    Hail! Bright Cecilia: The airy violin
    1:22
  10. 13.
    Hail! Bright Cecilia: In vain the am’rous flute
    6:19
  11. 14.
    Hail! Bright Cecilia: The fife and all the harmony of war
    3:02
  12. 15.
    Hail! Bright Cecilia: Let these amongst themselves contest
    2:31
  13. 16.
    Hail! Bright Cecilia: Hail! Bright Cecilia
    4:20

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    Timon of Athens, Overture
    2:41
  2. 6.
    Timon of Athens, A symphony of Pipes imitating the chirping of Birds, Hark, how the songsters of the grove sing
    1:40
  3. 7.
    Timon of Athens, Love in their little veins inspires their cheerful notes
    1:22
  4. 8.
    Timon of Athens, But ah! how much are our delights more dear
    1:12
  5. 9.
    Timon of Athens, Hence with your trifling deity!
    2:32
  6. 10.
    Timon of Athens, Come all, come all to me, make haste
    1:12
  7. 11.
    Timon of Athens, Who can resist such mighty charms?
    1:34
  8. 12.
    Timon of Athens, Return, revolting rebels! Where d’ye go?
    1:46
  9. 13.
    Timon of Athens, The cares of lovers, their alarms, their sighs, their tears
    1:37
  10. 14.
    Timon of Athens, Love quickly is pall’d, tho’ with labour, ’tis gain’d
    1:03
  11. 15.
    Timon of Athens, Come, let us agree, there are pleasures divine
    1:57
  12. 16.
    Timon of Athens, Curtain Tune
    2:26
  13. 17.
    Dioclesian, First Music
    2:13
  14. 18.
    Dioclesian, Second Music
    1:26
  15. 19.
    Dioclesian, Overture
    4:15
  16. 20.
    Dioclesian, Act I, First Act Tune: Hornpipe
    0:42
  17. 21.
    Dioclesian, Act II, Great Diocles the Boar has kill’d
    2:16
  18. 22.
    Dioclesian, Act II, Charon, the peaceful Shade invites – Symphony – Let all mankind the pleasure share
    4:24
  19. 23.
    Dioclesian, Act II, Let the soldiers rejoice
    1:52
  20. 24.
    Dioclesian, Act II, Ritornello – To Mars let ’em raise – Ritornello
    2:33
  21. 25.
    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. 26.
    Dioclesian, Act II, Dance of Furies
    3:21
  23. 27.
    Dioclesian, Act II, Second Act Tune
    0:40
  24. 28.
    Dioclesian, Act III, Chaconne (Two in one upon a Ground)
    2:38

Disc 6

  1. 6.
    Dioclesian, Act III, When I first saw the bright Aurelia’s eyes
    2:28
  2. 7.
    Dioclesian, Act III, The Chair Dance
    1:19
  3. 8.
    Dioclesian, Act III, What shall I do to show how much I love her?
    5:23
  4. 9.
    Dioclesian, Act III, Third Act Tune
    0:38
  5. 10.
    Dioclesian, Act IV, Butterfly Dance
    2:11
  6. 11.
    Dioclesian, Act IV, Trumpet Tune
    0:33
  7. 12.
    Dioclesian, Act IV, Sound, Fame, thy brazen trumpet sound!
    5:19
  8. 13.
    Dioclesian, Act IV, Fourth Act Tune
    0:35
  9. 14.
    Dioclesian, Act V, Country Dance
    0:55
  10. 15.
    Dioclesian, Act V, Prelude – Call the Nymphs and the Fawns from the woods
    2:34
  11. 16.
    Dioclesian, Act V, Come, come away, no delay
    1:03
  12. 17.
    Dioclesian, Act V, Prelude – Behold, O mightiest of Gods
    3:59
  13. 18.
    Dioclesian, Act V, Ah! The sweet delights of love!
    1:50
  14. 19.
    Dioclesian, Act V, Let monarchs fight for power and for fame
    2:17
  15. 20.
    Dioclesian, Act V, Since from my dear Astrea’s sight I was so rudely torn
    2:45
  16. 21.
    Dioclesian, Act V, Make room, make room – Dance of Bacchanals
    4:07
  17. 22.
    Dioclesian, Act V, Still I’m wishing, still desiring
    5:08
  18. 23.
    Dioclesian, Act V, Canaries – Tell me why my charming fair
    6:10
  19. 24.
    Dioclesian, Act V, Dance
    1:01
  20. 25.
    Dioclesian, Act V, All our days and our nights shall be spent in delights
    4:37
  21. 26.
    Dioclesian, Act V, Dance – Triumph, triumph victorious Love
    5:01

Disc 7

  1. 7.
    The Indian Queen, First Music – First Air
    1:19
  2. 8.
    The Indian Queen, First Music – Second Air
    1:08
  3. 9.
    The Indian Queen, Second Music – First Hornpipe
    0:54
  4. 10.
    The Indian Queen, Second Music – Second Hornpipe
    1:23
  5. 11.
    The Indian Queen, Overture – Adagio
    1:44
  6. 12.
    The Indian Queen, Overture – Allegro
    1:53
  7. 13.
    The Indian Queen, Trumpet Tune
    0:46
  8. 14.
    The Indian Queen, Prologue, Wake, Quivera
    2:13
  9. 15.
    The Indian Queen, Prologue, Why should men quarrel here
    1:29
  10. 16.
    The Indian Queen, Prologue, By ancient prophecies we have been told
    4:28
  11. 17.
    The Indian Queen, Prologue, Trumpet Tune (reprise)
    0:46
  12. 18.
    The Indian Queen, Act II, Symphony, Canzona
    2:07
  13. 19.
    The Indian Queen, Act II, Symphony, Adagio
    1:51
  14. 20.
    The Indian Queen, Act II, Symphony, Allegro
    0:57
  15. 21.
    The Indian Queen, Act II, I come to sing great Zempoalla’s story
    0:56
  16. 22.
    The Indian Queen, Act II, What flatt’ring noise is this
    0:42
  17. 23.
    The Indian Queen, Act II, Scorn’d Envy, here’s nothing that thou canst blast
    1:02
  18. 24.
    The Indian Queen, Act II, I fly from the place where flattery reigns
    1:06
  19. 25.
    The Indian Queen, Act II, Begone, curst fiends of Hell
    0:40
  20. 26.
    The Indian Queen, Prelude – I come to sing great Zempoalla’s story
    1:26
  21. 27.
    The Indian Queen, Act III, Air
    0:41
  22. 28.
    The Indian Queen, Act III, Minuet
    1:31
  23. 29.
    The Indian Queen, Act III, Ye twice ten hundred deities
    5:28
  24. 30.
    The Indian Queen, Act III, Symphony for hautboys
    1:04
  25. 31.
    The Indian Queen, Act III, Seek not to know what must not be reveal’d
    2:53
  26. 32.
    The Indian Queen, Act III, Trumpet Overture
    2:59
  27. 33.
    The Indian Queen, Act III, Ah! How happy are we!
    2:33
  28. 34.
    The Indian Queen, Act III, We the spirits of the air
    1:29
  29. 35.
    The Indian Queen, Act III, I attempt from love’s sickness to fly in vain
    1:47
  30. 36.
    The Indian Queen, Act III, We the spirits of the air (reprise)
    1:17
  31. 37.
    The Indian Queen, Act III, Third Act Tune
    1:57
  32. 38.
    The Indian Queen, Act IV, They tell us that your mighty powers
    3:36
  33. 39.
    The Indian Queen, Act V, While thus we bow before your shrine
    6:21

Disc 8

  1. 8.
    The Tempest, Overture
    4:10
  2. 9.
    The Tempest, Act II, Where does the black fiend Ambition reside?
    2:07
  3. 10.
    The Tempest, Act II, Around, around we pace, around this accursed place
    1:37
  4. 11.
    The Tempest, Act II, Arise, arise, ye subterranean winds
    3:01
  5. 12.
    The Tempest, Act II, Dance of Winds
    1:21
  6. 13.
    The Tempest, Act III, Come unto these yellow sands … Hark! Hark! The watchdogs bark
    1:25
  7. 14.
    The Tempest, Act III, Full fathom five thy father lies
    2:11
  8. 15.
    The Tempest, Act III, Dry those eyes which are o’erflowing
    6:08
  9. 16.
    The Tempest, Act III, Kind fortune smiles
    1:07
  10. 17.
    The Tempest, Act IV, Dance of Devils
    0:27
  11. 18.
    The Tempest, Act IV, The sailors’ dance
    1:09
  12. 19.
    The Tempest, Act IV, Dear pretty youth unveil those eyes
    2:08
  13. 20.
    The Tempest, Act V, Great Neptune! Now no more let Aeolus enrage the sea
    4:05
  14. 21.
    The Tempest, Act V, The Nereids and Tritons shall sing and shall play
    1:54
  15. 22.
    The Tempest, Act V, Aeolus, you must apprear, my great commands to hear … While these pass o’er the deep, your stormy winds must cease
    3:14
  16. 23.
    The Tempest, Act V, Your awful voice I hear and I obey … Come down, my blusterers, swell no more
    4:21
  17. 24.
    The Tempest, Act V, Halcyon days, now wars are ending, you shall find wheree’er you sail
    6:30
  18. 25.
    The Tempest, Act V, See, see, the heavens smile
    4:56
  19. 26.
    The Tempest, Act V, No stars again shall hurt you from above
    5:35

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