Генри Пёрселл CD1. Король Артур. Маска. Королева фей. Оды королеве Марии. Дидона и Эней.

Битрейт: 192 kbps
Время: 6ч.01мин.
Английский композитор XVII века Генри Пёрселл (Henry Purcell, 1659 - 1695), современники называли его «Британским Орфеем».
На первый диск вошли четыре оперы: «Король Артур»; «Маска»; «Королева фей»; «Дидона и Эней», а также «Оды королеве Марии».

1. KING ARTHUR
Opera in 5 acts,
libretto by John Dryden
The Deller Consort & Choir:
Nereid, Philidel - Jean Knibbs (soprano)                                            
Grimbald - Nigel Beavan (bass)
Cupid - Rosemary Hardy (soprano)
He, Pan, Gold Genius - Maurice Bevan (baryton)
Comus - Leigh Nixon (tenor)
Venus, She, Honour - Honor Sheppard (soprano)
Paul Elliott (tenor)
Mark Deller (counter-tenor)
Alfred Deller (counter-tenor)
The King's musick, dir. Roderick Skeaping
Claire Shanks, Valйrie Darke (hautbois baroques)
Martin Stancliffe (hautbois tenor)
David Pugsley, Nicholas McGegan (flыtes а bec)
Michael Laird, Bill Houghton (trompettes)
Continuo:
Jane Ryan (viole de gambe)
Jeremy Ward (basson baroque)
Ian Gammie (violone)
Robert Elliott (clavecin)
con. Alfred Deller
(1979)

1  (1)  1. Overture; 2. Air ; 3. Overture (5:18)

Act I, sc. 2
2  (2)  4. "Woden, first to thee"; 5. "Brave Souls"; 6. "I call ye all" (10:26)
3  (3)  7. "Come if you dare" (5:52)

Act II
4  (4)  8. "Hither this way bend"; 9. "Let not a Moon-born Elf"; 10. "Hither this way"; 11. "Come follow me" (6:52)
5  (5)  12. "How blest are Shepherds"; 13. "Shepherd, leave Decoying"; 14. Hornpire (9:57)

Act III, sc. 2
6  (6)  15. "What ho" (1:43)
7  (7)  16. "What Power art thou"; 17. "Thou Doting Fool forbear"; 18. "See, see" (9:36)
8  (8)  19. "Tis I, that have warm'd ye"; 20. "Sound a Parley"; 21. Air (8:08)

Act IV, sc. 2
9  (9)  22. "Two Daughters" (1:50)
10 (10)  23. "How happy the Lover"; 24. Fourth Act Tune (7:49)

Act V, sc. 2
11 (11)  25. Trompet Tune; 26. "Ye Blust'ring Brethren" (3:26)
12 (12)  27. Symphony; 28. "Round thy Coasts"; 29. "For Folded Flocks" (7:07)
13 (13)  30. "Your Hay" (2:41)
14 (14)  31. "Fairest Isle" (3:38)
15 (15)  32. "You say"; 33. "This not my passion"; 34. "But one soft Moment" (4:57)
16 (16)  35. Trumpet Tune; 36. "St. George" (4:28)
17 (17)  37. Chaconne (3:41)


2. "THE MASQUE" FROM "TIMON OF ATHENS"
Opera in 1 act,
libretto by Thomas Shadwell after W.Shakespeare
The Deller Consort:
Cupidon - Jean Knibbs (soprano)
Disciple de Cupidon - Honor Sheppard (soprano),
Bacchus - Maurice Bevan (baryton)
Disciple de Bacchus - Paul Elliott (tenor)
The King's Musick, dir. Catherine Mackintosh
Michael Laird (trompette)
Christopher Ball, Michael Brain (flыtes а bec)
Claire Shanks, Dai Jones (hautbois baroques)
Continuo:
Jane Ryan (viole de gambe)
Jeremy Ward (basson baroque)
Ian Gammie (violone)
Robert Elliott (clavecin)
conductor Alfred Deller
(1976)

1  (18)  Overture; Air; Overture (4:30)
2  (19)  "Hark"; "Love in their little veins"; "But ah!"; "Hence with your trifling deity" (6:50)
3  (20)  "Come all"; "Who can resist"; "Return, revolting rebels!" (4:55)
4  (21)  "The cares of lovers"; "Love quickly is palled"; "Come, let us agree" (4:07)


3. THE FAIRY QUEEN
Opera in 5 acts,
Libretto by an anonymous author after "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
by William Shakespeare.
Sopranos: Nancy Argenta, Lynne Dawson, Isabelle Desrochers,
Willemijn Van Gent, Veronique Gens, Sandrine Piau, Noйmi Rime;
Hautes-contre: Charles Daniels, Jean-Paul Fouchйcourt,
Mark Le Brocq, Christophe Le Paludier;
Tenors: Bernard Loonen, Franзois Piolino, Thomas Randle;
Baryton: Franзois Bazola;
Basses: Jйrфme Corrйas, George Banks-Martin, Bernard Deletrй,
Thomas Lander, Richard Taylor.
Les Arts Florissants
premier violon et violon solo Ryo Terakado
assistant musical Christophe Rousset
conductor William Christie
(1989)

First Musick
1  (22)  1. Prelude (1:34)
2  (23)  2. Hornpipe (0:50)

Second Musick
3  (24)  3. Air (1:00)
4  (25)  4. Rondeau (1:42)
5  (26)  5. Overture (1:30)

Act I
6  (27)  6. "Come, let us leave the town" (1:43)
7  (28)  7. "Fill up the bowl" (6:01)
8  (29)  8. Jig (1:09)

Act II
9  (30)  9. "Come all ye songsters" (2:32)
10 (31)  10. Prelude (1:19)
11 (32)  11. "May the God of Wit inspire"; 12. Echo (2:25)
12 (33)  13. "Now join your warbling voices all". "Sing while we trip it". Dance of Fairies (2:55)
13 (34)  14. "See, even Night herself is here" (4:50)
14 (35)  15. "I am come to lock all fast" (0:51)
15 (36)  16. "One charming night gives more delight" (2:24)
16 (37)  17. "Hush, no more" (5:02)
17 (38)  18. Dance for the followers of Night (1:23)
18 (39)  19. Air (1:32)

Act III
19 (40)  20. "If love's a sweet passion" (5:16)
20 (41)  21. Symphony while the swans come forward (1:31)
21 (42)  22. Dance for the Fairies (0:43)
22 (43)  23. Dance for the Green Men (1:46)
23 (44)  24. "Ye gentle spirits of the air" (5:01)
24 (45)  25. Dialogue between Coridon and Mopsa (3:33)
25 (46)  26. "When I have often heard young maids complaining" (2:01)
26 (47)  27. Dance for the Haymakers (0:51)
27 (48)  28. "A thousand, thousand ways" (2:14)
28 (49)  29. Hornpipe (0:56)

Act IV
29 (50)  30. Symphony (6:21)
30 (51)  31. "Now the night is chased away"; 32. "Let the Fifes and the Clarions" (3:19)
31 (52)  33. Entry of Phoebus (0:32)
32 (53)  34. "When a cruel long winter"; 35. "Hail! great parent of us all" (4:27)
33 (54)  36. "Thus the ever grateful Spring" (2:13)
34 (55)  37. "Here's the Summer, sprightly, gay" (1:31)
35 (56)  38. "See, see my many colour'd fields" (2:43)
36 (57)  39. "Next Winter comes slowly" (3:32)
37 (58)  40. Air (1:09)

Act V
38 (59)  41. Prelude (1:12)
39 (60)  42. "Thrice happy lovers" (2:50)
40 (61)  43. "O let me weep!" (8:18)
41 (62)  44. Entry Dance (1:25)
42 (63)  45. Symphony (0:59)
43 (64)  46. "Thus the gloomy world" (4:05)
44 (65)  47. "Thus happy and free" (0:46)
45 (66)  48. "Yes, Daphne" (1:50)
46 (67)  49. Monkeys' Dance (0:53)
47 (68)  50. "Hark! how all things with one sound rejoice" (2:05)
48 (69)  51. "Hark! the echoing air a triumph sings" (2:27)
49 (70)  52. "Sure the dull God of Marriage does not hear" (2:27)
50 (71)  53. Prelude; 54. "See, I obey" (1:48)
51 (72)  55. "Turn then thine eyes" (0:41)
52 (73)  56. "My torch indeed will from such brightness shine" (0:46)
53 (74)  57. "They shall be as happy as they are fair" (0:49)
54 (75)  58. Chaconne (2:38)
55 (76)  59. "They shall be as happy as they are fair" (0:53)


4. ODES FOR QUEEN MARY
Julia Gooding (soprano)
James Bowman (countertenor I)
Christopher Robson (countertenor II)
Howard Crook (tenor)
David Wilson-Johnson (bass I)
Michael George (bass II)
Choir and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
conductor Gustav Leonhardt
(1992)

Oda "Now does the glorious day appear"
1  (77)  Symphony (3:44)
2  (78)  Now does the glorious day appear (1:18)
3  (79)  Not any one such joy could bring (1:26)
4  (80)  This does our fertile isle with glory crown (2:09)
5  (81)  Now does the glorious day appear (1:20)
6  (82)  It was a work of full as great a weight (1:51)
7  (83)  By beauteous softness mix'd with majesty (2:23)
8  (84)  Her hero to whose conduct and whose arms (1:26)
9  (85)  Our dear Religion, with our Law's defence (1:30)
10 (86)  No more shall we the great Eliza boast (1:16)
11 (87)  Now, now, with one united voice (2:07)

Oda "Love's goddess sure was blind"
12 (88)  Symphony (4:00)
13 (89)  Love's goddess sure was blind this day (3:04)
14 (90)  Those eyes, that form, that lofty mien (1:20)
15 (91)  Sweetness of nature and true wit (3:03)
16 (92)  Long may she reign over this isle (2:12)
17 (93)  May her blest example chase (1:20)
18 (94)  Many such days may she behold (3:04)
19 (95)  May she to Heaven late return (1:24)
20 (96)  As much as we below shall mourn (1:45)

Oda "Come ye sons of art"
21 (97)  Symphony (3:28)
22 (98)  Come ye sons of art, away (1:45)
23 (99)  Sound the trumpet (2:26)
24 (100)  Symphony - Come ye sons of art, away (1:14)
25 (101)  Strike the viol, touch the lute (4:25)
26 (102)  The day  that such a blessing gave (2:40)
27 (103)  Bid the Virtues, bid the Graces (2:40)
28 (104)  These are the sacred charms that shield (1:32)
29 (105)  See, Nature, rejoicing, has shown us the way (2:47)


5. DIDO & ЖNEAS
Opera in 3 acts
libretto by Nahum Tate
Dido (Elissa), Queen of Carthage - Vйronique Gens (soprano)
Жneas, trojan Prince - Nathan Berg (bass-baritone)
Belinda, Dido's sister - Sophie Marin-Degor (soprano)
Sorceress - Claire Brua (mezzo-soprano)
Second Woman, First Witch - Sophie Daneman (soprano)
Second Witch - Gaлlle Mechaly (soprano)
Spirit, Sailor - Jean-Paul Fouchйcourt (tenor)
Alto (chorus) - Steve Dugardin
Basse (chorus) - Jonathan Arnold
Chorus of Courtiers and Witches.
Harpsichord and conductor: William Christie
Instrumental ensemble:
Hiro Kurosaki, Mihoko Kimura (violin)
Galina Zinchenko (alto)
Emmanuel Balssa (violoncelle)
Hugo Reyne (recorder)
Geoffrey Burgess (hautbois)
Jonathan Rubin (theorbe)
(1994)

1  (106)  1. Overture (1:57)

Act I
2  (107)  2. "Shake the cloud from off your brow" (1:03)
3  (108)  3. "Ah Belinda, I am press'd with torment" (3:38)
4  (109)  4. "Grief increases by concealing"; 5. "When monarchs unite, how happy their state" (0:42)
5  (110)  6. "Whence could so much virtue spring?" (1:54)
6  (111)  7. "Fear no danger to ensue" (1:33)
7  (112)  8. "See our royal guest appears"; 9. "Cupid only throws the dart" (1:10)
8  (113)  10. "If not for mine, for Empire's sake"; 11. "Pursue thy conquest, Love"; 12. "To the hills and the vales" (2:14)
9  (114)  13. The Triumphing Dance (1:14)

Act II
Scene 1
10 (115)  14. "Wayward sisters, you that fright"; 15. "Harm's our delight" (2:14)
11 (116)  16. "The Queen of Carthage"; 17. "Ho! ho! ho!"; 18. "Ruin'd ere the set of sun?"; 19. "Ho! ho! ho!" (1:53)
12 (117)  20. "But ere we this perform" (1:10)
13 (118)  21. "In our deep vaulted cell"; 22. Echo Dance of Furies (2:23)
Scene 2
14 (119)  23. Ritornelle; 24. "Thanks to these lonesome vales" (3:35)
15 (120)  25. "Oft she visit this lone mountain" (1:56)
16 (121)  26. "Behold upon my bending spear"; 27. "Haste, haste to town" (1:13)
17 (122)  28. "Stay Prince" (2:04)
18 (123)  28a. "Then since our chorus have sped"; 28 b. The Grove's Dance (1:28)

Act III
Scene 1
19 (124)  29. "Come away" 30. The Sailors' Dance (2:19)
20 (125)  31. "See, see the flags"; 32. "Our next motion" (1:41)
21 (126)  33. "Destruction's our delight" (0:30)
22 (127)  34. The Witches' Dance (1:35)
Scene 2
23 (128)  35. "Your counsel all is urged in vain" (3:35)
24 (129)  36. "Great minds against themselves conspire"; 37. "Thy hand, Belinda" (2:02)
25 (130)  38. "When I am laid in earth" (3:47)
26 (131)  39. "With drooping wings" (2:54)