Album lyrics Purcell: King Arthur, Music for Queen Mary, Come Ye Sons of Art, Hail! Bright Cecilia, The Indian Queen, The Tempest… by John Eliot Gardiner

Purcell: King Arthur, Music for Queen Mary, Come Ye Sons of Art, Hail! Bright Cecilia, The Indian Queen, The Tempest…

John Eliot Gardiner

2022 169 songs

1. King Arthur, Z. 628: Overture

2. Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 4: Butterfly Dance

3. Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628: Air

4. Purcell: Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 4: Trumpet Tune

5. Purcell: Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 4: Song. "Sound, Fame" - Chorus. "Let All Rehearse"

6. King Arthur, Z. 628: Overture to Act 1

7. Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1: Trio and Chorus. "Woden, First to Thee" - "To Woden, Our Defender, Thanks We Render" (Saxon Priest, Priestess, Chorus)

8. Purcell: Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 4: Fourth Act Tune

9. Purcell: Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 5: Country Dance

10. Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1: Song. "The Lot Is Cast, and Tanfan Pleas'd" (Priestess)

11. Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1: Chorus. "Brave Souls, to Be Renown'd in Story" (Chorus)

12. Purcell: Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 5: Prelude to the Masque - Chorus. "Call the Nymphs"

13. Purcell: Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 5: Duet. "Come, Come Away"

14. Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1: Song and Chorus. "I Call You All to Woden's Hall" (Priestess, Chorus)

15. Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1: Song and Chorus. "Come If You Dare" - First Act Tune (British Warrior, Chorus)

16. Purcell: Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 5: Prelude - Chorus. "Behold, O Mightiest of Gods" - Paspe

17. Purcell: Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 5: Duet. "Ah the Sweet Delights of Love"

18. Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: Song and Chorus. "Hither, This Way, This Way Bend" (Philidel, Chorus)

19. Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: Song. "Let Not a Moonborn Elf Mislead Ye" (Grimbald)

20. Purcell: Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 5: Song. "Let Monarchs Fight"

21. Purcell: Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 5: Song. "Since from My Dear"

22. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: "Hither, this way" (Chorus)

23. Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: Song and Chorus. "Come, Follow Me" (Philidel, Chorus)

24. Purcell: Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 5: Song and Chorus. "Make Room" - Dance of Bacchanals

25. Purcell: Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 5: Song. "Still I'm Wishing"

26. Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: Song and Chorus. "How Blest Are Shepherds" (Tenor, Chorus)

27. Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: Duet. "Shepherd, Shepherd, Leave Decoying" (Shepherdesses)

28. Purcell: Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 5: Canaries - Dialogue. "Tell Me Why My Charming Fair"

29. Purcell: Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 5: Dance

30. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: Hornpipe "Come shepherds" (Chorus)

31. Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: Second Act Tune. Air

32. Purcell: Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 5: Song and Chorus. "All Our Days" - Song and Chorus. "Let Us Dance"

33. Purcell: Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 5: Dance - Trio. "Triumph, Victorious Love" & Chorus. "Then All Rehearse"

34. Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Song. "What Ho! Thou Genius of This Isle" (Cupid)

35. Purcell : King Arthur Z628 : Act 3 "What power art thou" [Cold Genius]

36. Purcell : The Indian Queen Z630 : Act 1 First Air

37. Purcell : The Indian Queen Z630 : Act 1 Second Air

38. Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Song. "What Ho! Thou Genius of This Isle" - Song. "Thou Doting Fool" (Cupid)

39. Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Song. "Great Love, I Know Thee Now" (Cold Genius)

40. Purcell : The Indian Queen Z630 : Act 1 First Hornpipe

41. Purcell : The Indian Queen Z630 : Act 1 Second Hornpipe

42. Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Song. "No Part of My Dominion" (Cupid)

43. Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Prelude - Chorus. "See, See, We Assemble" - Dance (Chorus)

44. Purcell : The Indian Queen Z630 : Act 1 Adagio

45. Purcell : The Indian Queen Z630 : Act 1 Allegro

46. Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Ritornello. "Tis I That Have Warm'd Ye" - Chorus. "Tis Love That Has Warm'd Us" (Cupid, Chorus)

47. Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Duet. "Sound a Parley" - Ritornello - Chorus. "Tis Love That Has Warm'd Us" (Cupid, Cold Genius, Chorus)

48. Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630: Trumpet Tune

49. Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630: Prologue. "Wake, Quivera" (Indian Boy)

50. Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Third Act Tune. Hornpipe

51. Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 4: Duet. "Two Daughters of This Aged Stream Are We" (Syrens)

52. Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630: Prologue. "Why Should Men Quarrel" (Indian Girl)

53. Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630: Prologue. "By Ancient Prophecies" (Indian Boy, Indian Girl)

54. Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 4: Song and Chorus. "How Happy the Lover" - Duet and Chorus. "For Love Every Creature" & Chorus Trio. "In Vain Are Our Graces" (Tenor, Sylvan, Nymphs, Chorus)

55. Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 4: Air

56. Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630: Prologue. Trumpet Tune

57. Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 2: Symphony. Canzona

58. Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Trumpet Tune

59. Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Song. "Ye Blust'ring Brethren of the Skies" (Aeolus)

60. Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 2: Symphony. Adagio

61. Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 2: Symphony. Allegro

62. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Symphony

63. Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Song and Chorus. "Round Thy Coast" (Nereid, Pan, Chorus)

64. Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 2: "I Come to Sing Great Zempoalla Story" (Fame, Chorus)

65. Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Trio. "For Folded Flocks, and Fruitful Plains" (Trio)

66. Purcell : The Indian Queen Z630 : Act II - Air "What flattering noise is this"

67. Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 2: "Scorn'd Envy, Here's Nothing" (Fame)

68. Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Song and Chorus. "Your Hay It Is Mow'd" (Peasant, Chorus)

69. Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Song. "Fairest Isle" (Venus)

70. Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 2: "I Fly from the Place" (Envy)

71. Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 2: "Begone, Curst Fiends of Hell" (Fame)

72. Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Duet. "You Say 'tis Love" (He, She)

73. Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Trumpet Tune. Warlike Consort

74. Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 2: "I Come to Sing" (Fame)

75. Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 3: Air

76. Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Song and Chorus. "Saint George" (Honour, Chorus)

77. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Chaconne

78. Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 3: Minuet

79. Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 3: "Ye Twice Ten Hundred Deities" (Ismeron)

80. Purcell : Come ye Sons of Art Z323 : I Overture

81. Purcell: Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 2, Aria and Chorus. "Come Ye Sons of Art Away"

82. Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 3: Symphony for Hautboys

83. Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 3: "Seek Not to Know" (God of Dreams)

84. Purcell: Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 3, Duet. "Sound the Trumpet"

85. Purcell: Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 4, Chorus. "Come Ye Sons of Art Away"

86. Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 3: Trumpet Overture

87. Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 3: "Ah, How Happy Are We" (First Aerial Spirit, Second Aerial Spirit)

88. Purcell : Come ye Sons of Art Z323 : V "Strike the viol" [Counter-Tenor]

89. Purcell: 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"

90. Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 3: "We the Spirits of the Air" (Third Aerial Spirit, Fourth Aerial Spirit, Chorus)

91. Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 3: "I Attempt From Love's Sickness" (Zempoalla)

92. Purcell: Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 7, Aria. "Bid the Virtues"

93. Purcell: Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 8, Aria. "These Are the Sacred Charms"

94. Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 3: "We the Spirits of the Air" (Third Aerial Spirits, Fourth Aerial Spirits, Chorus)

95. Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 3: Third Act Tune

96. Purcell: Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 9, Duet and Chorus. "See Nature Rejoicing"

97. Purcell : Funeral Sentences for the death of Queen Mary II Z27 : I March

98. Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 4: "They Tell Us" - Fourth Act Tune - "To Suffer for Him" (Orazia)

99. Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 5: "While Thus We Bow" (Chorus, High Priest)

100. Purcell: Funeral Sentences: Man That Is Born of a Woman, Z. 27

101. Funeral Sentences for the Death of Queen Mary II, Z. 27: III. Canzona

102. The Tempest Z631 / 10: Overture

103. Purcell: The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 2: Duet and Chorus. "Where Does the Black Fiend" (First Devil, Second Devil, Chorus)

104. Purcell: Funeral Sentences: In the Midst of Life, Z. 17A

105. Purcell: March and Canzona for Queen Mary's Funeral, Z. 860: Canzona (Reprise)

106. Purcell: The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 2: Chorus. "Around, Around We Pace" (Chorus)

107. Purcell: The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 2: Song. "Arise, Ye Subterranean Winds" (First Devil)

108. Purcell: Funeral Sentences: Thou Know'st, Lord, Z. 58C

109. Purcell: March and Canzona for Queen Mary's Funeral, Z. 860: March (Reprise)

110. Purcell: The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 2: Dance of Winds

111. Purcell: The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 3: Song and Chorus. "Comme unto These Yellow Sands" (Ariel, Chorus)

112. "Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes" Z135

113. "My beloved spake" Z28

114. Purcell: The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 3: Song and Chorus. "Full Fathom Five" (Ariel, Chorus)

115. Purcell: The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 3: Song. "Dry Those Eyes" (Ariel)

116. "O God, Thou hast cast us out" Z36

117. Hear My Prayer, O Lord, Z. 15

118. Purcell: The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 3: Song. "Kind Fortune Smiles" (Ariel)

119. Purcell: The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 4: Dance of Devils

120. Purcell: Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Symphony

121. Purcell: Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Chorus. "Hail! Bright Cecilia"

122. Purcell: The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 4: The Sailor's Dance

123. Purcell: The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 4: Song. "Dear Pretty Youth" (Dorinda)

124. Purcell : Hail! Bright Cecilia Z328 : III "Hark each tree" [Alto, Bass]

125. Purcell : Hail! Bright Cecilia Z328 : IV "'Tis Nature's voice" [Tenor]

126. Purcell: The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 5: Recitative and Song. "Great Neptune!" (Amphitrite, Neptune)

127. Purcell: The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 5: Chorus. "The Nereids and Tritons" (Chorus)

128. Purcell : Hail! Bright Cecilia Z328 : V "Soul of the world" [Chorus]

129. Purcell: Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Aria. "Thou Tun'st This World"

130. Purcell: The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 5: Recitative and Song. "Aeolus, You Must Appear" (Neptune)

131. Purcell: The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 5: Recitative and Song. "Your Awful Voice I Hear" (Aeolus)

132. Purcell : Hail! Bright Cecilia Z328 : VII "With that sublime celestial lay" [Altos, Bass]

133. Purcell : Hail! Bright Cecilia Z328 : VIII "Wondrous machine" [Bass]

134. Purcell: The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 5: Song. "Halcyon Days" (Amphitrite)

135. Purcell: The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 5: Song. "See, See, the Heavens Smile" (Neptune)

136. Purcell : Hail! Bright Cecilia Z328 : IX "The airy violin" [Alto]

137. Purcell : Hail! Bright Cecilia Z328 : X "In vain the am'rous flute" [Alto, Tenor]

138. Purcell: The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 5: Duet and Chorus. "No Stars Again Shall Hurt You" (Amphitrite, Neptune, Chorus)

139. Purcell : Hail! Bright Cecilia Z328 : XII "The fife and all the harmony of war" [Alto]

140. Purcell : Hail! Bright Cecilia Z328 : XIII "Let these amongst themselves contest" [Baritone, Bass]

141. Purcell: Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Final Chorus. "Hail! Bright Cecilia"

142. Purcell: Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Overture

143. Purcell: Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Duet. "Hark! How the Songsters of the Grove" (Two Nymphs)

144. Purcell : Timon of Athens Z632 : II "Love in their little veins [Nymph]

145. Purcell: Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Trio. "But Ah! How Much Are Our Delights" (Two Nymphs, Shepherd)

146. Purcell: Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Song. "Hence With Your Trifling Deity!" - Trio. "But Over Us no Griefs Prevail" (Bacchanals)

147. Purcell: Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Song. "Come All, Come All to Me" (Cupid)

148. Timon of Athens, Z. 632: VI. "Who can resist" (Chorus)

149. Purcell: Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Song. "Return, Revolting Rebels!" (Bacchus)

150. Purcell: Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Song. "The Care of Lovers" (A Nymph)

151. Purcell: Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Song. "Love Quickly Is Pall'd" (A Bacchanal)

152. Purcell: Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Duet and Chorus. "Come, Let Us Agree" (Cupid, Bacchus, Chorus)

153. Timon of Athens Z632: The Masque Curtain Tune

154. Purcell : Dioclesian Z627 : First Music

155. Purcell : Dioclesian Z627 : Second Music

156. Purcell: Dioclesian, Z. 627: Overture

157. Purcell : Dioclesian Z627 : Act 1 First Act Tune

158. Purcell: Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 2: Song. "Great Diocles" - Chorus. "Sing Lo's"

159. Purcell: Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 2: Song. "Charon, the Peaceful Shade" - Sinfonia - Duet and Chorus. "Let All Mankind the Pleasure Share"

160. Purcell: Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 2: Martial Song. "Let the Soldiers Rejoice" - Chorus. "Rejoice, Rejoice"

161. Purcell: Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 2: Ritornello and Trio. "To Mars Let 'em Raise" - Chorus. "Rejoice, Rejoice" & Ritornello

162. Purcell: Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 2: A Symphony of Flutes - Song. "Since the Toils" - Quartet. "Let the Priests" & Chorus. "All Sing Great Diocles' Glory"

163. Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 2: Dance of Furies

164. Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 2: Second Act Tune

165. Purcell: Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 3: Chaconne. Two in One Upon a Ground

166. Purcell: Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 3: Song. "When First I Saw"

167. Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 3: The Chair Dance

168. Purcell: Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 3: Song. "What Shall I Do"

169. Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 3: Third Act Tune

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