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Label:	Erato – 4509-98535-2
Format:	2 x CD, Album
Country:	Europe
Released:	1995
Genre:	Classical
Style:	Baroque, Opera

Tracklist

	KING ARTHUR Or The British Worthy - "A Dramatic Opera"
1-1	Overture	1:56
1-2	Air	1:02
	First Act
1-3	"Woden, First To Thee"	2:51
1-4	"The White Horse Neigh'd Aloud"	1:22
1-5	"The Lot Is Cast, And Tanfan Pleas'd"	0:33
1-6	"Brave Souls, To Be Renown'd In Story"	2:46
1-7	"I Call You All To Woden's Hall"	2:06
1-8	"Come If You Dare" / First Act Tune	4:07
	Second Act
1-9	"Hither, This Way, This Way Bend"	2:06
1-10	"Let Not A Moonborn Elf Mislead Ye" / "Hither, This Way, This Way Bend"	1:53
1-11	"Come, Follow Me"	2:22
1-12	"How Blest Are Shepherds"	5:18
1-13	"Shepherd, Shepherd, Leave Decoying"	1:53
1-14	"Come, Shepherd, Lead Up A Lively Measure" / Hornpipe	1:39
1-15	Second Act Tune: Air	1:01
	Third Act
1-16	Prelude	0:23
1-17	"What Ho ! Thou Genius Of This Isle"	1:01
1-18	Prelude (While The Cold Genius Rises)	4:08
1-19	"Thou Doting Fool"	0:38
1-20	"Great Love, I Know Thee Now"	0:55
1-21	"No Part Of My Dominion"	0:56
1-22	Prelude	0:45
1-23	"See, See, We Assemble" / Dance	1:28
1-24	"Tis I That Have Warm'd Ye" / Ritornello / "Tis Love That Has Warm'd Us"	1:59
1-25	"Sound A Parley" / "Tis Love That Has Warm'd Us"	4:00
1-26	Third Act Tune: Hornpipe	0:47
	Fourth Act
2-1	"Two Daughters Of This Aged Stream Are We"	2:35
2-2	Passacaglia / "How Happy The Lovers" / Ritornello / "For Love Every Creature" / "In Vain Are Our Graces" / Chorus Trio	7:11
2-3	Fourth Act Tune: Air	0:40
	Fifth Act
2-4	Trumpet Tune	0:47
2-5	"Ye Blust'ring Brethren Of The Skies"	3:24
2-6	Symphony	1:42
2-7	"Round Thy Coast"	3:24
2-8	"For Folded Flocks, And Fruitful Plains"	2:01
2-9	"Your Hay It Is Mow'd"	2:27
2-10	"Fairest Isle"	4:41
2-11	"You Say 'Tis Love"	5:26
2-12	Trumpet Tune (Warlike Consort)	0:35
2-13	"Saint George"	2:07
2-14	"Our Natives Not Alone Appear"	1:05
2-15	Chaconne	3:36

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Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Erato Disques S.A.
Copyright © – Erato Disques S.A.
Made By – Warner Music Manufacturing Europe
Recorded At – Salle Berthier, Paris

Credits

Bass Vocals – Christophe Olive, David Le Monnier, François Bazola, Jean-François Gay, Jean-Marc Mory, Laurent Collobert
Bass Vocals [Cold Genius, Aeolus, Comus] – Petteri Salomaa (tracks: 1-4, 1-18, 1-20, 1-25, 2-5, 2-9)
Bass Vocals [Grimbald, He] – Jonathan Best (2) (tracks: 1-10, 2-2, 2-8, 2-11)
Bass Vocals [Pan] – François Bazola (tracks: 2-7)
Bassoon – Paolo Tognon, Simon Rickard
Cello – Alix Verzier, Elena Andreyev, Emmanuel Balssa, Paul Carlioz
Cello [Continuo] – David Simpson (2)
Choir [Spirits Of Grimbald] – Bruno Renhold, David Le Monnier, Deryck Huw Webb, Didier Rebuffet, François Piolino, Laurent Collobert, Mhairi Lawson, Sheena Wolstencroft
Choir [Spirits Of Philidel] – Bruno-Karl Boës, Carys Lloyd Roberts, François Bazola, Jean-François Gay, Jean-Marie Puissant, Jean-Yves Ravoux, Richard Duguay, Violaine Lucas
Chorus Master – François Bazola
Composed By – Henry Purcell
Conductor – William Christie
Design – De L'Esprit
Double Bass – Jonathan Cable
Edited By – Adrian Hunter, Nicholas Parker
Engineer – Jean Chatauret
Harpsichord, Conductor [Assistant] – Laurence Cummings
Libretto By – John Dryden
Liner Notes – Bruce Wood (2), Curtis Price, William Christie
Liner Notes [French Translation] – Dennis Collins (2), Sylviane Rué, Yvette Gogue
Liner Notes [German Translation] – Annegret Fauser, I. Trautmann*
Oboe – Christian Moreaux, Geoffrey Burgess
Oboe [Taille], Recorder – Hugo Reyne
Orchestra – Les Arts Florissants
Other [Linguistic Consultant] – Noëlle Barker
Percussion – Françoise Rivalland, Marie-Ange Petit
Photography By [Back Cover] – Michel Szabo
Photography By [Front Cover] – Marie-Noëlle Robert
Producer – Nicholas Parker
Recorder – Sébastien Marq
Soprano Vocals [Choir] – Anha Bölkow, Anne Cambier, Anne Mopin, Anne Pichard, Brigitte Pelote, Carys Lloyd Roberts, Mhairi Lawson, Sheena Wolstencroft, Sylviane Pitour, Valérie Picard, Violaine Lucas
Soprano Vocals [Cupid, Nereid] – Susannah Waters (tracks: 1-17, 1-19, 1-21, 1-24, 1-25, 2-7)
Soprano Vocals [Philidel, Honour] – Claron McFadden (tracks: 1-9, 1-11, 2-1, 2-13)
Soprano Vocals [She] – Sandrine Piau (tracks: 1-13, 2-1, 2-11)
Soprano Vocals [Venus] – Véronique Gens (tracks: 1-5, 1-13, 2-2, 2-10)
Tenor Vocals [1st - Choir] – Bruno Renhold, Didier Rebuffet, Jean-Xavier Combarieu, Jean-Yves Ravoux, Richard Duguay
Tenor Vocals [2nd - Choir] – Bruno-Karl Boës, Deryck Huw Webb, François Piolino, Jean-Marie Puissant
Tenor Vocals [Cupid, Nereid] – Iain Paton (tracks: 1-8, 1-12, 2-8), Mark Padmore (tracks: 1-4, 1-7, 2-2, 2-8)
Theorbo [Continuo] – Elisabeth Kenny*, Jonathan Rubin
Trumpet – Gilles Rapin, Per Olov Lindeke
Viol [Continuo] – Anne-Marie Lasla
Viola – Anne Weber, Galina Zinchenko, Marcial Moreiras, Nadine Davin
Violin [1st] – Hiro Kurosaki, Isabelle Serrano*, Michèle Sauvé, Peter Van Boxelaere, Roberto Crisafulli, Simon Heyerick
Violin [2nd] – Catherine Girard, George Willms, Guya Martinini, Martha Moore (2), Ruth Weber, Sophie Gevers-Demoures*

Notes

℗ © 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.