Purcell: King Arthur (Remastered) Deller Consort

• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695): King Arthur, Z. 628: Overture:
• 1 King Arthur, Z. 628: Overture - Air - Overture 05:18
• King Arthur, Z. 628, Act I:
• 2 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act I, Scene 2: "Woden first to thee" (Bass) - "Brave Souls" (Chorus) - "I call ye all" (Counter-tenor) 10:28
• 3 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act I, Scene 3: "Come if you dare" (Tenor and Chorus) 05:53
• King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II:
• 4 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II, Scene 1: "Hither this way bend" (Philidel) - "Let not a Moon-born Elf" (Grimbald) - "Hitheer this way" (Philidel) 06:54
• 5 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II, Scene 2: "How blest are Shepherds" (Shepherd) - "Shepherd, leave Decoying" (2 Shepherdesses) - Hornpipe 09:58
• King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III:
• 6 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III, Scene 2: Prelude. "What ho" (Cupid) 01:43
• 7 King Arthur: Act III, scene 2: Cold Song. Genius : "What Power art thou" 03:34
• 8 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III, Scene 2: "Tis I, that have warm'd ye" (Cupid) - "Sound a Parley" (Cupid & Genius) - Air 08:13
• King Arthur, Z. 628, Act IV:
• 9 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act IV, Scene 2: "Two Daugthers" (Two Syrens) 01:50
• 10 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act IV, Scene 2: "How happy the Lover" (Alto) - Fourth Act Tune 07:51
• King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V:
• 11 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V, Scene 2: Trompet Tune - "Ye Blust'ring Brethren" (Aeolius) 03:27
• 12 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V, The Final masque: Symphony - Song Tune - "Round thy Coasts" (Nereid & Pan) - "For Folded Flocks" (Alto, Tenor & Bass) 07:09
• 13 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V, The Final masque: Song Tune. "Your Hay" 02:42
• 14 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V, The Final masque: "Fairest Isle" (Venus) 03:38
• 15 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V, The Final masque: "You say" (Soprano) - "This not my passion" (Bass) - "But one soft Moment" (Bass) 04:59
• 16 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V, The Final masque: Trompet Tune - "St. George" (Honour) 04:29
• 17 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V, The Final masque: Chaconne 03:54
• Total Runtime 01:32:00

Info for Purcell: King Arthur (Remastered)

King Arthur (1691) gehört, wie andere große Bühnenwerke Purcells auch, einer ziemlich ungewöhnlichen Gattung an: Sie sind weder Schauspiel noch Oper, sondern ein Zwitter aus beiden, eine sogenannte "semi-opera". Alfred Dellers legendäre Aufnahme aus den späten Siebzigerjahren zählt zu den Referenzeinspielungen, die vielen Musikliebhabern Purcells Meisterwerk nahegebracht hat.

Mark Deller, countertenor
Honor Sheppard, soprano
Leigh Nixon, tenor
Maurice Bevan, baritone
Nigel Beavan, bass
Jean Knibbs, soprano
Paul Elliott, tenor
Rosemary Hardy, soprano
Alfred Deller, countertenor

Digitally remastered

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