Purcell: King Arthur, 1691

Purcell: King Arthur, 1691

Purcell: King Arthur, 1691

Purcell: King Arthur, 1691

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Product Details

Release Date: 10/25/2019
Label: Signum Classics
UPC: 0635212058923
Rank: 184282

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. King Arthur~First Music: Aire (from Amphitryon)
  2. King Arthur~First Music: Minuett (from Amphitryon)
  3. King Arthur~Second Music: Hornpipe (from Amphitryon)
  4. King Arthur~Second Music: Scotch Tune (from Amphitryon)
  5. King Arthur~Overture
  6. King Arthur~Aire
  7. King Arthur~Act I: Verse & Chorus: Woden, first to thee / We have sacrific'd
  8. King Arthur~Act I: Verse & Chorus: The white horse neigh'd aloud / to Woden thanks we render
  9. King Arthur~Act I: Verse & Chorus: The lot is cast / Brave souls
  10. King Arthur~Act I: Song & Chorus: I call you all to Woden's hall
  11. King Arthur~Act I: Prelude, Song & Chorus: Come if you dare, our trumpets sound
  12. King Arthur~Act II: Prelude - Aire
  13. King Arthur~Act II: Song Philidel & Chorus: Hither this way
  14. King Arthur~Act II: Song Grimbald: Let not a moonborn elf mislead ye
  15. King Arthur~Act II: Chorus: Hither this way
  16. King Arthur~Act II: Verse & Chorus: Come, follow me
  17. King Arthur~Act II: Prelude, Song Shepherd & Chorus: How blest are shepherds
  18. King Arthur~Act II: Prelude & Song Two Shepherdesses: Shepherd, shepherd, leave decoying
  19. King Arthur~Act II: Chorus & Dance: Come, shepherds, lead up a lively measure
  20. King Arthur~Second Act Tune - Rondeau (from Distress'd Innocency)
  21. King Arthur~Act III: Prelude & Verse Cupid: What ho, thou Genius of this isle!
  22. King Arthur~Act III: Prelude & Song Cold Genius: What power art thou
  23. King Arthur~Act III: Song Cupid: Thou doting fool, forbear
  24. King Arthur~Act III: Song Cold Genius: Great Love, I know thee now
  25. King Arthur~Act III: Verse Cupid: No part of my dominion shall be waste
  26. King Arthur~Act III: Chorus & Dance: See, see, we assemble
  27. King Arthur~Act III: Prelude, Song Cupid & Chorus: 'Tis I that have warm'd ye / 'Tis Love that has warm'd us
  28. King Arthur~Act III: Song Cupid & Cold Genius: Sound a parley
  29. King Arthur~Act III: Chorus: 'Tis Love that has warm'd us
  30. King Arthur~Third Act Tune - Aire

Disc 2

  1. King Arthur~Act IV: Soft Music - Aire (from Bonduca)
  2. King Arthur~Act IV: Song Two Sirens: Two daughters of this aged stream are we
  3. King Arthur~Act IV: Passacaglia: Verse & Chorus: How happy the lover / for love ev'ry creature
  4. King Arthur~Act IV: Song by Mr. Howe He & She: You say, 'tis Love creates the pain
  5. King Arthur~Fourth Act Tune - Hornpipe
  6. King Arthur~Act V: Prelude - Rondeau (from The Old Bachelor)
  7. King Arthur~Act V: Prelude & Song Aeolus: Ye blust' ring brethren / Serene and calm
  8. King Arthur~Act V: Soft Tune
  9. King Arthur~Act V: Prelude, Song Nereid & Chorus: Round thy coasts
  10. King Arthur~Act V: Song Three Shepherds: For folded flocks
  11. King Arthur~Act V: Song Comus & Peasants & Dance: Your hay it is mow's
  12. King Arthur~Act V: Prelude & Song Venus: Fairest Isle
  13. King Arthur~Act V: Tune for Trumpets (from Dioclesian)
  14. King Arthur~Act V: New Song Fame & Chorus for Britannia & St George: Sound Heroes, your brazen trumpets sound! / Let all rehearse (from Dioclesian)
  15. King Arthur~Act V: Grand Dance - Chaconne

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Gabrieli Consort   Primary Artist,Choir/Chorus
Paul McCreesh   Primary Artist,Conductor
Jeremy Budd   High Tenor Vocal
Roderick Williams   Baritone (Vocal)
Mhairi Lawson   Soprano (Vocal)
Carolyn Sampson   Soprano (Vocal)
Gabrieli Players   Ensemble
Ashley Riches   Bass Baritone
James Way   Tenor (Vocal)
Anna Dennis   Soprano (Vocal)
Rowan Pierce   Soprano (Vocal)

Technical Credits

Paul McCreesh   Liner Notes,Score Assistance,Editing
Ben Wright   Photography
Henry Purcell   Composer
Jeffrey Rotman   Photography
Neil Hutchinson   Editing,Balance Engineer
Nicholas Parker   Editing,Recording Producer
Oliver Webber   Liner Notes
Yvonne Eddy   Booklet Editor
Mhairi Lawson   Liner Notes
Andrew Pinnock   Liner Notes
Catherine Martin   Leader,Liner Notes
Christopher Suckling   Score Assistance
Ashley Cooper   Photography
Adam Burton   Photography
Beth Mercer   Photography
Emma Frater   Photography
Gordon Langsbury   Photography
Helen Hotson   Photography
Pearl Bucknall   Photography
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