Singer: Henry Purcell
Title: The Indian Queen / The "Masque" From Timon Of Athens
Label: Musical Heritage Society ‎– MHS 824379
Type: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Reissue
Country: US
Date of released: 1981
Category: Classical
Style: Baroque, Opera
Size MP3 zip: 1253 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1326 mb
Rating: 3.6✭
Format: MP3 MOD APE MP1 FLAC MPC VQF ASF FLAC

Tracklist

The Indian Queen Z. 630
A1	First Music (First Air - Second Air)
A2	Second Music (First Hornpipe - Second Hornpipe)
A3	Overture (Adagio, Allegro)
A4	Trumpet Tune
A5-8	- PROLOGUE -
A5	Air: Wake, Quivera
A6	Air: Why Should Men Quarrel
A7	Recitative, Air, & Duo: By Ancient Prophecies
A8	Trumpet Tune (Reprise)
B1-7	- ACT II -
B1	Symphony
B2	Prelude, Air (Fame) & Chorus: I Come To Sing Great Zempoalla's Story
B3	Air (Envy & Followers): What Flattering Noise Is This
B4	Air (Fame): Scorn'd Envy, Here's Nothing
B5	Air (Envy): I Fly From The Place
B6	Air (Fame): Begone, Curst Fiends Of Hell
B7	Air (Fame) And Chorus: I Come To Sing
B8 - C6	- ACT III -
B8	Air
B9	Recitative And Air (Ismeron): Ye Twice Ten Hundred Deities
B10	Symphony For Oboes
B11	Air (God Of Dreams): Seek Not To Know
C1	Trumpet Overture
C2	Duo (Aerial Spirits): Ah, How Happy We Are
C3	Duo & Chorus: We, The Spirits Of The Air
C4	Air: I Attempt From Love's Sickness
C5	Duo & Chorus (Reprise)
C6	Third Act Tune
C7-8	- ACT IV -
C7	Song (Orazia): They Tell Us That Your Mighty Powers
C8	Fourth Act Tune
C9	- ACT V -
C9	Chorus & Recitative (High Priest): While Thus We Bow
The "Masque" From Timon Of Athens, Z. 632
D1	Duet (2 Sopranos): Hark! How The Songsters Of The Grove
D2	Solo (Soprano): Love In Their Little Veins Inspires
D3	Trio (2 Sopranos, Baritone): But Ah! How Much Are Our Delights More Clear!
D4	Solo (Baritone): Hence With Your Trifling Deity!
D5	Chorus: But Over Us No Grief's Prevail
D6	Cupid: Come All, Come All To Me
D7	Who Can Resist Such Mighty Charms?
D8	Bacchus: Return, Revolting Rebels!
D9	Solo: The Cares Of Lovers, Their Alarms
D10	Solo: Love Quickly Is Palled
D11	Duet (Cupid & Bacchus) & Chorus: Come, Let Us Agree

Companies, etc.

• Licensed From – Harmonia Mundi France

Credits

• Baritone Vocals – Maurice Bevan
• Bassoon – Jeremy Ward
• Composed By – Henry Purcell
• Conductor [The King's Music] – Catherine Mackintosh
• Conductor, Countertenor Vocals – Alfred Deller
• Countertenor Vocals – Mark Deller (tracks: A1 to C9)
• Cover [Art] – Mary Ann Newman
• Design [Jacket] – Sara Breslow
• Engineer – Pierre Studer
• Harpsichord – Robert Elliott
• Libretto By – John Dryden (tracks: A1 to C9), Sir Robert Howard* (tracks: A1 to C9), Thomas Shadwell (tracks: D1 to D11)
• Liner Notes – Franklin B. Zimmermann
• Mastered By – Bill Kipper
• Oboe – Claire Shanks, Dai Jones
• Orchestra – Deller Consort, The King's Musik*
• Recorder – Christopher Ball, Michael Brain
• Soprano Vocals – Honor Sheppard, Jean Knibbs
• Tenor Vocals – Malcolm Knowles, Paul Elliott
• Trumpet – Michael Laird
• Viola da Gamba – Jane Ryan
• Violin – Ian Gammie

Notes

Recorded in September 1976.
Side 1: 18:48
Side 2: 21:40
Side 3: 21:35
Side 4: 20:20

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Other (Library Of Congress Catalog Card No.): 81-750122

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
HM 243	Henry Purcell - Deller Consort Direction Alfred Deller	Henry Purcell - Deller Consort Direction Alfred Deller - The Indian Queen (Opéra En 5 Actes) / Le Masque De Timon D'Athènes ‎(2xVinyl, Album, Box)	Harmonia Mundi	HM 243	France	Unknown
R-04431, R-04432	Henry Purcell, Deller Consort, Alfred Deller	Henry Purcell, Deller Consort, Alfred Deller - Indian Queen: An Opera In Five Acts ‎(2xLP, Album, Club)	World Record Club, World Record Club	R-04431, R-04432	Australia	1977
4035, 4036	Henry Purcell, Deller Consort, Alfred Deller	Henry Purcell, Deller Consort, Alfred Deller - The Indian Queen / Timon Of Athens ‎(2xLP, Album)	HNH Records, HNH Records	4035, 4036	US	1977