{"product_id":"purcell-king-arthur-john-eliot-gardiner","title":"Purcell: King Arthur - John Eliot Gardiner (2 CDS)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/about_this_recording_transparent_black_shadow_2_522753e9-66ba-48ea-8558-b0cd53a478e3_480x480.png?v=1646166167\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith its lavish music and elaborate staging, the semi-opera King Arthur is one of the master-pieces in Purcell's works. On a text by the poet John Dryden very freely inspired from Arthurian legend and specifically devised for him, Purcell created a work of great expressive intensity which includes many of his most beautiful and well-known arias The importance of Monteverdi to John Eliot Gardiner is signalled by the fact that, when he founded a choir in 1964, it was for a performance of Monteverdi Vespers. The Monteverdi Choir went on to celebrate it's 50th anniversary in 2014 with a performance of the same work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/officialTRACKLISTINGWITHWORLD_8c487109-6437-4456-b07e-4f60163ffd01_480x480.png?v=1669931346\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- Disc 1 -\u003cbr\u003e1 King Arthur, Z. 628: Overture\u003cbr\u003e2 King Arthur, Z. 628: Air\u003cbr\u003e3 King Arthur, Z. 628: Overture to Act 1\u003cbr\u003e4 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1: \"Woden, First to Thee... to Woden, Our Defender\" (Contralto, Tenor, Bar\u003cbr\u003e5 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1: \"The Lot Is Cast, and Tanfan Pleas'd\" (Soprano)\u003cbr\u003e6 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1: \"Brave Souls, to Be Renown'd in Story\" (Chorus)\u003cbr\u003e7 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1: \"I Call You All to Woden's Hall\" (Countertenor, Chorus)\u003cbr\u003e8 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 1: \"Come If You Dare\" (Tenor, Chorus)\u003cbr\u003e9 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: \"Hither, This Way, This Way Bend\" (Philidel, Chorus)\u003cbr\u003e10 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: \"Let Not a Moonborn Elf Mislead Ye\" (Grimbald)\u003cbr\u003e11 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: \"Hither, This Way, This Way Bend\" (Chorus)\u003cbr\u003e12 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: \"Come, Follow Me\" (Philidel, Sopranos, Spirits, Chorus)\u003cbr\u003e13 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: \"How Blest Are Shepherds, How Happy Their Lasses\" (Shepherd, Chorus)\u003cbr\u003e14 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: \"Shepherd, Leave Decoying\" (Shepherdesses)\u003cbr\u003e15 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: \"Come, Shepherds, Lead Up a Lively Measure\" (Chorus)\u003cbr\u003e16 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 2: Air\u003cbr\u003e17 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: \"What Ho! Thou Genius of This Isle\" (Cupid)\u003cbr\u003e18 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: \"What Power Art Thou\" (Cold Genius)\u003cbr\u003e19 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: \"Thou Doting Fool, Forbear, Forbear!\" (Cupid)\u003cbr\u003e20 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: \"Great Love, I Know Thee Now\" (Cold Genius)\u003cbr\u003e21 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: \"No Part of My Dominion Shall Be Waste\" (Cupid)\u003cbr\u003e22 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: \"See, See, We Assemble\" (Chorus)\u003cbr\u003e23 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: 'Tis I That Have Warm'd Ye... 'Tis Love That Has Warm'd Us\" (Cupid, Cho\u003cbr\u003e24 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: \"Sound a Parley, Ye Fair, and Surrender\" (Cupid, Cold Genius, Chorus)\u003cbr\u003e25 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Hornpipe\u003cbr\u003e- Disc 2 -\u003cbr\u003e1 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 4: \"Two Daughters of This Aged Stream Are We\" (Sirens)\u003cbr\u003e2 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 4: \"How Happy the Lover... for Love Ev'ry Creature\" (Nymphs, Men, Chorus)\u003cbr\u003e3 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 4: Air\u003cbr\u003e4 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Trumpet Tune No. 1\u003cbr\u003e5 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: \"Ye Blust'ring Brethren of the Skies\" (Aeolus)\u003cbr\u003e6 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Symphony\u003cbr\u003e7 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: \"Round Thy Coast, Fair Nymph of Britain\" (Nereid, Pan, Chorus)\u003cbr\u003e8 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: \"For Folded Flocks, and Fruitful Plains\" (Countertenor, Tenor, Baritone)\u003cbr\u003e9 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: \"Your Hay It Is Mow'd\" (Comus, Men)\u003cbr\u003e10 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: \"Fairest Isle\" (Venus)\u003cbr\u003e11 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: \"You Say 'Tis Love\" (She, He)\u003cbr\u003e12 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Trumpet Tune No. 2\u003cbr\u003e13 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: \"ST George the Patron of Our Isle!... Our Natives Not Alone Appear\" (Ho\u003cbr\u003e14 King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 5: Chaconne\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WARNER CLASSICS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31679727403095,"sku":"190295740047","price":13.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/products\/81a1nme6wIL._SL1200.jpg?v=1585694735","url":"https:\/\/classicselectworld.com\/de-de\/products\/purcell-king-arthur-john-eliot-gardiner","provider":"ClassicSelect World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}