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Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants
King Arthur
Album FR 1995 on Erato label
Classical (Baroque, Opera)
℗ © Erato Disques S.A., 1995. Made in Germany by Warner Music Manufacturing Europe. This recording was made following performances of 'King Arthur' in Paris (Théâtre du Châtelet) in February 1995. Recorded 21-22 & 25-26 February 1995, salle Berthier, Paris. Front Cover: Howard Ward as King Arthur. Booklet in French, English & German. Total playing time: 1 hour 32 mn.
Musicians
 | Henry Purcell , 1659-1695 GB album by |
 | William Christie hps, org, *1944 FR conductor, liner notes, album by |
 | Les Arts Florissants , *1979 FR orchestra, album by |
 | Christophe Olive voc, bass vocals |
 | David Le Monnier voc, bass vocals, choir, spirits of grimbald |
 | François Bazola st-d, voc, bass vocals, bass vocals, pan, choir, spirits of philidel, chorus master |
 | Jean-François Gay voc, bass vocals, choir, spirits of philidel |
 | Jean-Marc Mory voc, b, bass vocals |
 | Laurent Collobert voc, bass vocals, choir, spirits of grimbald |
 | Petteri Salomaa voc, *1961 FI bass vocals, cold genius, aeolus, comus |
 | Jonathan Best zth, bass vocals, grimbald, he |
 | Paolo Tognon bsn, bassoon |
 | Simon Rickard bsn, bassoon |
 | Alix Verzier vc, hps, cello |
 | Elena Andreyev vc, FR cello |
 | Emmanuel Balssa vc, *1967 FR cello |
 | Paul Carlioz vc, b, cello |
 | David Simpson vc, vn, FR cello, continuo |
 | Bruno Renhold voc, choir, spirits of grimbald, tenor vocals, 1st - choir |
 | Deryck Huw Webb voc, choir, spirits of grimbald, tenor vocals, 2nd - choir |
 | Didier Rebuffet voc, choir, spirits of grimbald, tenor vocals, 1st - choir |
 | François Piolino voc, choir, spirits of grimbald, tenor vocals, 2nd - choir |
 | Mhairi Lawson voc, GB choir, spirits of grimbald, soprano vocals, choir |
 | Sheena Wolstencroft voc, choir, spirits of grimbald, soprano vocals, choir |
 | Bruno-Karl Boës voc, choir, spirits of philidel, tenor vocals, 2nd - choir |
 | Carys Lloyd Roberts voc, choir, spirits of philidel, soprano vocals, choir |
 | Jean-Marie Puissant , choir, spirits of philidel, tenor vocals, 2nd - choir |
 | Jean-Yves Ravoux voc, choir, spirits of philidel, tenor vocals, 1st - choir |
 | Richard Duguay voc, choir, spirits of philidel, tenor vocals, 1st - choir |
 | Violaine Lucas voc, choir, spirits of philidel, soprano vocals, choir |
 | Jonathan Cable cb, double bass |
 | Laurence Cummings hps, org, harpsichord, conductor, assistant |
 | John Dryden , GB libretto by |
 | Dennis Collins , liner notes, french translation |
 | Sylviane Rué , liner notes, french translation |
 | Yvette Gogue , liner notes, french translation |
 | Annegret Fauser , liner notes, german translation |
 | Ingrid Trautmann , liner notes, german translation |
 | Christian Moreaux ob, *1961 FR oboe |
 | Geoffrey Burgess ob, oboe |
 | Hugo Reyne rec, *1961 FR recorder, oboe, taille |
 | Noëlle Barker other, linguistic consultant |
 | Françoise Rivalland tim, perc, percussion |
 | Marie-Ange Petit perc, percussion |
 | Anha Bölkow , soprano vocals, choir |
 | Anne Cambier , BE soprano vocals, choir |
 | Anne Mopin voc, soprano vocals, choir |
 | Anne Pichard voc, soprano vocals, choir |
 | Brigitte Pelote , soprano vocals, choir |
 | Sylviane Pitour , soprano vocals, choir |
 | Valérie Picard , soprano vocals, choir |
 | Susannah Waters , soprano vocals, cupid, nereid |
 | Claron McFadden voc, *1961 US soprano vocals, philidel, honour |
 | Sandrine Piau voc, scl, *1965 FR soprano vocals, she |
 | Véronique Gens voc, *1966 FR soprano vocals, venus |
 | Jean-Xavier Combarieu , tenor vocals, 1st - choir |
 | Iain Paton voc, tenor vocals, cupid, nereid |
 | Mark Padmore voc, ts, *1961 GB tenor vocals, cupid, nereid |
 | Elizabeth Kenny g, fl, GB theorbo, continuo |
 | Jonathan Rubin fl, voc, theorbo, continuo |
 | Gilles Rapin tr, alp, trumpet |
 | Per Olov Lindeke tr, trumpet |
 | Anne-Marie Lasla vn, FR viol, continuo |
 | Anne Weber vl, viola |
 | Galina Zinchenko vl, viola |
 | Marcial Moreiras vl, vn, viola |
 | Nadine Davin vl, vn, fl, viola |
 | Hiro Kurosaki vn, *1959 AT violin, 1st |
 | Isabel Serrano vn, violin, 1st |
 | Michèle Sauvé vn, vl, violin, 1st |
 | Peter Van Boxelaere vn, vl, violin, 1st |
 | Roberto Crisafulli vn, acg, violin, 1st |
 | Simon Heyerick vn, *1954 BE violin, 1st |
 | Catherine Girard vn, violin, 2nd |
 | George Willms vn, acg, violin, 2nd |
 | Guya Martinini vn, acg, violin, 2nd |
 | Martha Moore vn, violin, 2nd |
 | Ruth Weber vn, acg, vl, violin, 2nd |
 | Sophie Demoures vn, acg, violin, 2nd |
Producers
| De L'Esprit design |
| Adrian Hunter edited by |
| Nicholas Parker edited by, producer |
| Jean Chatauret engineer |
| Bruce Wood liner notes |
| Curtis Price liner notes |
| Michel Szabo photography by, back cover |
| Marie-Noëlle Robert photography by, front cover |
| Sébastien Marq recorder |
Composers
| Henry Purcell |
Album Tracks 
| No | |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | KING ARTHUR Or The British Worthy - "A Dramatic Opera" | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | ||
| 2 | | Overture | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 1:56 | |
| 3 | | Air | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 1:02 | |
| 4 | | First Act | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | ||
| 5 | | "Woden, First To Thee" | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 2:51 | |
| 6 | | "The White Horse Neigh'd Aloud" | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 1:22 | |
| 7 | | "The Lot Is Cast, And Tanfan Pleas'd" | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 0:33 | |
| 8 | | "Brave Souls, To Be Renown'd In Story" | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 2:46 | |
| 9 | | "I Call You All To Woden's Hall" | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 2:06 | |
| 10 | | "Come If You Dare" / First Act Tune | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 4:07 | |
| 11 | | Second Act | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | ||
| 12 | | "Hither, This Way, This Way Bend" | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 2:06 | |
| 13 | | "Let Not A Moonborn Elf Mislead Ye" / "Hither, This Way, This Way Bend" | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 1:53 | |
| 14 | | "Come, Follow Me" | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 2:22 | |
| 15 | | "How Blest Are Shepherds" | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 5:18 | |
| 16 | | "Shepherd, Shepherd, Leave Decoying" | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 1:53 | |
| 17 | | "Come, Shepherd, Lead Up A Lively Measure" / Hornpipe | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 1:39 | |
| 18 | | Second Act Tune: Air | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 1:01 | |
| 19 | | Third Act | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | ||
| 20 | | Prelude | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 0:23 | |
| 21 | | "What Ho ! Thou Genius Of This Isle" | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 1:01 | |
| 22 | | Prelude (While The Cold Genius Rises) | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 4:08 | |
| 23 | | "Thou Doting Fool" | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 0:38 | |
| 24 | | "Great Love, I Know Thee Now" | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 0:55 | |
| 25 | | "No Part Of My Dominion" | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 0:56 | |
| 26 | | Prelude | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 0:45 | |
| 27 | | "See, See, We Assemble" / Dance | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 1:28 | |
| 28 | | "Tis I That Have Warm'd Ye" / Ritornello / "Tis Love That Has Warm'd Us" | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 1:59 | |
| 29 | | "Sound A Parley" / "Tis Love That Has Warm'd Us" | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 4:00 | |
| 30 | | Third Act Tune: Hornpipe | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 0:47 | |
| 31 | | Fourth Act | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | ||
| 32 | | "Two Daughters Of This Aged Stream Are We" | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 2:35 | |
| 33 | | Passacaglia / "How Happy The Lovers" / Ritornello / "For Love Every Creature" / "In Vain Are Our Graces" / Chorus Trio | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 7:11 | |
| 34 | | Fourth Act Tune: Air | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 0:40 | |
| 35 | | Fifth Act | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | ||
| 36 | | Trumpet Tune | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 0:47 | |
| 37 | | "Ye Blust'ring Brethren Of The Skies" | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 3:24 | |
| 38 | | Symphony | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 1:42 | |
| 39 | "Round Thy Coast" | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 3:24 | ||
| 40 | "For Folded Flocks, And Fruitful Plains" | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 2:01 | ||
| 41 | "Your Hay It Is Mow'd" | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 2:27 | ||
| 42 | "Fairest Isle" | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 4:41 | ||
| 43 | "You Say 'Tis Love" | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 5:26 | ||
| 44 | Trumpet Tune (Warlike Consort) | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 0:35 | ||
| 45 | "Saint George" | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 2:07 | ||
| 46 | "Our Natives Not Alone Appear" | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 1:05 | ||
| 47 | Chaconne | Henry Purcell - William Christie, Les Arts Florissants | 3:36 |
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