King Arthur

by Henry Purcell; Jennifer Smith, Gillian Fisher, Elisabeth Priday, Gill Ross, Ashley Stafford, Paul Elliott, Stephen Varcoe, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Tracklist

CD 1

  1. King Arthur: Overture1:47
  2. King Arthur: Air1:30
  3. King Arthur: Overture1:18
  4. King Arthur: Act I. “Woden, first to thee” - “The white horse neigh’d aloud” - “To woden thanks we render”3:40
  5. King Arthur: Act I. “The lot is cast”0:32
  6. King Arthur: Act I. “Brave souls”2:21
  7. King Arthur: Act I. “I call you all to woden’s hall”2:02
  8. King Arthur: Act I. Symphony “Come if you dare”3:44
  9. King Arthur: Act II. “Hither, this way”2:12
  10. King Arthur: Act II. Ritornello “Let not a moonborn elf”1:15
  11. King Arthur: Act II. “Hither, this way”0:37
  12. King Arthur: Act II. Ritornello “Come, follow me”2:27
  13. King Arthur: Act II. “How blest are shepherds” (Song tune)6:37
  14. King Arthur: Act II. Symphony “Shepherd, leave decoying”2:11
  15. King Arthur: Act II. Hornpipe - “Come, shepherds”1:38
  16. King Arthur: Act II. Second Act Tune: Air0:59
  17. King Arthur: Act III. Prelude (The Frost Scene) - “What ho! Thou genius of this isle”1:22
  18. King Arthur: Act III. Prelude while Cold Genius rises “What power art thou”2:51
  19. King Arthur: Act III. “Thou doting fool”1:03
  20. King Arthur: Act III. “Great love”0:54
  21. King Arthur: Act III. “No part of my dominion”0:55
  22. King Arthur: Act III. Prelude - “See, see, we assemble”3:26
  23. King Arthur: Act III. Ritornello “Tis I that have warm’d ye” - “Tis love that has warm’d us”2:01
  24. King Arthur: Act III. Ritornello “Sound a parley”3:44
  25. King Arthur: Act III. Third Act Tune: Hornpipe0:39

CD 2

  1. King Arthur: Act IV. “Two daughters of this aged stream”2:42
  2. King Arthur: Act IV. Passacaglia “How happy the lover” - Ritornello “For love ev’ry creature”6:11
  3. King Arthur: Act IV. Fourth Act Tune: Air0:56
  4. King Arthur: Act V. Trumpet tune0:39
  5. King Arthur: Act V. “Ye blust’ring brethren”2:50
  6. King Arthur: Act V. Symphony1:40
  7. King Arthur: Act V. Song tune - “Round thy coast”3:18
  8. King Arthur: Act V. “For folded flocks”2:43
  9. King Arthur: Act V. Ritornello “Your hay it is mow’d”3:02
  10. King Arthur: Act V. Ritornello “Fairest isle”4:08
  11. King Arthur: Act V. “You say ’tis love”5:28
  12. King Arthur: Act V. Trumpet tune (Warlike consort)0:36
  13. King Arthur: Act V. “St George” - “Our natives not alone appear”2:01
  14. King Arthur: Act V. Chaconne3:24