John Eliot Gardiner: Purcell (9CDs Box Set)

As John Eliot Gardiner converted his Monteverdi Orchestra to early instruments in the mid-1970s and renamed it the English Baroque Soloists, he engaged his magnificent instrumentalists, choir and a host of first-class soloists in the most emblematic works by 'the greatest genius we [England] ever had': Henry Purcell!

CD 1

1. King Arthur, Z. 628: Overture
2. King Arthur, Z. 628: Air
3. King Arthur, Z. 628: Overture (Reprise)
4. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1: Trio and Chorus. "Woden, First to Thee" - "To Woden, Our Defender, Thanks We Render" (Saxon Priest, Priestess, Chorus)
5. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1: Song. "The Lot Is Cast, and Tanfan Pleas'd" (Priestess)
6. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1: Chorus. "Brave Souls, to Be Renown'd in Story" (Chorus)
7. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1: Song and Chorus. "I Call You All to Woden's Hall" (Priestess, Chorus)
8. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1: Song and Chorus. "Come If You Dare" - First Act Tune (British Warrior, Chorus)
9. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: Song and Chorus. "Hither, This Way, This Way Bend" (Philidel, Chorus)
10. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: Song. "Let Not a Moonborn Elf Mislead Ye" (Grimbald)
11. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: Chorus. "Hither This Way, This Way Bend" (Chorus)
12. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: Song and Chorus. "Come, Follow Me" (Philidel, Chorus)
13. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: Song and Chorus. "How Blest Are Shepherds" (Tenor, Chorus)
14. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: Duet. "Shepherd, Shepherd, Leave Decoying" (Shepherdesses)
15. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: Chorus. "Come, Shepherds, Lead up a Lively Measure" - Hornpipe (Chorus)
16. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: Second Act Tune. Air
17. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Song. "What Ho! Thou Genius of This Isle" (Cupid)
18. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Prelude While Cold Genius Rises - Frost Scene. "What Power Art Thou" (Cold Genius)
19. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Song. "What Ho! Thou Genius of This Isle" - Song. "Thou Doting Fool" (Cupid)
20. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Song. "Great Love, I Know Thee Now" (Cold Genius)
21. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Song. "No Part of My Dominion" (Cupid)
22. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Prelude - Chorus. "See, See, We Assemble" - Dance (Chorus)
23. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Ritornello. "Tis I That Have Warm'd Ye" - Chorus. "Tis Love That Has Warm'd Us" (Cupid, Chorus)
24. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Duet. "Sound a Parley" - Ritornello - Chorus. "Tis Love That Has Warm'd Us" (Cupid, Cold Genius, Chorus)
25. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Third Act Tune. Hornpipe

CD 2

1. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 4: Duet. "Two Daughters of This Aged Stream Are We" (Syrens)
2. 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)
3. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 4: Fourth Act Tune. Air
4. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Trumpet Tune
5. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Song. "Ye Blust'ring Brethren of the Skies" (Aeolus)
6. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Symphony
7. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Song and Chorus. "Round Thy Coast" (Nereid, Pan, Chorus)
8. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Trio. "For Folded Flocks, and Fruitful Plains" (Trio)
9. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Song and Chorus. "Your Hay It Is Mow'd" (Peasant, Chorus)
10. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Song. "Fairest Isle" (Venus)
11. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Duet. "You Say 'tis Love" (He, She)
12. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Trumpet Tune. Warlike Consort
13. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Song and Chorus. "Saint George" (Honour, Chorus)
14. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Chaconne

CD 3

1. Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 1, Symphony
2. Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 2, Aria and Chorus. "Come Ye Sons of Art Away"
3. Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 3, Duet. "Sound the Trumpet"
4. Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 4, Chorus. "Come Ye Sons of Art Away"
5. Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 5, Ritornello. "Strike the Viol"
6. 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"
7. Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 7, Aria. "Bid the Virtues"
8. Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 8, Aria. "These Are the Sacred Charms"
9. Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 9, Duet and Chorus. "See Nature Rejoicing"
10. March and Canzona for Queen Mary's Funeral, Z. 860: March
11. Funeral Sentences: Man That Is Born of a Woman, Z. 27
12. March and Canzona for Queen Mary's Funeral, Z. 860: Canzona
13. Funeral Sentences: In the Midst of Life, Z. 17A
14. March and Canzona for Queen Mary's Funeral, Z. 860: Canzona (Reprise)
15. Funeral Sentences: Thou Know'st, Lord, Z. 58C
16. March and Canzona for Queen Mary's Funeral, Z. 860: March (Reprise)
17. Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes, Z. 135
18. My Beloved Spake, Z. 28
19. O God, Thou Hast Cast Us Out, Z. 36
20. Hear My Prayer, O Lord, Z. 15

CD 4

1. Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Symphony
2. Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Chorus. "Hail! Bright Cecilia"
3. Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Duet. "Hark Each Tree"
4. Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Aria. "'Tis Nature's Voice"
5. Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Chorus. "Soul of the World"
6. Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Aria. "Thou Tun'st This World"
7. Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Trio. "With That Sublime Celestial Lay"
8. Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Aria. "Wondrous Machine"
9. Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Aria. "The Airy Violin"
10. Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Duet. "In Vain the Am'rous Flute"
11. Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Aria. "The Fife and All the Harmony of War"
12. Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Duet. "Let These Amongst Themselves Contest"
13. Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z. 328 "Ode to St Cecilia": Final Chorus. "Hail! Bright Cecilia"

CD 5

1. Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Overture
2. Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Duet. "Hark! How the Songsters of the Grove" (Two Nymphs)
3. Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Song. "Love in Their Little Veins" (Nymph)
4. Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Trio. "But Ah! How Much Are Our Delights" (Two Nymphs, Shepherd)
5. Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Song. "Hence With Your Trifling Deity!" - Trio. "But Over Us no Griefs Prevail" (Bacchanals)
6. Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Song. "Come All, Come All to Me" (Cupid)
7. Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Chorus. "Who Can Resist" (Chorus)
8. Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Song. "Return, Revolting Rebels!" (Bacchus)
9. Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Song. "The Care of Lovers" (A Nymph)
10. Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Song. "Love Quickly Is Pall'd" (A Bacchanal)
11. Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Duet and Chorus. "Come, Let Us Agree" (Cupid, Bacchus, Chorus)
12. Timon of Athens, Z. 632: Curtain Tune on a Ground
13. Dioclesian, Z. 627: First Music
14. Dioclesian, Z. 627: Second Music
15. Dioclesian, Z. 627: Overture
16. Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 1: First Act Tune. Hornpipe
17. Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 2: Song. "Great Diocles" - Chorus. "Sing Lo's"
18. Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 2: Song. "Charon, the Peaceful Shade" - Sinfonia - Duet and Chorus. "Let All Mankind the Pleasure Share"
19. Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 2: Martial Song. "Let the Soldiers Rejoice" - Chorus. "Rejoice, Rejoice"
20. Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 2: Ritornello and Trio. "To Mars Let 'em Raise" - Chorus. "Rejoice, Rejoice" & Ritornello
21. Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 2: A Symphony of Flutes - Song. "Since the Toils" - Quartet. "Let the Priests" & Chorus. "All Sing Great Diocles' Glory"
22. Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 2: Dance of Furies
23. Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 2: Second Act Tune
24. Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 3: Chaconne. Two in One Upon a Ground

CD 6

1. Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 3: Song. "When First I Saw"
2. Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 3: The Chair Dance
3. Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 3: Song. "What Shall I Do"
4. Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 3: Third Act Tune
5. Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 4: Butterfly Dance
6. Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 4: Trumpet Tune
7. Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 4: Song. "Sound, Fame" - Chorus. "Let All Rehearse"
8. Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 4: Fourth Act Tune
9. Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 5: Country Dance
10. Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 5: Prelude to the Masque - Chorus. "Call the Nymphs"
11. Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 5: Duet. "Come, Come Away"
12. Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 5: Prelude - Chorus. "Behold, O Mightiest of Gods" - Paspe
13. Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 5: Duet. "Ah the Sweet Delights of Love"
14. Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 5: Song. "Let Monarchs Fight"
15. Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 5: Song. "Since from My Dear"
16. Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 5: Song and Chorus. "Make Room" - Dance of Bacchanals
17. Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 5: Song. "Still I'm Wishing"
18. Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 5: Canaries - Dialogue. "Tell Me Why My Charming Fair"
19. Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 5: Dance
20. Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 5: Song and Chorus. "All Our Days" - Song and Chorus. "Let Us Dance"
21. Dioclesian, Z. 627, Act 5: Dance - Trio. "Triumph, Victorious Love" & Chorus. "Then All Rehearse"

CD 7

1. The Indian Queen, Z. 630: First Music. Air I
2. The Indian Queen, Z. 630: First Music. Air II
3. The Indian Queen, Z. 630: Second Music. Hornpipe I
4. The Indian Queen, Z. 630: Second Music. Hornpipe II
5. The Indian Queen, Z. 630: Overture. Adagio
6. The Indian Queen, Z. 630: Overture. Allegro
7. The Indian Queen, Z. 630: Trumpet Tune
8. The Indian Queen, Z. 630: Prologue. "Wake, Quivera" (Indian Boy)
9. The Indian Queen, Z. 630: Prologue. "Why Should Men Quarrel" (Indian Girl)
10. The Indian Queen, Z. 630: Prologue. "By Ancient Prophecies" (Indian Boy, Indian Girl)
11. The Indian Queen, Z. 630: Prologue. Trumpet Tune
12. The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 2: Symphony. Canzona
13. The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 2: Symphony. Adagio
14. The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 2: Symphony. Allegro
15. The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 2: "I Come to Sing Great Zempoalla Story" (Fame, Chorus)
16. The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 2: Air. "What Flattering Noise Is This?" (Envy, Two Followers)
17. The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 2: "Scorn'd Envy, Here's Nothing" (Fame)
18. The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 2: "I Fly from the Place" (Envy)
19. The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 2: "Begone, Curst Fiends of Hell" (Fame)
20. The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 2: "I Come to Sing" (Fame)
21. The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 3: Air
22. The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 3: Minuet
23. The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 3: "Ye Twice Ten Hundred Deities" (Ismeron)
24. The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 3: Symphony for Hautboys
25. The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 3: "Seek Not to Know" (God of Dreams)
26. The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 3: Trumpet Overture
27. The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 3: "Ah, How Happy Are We" (First Aerial Spirit, Second Aerial Spirit)
28. The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 3: "We the Spirits of the Air" (Third Aerial Spirit, Fourth Aerial Spirit, Chorus)
29. The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 3: "I Attempt From Love's Sickness" (Zempoalla)
30. The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 3: "We the Spirits of the Air" (Third Aerial Spirits, Fourth Aerial Spirits, Chorus)
31. The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 3: Third Act Tune
32. The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 4: "They Tell Us" - Fourth Act Tune - "To Suffer for Him" (Orazia)
33. The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act 5: "While Thus We Bow" (Chorus, High Priest)

CD 8

1. The Tempest, Z. 631: Overture
2. The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 2: Duet and Chorus. "Where Does the Black Fiend" (First Devil, Second Devil, Chorus)
3. The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 2: Chorus. "Around, Around We Pace" (Chorus)
4. The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 2: Song. "Arise, Ye Subterranean Winds" (First Devil)
5. The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 2: Dance of Winds
6. The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 3: Song and Chorus. "Comme unto These Yellow Sands" (Ariel, Chorus)
7. The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 3: Song and Chorus. "Full Fathom Five" (Ariel, Chorus)
8. The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 3: Song. "Dry Those Eyes" (Ariel)
9. The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 3: Song. "Kind Fortune Smiles" (Ariel)
10. The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 4: Dance of Devils
11. The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 4: The Sailor's Dance
12. The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 4: Song. "Dear Pretty Youth" (Dorinda)
13. The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 5: Recitative and Song. "Great Neptune!" (Amphitrite, Neptune)
14. The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 5: Chorus. "The Nereids and Tritons" (Chorus)
15. The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 5: Recitative and Song. "Aeolus, You Must Appear" (Neptune)
16. The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 5: Recitative and Song. "Your Awful Voice I Hear" (Aeolus)
17. The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 5: Song. "Halcyon Days" (Amphitrite)
18. The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 5: Song. "See, See, the Heavens Smile" (Neptune)
19. The Tempest, Z. 631, Act 5: Duet and Chorus. "No Stars Again Shall Hurt You" (Amphitrite, Neptune, Chorus)

CD 9

1. Trumpet Sonata in D Major, Z. 850: I. Allegro
2. Trumpet Sonata in D Major, Z. 850: II. Adagio
3. Trumpet Sonata in D Major, Z. 850: III. Allegro
4. The Married Beau, Z. 603: Overture
5. Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 2, Aria and Chorus. "Come Ye Sons of Art Away" - Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
6. Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 3, Duet. "Sound the Trumpet"
7. Saul and the Witch of Endor, Z. 134: Trio. "In Guilty Night"
8. The Indian Queen, Z. 630, Act III: Minuet
9. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Song. "Fairest Isle"
10. Upon a Quiet Conscience, Z. 184: "Close Thine Eyes and Sleep Secure"
11. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III: Recitative. "Thy Hand, Belinda" - Song. "When I Am Laid in Earth" (Dido)
12. March and Canzona for Queen Mary's Funeral, Z. 860: March
13. Funeral Sentences: Man That Is Born of a Woman, Z. 27
14. March and Canzona for Queen Mary's Funeral, Z. 860: Canzona
15. Funeral Sentences: In the Midst of Life, Z. 17A
16. Funeral Sentences: Thou Know'st, Lord, Z. 58C
17. Abdelazer, Z. 570: II. Rondeau
18. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Prelude
19. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act I: Song and Chorus. "Come If You Dare" - First Act Tune
20. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Song. "What Ho! Thou Genius of This Isle"
21. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Prelude While Cold Genius Rises - Frost Scene. "What Power Art Thou"
22. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Song. "Thou Doting Fool"
23. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Song. "Great Love, I Know Thee Now"
24. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Song. "No Part of My Dominion"
25. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Prelude (Reprise)
26. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Chorus. "See, See, We Assemble"
27. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Song and Chorus. "Tis Love That Has Warm'd Us"
28. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Duet. "Sound a Parley" - Ritornello - Chorus. "Tis Love That Has Warm'd Us"
29. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Third Act Tune. Hornpipe