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King Arthur, or The British Worthy Z 628

Libretto: John Dryden
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Ashley Stafford (Countertenor), Elisabeth Priday (Soprano), Gill Ross (Soprano), Gillian Fisher (Soprano), Jennifer Smith (Soprano), Paul Elliott (Tenor), Stephen Varcoe (Baritone)
℗ 2000
Remastered
24 Tracks, 1:03:31
    • Overture
      01:50
    • Air
      01:30
    • Overture to Act 1
      01:18
    • "Woden, first to thee ... To Woden, our defender" (Countertenor, Tenor, Baritone, Chorus)
      03:40
    • "Brave souls, to be renown'd in story" (Chorus)
      02:21
    • "Come if you dare" (Tenor, Chorus)
      03:41
    • "Hither, this way, this way bend" (Philidel, Chorus)
      02:13
    • "Come, follow me" (Philidel, Sopranos, Spirits, Chorus)
      02:26
    • "How blest are shepherds, how happy their lasses" (Shepherd, Chorus)
      06:37
    • Air
      00:58
    • "What ho! thou genius of this isle" (Cupid)
      01:22
    • "What power art thou" (Cold Genius)
      02:52
    • "See, see, we assemble" (Chorus)
      03:27
    • 'Tis I that have warm'd ye ... 'Tis Love that has warm'd us" (Cupid, Chorus)
      02:02
    • "Sound a parley, ye fair, and surrender" (Cupid, Cold Genius, Chorus)
      03:45
    • Hornpipe
      00:41
    • "Two daughters of this aged stream are we" (Sirens)
      02:42
    • "How happy the lover ... For love ev'ry creature" (Nymphs, Men, Chorus)
      06:10
    • Trumpet tune No. 1
      00:47
    • "Your hay it is mow'd" (Comus, Men)
      03:00
    • "Fairest isle" (Venus)
      04:07
    • Trumpet tune No. 2
      00:36
    • "St George the patron of our isle! ... Our natives not alone appear" (Honour, Chorus)
      02:01
    • Chaconne
      03:25