Purcell Edition Volume 1 : Dido & Aeneas, King Arthur & The Fairy Queen by Various Artists

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Purcell Edition Volume 1 : Dido & Aeneas, King Arthur & The Fairy Queen by Various Artists.

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November 10, 2009

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01Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Overture1:53
02Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act I: Song and Chorus. "Shake the Cloud From off Your Brow" (Belinda, Chorus)1:03
03Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act I: Song. "Ah Belinda, I Am Press'd with Torment" (Dido)3:38
04Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act I: Duet. "Grief Increases by Concealing" - Chorus. "When Monarchs Unite, How Happy Their Sta0:42
05Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act I: Duet. "Whence Could so Much Virtue Spring?" (Dido, Belinda)1:54
06Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act I: Duet and Chorus. "Fear no Danger to Ensue" (Belinda, Second Woman, Chorus)1:33

07Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act I: Trio. "See Your Royal Guest Appears" - Chorus. "Cupid Only Throws the Dart" (Belinda, Aen1:10

08Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act I: Duet. "If Not for Mine, for Empire's Sake" - Chorus. "To the Hills and the Vales" (Aeneas2:14

09Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act I: The Triumphing Dance1:09

10Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act II: Prelude for the Witches. "Wayward Sisters, You That Fright" - Chorus. "Harm's Our Deligh2:14

11Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act II: Song - Chorus "The Queen of Carthage" (Sorceress, First Witch, Chorus)1:53

12Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act II: Duet. "But Ere We This Perform" (First Witch, Second Witch)1:10

13Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act II: Chorus. "In Our Deep Vaulted Cell" - Echo Dance of Furies (Chorus)2:22

14Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act II: Ritornello - Song and Chorus. "Thanks to These Lonesome Vales" (Belinda, Chorus)3:36

15Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act II: Song. "Oft She Visits This Lone Mountain" (Second Woman)1:56

16Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act II: Duet. "Behold Upon My Bending Spear" - Song and Chorus. "Haste, Haste to Town" (Aeneas,1:13

17Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act II: Duet. "Stay Prince" (Spirit, Aeneas)2:04

18Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act II: Chorus. "Then Since Our Chorus Have Sped" - The Grove's Dance (Chorus)1:24

19Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3: Song and Chorus. "Come Away" - The Sailors' Dance (Sailor, Chorus)2:23

20Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III: Duet. "See, See the Flags" - Song. "Our Next Motion" (Sorceress, First Witch, Second Wi1:41

21Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III: Chorus. "Destruction's Our Delight" (Chorus)0:31

22Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III: The Witches' Dance1:35

23Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III: Trio. "Your Counsel All Is Urged in Vain" (Dido, Belinda, Aeneas)3:35

24Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III: Chorus. "Great Minds Against Themselves Conspire" - Song. "Thy Hand, Belinda" (Chorus,2:02

25Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3: Lament. "When I Am Laid in Earth" (Dido)3:54

26Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3: "With Drooping Wings" (Chorus)2:42

27Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628: Overture1:53

28Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628: Air1:03

29Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1: Trio and Chorus. "Woden, First to Thee"3:23

30Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1: Duet and Chorus. "The White Horse Neigh'd Aloud" - "To Woden, Our Defender, Thanks We Render"1:22

31Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1: Song. "The Lot Is Cast, and Tanfan Pleas'd"0:32

32Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1: Chorus. "Brave Souls, to Be Renown'd in Story"2:46

33Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1: Song and Chorus. "I Call You All to Woden's Hall"2:05

34Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1: Song and Chorus. "Come If You Dare" - First Act Tune4:13

35Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: Song and Chorus. "Hither, This Way, This Way Bend"2:09

36Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: Song. "Let Not a Moonborn Elf Mislead Ye" - Chorus. "Hither This Way, This Way Bend"1:53

37Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: Song and Chorus. "Come, Follow Me"2:22

38Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: Song and Chorus. "How Blest Are Shepherds"5:18

39Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: Duet. "Shepherd, Shepherd, Leave Decoying"1:54

40Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: Chorus. "Come, Shepherds, Lead up a Lively Measure" - Hornpipe1:38

41Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: Second Act Tune. Air1:01

42Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Prelude I0:24

43Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Song. "What Ho! Thou Genius of This Isle"0:59

44Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Prelude While Cold Genius Rises - Song. "What Power Art Thou"4:12

45Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Song. "Thou Doting Fool"0:37

46Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Song. "Great Love, I Know Thee Now"0:55

47Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Song. "No Part of My Dominion"0:56

48Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Prelude II0:44

49Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Chorus. "See, See, We Assemble" - Dance1:27

50Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Ritornello. "Tis I That Have Warm'd Ye" - Chorus. "Tis Love That Has Warm'd Us"1:59

51Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Duet. "Sound a Parley" - Ritornello - Chorus. "Tis Love That Has Warm'd Us"3:59

52Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Third Act Tune. Hornpipe0:47

53Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 4: Duet. "Two Daughters of This Aged Stream Are We"2:30

54Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 4: Song and Chorus. "How Happy the Lover" - Duet and Chorus. "For Love Every Creature" & Chorus7:15

55Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 4: Fourth Act Tune. Air0:41

56Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Trumpet Tune0:46

57Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Song. "Ye Blust'ring Brethren of the Skies"3:23

58Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Symphony1:45

59Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Song and Chorus. "Round Thy Coast"3:20

60Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Trio. "For Folded Flocks, and Fruitful Plains"2:00

61Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Song and Chorus. "Your Hay It Is Mow'd"2:30

62Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Song. "Fairest Isle"4:45

63Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Duet. "You Say 'tis Love"5:26

64Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Trumpet Tune. Warlike Consort0:37

65Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Song. "Saint George"2:05

66Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Chorus. "Our Natives not Alone Appear"1:05

67Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Chaconne3:29

68Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: First Music. Prelude - Hornpipe2:41

69Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Second Music. Air - Rondeau2:11

70Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Overture1:28

71Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act I: Duet. "Come, Let Us Leave the Town"1:14

72Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act I: Scene of the Drunken Poet. "Fill up the Bowl"6:06

73Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act I: First Act Tune. Jig1:23

74Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II. Song. "Come All Ye Songsters of the Sky"2:13

75Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: Trio. "May the God of Wit Inspire"2:47

76Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: Chorus. "Now Join Your Warbling Voices All"0:36

77Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: Song and Chorus. "Sing While We Trip It"3:57

78Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II. Song. "See, Even Night Herself Is Here" - Song. "I Am Come to Lock All Fast" - Song. "On11:35

79Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: Second Act Tune. Air2:18

80Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III. Song and Chorus. "If Love's a Sweet Passion"1:55

81Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III. Symphony While the Swans Come Forward0:56

82Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: Dance for the Fairies1:23

83Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: Dance for the Green Men1:17

84Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: Song. "Ye Gentle Spirits of the Air"4:47

85Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: Dialogue. "Now the Maids and the Men" - Dance for the Haymakers4:38

86Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III. Song. "When I Have Often Heard"2:10

87Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: Duet. "A Thousand, Thousand Ways"2:31

88Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: Third Act Tune. Hornpipe1:02

89Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: Symphony6:04

90Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 4: Song and Chorus. "Now the Night Is Chased Away"2:08

91Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: Duet. "Let the Fifes and the Clarions"1:14

92Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: Song and Chorus. "When a Cruel Long Winter"3:32

93Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: Chorus."Hail! Great Parent of Us All" - Song. "Thus the Ever Grateful Spring" - Song. "H10:43

94Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V. Prelude - Epithalamium. "Thrice Happy Lovers"3:49

95Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: The Plaint. "O Let Me Ever, Ever Weep"7:55

96Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: Entry Dance - Symphony - Song. "Thus the Gloomy World" - Song and Chorus. "Thus Happy and9:27

97Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: Monkey's Dance0:49

98Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: Song. "Hark! How All Things" - Song. "Hark! The Echoing Air"4:27

99Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: Duet and Chorus. "Sure the Dull God" - Prelude - Song. "See, I Obey" - Duet. "Turn Then T5:21

100Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 5: Chaconne2:41