Purcell: King Arthur, Music for Queen Mary, Hail! Bright Cecilia, Timon of Athens, Dioclesian, The Indian Queen & The Tempest

Carol Hall



  • 1King Arthur, Z.628: Overture
  • 2King Arthur, Z.628: Air
  • 3King Arthur, Z.628: Overture to Act 1
  • 4King Arthur, Z.628, Act 1: "Woden, first to thee... To Woden thanks we render" (Contralto, Tenor, Baritone, Chorus)
  • 5King Arthur, Z.628, Act 1: "The lot is cast" (Soprano)
  • 6King Arthur, Z.628, Act 1: "Brave souls" (Chorus)
  • 7King Arthur, Z.628, Act 1: "I call you all to Woden's Hall" (Contralto, Chorus)
  • 8King Arthur, Z.628, Act 1: "Come if you dare" (Tenor, Chorus)
  • 9King Arthur, Z.628, Act 2: "Hither, this way" (Philidel, Chorus)
  • 10King Arthur, Z.628, Act 2: "Let not a moonborn elf" (Grimbald)
  • 11King Arthur, Z.628, Act 2: "Hither, this way" (Chorus)
  • 12King Arthur, Z.628, Act 2: "Come, follow me" (Philidel, Sopranos, Contralto, Tenor, Baritone, Spirits, Chorus)
  • 13King Arthur, Z.628, Act 2: "How blest are shepherds" (Shepherd, Chorus)
  • 14King Arthur, Z.628, Act 2: "Shepherd, leave decoying" (Shepherdesses)
  • 15King Arthur, Z.628, Act 2: Hornpipe "Come shepherds" (Chorus)
  • 16King Arthur, Z.628, Act 2: Air
  • 17King Arthur, Z.628, Act 3: Prelude "What ho! thou genius of this isle" (Cupid)
  • 18King Arthur, Z.628, Act 3: "What power art thou" (Cold Genius)
  • 19King Arthur, Z.628, Act 3: "Thou doting fool" (Cupid)
  • 20King Arthur, Z.628, Act 3: "Great love" (Cold Genius)
  • 21King Arthur, Z.628, Act 3: "No part of my dominion" (Cupid)
  • 22King Arthur, Z.628, Act 3: Prelude "See, see, we assemble" (Chorus)
  • 23King Arthur, Z.628, Act 3: "Tis I that have warm'd ye... Tis Love that has warm'd us" (Cupid, Chorus)
  • 24King Arthur, Z.628, Act 3: "Sound a parley" (Chorus, Cupid, Genius)
  • 25King Arthur, Z.628, Act 3: Hornpipe
  • 26King Arthur, Z.628, Act 4: "Two daughters of this aged stream" (Sirens)
  • 27King Arthur, Z.628, Act 4: "How happy the lover... For love ev'ry creature" (Tenor, Chorus, Nymphs, Men)
  • 28King Arthur, Z.628, Act 4: Air
  • 29King Arthur, Z.628, Act 5: Trumpet Tune
  • 30King Arthur, Z.628, Act 5: "Ye blust'ring brethren" (Aeolus)
  • 31King Arthur, Z.628, Act 5: Symphony
  • 32King Arthur, Z.628, Act 5: "Round thy coast" (Nereid, Pan, Chorus)
  • 33King Arthur, Z.628, Act 5: "For folded flocks" (Contralto, Tenor, Baritone)
  • 34King Arthur, Z.628, Act 5: "Your hay it is mow'd" (Comus, Men)
  • 35King Arthur, Z.628, Act 5: "Fairest isle" (Venus)
  • 36King Arthur, Z.628, Act 5: "You say 'tis love" (She, He)
  • 37King Arthur, Z.628, Act 5: Trumpet Tune
  • 38King Arthur, Z.628, Act 5: "St George... Our natives not alone appear" (Honour, Chorus)
  • 39King Arthur, Z.628, Act 5: Chaconne
  • 40Come ye Sons of Art, Z.323: I Overture
  • 41Come ye Sons of Art, Z.323: II "Come, ye Sons of Art, come away" (Counter-Tenor, Chorus)
  • 42Come ye Sons of Art, Z.323: III "Sound the trumpet" (Counter-Tenors)
  • 43Come ye Sons of Art, Z.323: IV "Come, ye Sons of Art, come away" (Chorus)
  • 44Come ye Sons of Art, Z.323: V "Strike the viol" (Counter-Tenor)
  • 45Come ye Sons of Art, Z.323: VI "The day that such a blessing" (Bass, Chorus)
  • 46Come ye Sons of Art, Z.323: VII "Bid the Virtues" (Soprano)
  • 47Come ye Sons of Art, Z.323: VIII "These, are the sacred charms" (Bass)
  • 48Come ye Sons of Art, Z.323: IX "See Nature, rejoicing" (Soprano, Bass, Chorus)
  • 49Funeral Sentences for the death of Queen Mary II, Z.27: I March
  • 50Funeral Sentences for the death of Queen Mary II, Z.27: II "Man that is born"
  • 51Funeral Sentences for the death of Queen Mary II, Z.27: III Canzona
  • 52Funeral Sentences for the death of Queen Mary II, Z.27: IV "In the midst of life"
  • 53Funeral Sentences for the death of Queen Mary II, Z.27: V Canzona
  • 54Funeral Sentences for the death of Queen Mary II, Z.27: VI "Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our Hearts"
  • 55Funeral Sentences for the death of Queen Mary II, Z.27: VII March
  • 56Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z.328: I Symphony
  • 57Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z.328: II "Hail! Bright Cecilia" (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone, Bass, Chorus)
  • 58Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z.328: III "Hark each tree" (Alto, Bass)
  • 59Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z.328: IV "'Tis Nature's voice" (Tenor)
  • 60Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z.328: V "Soul of the world" (Chorus)
  • 61Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z.328: VI "Thou tun'st this world" (Soprano)
  • 62Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z.328: VII "With that sublime celestial lay" (Altos, Bass)
  • 63Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z.328: VIII "Wondrous machine" (Bass)
  • 64Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z.328: IX "The airy violin" (Alto)
  • 65Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z.328: X "In vain the am'rous flute" (Alto, Tenor)
  • 66Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z.328: XII "The fife and all the harmony of war" (Alto)
  • 67Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z.328: XIII "Let these amongst themselves contest" (Baritone, Bass)
  • 68Hail! Bright Cecilia, Z.328: XIV "Hail! Bright Cecilia" (Altos, Tenor, Bass, Chorus)
  • 69Timon of Athens, Z.632 : Overture to The Masque
  • 70Timon of Athens, Z.632 : I "Hark! how the songsters of the grove" (Two Nymphs)
  • 71Timon of Athens, Z.632: II "Love in their little veins inspires" (Nymph)
  • 72Timon of Athens, Z.632: The Masque "But ah! how much are our delights" (Two Nymphs, Shepherd)
  • 73Timon of Athens, Z.632: IV "Hence with your trifling deity!" (A Bacchanal) "But over us no griefs prevail" (Three Bacchanals)
  • 74Timon of Athens, Z.632: V "Come all, come all to me" (Cupid)
  • 75Timon of Athens, Z.632: VI "Who can resist" (Chorus)
  • 76Timon of Athens, Z.632: VII "Return, revolting rebels!" (Bacchus)
  • 77Timon of Athens, Z.632: VIII "The care of lovers" (A Nymph)
  • 78Timon of Athens, Z.632: IX "Love quickly is pall'd" (A Bacchanal)
  • 79Timon of Athens, Z.632: X "Come, let us agree" (Cupid, Bacchus, Chorus)
  • 80Timon of Athens, Z.632: Curtain Tune
  • 81Dioclesian, Z.627 : First Music
  • 82Dioclesian, Z.627: Second Music
  • 83Dioclesian, Z.627: Overture to Act 1
  • 84Dioclesian, Z.627, Act 1: First Act Tune
  • 85Dioclesian, Z.627, Act 2: "Great Diocles" (Bass, Chorus)
  • 86Dioclesian, Z.627, Act 2: "Charon, the peaceful shade" (Woman) "Let all mankind the pleasure share" (Chorus, Soprano, Bass)
  • 87Dioclesian, Z.627, Act 2: "Let the soldiers rejoice" (Tenor, Chorus)
  • 88Dioclesian, Z.627, Act 2: "To Mars let'em raise" (Tenor, Bass, Chorus)
  • 89Dioclesian, Z.627, Act 2: "Since the tolis " (Tenor) "Let the priests" (Soprano, Tenor, Bass, Chorus)
  • 90Dioclesian, Z.627, Act 2: Dance of Furies
  • 91Dioclesian, Z.627, Act 2: Second Act Tune
  • 92Dioclesian, Z.627, Act 3: Chaconne
  • 93Dioclesian, Z.627, Act 3: "When first I saw" (Soprano)
  • 94Dioclesian, Z.627, Act 3: The Chair Dance
  • 95Dioclesian, Z.627, Act 3: "What shall I do" (Soprano)
  • 96Dioclesian, Z.627, Act 3: Third Act Tune
  • 97Dioclesian, Z.627, Act 4: Butterfly Dance
  • 98Dioclesian, Z.627, Act 4: Trumpet Tune
  • 99Dioclesian, Z.627, Act 4: "Sound, Fame" (Tenor, Chorus)
  • 100Dioclesian, Z.627, Act 4: Fourth Act Tune
  • 101Dioclesian, Z.627, Act 5: Country Dance
  • 102Dioclesian, Z.627, Act 5: Prelude to The Masque: "Call the Nymphs" (Cupid, Chorus)
  • 103Dioclesian, Z.627, Act 5: "Come, come away" (A Bacchanalian, A Silvan)
  • 104Dioclesian, Z.627, Act 5: Prelude & Chorus: "Behold, O mightiest of Gods"
  • 105Dioclesian, Z.627, Act 5: "Ah the sweet delights of love" (2 Wood-Gods)
  • 106Dioclesian, Z.627, Act 5: "Let monarchs fight" (A Faun)
  • 107Dioclesian, Z.627, Act 5: "Since from my dear" (Another Faun)
  • 108Dioclesian, Z.627, Act 5: "Make room" (Two of Bacchus' followers, Bacchus) "Give to every one" (Tenor, Bass, Chorus) Dance of Bacchanals
  • 109Dioclesian, Z.627, Act 5: One of Cupid's Followers (Tenor)
  • 110Dioclesian, Z.627, Act 5: "Tell me why my charming fair" (Shepherd, Shepherdess)
  • 111Dioclesian, Z.627, Act 5: Dance
  • 112Dioclesian, Z.627, Act 5: "All our days" (Tenor, Chorus) "Let us dance" (Soprano)
  • 113Dioclesian, Z.627, Act 5: "Triumph, victorious love" (Tenor, Tenor, Bass, Chorus)
  • 114The Indian Queen, Z.630, Act 1: First Air
  • 115The Indian Queen, Z.630, Act 1: Second Air
  • 116The Indian Queen, Z.630, Act 1: First Hornpipe
  • 117The Indian Queen Z.630, Act 1: Second Hornpipe
  • 118The Indian Queen, Z.630, Act 1: Adagio
  • 119The Indian Queen, Z.630, Act 1: Allegro
  • 120The Indian Queen Z.630, Act 1: Trumpet Tune
  • 121The Indian Queen, Z.630, Act 1: "Wake, Quivera" (Boy)
  • 122The Indian Queen, Z.630, Act 1: "Why should men quarrel" (Girl)
  • 123The Indian Queen, Z.630, Prologue to Act 1: "By ancient prophecies" (Girl, Boy)
  • 124The Indian Queen, Z.630, Prologue to Act 1: Trumpet Tune
  • 125The Indian Queen, Z.630, Act 2: Canzona
  • 126The Indian Queen, Z.630, Act 2: Adagio
  • 127The Indian Queen, Z.630, Act 2: Allegro
  • 128The Indian Queen, Z.630, Act 2: "I come to sing great Zempoalla Story" (Fame)
  • 129The Indian Queen, Z.630, Act 2: "What flattering noise is this" (Envy, 1st & 2nd follower)
  • 130The Indian Queen, Z.630, Act 2: "Scorn'd Envy, here's nothing" (Fame)
  • 131The Indian Queen, Z.630, Act 2: "I fly from the place" (Envy)
  • 132The Indian Queen, Z.630, Act 2: "Begone, curst fiends of Hell" (Fame)
  • 133The Indian Queen, Z.630, Act 2: "I come to sing" (Fame)
  • 134The Indian Queen, Z.630, Act 3: Air
  • 135The Indian Queen, Z.630, Act 3: Minuet
  • 136The Indian Queen, Z.630, Act 3: "Ye twice ten hundred deities" (Ismeron)
  • 137The Indian Queen, Z.630, Act 3: Symphony for hautboys
  • 138The Indian Queen, Z.630, Act 3: "Seek not to know" (God of Dreams)
  • 139The Indian Queen, Z.630, Act 3: Trumpet Overture
  • 140The Indian Queen, Z.630, Act 3: "Ah, how happy are we" (1st & 2nd aerial spirits)
  • 141The Indian Queen, Z.630, Act 3: "We the spirits of the Air" (3rd & 4th aerial spirits)
  • 142The Indian Queen, Z.630, Act 3: "I attempt from love's sickness" (Soprano)
  • 143The Indian Queen, Z.630, Act 3: Air (Spirits of the air, Chorus)
  • 144The Indian Queen, Z.630, Act 3: Third Act Tune
  • 145The Indian Queen, Z.630, Act 4: "They tell us that your mighty powers" (Soprano) Fourth Act Tune
  • 146The Indian Queen, Z.630, Act 4: "While thus we bow" (High Priest)
  • 147The Tempest, Z.631/10: Overture
  • 148The Tempest, Z.631/10, Act 2: "Where does the black fiend" (First Devil, Second Devil, Chorus)
  • 149The Tempest, Z.631/10, Act 2: "Around, around we pace" (Chorus)
  • 150The Tempest, Z.631/10, Act 2: "Arise, ye subterranean winds" (First Devil)
  • 151The Tempest, Z.631/10, Act 2: Dance of Winds
  • 152The Tempest, Z.631/10, Act 3: "Comme unto these yellow sands" (Ariel, Chorus)
  • 153The Tempest, Z.631/10, Act 3: "Full fathom five" (Ariel, Chorus)
  • 154The Tempest, Z.631/10, Act 3: "Dry those eyes" (Ariel)
  • 155The Tempest, Z.631/10, Act 3: "Kind fortune smiles" (Ariel)
  • 156The Tempest, Z.631/10, Act 4: Dance of Devils
  • 157The Tempest, Z.631/10, Act 4: The sailor's dance
  • 158The Tempest, Z.631/10, Act 4: "Dear pretty youth" (Dorinda)
  • 159The Tempest, Z.631/10, Act 5: "Great neptune!" (Amphitrite, Neptune)
  • 160The Tempest, Z.631/10, Act 5: "The nereids and Tritons" (Chorus)
  • 161The Tempest, Z.631/10, Act 5: "Aeolus, you must appear" (Neptune)
  • 162The Tempest, Z.631/10, Act 5: "Your awful voice I hear" (Aeolus)
  • 163The Tempest, Z.631/10, Act 5: "Halcyon days" (Amphitrite)
  • 164The Tempest, Z.631/10, Act 5: "See, see, the heavens smile" (Neptune)
  • 165The Tempest, Z.631/10, Act 5: "No stars again shall hurt you" (Amphitrite, Neptune, Chorus)
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