King Arthur (2-CD)

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CD Details

Number of Discs: 2
Released: January 26, 2018
Originally Released: 2018
Label: Erato

Tracks on Disc 1:

1.King Arthur, Z. 628: Overture
2.King Arthur, Z. 628: Air
3.King Arthur, Z. 628: Overture to Act 1
4.King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1: "Woden, first to thee ... To Woden, our defender" (Contralto, Tenor, Bar
5.King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1: "The lot is cast, and Tanfan pleas'd" (Soprano)
6.King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1: "Brave souls, to be renown'd in story" (Chorus)
7.King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1: "I call you all to Woden's Hall" (Countertenor, Chorus)
8.King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1: "Come if you dare" (Tenor, Chorus)
9.King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: "Hither, this way, this way bend" (Philidel, Chorus)
10.King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: "Let not a moonborn elf mislead ye" (Grimbald)
11.King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: "Hither, this way, this way bend" (Chorus)
12.King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: "Come, follow me" (Philidel, Sopranos, Spirits, Chorus)
13.King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: "How blest are shepherds, how happy their lasses" (Shepherd, Chorus)
14.King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: "Shepherd, leave decoying" (Shepherdesses)
15.King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: "Come, shepherds, lead up a lively measure" (Chorus)
16.King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: Air
17.King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: "What ho! thou genius of this isle" (Cupid)
18.King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: "What power art thou" (Cold Genius)
19.King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: "Thou doting fool, forbear, forbear!" (Cupid)
20.King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: "Great Love, I know thee now" (Cold Genius)
21.King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: "No part of my dominion shall be waste" (Cupid)
22.King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: "See, see, we assemble" (Chorus)
23.King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: 'Tis I that have warm'd ye ... 'Tis Love that has warm'd us" (Cupid, Cho
24.King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: "Sound a parley, ye fair, and surrender" (Cupid, Cold Genius, Chorus)
25.King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Hornpipe

Tracks on Disc 2:

1.King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 4: "Two daughters of this aged stream are we" (Sirens)
2.King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 4: "How happy the lover ... For love ev'ry creature" (Nymphs, Men, Chorus)
3.King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 4: Air
4.King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Trumpet tune No. 1
5.King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: "Ye blust'ring brethren of the skies" (Aeolus)
6.King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Symphony
7.King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: "Round thy coast, fair nymph of Britain" (Nereid, Pan, Chorus)
8.King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: "For folded flocks, and fruitful plains" (Countertenor, Tenor, Baritone)
9.King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: "Your hay it is mow'd" (Comus, Men)
10.King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: "Fairest isle" (Venus)
11.King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: "You say 'tis Love" (She, He)
12.King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Trumpet tune No. 2
13.King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: "St George the patron of our isle! ... Our natives not alone appear" (Ho
14.King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Chaconne

Product Description:

With its lavish music and elaborate staging, the semi-opera King Arthur is one of the master-pieces in Purcell's works. On a text by the poet John Dryden very freely inspired from Arthurian legend and specifically devised for him, Purcell created a work of great expressive intensity which includes many of his most beautiful and well-known arias