Gabrieli - King Arthur 1691 - Import 2 CD

Credits:

Gabrieli

Description:

Paul MacLeish, a genius, and the Gabrieli Consort. Purcell's "King Arthur"! The Gabrieli Consort & Players, founded in 1982 by master musician Paul MacLeish, is one of the UK's leading ensembles and choirs in the field of ancient music. The first release is a recording of Henry Purcell's 1691 first movement. The first project is Purcell's patriotic semi-opera "King Arthur," first performed in 1691. MacLeish and the Gabrieli Consort have been featuring this "King Arthur" for a quarter of a century, and this recording is their latest interpretation, which has evolved with each performance. The recording also features a splendid cast of singers including Carolyn Sampson, Roderick Williams, Jeremy Budd, and Mairi Lawson, as well as the virtuosity of such renowned old-time instrumentalists as Jean-François Madoff on trumpet and Christopher Palameta on oboe. Tokyo M-Plus

Tracklisting:

1.King Arthur~First Music: Aire (from Amphitryon)
2.King Arthur~First Music: Minuett (from Amphitryon)
3.King Arthur~Second Music: Hornpipe (from Amphitryon)
4.King Arthur~Second Music: Scotch Tune (from Amphitryon)
5.King Arthur~Overture
6.King Arthur~Aire
7.King Arthur~Act I: Verse & Chorus: Woden, first to thee / We have sacrific'd
8.King Arthur~Act I: Verse & Chorus: The white horse neigh'd aloud / to Woden thanks we render
9.King Arthur~Act I: Verse & Chorus: The lot is cast / Brave souls
10.King Arthur~Act I: Song & Chorus: I call you all to Woden's hall
11.King Arthur~Act I: Prelude, Song & Chorus: Come if you dare, our trumpets sound
12.King Arthur~Act II: Prelude - Aire
13.King Arthur~Act II: Song Philidel & Chorus: Hither this way
14.King Arthur~Act II: Song Grimbald: Let not a moonborn elf mislead ye
15.King Arthur~Act II: Chorus: Hither this way
16.King Arthur~Act II: Verse & Chorus: Come, follow me
17.King Arthur~Act II: Prelude, Song Shepherd & Chorus: How blest are shepherds
18.King Arthur~Act II: Prelude & Song Two Shepherdesses: Shepherd, shepherd, leave decoying
19.King Arthur~Act II: Chorus & Dance: Come, shepherds, lead up a lively measure
20.King Arthur~Second Act Tune - Rondeau (from Distress'd Innocency)
21.King Arthur~Act III: Prelude & Verse Cupid: What ho, thou Genius of this isle!
22.King Arthur~Act III: Prelude & Song Cold Genius: What power art thou
23.King Arthur~Act III: Song Cupid: Thou doting fool, forbear
24.King Arthur~Act III: Song Cold Genius: Great Love, I know thee now
25.King Arthur~Act III: Verse Cupid: No part of my dominion shall be waste
26.King Arthur~Act III: Chorus & Dance: See, see, we assemble
27.King Arthur~Act III: Prelude, Song Cupid & Chorus: 'Tis I that have warm'd ye / 'Tis Love that has warm'd us
28.King Arthur~Act III: Song Cupid & Cold Genius: Sound a parley
29.King Arthur~Act III: Chorus: 'Tis Love that has warm'd us
30.King Arthur~Third Act Tune - Aire