Purcell: King Arthur: - Henry Purcell [VINYL]

'King Arthur' (1691), like Purcell's other great scores for the stage, belongs to a highly unusual genre: it is neither a play nor an opera but a hybrid of the two known as 'semi-opera'. Alfred Deller's legendary 1978 recording is one of the benchmark interpretations which introduced music lovers to Purcell's masterpiece.

Disc 1
1. Ouvertre - Air - Ouvertre (Henry Purcell) - Various Performers
2. Woden First to Thee - Brave Souls - I Call Ye All (Henry Purcell) - Various Performers
3. Come If You Dare (Henry Purcell) - Various Performers
4. Hither This Way Bend - Let Not a Moon-born Elf - Hither This Way - Come Follow Me (Henry Purcell) - Various Performers
5. How Blest Are Shepherds - Shepherd, Leave Decoying - Hornpipe (Henry Purcell) - Various Performers
6. What Ho (Henry Purcell) - Various Performers
7. What Power Are Thou - Thou Doting Fool Forbear - See, See (Henry Purcell) - Various Performers
Disc 2
1. Tis I, That Have Warm'd Ye - Sound a Parley - Air (Henry Purcell) - Various Performers
2. Two Daughters (Henry Purcell) - Various Performers
3. How Happy the Lover - Melodie (Henry Purcell) - Various Performers
4. Trompetenmelodie - Ye Blust'ring Brethren (Henry Purcell) - Various Performers
5. Sinfonia - Round Thy Coasts - For Folded Flocks (Henry Purcell) - Various Performers
6. Your Hay (Henry Purcell) - Various Performers
7. Fairest Isle (Henry Purcell) - Various Performers
8. You Say - This Not My Passion - But One Soft Moment (Henry Purcell) - Various Performers
9. Trompetenmelodie - St. George (Henry Purcell) - Various Performers
10. Chaconne (Henry Purcell) - Various Performers