Henry Purcell

The Power of Purcell

Henry Purcell

162 SONGS • 5 HOURS AND 17 MINUTES • SEP 26 2020

1
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / Act I - The Triumphing Dance
The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
01:11
2
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 2 - A Dance Of Fairies
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
00:44
3
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 3 - Prelude
The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
00:51
4
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 2 - Prelude (II)
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
00:53
5
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 3 - Third Act Tune: Hornpipe
The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
00:48
6
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 1 - Rondeau
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
01:33
7
Purcell: Dioclesian / Act 4 - Trumpet Tune
The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
00:42
8
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / Act II - Echo Dance of Furies
The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
00:54
9
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 1 - Air
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
00:48
10
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) - Second Music: 1. Overture
The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
01:59
11
Purcell: The Fairy Queen / Act 5 - Chaconne: Dance For Chinese Man And Woman
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
02:34
12
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / Act III - The Sailors' Dance "See the Flags and Streamers Curling"
The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock, Nigel Rogers, Elisabeth Priday & Carol Hall
01:43
13
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 1 - Hornpipe
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
00:59
14
Purcell: King Arthur, Or The British Worthy, Z.628 - First Music: Chaconne
The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
03:23
15
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / Act III - The Witches' Dance
The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
01:12
16
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) - 2. Air
The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
01:25
17
Purcell: Dioclesian, Z.627 / The Masque - Paspe
The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
00:51
18
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 2 - Second Act Tune: Air
The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
01:08
19
Purcell: Dioclesian, Z.627 - Second Music
The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
01:38
20
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 5 - Trumpet Tune
The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
00:53
21
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 1 - Overture
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
02:03
22
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 2 - Hither, this way bend
The English Concert Choir, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
00:38
23
Purcell: Dioclesian, Z.627 / Act 2 - Ritornello
The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
00:40
24
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626 / Act I - "Shake the Cloud from Off Your Brow" - "Banish Sorrow, Banish Care"
The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock, Lynne Dawson & The English Concert Choir
01:03
25
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / Act III - Prelude - "Come Away, Fellow Sailors"
The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock, Nigel Rogers & The English Concert Choir
01:33
26
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 1 - "The white horse neigh'd aloud" / "To Woden thanks we render"
Jamie MacDougall, Gerald Finley, Mark Tucker, The English Concert Choir, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
01:22
27
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 4 - Entry Of Phoebus
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
00:34
28
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / Act I - "See, Your Royal Guest Appears" - "Cupid Only Throws the Dart"
The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock, Lynne Dawson, Stephen Varcoe, Anne Sofie von Otter & The English Concert Choir
01:27
29
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 2 - Let not a Moon-born Elf (Grimbald)
Gerald Finley, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
01:12
30
Purcell: Dioclesian, Z.627 / Act 1 - First Act Tune
The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
00:46
31
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / Act II - "In Our Deep Vaulted Cell"
The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock & The English Concert Choir
01:41
32
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 2 - Come, shepherds
The English Concert Choir, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
01:30
33
Purcell: Dioclesian, Z.627 / Act 2 - Symphony
The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
01:37
34
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 5 - Fairest Isle (Venus)
Nancy Argenta, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
04:49
35
Purcell: Dioclesian, Z.627 / Act 2 - "Charon the peaceful Shade invites"
Nancy Argenta, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
01:47
36
Purcell: Of old, when heroes thought it base (1690) The Yorkshire Feast Song - Symphony
The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
01:17
37
Purcell: Dioclesian, Z.627 / Act 2 - Second Act Tune
The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
00:52
38
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 4 - Fourth Act Tune: Air
The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
00:40
39
Purcell: Service In B Flat (Z.230) - Nunc dimittis
Simon Preston, Francis Grier & Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford
02:05
40
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 3 - What ho (Cupid)
Nancy Argenta, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
01:08
41
Purcell: Dioclesian, Z.627 / Act 2 - "Let all mankind the pleasure share" - "Sound all your instruments"
Nancy Argenta, Stephen Gadd, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock & The English Concert Choir
00:39
42
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 3 - Thou Doting Fool (Cupid)
Nancy Argenta, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
00:54
43
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas - Overture
The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
02:19
44
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 3 - A Dance Of Haymakers
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
00:58
45
Purcell: Dioclesian, Z.627 / Act 3 - The Chair Dance
The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
01:12
46
Purcell: The Fairy Queen / Act 5 - Symphony
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
01:12
47
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 3 - Great Love, I know thee now
Brian Bannatyne-Scott, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
01:02
48
Purcell: Dioclesian, Z.627 / Act 3 - Third Act Tune
The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
00:43
49
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 5 - Symphony
The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
02:01
50
Purcell: Welcome to all the pleasures (1683) Ode for St. Cecilia's Day - In a consort of voices
John Mark Ainsley, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock & The English Concert Choir
01:10
51
Purcell: Dioclesian, Z.627 / Act 5 - Country Dance
The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
00:50
52
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 3 - Dance For The Fairies
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
00:50
53
Purcell: Come, ye sons of art, away (1694) Ode for the Birthday of Queen Mary II - Come, ye sons of art
The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock & The English Concert Choir
01:11
54
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 3 - Third Act Tune: Hornpipe
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
00:58
55
Purcell: Dioclesian, Z.627 / The Masque - Dance Of Bacchanals
The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
01:27
56
Purcell: Come, ye sons of art, away (1694) Ode for the Birthday of Queen Mary II - These are the sacred charms
Stephen Richardson, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
01:40
57
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 1 - Prelude (I)
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
01:57
58
Purcell: Dioclesian, Z.627 / The Masque - Dance
The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
00:50
59
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 1 - First Act Tune: Jig
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
01:11
60
Purcell: Welcome to all the pleasures (1683) Ode for St. Cecilia's Day - Welcome to all the pleasures
Michael Chance, John Mark Ainsley, Michael George, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock & The English Concert Choir
01:49
61
Purcell: Dioclesian, Z.627 / The Masque - Dance
The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
00:41
62
Purcell: Hail, Bright Cecilia!, Z. 328 Ode For St. Cecilia's Day - The Airy Violin
Julian Podger, Gabrieli Players & Paul McCreesh
01:24
63
Purcell: Welcome to all the pleasures (1683) Ode for St. Cecilia's Day - "Then lift up your voices" - "The pow'r shall divert us a pleasanter way"
Michael George, Michael Chance, John Mark Ainsley, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock & The English Concert Choir
01:43
64
Purcell: Of old, when heroes thought it base (1690) The Yorkshire Feast Song - Symphony
The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
01:16
65
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 2 - Echo
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
01:33
66
Purcell, Croft: Ground in C, Z.D221
Timothy Roberts
03:57
67
Purcell: Of old, when heroes thought it base (1690) The Yorkshire Feast Song - Let music join
The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock & The English Concert Choir
01:16
68
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 2 - Second Act Tune: Air
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
01:22
69
Purcell: Voluntary in C, Z717
Timothy Roberts
01:17
70
Purcell: Dioclesian, Z.627 / Act 4 - Fourth Act Tune
The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
00:51
71
Purcell: Of old, when heroes thought it base (1690) The Yorkshire Feast Song - Sound all to him
Michael George, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock & The English Concert Choir
01:49
72
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 2 - Dance For The Followers Of Night
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
01:51
75
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 3 - Dance For The Green Men
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
01:28
76
Purcell: The Married Beau, Z.603 - III. Hornpipe
Festival Strings Lucerne & Rudolf Baumgartner
00:37
77
Purcell: The Fairy Queen / Act 4 - Fourth Act Tune: Air
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
00:55
78
Purcell: The Married Beau, Z.603 - V. Hornpipe
Festival Strings Lucerne & Rudolf Baumgartner
00:37
79
Purcell: The Fairy Queen / Act 5 - Prelude (I)
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
01:08
80
Purcell: The Fairy Queen / Act 5 - Entry Dance
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
01:09
81
Purcell: The Married Beau, Z.603 - VII. Trumpet Air
Festival Strings Lucerne & Rudolf Baumgartner
01:29
82
Purcell: Remember Not, Lord, Our Offences (Z.50)
Simon Preston & Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford
03:46
83
Purcell: Suite No. 4 in A Minor, Z663 - I. Prelude
Colin Tilney
00:51
84
Purcell: The Fairy Queen / Act 5 - Thus Happy And Free
Elisabeth Priday, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
01:37
85
Purcell: Suite No. 8 in F Major - I. Prelude
Colin Tilney
00:51
86
Purcell: Suite No. 1 in G Major - III. Corant
Colin Tilney
01:05
87
Purcell: The Fairy Queen / Act 5 - Air
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
01:30
88
Purcell: Suite No. 1 in G Major - IV. Minuet
Colin Tilney
00:53
89
Purcell: Voluntary in G, Z720
Timothy Roberts
02:46
90
Purcell: Suite No. 3 in G Major - I. Prelude
Colin Tilney
01:18
91
Purcell: The Married Beau, Z.603 - IX. Hornpipe on a Ground
Festival Strings Lucerne & Rudolf Baumgartner
01:42
92
Purcell: Suite No. 1 in G Major - II. Almand
Colin Tilney
00:57
94
Purcell: Suite No. 5 in C, Z666 - III. Courante
Colin Tilney
01:02
95
Purcell: Suite No. 5 in C, Z666 - IV. Sarabande
Colin Tilney
01:03
96
Purcell: 3 Fantasias for 3 Viols, Z. 732 - 734 - In D Minor, Z. 732
August Wenzinger, Hannelore Müller, Marianne Majer & Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
02:48
97
Purcell: Suite No. 6 in D Major - I. Prelude
Colin Tilney
00:40
98
Purcell: 3 Fantasias for 3 Viols, Z. 732 - 734 - In G Minor, Z. 734
Marianne Majer, August Wenzinger, Hannelore Müller & Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
02:21
99
Purcell: Suite No. 7 in D Minor, Z668 - III. Hornpipe (From "The Married Beau", Z603/3)
Colin Tilney
00:49
101
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 1 - "Woden, first to thee" / "We have sacrific'd"
Gerald Finley, Jamie MacDougall, The English Concert Choir, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
02:21
102
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 1 - The Lot is cast (soprano)
Julia Gooding, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
00:43
103
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 1 - Brave souls
The English Concert Choir, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
02:34
104
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 1 - I call ye all (Tenor)
Mark Tucker, The English Concert Choir, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
02:09
105
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 1 - 'Come if you dare' (tenor)
Jamie MacDougall, The English Concert Choir, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
04:08
106
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 2 - Hither this way (Philidel)
Linda Perillo, The English Concert Choir, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
02:09
108
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 2 - How blest are Shepherds (Shepherd)
Jamie MacDougall, The English Concert Choir, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
04:34
109
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 2 - Shepherd, shepherd, leave Decoying (Shepherdesses)
Linda Perillo, Julia Gooding, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
01:55
110
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 3 - Prelude
The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
00:24
111
Purcell: King Arthur, Or The British Worthy, Z.628 / Act 3 - What Power Art Thou (Genius)
Brian Bannatyne-Scott, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
03:01
112
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 3 - No part of my Dominium (Cupid)
Nancy Argenta, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
01:11
113
Purcell: King Arthur, Or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 3 - See, See, We Assemble
The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock & The English Concert Choir
03:20
114
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 3 - 'Tis I that have warm'd ye (Cupid)
Nancy Argenta, The English Concert Choir, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
02:11
115
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 3 - "Sound a parley" / "'Tis Love, 'tis Love, 'tis Love that has warm'd us"
Nancy Argenta, Brian Bannatyne-Scott, The English Concert Choir, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
04:25
116
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 4 - Two Daughters (Syrens)
Linda Perillo, Julia Gooding, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
03:08
117
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 4 - Passacaglia - "How happy the lover" - Ritornello - "For love ev'ry creature" - "No joys are above" - "In vain are our graces" - "Then use the sweet blessing"
Mark Tucker, Gerald Finley, Nancy Argenta, Caroline Ashton, Rachel Bevan, Carol Hall, James Oxley, Simon Davies, Simon Birchall, The English Concert Choir, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
06:08
118
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 5 - Ye blust'ring brethren
Brian Bannatyne-Scott, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
03:03
119
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 5 - Round thy coast
Julia Gooding, Gerald Finley, The English Concert Choir, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
02:27
120
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 5 - For Folded Flocks (Countertenor, Tenor and Bass)
Angus Davidson, Mark Tucker, Stephen Alder, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
03:39
121
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 5 - Your Hay it is Mow'd (Comus)
Jamie MacDougall, The English Concert Choir, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
02:37
122
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 5 - Dialogue: You say, 'Tis Love (Soprano and bass)
Linda Perillo, Gerald Finley, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
05:25
123
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 5 - Trumpet tune
The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
00:40
124
Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy (1691) / Act 5 - "Saint George, the patron of our Isle" - "Our natives not alone appear"
Julia Gooding, The English Concert Choir, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock
03:32
125
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 1 - Song In Two Parts: "Come, come, come, let us leave"
Eiddwen Harrhy, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
02:24
126
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 1 - Scene Of The Drunken Poet: "Fill up the Bowl"
Judith Nelson, Elisabeth Priday, David Thomas, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & Monteverdi Choir
06:40
127
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 2 - Prelude...Come, All Ye Songsters Of The Sky
Wynford Evans, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
01:53
128
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 2 - Trio: "May the God of Wit inspire"
Wynford Evans, Martyn Hill, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
01:05
129
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 2 - Chorus: "Now Joyn your Warbling Voices all"
English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & Monteverdi Choir
00:28
130
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 2 - Song And Chorus: "Sing while we trip it on the Green"
Judith Nelson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & Monteverdi Choir
01:43
131
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 2 - "See, even Night herself is here"
Jennifer Smith, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
04:17
132
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 2 - "I am come to lock all fast"
Judith Nelson, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
01:12
133
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 2 - "One charming night"
Timothy Penrose, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
02:01
134
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 2 - "Hush, no more"
Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & Monteverdi Choir
03:19
135
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 3 - A Song In Two Parts And Chorus: "If Love's a Sweet Passion"
Jennifer Smith, Stephen Varcoe, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & Monteverdi Choir
08:02
136
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 3 - Overture: Symphony While The Swans Come Forward
English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
02:04
137
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 3 - Song: "Ye Gentle Spirits of the Air, appear"
Judith Nelson, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
05:10
138
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 3 - Dialog: "Now the Maids and the Men"
Timothy Penrose, David Thomas, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
03:56
139
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 3 - Song: "When I have often heard"
Jennifer Smith, English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner
03:13
140
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 3 - Song And Chorus: "A Thousand Thousand ways we'll find"
Wynford Evans, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & Monteverdi Choir
02:08