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)

Like Purcell's other great scores for the stage, King Arthur belongs to a highly unusual genre - it is neither a play nor an opera but a hybrid of the two known as 'semi-opera.' Alfred Deller's legendary 1979 recording is one of the work's benchmark interpretations, and introduced many music-lovers to Purcell's masterpiece for the first time.

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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