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Purcell - King Arthur 1691
Label Catalogue Number:
SIGCD589
SIGCD589
Running Time: 97:39
Release Date: November 2019
Originally recorded in 2019
Composer
Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell
Choral
Gabrieli Consort
Gabrieli Consort
Chamber
Gabrieli Players
Gabrieli Players
Conductor
Paul McCreesh
Paul McCreesh
Producer
Nicholas Parker
Nicholas Parker
Engineer
Neil Hutchinson
Neil Hutchinson
Venue 14-18 January 2019
St Silas The Martyr, Kentish Town, London
St Silas The Martyr, Kentish Town, London
Genre:
Vocal & Song
Vocal & Song
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HENRY PURCELL
King Arthur
First Music
1.
Aire¹
1:04
2.
Minuett¹
1:05
Second Music
3.
Hornpipe¹
1:10
4.
Scotch Tune¹
0:58
Overture
5.
Overture
1:48
6.
Aire
1:36
ACT I
7.
Woden, first to thee / We have sacrific'd
2:34
Verse [AR JW RW] & chorus
8.
The white horse neigh'd aloud / To Woden thanks we render
1:17
Verse [JW JB] & Chorus
9.
The lot is cast / Brave souls
2:42
Verse [ML] & Chorus
10.
I call you all to Woden's hall
2:02
Song [JB] & Chorus
11.
Come if you dare, our trumpets sound
3:19
Prelude, Song [JW] & Chorus
ACT II
12.
Prelude - Aire
0:41
13.
Hither this way
2:12
Song Philidel [CS] & Chorus
14.
Let not a moonborn elf mislead ye
1:17
Song Grimbald [RW]
15.
Hither this way
0:37
Chorus
16.
Come, follow me
2:12
Verse [CS AD AR RP ML JB] & Chorus
17.
How blest are shepherds
5:24
Prelude, Song Shepherd [JW] & Chorus
18.
Shepherd, shepherd, leave decoying
1:57
Prelude & Song Two Shepherdesses [ML AD]
19.
Come, shepherds, lead up a lively measure
1:27
Chorus & Dance
20.
Rondeau²
0:53
Second Act Tune
ACT III
21.
What ho, thou Genius of this isle!
1:20
Prelude & Verse Cupid [RP]
22.
What power art thou
2:19
Prelude & Song Cold Genius [AR]
23.
Thou doting fool, forbear
0:50
Song Cupid
24.
Great Love, I know thee now
0:59
Song Cold Genius
25.
No part of my dominion shall be waste
0:55
Verse Cupid
26.
See, see, we assemble
2:32
Chorus & Dance
27.
'Tis I that have warm'd ye / 'Tis Love that has warm'd us
2:48
Prelude, Song Cupid & Chorus
28.
Sound a parley
2:29
Song Cupid & Cold Genius
29.
'Tis Love that has warm'd us
1:47
Chorus
30.
Aire
1:12
Third Act Tune
ACT IV
31.
Aire³
2:55
Soft Music
32.
Two daughters of this aged stream are we
3:12
Song Two Sirens [CS AD]
33.
How happy the lover / For love ev'ry creature
5:06
Passacaglia: Verse [JB CS RW] & Chorus
34.
You say, 'tis Love creates the pain
5:09
Song by Mr. Howe He & She [CS RW]
35.
Hornpipe - Fourth Act Tune
0:53
ACT V
36.
Prelude - Rondeau4
0:41
37.
Ye blust'ring brethren / Serene and calm
3:04
Prelude & Song Aeolus [RW]
38.
Soft Tune
2:04
39.
Round thy coasts
2:22
Prelude, Song Nereid [ML] & Chorus
40.
For folded flocks
2:57
Song Three Shepherds [JB JW AR]
41.
You hay it is mow'd
2:38
Song Comus & Peasants [RW AR] & Dance
42.
Fairest Isle
3:36
Prelude & Song Venue [CS]
43.
Tune for Trumpets5
0:42
44.
Sound Heroes, your brazen trumpets sound! / Let all rehearse
5:37
New Song Fame [JB] & Chorus for Britannia & St George5
45.
Grand Dance - Chaconne
3:17
Total time: 97:39
¹ Amphitryon 1690 ² Distress'd Innocency 1690 ³ Bonduca 1695
4 The Old Bachelor 1691 5 after Dioclesian 1690
Choral: Gabrieli Consort
Chamber: Gabrieli Players
Conductor: Paul McCreesh
