The Indian Queen

Album by Henry Purcell & Academy of Ancient Music Chorus & Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood

The Indian Queen is a semi-opera by English composer Henry Purcell, composed in 1695. The work blends Baroque orchestration, choruses, dances and vocal pieces typical of Restoration theatre and represents one of Purcell's final stage works that exemplifies his contribution to English Baroque theatre music.

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  1. 1.
    The Indian Queen: First Music: Air-Hornpipe
    2:17
  2. 2.
    The Indian Queen: Second Music: Air-Hornpipe
    2:09
  3. 3.
    The Indian Queen: Overture
    3:10
  4. 4.
    The Indian Queen: Trumpet Tune
    0:39
  5. 5.
    The Indian Queen: Prologue. "Wake Quivera, wake"
    2:14
  6. 6.
    The Indian Queen: Prologue. "Why should men quarrel?"
    1:32
  7. 7.
    The Indian Queen: Prologue. "By ancient prophecies"
    4:17
  8. 8.
    The Indian Queen: Prologue. Trumpet Tune
    0:45
  9. 9.
    The Indian Queen: Act II. Symphony
    3:59
  10. 10.
    The Indian Queen: Act II. "I come to sing great Zempoalla's story"
    1:20
  11. 11.
    The Indian Queen: Act II. "What flatt'ring noise is this"
    0:38
  12. 12.
    The Indian Queen: Act II. "Scorn'd Envy, here's nothing"
    2:38
  13. 13.
    The Indian Queen: Act II. Trumpet Tune
    0:36
  14. 14.
    The Indian Queen: Act II. "We come to sing great Zempoalla's story"
    0:39
  15. 15.
    The Indian Queen: Act II. Dance
    1:05
  16. 16.
    The Indian Queen: Act II. Second Act Tune
    0:43
  17. 17.
    The Indian Queen: Act III. Dance
    0:55
  18. 18.
    The Indian Queen: Act III. "Ye twice ten hundred deities" / "By the croaking of the toad"
    4:48
  19. 19.
    The Indian Queen: Act III. Symphony / "Seek not to know what must not be reveal'd"
    3:43
  20. 20.
    The Indian Queen: Act III. Trumpet Overture
    2:33
  21. 21.
    The Indian Queen: Act III. "Ah! Ah! How happy are we!"
    2:02
  22. 22.
    The Indian Queen: Act III. "We the spirits of the air"
    1:36
  23. 23.
    The Indian Queen: Act III. "I attempt form Love's sickness to fly in vain"
    3:12
  24. 24.
    The Indian Queen: Act III. Third Act Tune: Rondeau
    1:13
  25. 25.
    The Indian Queen: Act IV. "They tell us that you mighty powers above"
    5:31
  26. 26.
    The Indian Queen: Act IV. Fourth Act Tune: Air
    1:23
  27. 27.
    The Indian Queen: Act V. "While thus we bow"
    1:58
  28. 28.
    The Indian Queen: Act V. "You who at the altar stand" / "All dismal sounds"
    3:57
  29. 29.
    The Indian Queen: Additional Act (The Masque of Hymen): Symphony
    0:54
  30. 30.
    The Indian Queen: Additional Act (The Masque of Hymen): "To bless the genial bed" / "Come all, come at my call"
    2:28
  31. 31.
    The Indian Queen: Additional Act (The Masque of Hymen): "I'm glad I have met him"
    2:28
  32. 32.
    The Indian Queen: Additional Act (The Masque of Hymen): "The joys of wedlock soon are past" / "Sound, sound the trumpet"
    3:46
  33. 33.
    The Indian Queen: Additional Act (The Masque of Hymen): "Make haste, make haste to put on love's chains"
    0:46
  34. 34.
    The Indian Queen: Additional Act (The Masque of Hymen): Trumpet Air / "Let loud renown with all her thousand tongues"
    1:30

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