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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)