Purcell: Music for the Stage
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
9 CDs
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Excerpt,
- English Baroque Soloists
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Overture
Air
Overture (Reprise)
Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1
- Gillian Fisher (soprano), Ashley Stafford (countertenor), Paul Elliott (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
- English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Trio and Chorus. "Woden, First to Thee" - "To Woden, Our Defender, Thanks We Render" (Saxon Priest, Priestess, Chorus)
Song. "The Lot Is Cast, and Tanfan Pleas'd" (Priestess)
Chorus. "Brave Souls, to Be Renown'd in Story" (Chorus)
Song and Chorus. "I Call You All to Woden's Hall" (Priestess, Chorus)
Song and Chorus. "Come If You Dare" - First Act Tune (British Warrior, Chorus)
Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2
- Gillian Fisher (soprano), Stephen Varcoe (baritone), Ashley Stafford (countertenor), Elisabeth Priday (soprano), Jennifer Smith (soprano), Paul Elliott (tenor)
- English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Song and Chorus. "Hither, This Way, This Way Bend" (Philidel, Chorus)
Song. "Let Not a Moonborn Elf Mislead Ye" (Grimbald)
Chorus. "Hither This Way, This Way Bend" (Chorus)
Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3
- Stephen Varcoe (baritone), Elisabeth Priday (soprano)
- Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Song. "What Ho! Thou Genius of This Isle" (Cupid)
Prelude While Cold Genius Rises - Frost Scene. "What Power Art Thou" (Cold Genius)
Song. "What Ho! Thou Genius of This Isle" - Song. "Thou Doting Fool" (Cupid)
Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 4
- Jennifer Smith (soprano), Ashley Stafford (countertenor), Gillian Fisher (soprano), Elisabeth Priday (soprano), Paul Elliott (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
- English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Duet. "Two Daughters of This Aged Stream Are We" (Syrens)
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)
Fourth Act Tune. Air
Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5
- Ashley Stafford (contralto), Ashley Stafford (countertenor), Gill Ross (soprano), Stephen Varcoe (baritone), Jennifer Smith (soprano), Paul Elliott (tenor)
- English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Trumpet Tune
Song. "Ye Blust'ring Brethren of the Skies" (Aeolus)
Symphony
Purcell: Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday"
- Charles Brett (countertenor), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), John Williams (countertenor), Thomas Allen (bass)
- Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra, Monteverdi Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
No. 1, Symphony
No. 2, Aria and Chorus. "Come Ye Sons of Art Away"
No. 3, Duet. "Sound the Trumpet"
Purcell: March and Canzona for Queen Mary's Funeral, Z. 860: March
- Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Purcell: Funeral Sentences: Man That Is Born of a Woman, Z. 27
- Monteverdi Choir, Monteverdi Orchestra
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Purcell: March and Canzona for Queen Mary's Funeral, Z. 860: Canzona
- Equale Brass Ensemble, Monteverdi Orchestra
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner