Henry Purcell (1659-1695) - King Arthur (1994)
Cover Front Album
Composer Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Conductor John Eliot Gardiner
Orchestra / Ensemble I English Baroque Soloists
Length 91:23
Format CD
Genre Vocal; Semi-opera
Chorus I The Monteverdi Choir
Index 413
Out of Print Yes
Musicians
Soloist Smith; Fisher; Priday; Ross
Credits
Producer Yolanta Skura
Label Erato
Track List
51:45
01 1. Overture 01:47
02 2. Air 01:30
03 3. Overture 01:18
04 Act I: 4. "Woden, first to thee"; 5. "The white horse neigh'd aloud" "To Woden thanks we render" 03:40
05 Act I: 6. The lot is cast" 00:32
06 Act I: 7. "Brave souls" 02:21
07 Act I: 8. "I call you all to Woden's Hall" 02:02
08 Act I: 9. Symphony; "Come if you dare" 03:44
09 Act II: 10. "Hither, this way" 02:12
10 Act II: 11. "Let not a moonborn elf" 01:15
11 Act II: 12. "Hither, this way" 00:37
12 Act II: 13. "Come, follow me" 02:27
13 Act II: 14. [Song tune]; "How blest are shepherds" 06:37
14 Act II: 15. Symphony; "Shepherd, leave decoying" 02:11
15 Act II: 16a. Hornpipe; 16b. "Come, shepherds" 01:38
16 Act II: 17. Second Act Tune: Air 00:59
17 Act III: 18. (The Frost Scene); 19. "What ho! thou genius of this isle" 01:22
18 Act III: 20. Prelude while Cold Genius rises; "What power thou art thou" 02:51
19 Act III: 21. "Thou doting fool" 01:03
20 Act III: 22. "Great Love" 00:54
21 Act III: 23. "No part of my dominion" 00:55
22 Act III: 24. Prelude; 25. "See, see, we assemble" 03:26
23 Act III: 26. "Tis I that have warm'd ye" "Tis Love that has warm'd us" 02:01
24 Act III: 27. "Sound a parley" 03:44
25 Act III: 28. Third Act Tune: Hornpipe 00:39
39:38
01 Act IV: 29. "Two daughter of this aged stream" 02:42
02 Act IV: 30. Passagaglia; "How happy the lover"; Ritornello; "For love ev'ry creature" 06:11
03 Act IV: 31. Fourth Act Tune: Air 00:56
04 Act V: 32. Trumpet tune 00:39
05 Act V: 22. "Ye blust'ring brethren" 02:50
06 Act V: 34. Symphony 01:40
07 Act V: 35a. Song tune; 35b. "Round thy coast" 03:18
08 Act V: 36. "For folded flocks" 02:43
09 Act V: 37. Ritornello; "Your hay it is mow'd"; 38. Ritornello 03:02
10 Act V: "Fairest isle" 04:08
11 Act V: 39. "You say 'tis love" 05:28
12 Act V: 40. Trumpet tune [Warlike Consort] 00:36
13 Act V: 41. "St. George"; "Our natives not alone appear" 02:01
14 Act V: 42. Chaconne 03:24
Personal
Purchase Date 10/21/1998
Value $25.50
Store Media Play, Gainesville
Condition 100%
Librettist John Dryden
Nationality English
Premiere Dorset Gardens Theater, London, June 1691
Language English
Period Baroque
Details
Studio St. Giles, Cripplegate, London
Catalog Number 4509-96552-2
Live No
Recording Date 3/1/1983
Spars DDD
Reissue No
Sound Stereo
Notes
Jennifer Smith: Soprano
Gillian Fisher: Soprano
Elisabeth Priday: Soprano
Gill Ross: Soprano
Ashley Stafford: Alto
Paul Elliot: Tenor
Stephen Varcoe: Baritone

Notes, text and translation

Essay: "Editorial Note" by John Eliot Gardiner
Essay: "Dryden and Purcell's 'King Arthur'" by Curtis Price