Purcell King Arthur

SIDE A - Overture – Air – Overture (Reprise)
Act 1 - “Woden, first to thee”… “To Woden, our defender” (Baritone, Tenor, Alto, Chorus) – “The lot is cast, and Tanfan pleas’d” (Soprano) – “Brave souls, to be renown’d in story” (Chorus) – “I call you all to Woden’s hall” (Alto, Chorus) – Symphony: “Come if you dare” (Tenor, Chorus)
Act 2 - “Hither, this way, this way bend” (Philidel, Chorus) – “Let not a moonborn elf mislead ye” (Grimbald) – Ritornello: “Hither this way, this way bend” (Chorus) – “Come, follow me” (Philidel, Spirits, Chorus)
SIDE B - “How blest are shepherds” (One Shepherd, Chorus) – Symphony: “Shepherd, shepherd, leave decoying” (Two Shepherdesses) – Hornpipe – “Come, Shepherds, Lead up a Lively Measure” (Chorus) – Second Act Tune – Air
Act 3 - “What ho! thou genius of this isle” (Cupid) – Prelude while Cold Genius rises – Frost Scene: “What power art thou” (Cold Genius) – “Thou doting fool, forbear, forbear” (Cupid) – “Great Love, I know thee now” (Cold Genius) – “No part of my dominion” (Cupid) – Prelude – Chorus of Cold People: “See, see, we assemble” – Dance
SIDE C - Ritornello: “’Tis I, ‘tis I that have warm’d ye” – “’Tis Love that has warm’d us” (Cupid, Chorus) – “Sound a parley” – Ritornello – “’Tis Love that has warm’d us” (Cupid, Cold Genius, Chorus) – Third Act Tune – Hornpipe
Act 4 - “Two daughters of this aged stream are we” (Two Sirens) – Passacaglia – “How happy the lover” – “For love every creature” – “In vain our graces” (Tenor, Soprano, Baritone, 3 Nymphs, 3 Men, Chorus) – Fourth Act Tune – Air
Act 5 - Trumpet Tune – “Ye blust’ring brethren of the skies” (Aeolus) – Symphony
SIDE D - “Round thy coast, fair nymph of Britain” (Nereid, Pan, Chorus) – “For folded flocks, and fruitful plains” (Alto, Tenor, Baritone) – Ritornello “Your hay it is mow’d” (Comus, 2 Men, Chorus) – “Fairest Isle, all isles excelling” (Venus) – “You say ‘tis Love creates the pain” (She, He) – Trumpet Tune. Warlike Consort – “Saint George the patron of our Isle!” (Honour, Chorus) – Chaconne