As John Eliot Gardiner converted his Monteverdi Orchestra to early instruments in the mid-1970s and renamed it the English Baroque Soloists, he engaged his magnificent instrumentalists, choir and a host of first-class soloists in the most emblematic works by "the Greatest Genius we [England] ever had": Henry Purcell! He reception was unanimously enthusiastic and led Diapason to say: "Gardiner's reading of Purcell, dramatic, hyper-refined, sometimes burning, overwhelming, at all times enchanting, cannot escape the discography of the enlightened music lover. Purcell himself is there!"
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Purcell: King Arthur, Music for Queen Mary, The Indian Queen, The Tempest… (9CD)
4 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act I: Trio and Chorus. "Woden, First to Thee" - "The White Horse Neigh'd Aloud" & "To Woden, Our Defender, Thanks We Render"
5 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act I: Song. "The Lot Is Cast, and Tanfan Pleas'd"
6 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act I: Chorus. "Brave Souls, to Be Renown'd in Story"
7 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act I: Song and Chorus. "I Call You All to Woden's Hall"
8 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act I: Song and Chorus. "Come If You Dare" - First Act Tune
9 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: Song and Chorus. "Hither, This Way, This Way Bend"
10 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: Song. "Let Not a Moonborn Elf Mislead Ye"
11 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: Chorus. "Hither This Way, This Way Bend"
12 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: Song and Chorus. "Come, Follow Me"
13 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: Song and Chorus. "How Blest Are Shepherds"
14 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: Duet. "Shepherd, Shepherd, Leave Decoying"
15 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: Chorus. "Come, Shepherds, Lead Up a Lively Measure" - Hornpipe
16 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: Second Act Tune. Air
17 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Song. "What Ho! Thou Genius of This Isle"
18 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Prelude While Cold Genius Rises - Song. "What Power Art Thou"
19 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Song. "What Ho! Thou Genius of This Isle" - Song. "Thou Doting Fool"
20 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Song. "Great Love, I Know Thee Now"
21 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Song. "No Part of My Dominion"
22 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Prelude - Chorus. "See, See, We Assemble" - Dance
23 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Ritornello. "Tis I That Have Warm'd Ye" - Chorus. "Tis Love That Has Warm'd Us"
24 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Duet. "Sound a Parley" - Ritornello - Chorus. "Tis Love That Has Warm'd Us"
25 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Third Act Tune. Hornpipe
- Disc 2 -
1 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act IV: Duet. "Two Daughters of This Aged Stream Are We"
2 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act IV: Song and Chorus. "How Happy the Lover" - Duet and Chorus. "For Love Every Creature" & Chorus Trio. "In Vain Are Our Graces"
3 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act IV: Fourth Act Tune. Air
4 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Trumpet Tune
5 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Song. "Ye Blust'ring Brethren of the Skies"
6 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Symphony
7 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Song and Chorus. "Round Thy Coast"
8 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Trio. "For Folded Flocks, and Fruitful Plains"
9 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Song and Chorus. "Your Hay It Is Mow'd"
10 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Song. "Fairest Isle"
11 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Duet. "You Say 'Tis Love"
12 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Trumpet Tune. Warlike Consort
13 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Song and Chorus. "Saint George"
14 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Chaconne
- Disc 3 -
1 Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 1, Symphony
2 Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 2, Aria and Chorus. "Come Ye Sons of Art Away"
3 Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 3, Duet. "Sound the Trumpet"
4 Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 4, Chorus. "Come Ye Sons of Art Away"
5 Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 5, Ritornello. "Strike the Viol"
6 Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 6, Aria and Chorus. "The Day That Such a Blessing Gave"
7 Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 7, Aria. "Bid the Virtues"
8 Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 8, Aria. "These Are the Sacred Charms"
9 Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 9, Duet and Chorus. "See Nature Rejoicing"
10 March and Canzona for Queen Mary's Funeral, Z. 860: March
11 Funeral Sentences: Man That Is Born of a Woman, Z. 27
12 March and Canzona for Queen Mary's Funeral, Z. 860: Canzona
13 Funeral Sentences: In the Midst of Life, Z. 17A
14 March and Canzona for Queen Mary's Funeral, Z. 860: Canzona (Reprise)
15 Funeral Sentences: Thou Know'st, Lord, Z. 58C
16 March and Canzona for Queen Mary's Funeral, Z. 860: March (Reprise)
17 Jehova, Quam Multi Sunt Hostes, Z. 135
18 My Beloved Spake, Z. 28
19 O God, Thou Hast Cast Us Out, Z. 36
20 Hear My Prayer, O Lord, Z. 15
- Disc 4 -
1 Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Symphony
2 Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Chorus. "Hail! Bright Cecilia"
3 Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Duet. "Hark Each Tree"
4 Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Aria. "'Tis Nature's Voice"
5 Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Chorus. "Soul of the World"
6 Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Aria. "Thou Tun'st This World"
7 Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Trio. "With That Sublime Celestial Lay"
8 Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Aria. "Wondrous Machine"
9 Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Aria. "The Airy Violin"
10 Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Duet. "In Vain the Am'rous Flute"
11 Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Aria. "The Fife and All the Harmony of War"
12 Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Duet. "Let These Amongst Themselves Contest"
13 Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Final Chorus. "Hail! Bright Cecilia"
- Disc 5 -
1 Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Overture
2 Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Duet. "Hark! How the Songsters of the Grove" (Two Nymphs)
3 Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Song. "Love in Their Little Veins" (Nymph)
4 Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Trio. "But Ah! How Much Are Our Delights" (Two Nymphs, Shepherd)
5 Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Song. "Hence with Your Trifling Deity!" - Trio. "But Over Us No Griefs Prevail" (Bacchanals)
6 Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Song. "Come All, Come All to Me" (Cupid)
7 Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Chorus. "Who Can Resist" (Chorus)
8 Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Song. "Return, Revolting Rebels!" (Bacchus)
9 Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Song. "The Care of Lovers" (A Nymph)
10 Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Song. "Love Quickly Is Pall'd" (A Bacchanal)
11 Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Duet and Chorus. "Come, Let Us Agree" (Cupid, Bacchus, Chorus)
12 Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Curtain Tune on a Ground
13 Dioclesian, Z. 627: First Music
14 Dioclesian, Z. 627: Second Music
15 Dioclesian, Z. 627: Overture
16 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act I: First Act Tune. Hornpipe
18 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act II: Song. "Charon, the Peaceful Shade" - Sinfonia - Duet and Chorus. "Let All Mankind the Pleasure Share"
19 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act II: Martial Song. "Let the Soldiers Rejoice" - Chorus. "Rejoice, Rejoice"
20 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act II: Ritornello and Trio. "To Mars Let 'Em Raise" - Chorus. "Rejoice, Rejoice" & Ritornello
21 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act II: A Symphony of Flutes - Song. "Since the Toils" - Quartet. "Let the Priests" & Chorus. "All Sing Great Diocles' Glory"
22 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act II: Dance of Furies
23 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act II: Second Act Tune
24 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act III: Chaconne. Two in One Upon a Ground
- Disc 6 -
1 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act III: Song. "When First I Saw"
2 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act III: The Chair Dance
3 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act III: Song. "What Shall I Do"
4 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act III: Third Act Tune
5 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act IV: Butterfly Dance
6 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act IV: Trumpet Tune
7 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act IV: Song. "Sound, Fame" - Chorus. "Let All Rehearse"
8 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act IV: Fourth Act Tune
9 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act V: Country Dance
10 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act V: Prelude to the Masque - Chorus. "Call the Nymphs"
11 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act V: Duet. "Come, Come Away"
12 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act V: Prelude - Chorus. "Behold, O Mightiest of Gods" - Paspe
13 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act V: Duet. "Ah the Sweet Delights of Love"
14 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act V: Song. "Let Monarchs Fight"
15 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act V: Song. "Since from My Dear"
16 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act V: Song and Chorus. "Make Room" - Dance of Bacchanals
17 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act V: Song. "Still I'm Wishing"
18 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act V: Canaries - Dialogue. "Tell Me Why My Charming Fair"
19 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act V: Dance
20 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act V: Song and Chorus. "All Our Days" - Song and Chorus. "Let Us Dance"
21 Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act V: Dance - Trio. "Triumph, Victorious Love" & Chorus. "Then All Rehearse"
- Disc 7 -
1 The Indian Queen, Z. 630: First Music. Air I
2 The Indian Queen, Z. 630: First Music. Air II
3 The Indian Queen, Z. 630: Second Music. Hornpipe I
4 The Indian Queen, Z. 630: Second Music. Hornpipe II
5 The Indian Queen, Z. 630: Overture. Adagio
6 The Indian Queen, Z. 630: Overture. Allegro
7 The Indian Queen, Z. 630: Trumpet Tune
8 The Indian Queen, Z. 630: Prologue. "Wake, Quivera" (Indian Boy)
9 The Indian Queen, Z. 630: Prologue. "Why Should Men Quarrel" (Indian Girl)
10 The Indian Queen, Z. 630: Prologue. "By Ancient Prophecies" (Indian Boy, Indian Girl)
11 The Indian Queen, Z. 630: Prologue. Trumpet Tune
12 The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act II: Symphony. Canzona
13 The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act II: Symphony. Adagio
14 The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act II: Symphony. Allegro
15 The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act II: "I Come to Sing Great Zempoalla Story" (Fame, Chorus)
16 The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act II: Air. "What Flattering Noise Is This?" (Envy, Two Followers)
17 The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act II: "Scorn'd Envy, Here's Nothing" (Fame)
18 The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act II: "I Fly from the Place" (Envy)
19 The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act II: "Begone, Curst Fiends of Hell" (Fame)
20 The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act II: "I Come to Sing" (Fame)
21 The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act III: Air
22 The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act III: Minuet
23 The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act III: "Ye Twice Ten Hundred Deities" (Ismeron)
24 The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act III: Symphony for Hautboys
25 The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act III: "Seek Not to Know" (God of Dreams)
26 The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act III: Trumpet Overture
27 The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act III: "Ah, How Happy Are We" (First Aerial Spirit, Second Aerial Spirit)
28 The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act III: "We the Spirits of the Air" (Third and Fourth Aerial Spirits)
29 The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act III: "I Attempt from Love's Sickness" (Zempoalla)
30 The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act III: "We the Spirits of the Air" (Third Aerial Spirits, Fourth Aerial Spirits, Chorus)
31 The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act III: Third Act Tune
32 The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act IV: "They Tell Us" - Fourth Act Tune - "To Suffer for Him" (Orazia)
33 The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act V: "While Thus We Bow" (Chorus, High Priest)
- Disc 8 -
1 The Tempest, Z. 631: Overture
2 The Tempest, Z. 631, Act II: Duet and Chorus. "Where Does the Black Fiend" (First Devil, Second Devil, Chorus)
3 The Tempest, Z. 631, Act II: Chorus. "Around, Around We Pace" (Chorus)
4 The Tempest, Z. 631, Act II: Song. "Arise, Ye Subterranean Winds" (First Devil)
5 The Tempest, Z. 631, Act II: Dance of Winds
6 The Tempest, Z. 631, Act III: Song and Chorus. "Comme Unto These Yellow Sands" (Ariel, Chorus)
7 The Tempest, Z. 631, Act III: Song and Chorus. "Full Fathom Five" (Ariel, Chorus)
8 The Tempest, Z. 631, Act III: Song. "Dry Those Eyes" (Ariel)
9 The Tempest, Z. 631, Act III: Song. "Kind Fortune Smiles" (Ariel)
10 The Tempest, Z. 631, Act IV: Dance of Devils
11 The Tempest, Z. 631, Act IV: The Sailor's Dance
12 The Tempest, Z. 631, Act IV: Song. "Dear Pretty Youth" (Dorinda)
13 The Tempest, Z. 631, Act V: Recitative and Song. "Great Neptune!" (Amphitrite, Neptune)
14 The Tempest, Z. 631, Act V: Chorus. "The Nereids and Tritons" (Chorus)
15 The Tempest, Z. 631, Act V: Recitative and Song. "Aeolus, You Must Appear" (Neptune)
16 The Tempest, Z. 631, Act V: Recitative and Song. "Your Awful Voice I Hear" (Aeolus)
17 The Tempest, Z. 631, Act V: Song. "Halcyon Days" (Amphitrite)
18 The Tempest, Z. 631, Act V: Song. "See, See, the Heavens Smile" (Neptune)
19 The Tempest, Z. 631, Act V: Duet and Chorus. "No Stars Again Shall Hurt You" (Amphitrite, Neptune, Chorus)
- Disc 9 -
1 Trumpet Sonata in D Major, Z. 850: I. Allegro
2 Trumpet Sonata in D Major, Z. 850: II. Adagio
3 Trumpet Sonata in D Major, Z. 850: III. Allegro
4 The Married Beau, Z. 603: Overture
5 Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 2, Aria and Chorus. "Come Ye Sons of Art Away"
6 Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 3, Duet. "Sound the Trumpet"
7 Saul and the Witch of Endor, Z. 134: Trio. "In Guilty Night"
8 The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act III: Minuet
9 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Song. "Fairest Isle"
10 Upon a Quiet Conscience, Z. 184: "Close Thine Eyes and Sleep Secure"
11 Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III: Recitative. "Thy Hand, Belinda" - Song. "When I Am Laid in Earth" (Dido)
12 March and Canzona for Queen Mary's Funeral, Z. 860: March
13 Funeral Sentences: Man That Is Born of a Woman, Z. 27
14 March and Canzona for Queen Mary's Funeral, Z. 860: Canzona
15 Funeral Sentences: In the Midst of Life, Z. 17A
16 Funeral Sentences: Thou Know'st, Lord, Z. 58C
17 Abdelazer, Z. 570: II. Rondeau
18 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Prelude
19 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act I: Song and Chorus. "Come If You Dare" - First Act Tune
20 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Song. "What Ho! Thou Genius of This Isle"
21 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Prelude While Cold Genius Rises - Song. "What Power Art Thou"
22 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Song. "Thou Doting Fool"
23 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Song. "Great Love, I Know Thee Now"
24 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Song. "No Part of My Dominion"
25 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Prelude
26 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Chorus. "See, See, We Assemble"
27 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Song and Chorus. "Tis Love That Has Warm'd Us"
28 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Duet. "Sound a Parley" - Ritornello - Chorus. "Tis Love That Has Warm'd Us"
29 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Third Act Tune. Hornpipe
As John Eliot Gardiner converted his Monteverdi Orchestra to early instruments in the mid-1970s and renamed it the English Baroque Soloists, he engaged his magnificent instrumentalists, choir and a host of first-class soloists in the most emblematic works by "the Greatest Genius we [England] ever had": Henry Purcell! He reception was unanimously enthusiastic and led Diapason to say: "Gardiner's reading of Purcell, dramatic, hyper-refined, sometimes burning, overwhelming, at all times enchanting, cannot escape the discography of the enlightened music lover. Purcell himself is there!"
