Lyrics Purcell: King Arthur, Act 3: "What power art thou" [Bass] - William Christie
What
Power
art
thou,
Who
from
below,
Hast
made
me
rise,
Unwillingly
and
slow,
From
beds
of
everlasting
snow!
See'st
thou
not
how
stiff,
And
wondrous
old,
Far
unfit
to
bear
the
bitter
cold.
I
can
scarcely
move,
Or
draw
my
breath,
Can
scarcely
move,
Or
draw
my
breath.
Let
me,
let
me,
let
me
Freeze
again...
Let
me,
let
me,
Freeze
again
to
death
Let
me,
let
me,
let
me
Freeze
again
to
death.
Album
Purcell : King Arthur
1 Purcell : King Arthur : Overture to Act 1
2 Purcell : King Arthur : Air
3 Purcell : King Arthur : Act 1 "Woden, first to thee" [Bass, Chorus]
4 Purcell : King Arthur : Act 1 "The white horse neigh'd aloud" [Bass, Tenor, Chorus]
5 Purcell : King Arthur : Act 1 "The lot is cast, and Tanfan pleas'd" [Soprano]
6 Purcell : King Arthur : Act 1 "Brave souls, to be renown'd in story" [Chorus]
7 Purcell : King Arthur : Act 1 "I call you all to Woden's Hall" [Tenor, Chorus]
8 Purcell : King Arthur : Act 1 "Come if you dare" [Tenor, Chorus]
9 Purcell : King Arthur : Act 2 "Hither, this way, this way bend" [Soprano, Chorus]
10 Purcell : King Arthur : Act 2 "Let not a moonborn elf mislead ye" [Bass] "Hither this way, this way bend" [Chorus]
11 Purcell : King Arthur : Act 2 "Come, follow me" [Soprano, Bass, Chorus]
12 Purcell : King Arthur : Act 2 "How blest are shepherds" [Tenor, Chorus]
13 Purcell : King Arthur : Act 2 "Shepherd, shepherd, leave decoying" [Sopranos]
14 Purcell : King Arthur : Act 2 "Come, shepherds, lead up a lively measure" [Chorus] Hornpipe
15 Purcell : King Arthur : Act 3 Prelude
16 Purcell : King Arthur : Act 3 "What ho! thou genius of this isle" [Soprano]
17 Purcell: King Arthur, Act 3: "What power art thou" [Bass]
18 Purcell : King Arthur : Act 3 "Thou doting fool" [Soprano]
19 Purcell : King Arthur : Act 3 "Great love, I know thee now" [Bass]
20 Purcell : King Arthur : Act 3 "No part of my dominion" [Soprano]
21 Purcell : King Arthur : Act 3 "See, see, we assemble" [Chorus] Dance
22 Purcell : King Arthur : Act 3 "Tis I that have warm'd ye" [Soprano] "Tis love that has warm'd us" [Chorus]
23 Purcell : King Arthur : Act 3 "Sound a parley" [Soprano, Bass] "Tis Love that has warm'd us" [Chorus]
24 Purcell : King Arthur : Act 3 Hornpipe
25 Purcell : King Arthur : Act 4 "Two daughters of this aged stream are we" [Sopranos]
26 Purcell : King Arthur : Act 4 "How happy the lover" [Tenor, Chorus] Ritornello "For love every creature" [Soprano, Bass, Chorus] "In vain are our graces" [Chorus]
27 Purcell : King Arthur : Act 4 Air
28 Purcell : King Arthur : Act 5 Trumpet Tune
29 Purcell : King Arthur : Act 5 "Ye blust'ring brethren of the skies" [Bass]
30 Purcell : King Arthur : Act 5 Symphony
31 Purcell : King Arthur : Act 5 "Round thy coast" [Soprano, Bass, Chorus]
32 Purcell : King Arthur : Act 5 "For folded flocks, and fruitful plains" [Tenors, Bass]
33 Purcell : King Arthur : Act 5 "Your hay it is mow'd" [Bass, Chorus]
34 Purcell : King Arthur : Act 5 "Fairest Isle" [Soprano]
35 Purcell : King Arthur : Act 5 "You say 'tis Love" [Soprano, Bass]
36 Purcell : King Arthur : Act 5 Trumpet Tune - Warlike Consort
37 Purcell : King Arthur : Act 5 "Saint George" [Soprano, Chorus]
38 Purcell : King Arthur : Act 5 "Our natives not alone appear" [Chorus]
39 Purcell : King Arthur : Act 5 Chaconne
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