Purcell • King Arthur • Harmonia Mundi HM 252/53 • Honor Sheppard • Jean Knibbs • Rosemary Hardy • Leigh Nixon • Paul Elliott • Maurice Bevan • Deller Consort • Alfred Deller

Description

King Arthur
1a. Overture
1b. Air
1c. Overture

Act I, Sc.2
1.1 Bass: “Woden First To The”
1.2 Chorus: “Brave Souls”
1.3 Counter-Tenor: “I Call ye All”
1.4 Tenor And Chorus: “Come If You Dare”

Act II
2.1 Philidel: “Hither This Way Bend”
2.2 Grimbald: “Let Not A Moon-Born Elf”
2.3 Philidel: “Hitheer This Way”
2.4 Philidel: “Come Follow Me”
2.5 1 Shepherd: “How Blest Are Shepherds”
2.6 2 Shepherdesses: “Shepherd, Leave Decoying”
2.7 Hornpipe

Act III, Sc.2
3.1 Prelude. Cupid: “What Ho”
3.2 Genius: “What Power Are Thou”
3.3 Cupid: “Thou Doting Fool Forbear”
3.4 Prelude. Chorus: “See, See”
3.5 Cupid: “Tis I, That Have Warm’d Ye”
3.6 Cupid & Genius: “Sound A Parley”
3.7 Air

Act IV, Sc.2
4.1 2 Syrens: “Two Daugthers”
4.2 Alto: “How Happy The Lover”
4.3 Fourth Act Tune

Act V, Sc.2
5.1 Trompet Tune
5.2 Aeolus: “Ye Blust’ring Brethren”
5.3 Symphony
5.4 Song Tune. Nereid & Pan: “Round Thy Coasts”
5.5 Alto, Tenor & Bass: “For Folded Flocks”
5.6 Song Tune: “Your Hay”
5.7 Venus: “Fairest Isle”
5.8 Soprano: “You Say”
5.9 Bass: “This Not My Passion”
5.10 Bass: “But One Soft Moment”
5.11 Trompet Tune
5.12 Honour: “St. George”
5.13 Chaconne

Bassoon [Continuo – Basson Baroque] – Jeremy Ward
Harpsichord [Continuo – Clavecin] – Robert Elliott
Oboe [Hautbois Baroque] – Claire Shanks*, Valerie Darke
Oboe [Hautbois Ténor] – Martin Stancliffe
Trumpet [Trompette] – David Pugsley, Michael Laird (2), Nicholas Houghton, Bill Houghton*
Viola da Gamba [Continuo – Viole De Gambe] – Jane Ryan
Violone [Continuo] – Ian Gammie

Baritone Vocals [Baryton] – Maurice Bevan
Bass Vocals [Basse] – Nigel Beavan
Countertenor Vocals [Contre-ténor] – Alfred Deller, Mark Deller
Soprano Vocals [Soprano] – Honor Sheppard, Jean Knibbs, Rosemary Hardy
Tenor Vocals [Ténor] – Leigh Nixon, Paul Elliott

Choir – The Deller Choir

Orchestra – Deller Consort, The King’s Musick
Conductor [Direction], Chorus Master – Alfred Deller