John Eliot Gardiner - Henry Purcell: Purcell Edition, Vol. 2 (4CD) (2009)

Tracklist:

CD 1
The Indian Queen, Z 630 (opera in 5 acts)
act 1
01. first music - first air [00:01:19]
02. first music - second air [00:01:08]
03. second music - first hornpipe [00:00:54]
04. second music - second hornpipe [00:01:23]
05. overture - adagio [00:01:44]
06. overture - allegro [00:01:53]
07. trumpet tune [00:00:46]
08. prologue - 'wake, quivera' [00:02:13]
09. prologue - 'why should men quarrel' [00:01:29]
10. prologue - 'by ancient prophecies' [00:04:28]
11. trumpet tune - reprise [00:00:46]
act 2
12. canzona [00:02:07]
13. adagio [00:01:51]
14. allegro [00:00:57]
15. 'I come to sing great Zempoalla' Story' [00:00:56]
16. 'What flatering noise is this' [00:00:42]
17. 'Scorn'd Envy, here's nothing' [00:01:02]
18. 'i fly from the place' [00:01:06]
19. 'begone, curst fiends of hell' [00:00:40]
20. 'i come to sing' [00:01:26]
act 3
21. air [00:00:41]
22. minuet [00:01:31]
23. 'ye twice ten hundred deities' [00:05:28]
24. symphony for hautboys [00:01:05]
25. 'seek not to know' [00:02:53]
26. trumpet overture [00:02:59]
27. 'ah, how happy are we' [00:02:33]
28. 'we the spirits of the air' [00:01:29]
29. 'i attempt from love's sickness' [00:01:47]
30. air [00:01:17]
31. third act tune [00:01:57]
act 4
32. 'they tell us that your mighty powers' [00:03:36]
33. 'while thus we bow' [00:06:21]

CD 2
The Tempest, Or The Enchanted Isle, Z 631
01. Overture [00:04:10]
act 1
02. Where does the black fiend [00:02:07]
03. Around, around we pace [00:01:37]
04. Arise, ye subterranean winds [00:03:01]
05. Dance of Winds [00:01:21]
act 3
06. Comme unto these yellow sands [00:01:25]
07. Full fathom five [00:02:11]
08. Dry those eyes [00:06:08]
09. Kind fortune smiles [00:01:07]
act 4
10. Dance of Devils [00:00:28]
11. The sailor's dance [00:01:09]
12. Dear pretty youth [00:02:08]
act 5
13. Great Neptune! [00:04:05]
14. The nereids and Tritons [00:01:54]
15. Aeolus, you must appear [00:03:14]
16. Your awful voice I hear [00:04:21]
17. Halcyon days [00:06:30]
18. See, see, the heavens smile [00:04:56]
19. No stars again shall hurt you [00:05:35]
The Married Beau, Z 603 "Curious Impertinent"
20. Ouverture [00:02:42]
Abdelazer, Z 570 "Moor's Revenge"
21. Rondeau [00:01:33]

CD 3
Timon Of Athens, or The Man-Hater, Z 632
01. Overture [00:02:41]
02. A symphony of Pipes imitating the chirping of Birds, Hark, how the songsters of the grove sing [00:01:40]
03. Love in their little veins inspires their cheerful notes [00:01:22]
04. But ah! how much are our delights more dear [00:01:12]
05. Hence with your trifling deity! [00:02:32]
06. Come all, come all to me, make haste [00:01:12]
07. Who can resist such mighty charms? [00:01:34]
08. Return, revolting rebels! Where d'ye go? [00:01:46]
09. The cares of lovers, their alarms, their sighs, their tears [00:01:37]
10. Love quickly is pall'd, tho' with labour, 'tis gain'd [00:01:03]
11. Come, let us agree, there are pleasures divine [00:01:57]
12. Curtain Tune [00:02:26]
The Prophetess, or The History Of Dioclesian, Z 627 (beginning)
13. First Music [00:02:13]
14. Second Music [00:01:26]
15. Overture [00:04:15]
16. act 1, First Act Tune: Hornpipe [00:00:42]
act 2
17. Great Diocles the Boar has kill'd [00:02:16]
18. Charon, the peaceful Shade invites - Symphony - Let all mankind the pleasure share [00:04:24]
19. Let the soldiers rejoice [00:01:52]
20. Ritornello - To Mars let 'em raise - Ritornello [00:02:33]
21. A Symphony of flutes in the air - Since the toils and the hazards of war ... Let the priests with processions ... All sing Diocles' glory [00:05:11]
22. Dance of Furies [00:03:21]
23. Second Act Tune [00:00:40]
24. Chaconne (Two in one upon a Ground) [00:02:38]

CD 4
The Prophetess, or The History Of Dioclesian Z 627 (conclusion)
act 3
01. When first I saw [00:02:28]
02. The Chair Dance [00:01:19]
03. What shall I do [00:05:23]
04. Third Act Tune [00:00:38]
act 4
05. Butterfly Dance [00:02:11]
06. Trumpet Tune [00:00:33]
07. Sound Fame [00:05:19]
08. Fourth Act Tune [00:00:35]
act 5
09. Country Dance [00:00:55]
10. Call the Nymphs [00:02:34]
11. Come, come away [00:01:03]
12. Prelude & Chorus, Paspe [00:03:59]
13. Ah the sweet delights of love [00:01:50]
14. Let monarchs fight [00:02:17]
15. Since from my dear [00:02:45]
16. Make room [00:04:07]
17. One of Cupid's Followers [00:05:08]
18. Tell me why my charming fair [00:06:10]
19. Dance [00:01:01]
20. All our days [00:04:37]
21. Triumph, victorious love [00:05:01]
Oedipus, Z 583
22. Music for a While [00:03:19]
Tyrannic Love, or The Royal Martyr, Z 613
23. Ah! How Sweet It Is to Love [00:02:50]
24. If music be the food of love, Z 379 [00:03:50]

Performers:
Rosemary Hardy, Dinah Harris, Jennifer Smith (sopranos), Ashley Stafford (countertenor), Martyn Hill, John Elwes (tenors), Stephen Varcoe (baritone) & David Thomas (bass), Carol Hall (mezzo-soprano), John Elwes (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (baritone) & David Thomas, Roderick Earle (basses), Lynne Dawson, Gillian Fisher (sopranos), Rogers Covey-Crump, Paul Elliott (tenors), Stephen Varcoe (baritone) & Michael George (bass), Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Myron Lutzke (cello) & Arthur Haas (harpsichord, organ)

Monteverdi Orchestra
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner