King Arthur

Album by Henry Purcell & Véronique Gens & Claron McFadden & Sandrine Piau & Susannah Waters & Jonathan Best & Mark Padmore & Iain Paton & Petteri Salomaa & Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

King Arthur is a semi-opera by English composer Henry Purcell, first performed in 1691. The work combines spoken theatre with substantial Baroque vocal and orchestral writing—including dance rhythms, choral passages and expressive solo numbers—and represents a major stage work in Purcell's later output that exemplifies the English Baroque theatrical style.
First released: 1995

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    King Arthur: Overture
    1:56
  2. 2.
    King Arthur: Act IV. "Two daughters of this aged stream are we"
    2:30
  3. 3.
    King Arthur: Act IV. Passacaglia - "How happy the lover" - Ritornello - "For love every creature" - "In vain are our graces"
    7:13
  4. 4.
    King Arthur: Air
    1:31
  5. 5.
    King Arthur: Act IV. Fourth Act Tune (Air)
    0:40
  6. 6.
    King Arthur: Act I. "Woden, first to thee"
    2:49
  7. 7.
    King Arthur: Act I. "The white horse neigh'd aloud"
    1:22
  8. 8.
    King Arthur: Act V. Trumpet Tune
    0:46
  9. 9.
    King Arthur: Act I. "The lot is cast, and Tanfan pleas'd"
    0:32
  10. 10.
    King Arthur: Act V. "Ye blust'ring brethren of the skies"
    3:23
  11. 11.
    King Arthur: Act V. Symphony
    1:42
  12. 12.
    King Arthur: Act I. "Brave souls, to be renown'd in story"
    2:46
  13. 13.
    King Arthur: Act I. "I call you all to Woden's Hall"
    2:08
  14. 14.
    King Arthur: Act V. "Round thy coast"
    3:20
  15. 15.
    King Arthur: Act I. "Come if you dare" - First Act Tune
    4:13
  16. 16.
    King Arthur: Act V. "For folded flocks, and fruitful plains"
    2:00
  17. 17.
    King Arthur: Act V. "Your hay it is mow'd"
    2:28
  18. 18.
    King Arthur: Act II. "Hither, this way, this way bend"
    2:05
  19. 19.
    King Arthur: Act V. "Fairest Isle"
    4:43
  20. 20.
    King Arthur: Act II. "Let not a moonborn elf mislead ye" - "Hither this way, this way bend"
    1:53
  21. 21.
    King Arthur: Act II. "Come, follow me"
    2:22
  22. 22.
    King Arthur: Act V. "You say 'tis Love"
    5:27
  23. 23.
    King Arthur: Act II. "How blest are shepherds"
    5:19
  24. 24.
    King Arthur: Act V. Trumpet Tune
    0:35
  25. 25.
    King Arthur: Act II. "Shepherd, shepherd, leave decoying"
    1:53
  26. 26.
    King Arthur: Act V. "Saint George"
    2:05
  27. 27.
    King Arthur: Act II. "Come, shepherds, lead up a lively measure" - Hornpipe
    1:38
  28. 28.
    King Arthur: Act V. "Our natives not alone appear"
    1:06
  29. 29.
    King Arthur: Act V. Chaconne
    3:30
  30. 30.
    King Arthur: Act II. Second Act Tune (Air)
    1:07
  31. 31.
    King Arthur: Act III. Prelude
    0:24
  32. 32.
    King Arthur: Act III. "What ho! thou genius of this isle"
    0:59
  33. 33.
    King Arthur: Act III. Prelude while the Cold Genius rises - "What power art thou"
    4:08
  34. 34.
    King Arthur: Act III. "Thou doting fool"
    0:37
  35. 35.
    King Arthur: Act III. "Great Love, I know thee now"
    0:55
  36. 36.
    King Arthur: Act III. "No part of my dominion"
    0:56
  37. 37.
    King Arthur: Act III. Prelude
    0:44
  38. 38.
    King Arthur: Act III. "See, see, we assemble" - Dance
    1:27
  39. 39.
    King Arthur: Act III. "'Tis I that have warm'd ye" - "'Tis Love that has warm'd us"
    1:59
  40. 40.
    King Arthur: Act III. "Sound a parley" - "'Tis Love that has warm'd us"
    4:00
  41. 41.
    King Arthur: Act III. Third Act Tune (Hornpipe)
    0:46

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