Offer,Purcell: King Arthur
John Eliot Gardiner, Stephen Varcoe (baritone vocals), Ashley Stafford (counter-tenor vocals), Paul Elliott (tenor vocals), Monteverdi Choir (chorus), Gillian Fisher (soprano vocals), Jennifer Smith (soprano vocals), Elisabeth Priday (soprano vocals), Ashley Stafford (contralto vocals), Gill Ross...
Contents
Excerpt,
- English Baroque Soloists
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Overture
Air
Overture to Act 1
Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1
- Ashley Stafford (countertenor), Gillian Fisher (soprano), Paul Elliott (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
- English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
"Woden, first to thee ... To Woden, our defender" (Countertenor, Tenor, Baritone, Chorus)
"The lot is cast, and Tanfan pleas'd" (Soprano)
"Brave souls, to be renown'd in story" (Chorus)
"I call you all to Woden's Hall" (Countertenor, Chorus)
"Come if you dare" (Tenor, 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
"Hither, this way, this way bend" (Philidel, Chorus)
"Let not a moonborn elf mislead ye" (Grimbald)
"Hither, this way, this way bend" (Chorus)
Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3
- Elisabeth Priday (soprano), Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
- Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
"What ho! thou genius of this isle" (Cupid)
"What power art thou" (Cold Genius)
"Thou doting fool, forbear, forbear!" (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
"Two daughters of this aged stream are we" (Sirens)
"How happy the lover ... For love ev'ry creature" (Nymphs, Men, Chorus)
Air
Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5
- Gill Ross (soprano), Stephen Varcoe (baritone), Jennifer Smith (soprano), Ashley Stafford (contralto), Ashley Stafford (countertenor), Paul Elliott (tenor)
- English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Trumpet tune No. 1
"Ye blust'ring brethren of the skies" (Aeolus)
Symphony