Purcell Edition, Vol. 2 - Theatre Music
Rosemary Hardy, Dinah Harris, Jennifer Smith (sopranos), Ashley Stafford (countertenor), Martyn Hill, John Elwes (tenors), Stephen Varcoe (baritone) & David Thomas (bass), Carol Hall (mezzo-soprano), John Elwes (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (baritone) & David Thomas, Roderick Earle (basses), Lynne...
The choral singing is especially fine, with the close of the work movingly expressive… for The Tempest, Gardiner demonstrates how delightful it is, a masterly collection, in performances both... — More…
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Purcell: The Indian Queen, Z630
- Stephen Varcoe (baritone), Martyn Hill (tenor), Rosemary Hardy (soprano), John Elwes (tenor), Gillian Fisher (soprano), David Thomas (bass), Ashley Stafford (countertenor)
- English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Act 1 First Air
Act 1 Second Air
Act 1 First Hornpipe
Purcell: The Tempest, Z631
- Roderick Earle (bass), Rosemary Hardy (soprano), Stephen Varcoe (baritone), John Elwes (tenor), Carol Hall (mezzo-soprano), Jennifer Smith (soprano), David Thomas (bass)
- Monteverdi Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Overture
Act 2 "Where does the black fiend" [First Devil, Second Devil, Chorus]
Act 2 "Around, around we pace" [Chorus]
Purcell: The Married Beau: Overture
- English Baroque Soloists
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Purcell: Rondeau from Abdelazer
- English Baroque Soloists
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Purcell: Timon of Athens, Z632
- Lynne Dawson (soprano), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Gillian Fisher (soprano), Paul Elliott (tenor), Michael George (bass)
- English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Overture to The Masque
I "Hark! how the songsters of the grove" [2 Nymphs]
II "Love in their little veins [Nymph]
Purcell: Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian, Z627
- Paul Elliott (tenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (bass), Michael George (bass), Lynne Dawson (soprano), Gillian Fisher (soprano)
- English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
First Music
Second Music
Overture to Act 1