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1. KING ARTHUR

Opera in 5 acts, 
libretto by John Dryden

The Deller Consort & Choir:
Nereid, Philidel - Jean Knibbs (soprano)
Grimbald - Nigel Beavan (bass)
Cupid - Rosemary Hardy (soprano)
He, Pan, Gold Genius - Maurice Sevan (baryton)
Comus - Leigh Nixon (tenor)
Venus, She, Honour- Honor Sheppard (soprano)
Paul Elliott (tenor)
Mark Deller (counter-tenor)
Alfred Deller (counter-tenor)

The King's musick, dir. Roderick Skeaping 
Claire Shanks, Valerie Darke (hautbois baroques) 
Martin Stancliffe (hautbois tenor) 
David Pugsley, Nicholas McGegan (flutes a bee) 
Michael Laird, Bill Houghton (trompettes)

Continuo:
Jane Ryan (viole de gambe) 
Jeremy Ward (basson baroque) 
Ian Gammie (violone) 
Robert Elliott (clavecin)
con. Alfred Deller 
(1979)

1(1) 1. Overture; 2. Air ;3. Overture

Act I, sc. 2
2(2) 4."Woden, first to thee"; 5. "Brave Soute"; 6. "I call ye all"
3(3) 7. "Come if you dare" 

Act II
4(4) 8. "Hither this way bend"; 9. "Let not a Moon-born Elf; 
     10. "Hither this way"; 11. "Come follow me"
5(5) 12. "How blest are Shepherds";
     13. "Shepherd, leave Decoying"; 14. Hornpire

Act III, sc. 2
6(6) 15. "What ho"
7(7) 16. "What Power art thou"; 17. "Thou Doting Fool forbear"; 18. "See, see"
8(8) 19. Tis I, that have warm'd ye"; 20. "Sound a Parley"; 21. Air

Act IV, sc. 2
9(9) 22. "Two Daughters"
10(10) 23. "How happy the Lover"; 24. Fourth Act Tune

Act V, sc.2
11(11) 25. Trompet Tune; 26. "Ye Blust'ring Brethren"
12(12) 27. Symphony; 28. "Round thy Coasts"; 29. "For Folded Flocks"
13(13) 30. "Your Hay"
14(14) 31. "Fairest Isle"
15(15) 32. "You say"; 33. "This not my passion"; 34. "But one soft Moment"
16(16) 35. Trumpet Tune; 36. "St. George"
17(17) 37.Chaconne

2.THE MASQUE" FROM TIMON OF ATHENS"

Opera in 1 act,
libretto by Thomas Shadwell after W.Shakespeare

The Deller Consort:
Cupidon - Jean Knibbs (soprano)
Disciple de Cupidon - Honor Sheppard (soprano),
Bacchus - Maurice Sevan (baryton)
Disciple de Bacchus - Paul Elliott (tenor)

The King's Musick, dir. Catherine Mackintosh Michael Laird (trompette) 
Christopher Ball, Michael Brain (flutes a bee) 
Claire Shanks, Dai Jones (hautbois baroques)

Continuo:
Jane Ryan (viole de gambe)
Jeremy Ward (basson baroque)
Ian Gammie (violone)
Robert Elliott (clavecin)
conductor Alfred Deller 
(1976)

1(18) Overture; Air; Overture
2(19) "Hark"; "Love in their little veins"; "But ah!"; "Hence with your trifling deity"
3(20) "Come all"; "Who can resist"; "Return, revolting rebels!"
4(21) "The cares of lovers"; "Love quickly is palled"; "Come, let us agree"
 
3.THE FAIRY QUEEN

Opera in 5 acts,
Libretto by an anonymous author after "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare.

Sopranos: Nancy Argenta, Lynne Dawson, sabelle Desrochers, Willemijn Van Gent, Veronique Gens,
Sandrine Piau, Noemi Rime;
Hautes-contre: Charles Daniels, Jean-Paul Fouchecourt, Mark Le Brocq, Christophe Le Paludier;
Tenors: Bernard Loonen, Frangois Piolino, Thomas Randle;
Baryton: Frangois Bazola;
Basses: Jerome Comas, George Banks-Martin, Bernard Deletre, Thomas Lander, Richard Taylor.
Les Arts Florissants premier violon et violon solo Ryo Terakado
assistant musical Christophe Rousset
conductor William Christie
(1989)

First Musick
1(22) 1. Prelude
2(23) 2. Hornpipe

Second Musick
3(24) S.Air
4(25) 4. Rondeau
5(26) 5. Overture

Act I
6(27) 6. "Come, let us leave the town"
7(28) 7. "Fill up the bowl"
8(29) 8. Jig

Act II
9(30) 9. "Come all ye songsters"
10(31) 10. Prelude
11(32) 11. "May the God of Wit inspire"; 12. Echo
12(33) 13. "Now join your warbling voices all". "Sing while we trip it". Dance of Fairies
13(34) 14. "See, even Night herself is here"
14(35) 15. "I am come to lock all fast"
15(36) 16. "One charming night gives more delight"
16(37) 17. "Hush, no more"
17(38) 18. Dance for the followers of Night 
18(39) 19. Air

Act III
19(40) 20. "If love's a sweet passion"
20(41) 21. Symphony while the swans come forward
21(42) 22. Dance for the Fairies
22(43) 23. Dance for the Green Men
23(44) 24. "Ye gentle spirits of the air"
24(45) 25. Dialogue between Coridon and Mopsa
25(46) 26. "When I have often heard young maids complaining"
26(47) 27. Dance for the Haymakers
27(48) 28. "A thousand, thousand ways"
28(49) 29. Hornpipe

Act IV
29(50) 30. Symphony
30(51) 31. "Now the night is chased away"; 32. "Let the Fifes and the Clarions"
31(52) 33. Entry of Phoebus
32(53) 34. "When a cruel long winter"; 35. "Hail! great parent of us all"
33(54) 36. "Thus the ever grateful Spring"
34(55) 37. "Here's the Summer, sprightly, gay"
35(56) 38. "See, see my many colour'd fields"
36(57) 39. "Next Winter comes slowly"
37(58) 40. Air

Act V
38(59) 41. Prelude
39(60) 42. "Thrice happy lovers"
40(61) 43. "O let me weep!"
41(62) 44. Entry Dance
42(63) 45. Symphony
43(64) 46. "Thus the gloomy world"
44(65) 47. "Thus happy and free"
45(66) 48. "Yes, Daphne"
46(67) 49. Monkeys' Dance
47(68) 50. "Hark! how all things with one sound rejoice"
48(69) 51. "Hark! the echoing air a triumph sings"
49(70) 52. "Sure the dull God of Marriage does not hear"
50(71) 53. Prelude; 54. "See, I obey"
51(72) 55. "Turn then thine eyes"
52(73) 56. "My torch indeed will from such brightness shine"
53(74) 57. "They shall be as happy as they are fair"
54(75) 58. Chaconne
55(76) 59. "They shall be as happy as they are fair"

4. ODES FOR QUEEN MARY

Julia Goodmg (soprano)
James Bowman (countertenor I)
Christopher Robson (countertenor II)
Howard Crook (tenor)
David Wilson-Johnson (bass I)
Michael George (bass II)
Choir and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
conductor Gustav Leonhardt
(1992)

Oda "Now does the glorious day appear"
1(77) Symphony
2(78) Now does the glorious day appear
3(79) Not any one such joy could bring
4(80) This does our fertile isle with glory crown
5(81) Now does the glorious day appear
6(82) It was a work of full as great a weight
7(83) By beauteous softness mix'd with majesty
8(84) Her hero to whose conduct and whose arms
9(85) Our dear Religion, with our Law's defence
10(86) No more shall we the great Eliza boast
11(87) Now, now, with one united voice

Oda "Love's goddess sure was blind"
12(88) Symphony
13(89) Love's goddess sure was blind this day
14(90) Those eyes, that form, that lofty mien
15(91) Sweetness of nature and true wit
16(92) Long may she reign over this isle
17(93) May her blest example chase
18(94) Many such days may she behold
19(95) May she to Heaven late return
20(96) As much as we below shall mourn
 
Oda "Come ye sons of art"
21(97) Symphony
22(98) Come ye sons of art, away
23(99) Sound the trumpet
24(100) Symphony - Come ye sons of art, away
25(101) Strike the viol, touch the lute
26(102) The day that such a blessing gave
27(103) Bid the Virtues, bid the Graces
28(104) These are the sacred charms that shield
29(105) See, Nature, rejoicing, has shown us the way

5.DIDO & AENEAS

Opera in 3 acts 
libretto by Nahum Tate

Dido (Elissa), Queen of Carthage - Veromque Gens(soprano)
AEneas, fro/an Prince - Nafnan Berg (bass-barrtone)
Belinda, Dido's sister - Sophie Mann-Degor (soprano)
Sorceress - Claire Brua (mezzo-soprano)
Second Woman, First Witch - Sophie Daneman (soprano)
Second Witch - Gaelle Mechaly (soprano)
Spirit, Sailor- Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (tenor)
Alto (chorus) - Steve Dugardin
Basse (chorus) - Jonathan Arnold

Chorus of Courtiers and Witches 
Harpsichord and conductor William Chnstie

Instrumental ensemble:
Hiro Kurosaki, Mihoko Kimura (violin)
Galma Zmchenko (alto) 
Emmanuel Balssa (violoncello) 
Hugo Reyne (recorder) 
Geoffrey Burgess (hautbois) 
Jonathan Rubin (theorbe) 
(1994)

1(106) 1 Overture

Act I
2(107) 2 "Shake the cloud from off your brow"
3(108) 3 "Ah Belinda, I am press'd with torment"
4(109) 4 "Grief increases by concealing", 5 "When monarchs unite, how happy their state"
5(110) 6 "Whence could so much virtue spring?"
6(111) 7 "Fear no danger to ensue"
7(112) 8 "See our royal guest appears", 9 "Cupid only throws the dart"
8(113) 10 "If not for mine, for Empire's sake", 11 "Pursue thy conquest, Love",
       12 "To the hills and the vales" 
9(114) 13 The Triumphing Dance

Act II Scene 1
10(115) 14 "Wayward sisters, you that fright", 15 "Harm's our delight" 
11(116) 16 "The Queen of Carthage", 17 "Ho! ho!ho!", 18 "Rum'd ere the set of sun?", 
        19 "Ho! ho! ho!"
12(117) 20 "But ere we this perform" 
13(118) 21 "In our deep vaulted cell", 22 Echo Dance of Furies
Scene 2
14(119) 23 Ritomelle, 24 "Thanks to these lonesome vales"
15(120) 25 "Oft she visit this lone mountain" 
16(121) 26 "Behold upon my bending spear", 27 "Haste, haste to town" 
17(122) 28 "Stay Prince"
18(123) 28a "Then since our chorus have sped", 28b The Grove's Dance

Act III Scene 1
19(124) 29 "Come away" 30 The Sailors'Dance
20(125) 31 "See, see the flags", 32 "Our next motion"
21(126) 33 "Destruction's our delight"
22(127) 34 The Witches' Dance
Scene 2
23(128) 35 "Your counsel all is urged in vain"
24(129) 36 "Great minds against themselves conspire", 37 "Thy hand, Belinda"
25(130) 38 "When I am laid in earth" 
26(131) 39 "With drooping wings"