Album · 1985
King Arthur
Tracklist
Disc 1
1
Overture
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1:48
2
Air
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1:30
3
Overture
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1:18
4
Woden, first to thee – The white horse neigh’d aloud – To Woden thanks we render
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3:40
5
The lot is cast, and Tanfan pleas’d
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0:33
6
Brave souls, to be renown’d in story
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2:21
7
I call you all to Woden’s hall
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2:03
8
Come if you dare
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3:45
9
Hither, this way, this way bend
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2:12
10
Let not a moonborn elf mislead ye
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1:16
11
Hither, this way, this way bend
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0:37
12
Come, follow me
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2:27
13
How blest are shepherds
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6:37
14
Shepherd, leave decoying
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2:12
15
Come, shepherds, lead up a lively measure
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1:38
16
Second Act Tune: Air
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1:00
17
Prelude – The Frost Scene – What ho! Thou genius of this isle
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1:23
18
Prelude while the Cold Genius rises – What power art thou
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2:52
19
Thou doting fool
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1:04
20
Great love, I know thee now
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0:54
21
No part of my dominion
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0:56
22
Prelude – See, see, we assemble
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3:27
23
’Tis I that have warm’d ye – ’Tis love that has warm’d us
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2:01
24
Sound a parley – ’Tis love that has warm’d us
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3:45
25
Third Act Tune: Hornpipe
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0:39
Disc 2
1
Two daughters of this aged stream are we
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2:43
2
Passacaglia – How happy the lover – Ritornello – For love every creature
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6:12
3
Fourth Act Tune: Air
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0:56
4
Trumpet Tune
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0:40
5
Ye blust’ring brethren of the skies
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2:51
6
Symphony
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1:40
7
Song Tune – Round thy coast
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3:19
8
For folded flocks, and fruitful plains
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2:43
9
Ritornello – Your hay it is mow’d
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3:03
10
Fairest Isle
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4:08
11
You say ’tis love
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5:28
12
Trumpet Tune – Warlike Consort
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0:36
13
St George – Our natives not alone appear
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2:01
14
Chaconne
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3:25
In print
First pressed 1985, still pressed 2023 — 8 pressings across 3 countries.
Credits
Heinz Felbermair
Artwork · cover [painting]
Howard Pyle
Artwork · cover
Henry Purcell
Composer
Daniel et Cie
Design · layout
P. Linard & Co. Ltd.
Design
Sacha Davison Lunt
Design
Pierre Lavoix
Engineer
Jean Fouquet
Illustration
Alastair Mitchell
Instrument · bassoon
Alastair Ross
Instrument · harpsichord
Alison Bury
Instrument · violin [1er violon]
Angela East
Instrument · cello
Annette Isserlis
Instrument · viola
Crispian Steele‐Perkins
Instrument · trumpet
David Staff
Instrument · trumpet
Desmond Heath
Instrument · violin [1er violon]
Elizabeth Wilcock
Instrument · violin [1er violon]
Graham Cracknell
Instrument · violin [2e violon]
Hildburg Williams
Instrument · violin [1er violon]
Julie Lehwalder
Instrument · cello
Julie Miller (2)
Instrument · violin [2e violon]
Madeline Thorner
Instrument · cello
Miles Golding
Instrument · violin [1er violon]
Nicholas Logie
Instrument · viola
Paul Goodwin
Instrument · oboe
Rosemary Nalden
Instrument · viola
Roy Goodman
Instrument · violin [2e violon]
Roy Mowatt
Instrument · violin [2e violon]
Sophia McKenna
Instrument · oboe
Timothy Mason
Instrument · cello
Valerie Botwright
Instrument · double bass
Curtis Price
Liner Notes
Damien Vaisse
Liner Notes
Dennis Collins
Liner Notes
Ingrid Trautmann
Liner Notes
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Liner Notes
Yvette Gogue
Liner Notes
English Baroque Soloists
Performing Orchestra
Clive Barda
Photography
Jacques Sarrat
Photography
Lauros-Giraudon
Photography
Yolanta Skura
Producer
Ashley Stafford
Vocal · alto vocals
Elisabeth Priday
Vocal · soprano vocals
Gillian Fisher
Vocal · soprano vocals
Gill Ross
Vocal · soprano vocals
Jennifer Smith
Vocal · soprano vocals
Monteverdi Choir
Vocal · chorus
Paul Elliott
Vocal · tenor vocals
Stephen Varcoe
Vocal · baritone vocals