Shakespeare's Musick

Shakespeare's Musick

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Shakespeare's Musick: Songs and Dances from Shakespeare's Plays

1 Hollis Berrie [anonymous] 1:46
2 Daphne [anonymous] 2:36
3 My Robin Is to the Greenwood Gone [anonymous] 1:37
4 Tickle my Toe [anonymous] 1:31
5 It Was a Lover and his Lass Thomas Morley 3:16
6 Kemp’s Jig [anonymous] 1:22
7 Take, O Take Those Lips Away John Wilson 2:51
8 Bonny Sweet Robin Giles Farnaby 4:24
9 Farewell, Dear Love Robert Jones 4:58
10 Tarletones Riserrectione John Dowland 1:41
11 Hold, Lingel, Hold [anonymous] 2:34
12 How Should I your True Love Know (Walsingham) [anonymous] 1:19
13 Walsingham [anonymous] 0:46
14 Get You Hence Robert Johnson? 1:25
15 The First Book of Consort Lessons (1599): La Coranto Thomas Morley 1:34
16 The First Book of Consort Lessons (1599): La Coranto William Byrd 1:10
17 Hark, Hark! The Lark Robert Johnson? 1:27
18 The First Book of Consort Lessons (1599): La Volta Thomas Morley 1:38
19 The First Book of Consort Lessons (1599): La Volta (William Byrd arrangement) Thomas Morley 1:20
20 The Poor Soul Sat Sighing (The Willow Song) [anonymous] 9:52
21 Robin [anonymous] 2:10
22 O Mistress Mine Thomas Morley 1:42
23 O Mistris Mine William Byrd 5:09
24 Full Fathom Five Robert Johnson 2:00
25 Where the Bee Sucks, There Suck I Robert Johnson 0:56
26 The First Book of Consort Lessons (1599): Can She Excuse Thomas Morley 1:29
27 The First Book of Consort Lessons (1599): The Frog Galliard Thomas Morley 2:00
28 The First Book of Consort Lessons (1599): Go from my Window Thomas Morley 4:00

    Oberon, the Faery Prince: A Masque of Prince Henries

    1 Oberon, the Faery Prince: Almande Augustine Bassano 0:52
    2 Oberon, the Faery Prince: Almande 5: The Princes Masque I Robert Johnson 0:47
    3 Oberon, the Faery Prince: Almande 16 Jerome Bassano 0:53
    4 Oberon, the Faery Prince: Almande 6: The Princes Masque II Robert Johnson 0:45
    5 Oberon, the Faery Prince: Trumpet Ensemble Sonata no. 53 Hendrik Lübeck 1:07
    6 Oberon, the Faery Prince: Pavana Augustine Bassano 1:45
    7 Oberon, the Faery Prince: Dulcina [anonymous] 1:29
    8 Oberon, the Faery Prince: Alman [anonymous] 0:59
    9 Oberon, the Faery Prince: Buzz, Quoth the Blue Fly Edward Nelham 1:00
    10 Oberon, the Faery Prince: Now My Cunning Lady, Moon Robert Johnson 3:46
    11 Oberon, the Faery Prince: The Satyrs Dance Robert Johnson 2:24
    12 Oberon, the Faery Prince: Melt Earth to Sea Peter Holman 0:56
    13 Oberon, the Faery Prince: Melt Earth to Sea Peter Holman 1:53
    14 Oberon, the Faery Prince: Dulcina [anonymous] 0:37
    15 Oberon, the Faery Prince: Seek You, Majesty, to Strike? Robert Johnson 1:36
    16 Oberon, the Faery Prince: The Fairies Dance Robert Johnson 1:46
    17 Oberon, the Faery Prince: The Solemn Rites Are Well Begun Alfonso Ferrabosco II 1:57
    18 Oberon, the Faery Prince: The First of the Princes Robert Johnson 2:14
    19 Oberon, the Faery Prince: Nay, Nay, You Must Not Stay Alfonso Ferrabosco II 1:43
    20 Oberon, the Faery Prince: The Second of the Princes Robert Johnson 2:12
    21 Oberon, the Faery Prince: Not Yet O You in This Night Blest Robert Johnson 1:46
    22 Oberon, the Faery Prince: Pavan Anthony Holborne 1:51
    23 Oberon, the Faery Prince: Coranto: The Fairie-round Anthony Holborne 1:14
    24 Oberon, the Faery Prince: Coranto: As it Fell on Holie Eve Anthony Holborne 0:54
    25 Oberon, the Faery Prince: Galliard Anthony Holborne 0:59
    26 Oberon, the Faery Prince: Galliard Anthony Holborne 1:08
    27 Oberon, the Faery Prince: Almaine: The Honie-suckle Anthony Holborne 1:02
    28 Oberon, the Faery Prince: Almaine: The Night Watch Anthony Holborne 1:03
    29 Oberon, the Faery Prince: Gentle Knights Alfonso Ferrabosco II 2:26
    30 Oberon, the Faery Prince: The Third of the Princes Robert Johnson 1:37
    31 Oberon, the Faery Prince: O Yet How Early, and Before Her Time Alfonso Ferrabosco II 2:21
    32 Oberon, the Faery Prince: Trumpet Ensemble Sonata no. 34 "Meister Thomas Fideler" Magnus Thomsen 0:55
    33 Oberon, the Faery Prince: Almande Alfonso Ferrabosco II 1:41

      Purcell's Shakespeare: Purcell's Setting and Interpolation Made into Shakespeare's Plays

      1 Timon of Athens: Act I - The Masque of Cupid and Bacchus. Overture Henry Purcell 5:44
      2 Timon of Athens: Act I - The Masque of Cupid and Bacchus. No. 1 Duet: "Hark how the songsters of the grove" Henry Purcell 1:50
      3 Timon of Athens: Act I - The Masque of Cupid and Bacchus. No. 2 Solo: "Love in their little veins inspires" Henry Purcell 1:27
      4 Timon of Athens: Act I - The Masque of Cupid and Bacchus. No. 3 Trio: "But ah! how much are our delights" Henry Purcell 0:52
      5 Timon of Athens: Act I - The Masque of Cupid and Bacchus. Nos. 4 & 5 Solo & chorus: "Hence with your trifling deity" Henry Purcell 2:33
      6 Timon of Athens: Act I - The Masque of Cupid and Bacchus. No. 6 Solo: "Come all to me" Henry Purcell 1:14
      7 Timon of Athens: Act I - The Masque of Cupid and Bacchus. No. 7 Chorus: "Who can resist such mighty charms?" Henry Purcell 1:55
      8 Timon of Athens: Act I - The Masque of Cupid and Bacchus. No. 8 Solo: "Return, revolting rebels!" Henry Purcell 2:16
      9 Timon of Athens: Act I - The Masque of Cupid and Bacchus. No. 9 Solo: "The cares of lovers" Henry Purcell 1:53
      10 Timon of Athens: Act I - The Masque of Cupid and Bacchus. No. 10 Solo: "Love quickly is pall'd" Henry Purcell 1:19
      11 Timon of Athens: Act I - The Masque of Cupid and Bacchus. Nos. 11 & 12 Duet & Chorus: "Come, let us agree" Henry Purcell 2:32
      12 If Music Be the Food of Love, Z.379 Col. Henry Heveningham 4:03
      13 Dido and Aeneas: Act 2 - The Witshes's Scene. Prelude for the Witches: "Wayward sisters" Henry Purcell 4:35
      14 Dido and Aeneas: Act 2 - The Witshes's Scene. "But, ere we this perform" Henry Purcell 1:17
      15 Dido and Aeneas: Act 2 - The Witshes's Scene. "In our deep vaulted cell" Henry Purcell 1:06
      16 Dido and Aeneas: Act 2 - The Witshes's Scene. Echo Dance of Furies Henry Purcell 1:54
      17 The Tempest: Act 4. Air: "Dear pretty youth" (Dorinda) Henry Purcell 2:23
      18 King Richard II: Act 4. Song: "Retir'd from any mortal's sight" Henry Purcell 4:04
      19 The Fairy Queen: Act 2 - Entrance of Night, Mystery, Secrecy and Sleep, with Attendants. No. 14: "See, even Night herself is here" Henry Purcell 4:42
      20 The Fairy Queen: Act 2 - Entrance of Night, Mystery, Secrecy and Sleep, with Attendants. No. 15: "I am come to lock all fast" Henry Purcell 1:27
      21 The Fairy Queen: Act 2 - Entrance of Night, Mystery, Secrecy and Sleep, with Attendants. No. 16: "One charming night" Henry Purcell 2:18
      22 The Fairy Queen: Act 2 - Entrance of Night, Mystery, Secrecy and Sleep, with Attendants. No. 17: "Hush, no more" Henry Purcell 5:07
      23 The Fairy Queen: Act 2 - Entrance of Night, Mystery, Secrecy and Sleep, with Attendants. No. 18: Dance for the Followers of the Night Henry Purcell 4:02
      24 The Fairy Queen: Act 4 - Symphony: No. 30a: (Allegro) Henry Purcell 0:36
      25 The Fairy Queen: Act 4 - Symphony: No. 30b: Canzona Henry Purcell 1:25
      26 The Fairy Queen: Act 4 - Symphony: No. 30c: Largo Henry Purcell 1:25
      27 The Fairy Queen: Act 4 - Symphony: No. 30d: Allegro - Adagio - Allegro Henry Purcell 3:07
      28 The Fairy Queen: Act 4 - Solo & Chorus. No. 31: "Now the night" Henry Purcell 2:20

        Thomas Linley Jr.: Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare

        1 Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: Overture Thomas Linley Jr 6:41
        2 Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: Minuetto Thomas Linley Jr 2:19
        3 Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 1 Chorus: "O guardian of that sacred land" Thomas Linley Jr 4:45
        4 Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 2 Recitative: "'Tis thine alone" Thomas Linley Jr 1:06
        5 Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 3 Air: "Come then, o Fancy" Thomas Linley Jr 2:44
        6 Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 4 Recitative: "At Shakespeare's happy birth" Thomas Linley Jr 1:30
        7 Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 5 Air: "And now is come" Thomas Linley Jr 2:08
        8 Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 6 Chorus: "Be Shakespeare born" Thomas Linley Jr 2:23
        9 Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 7 Recitative: "So spake the God" Thomas Linley Jr 0:27
        10 Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 8 Air: "There in old Arden's inmost shade" Thomas Linley Jr 3:41
        11 Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 9 Recitative: "And as before his purged eyes" Thomas Linley Jr 0:25
        12 Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 10 Air: "Thy hand his youthful footsteps led" Thomas Linley Jr 4:14
        13 Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 11 Air: "Some drive the clam'rous owl away" Thomas Linley Jr 1:59
        14 Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 12 Solo & Chorus: "Some drive the clam'rous owl away" Thomas Linley Jr 3:01
        15 Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 13 Recitative: "But oh! what sudden gloom" Thomas Linley Jr 2:08
        16 Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 14 Quartet: "By the pale light" Thomas Linley Jr 1:11
        17 Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 15 Recitative: See through the glimmering darkness" Thomas Linley Jr 0:26
        18 Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 16 Chorus: "What howling whirlwinds" Thomas Linley Jr 1:32
        19 Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 17 Recitative: "For whom, at yonder livid flame" Thomas Linley Jr 1:28
        20 Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 18 Air: "Whither ye beldames" Thomas Linley Jr 4:35
        21 Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 19 Quartet & Chorus: "The tempests cease" Thomas Linley Jr 4:08
        22 Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 20 Recitative: "No more the elves" Thomas Linley Jr 0:45
        23 Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 21 Air: "Ariel, who sees thee now" Thomas Linley Jr 4:20
        24 Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 22 Recitative: "No more shalt thou" Thomas Linley Jr 0:26
        25 Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 23 Duet: "For who can wield" Thomas Linley Jr 5:15
        26 Ode on the Witches and Fairies of Shakespeare: No. 24 Chorus: "Yet, Fancy, one again" Thomas Linley Jr 3:24

          The Enchanted Island - Music for a Restoration "Tempest"

          1 The Tempest: The First Musick. Introduction Matthew Locke 1:23
          2 The Tempest: The First Musick. Galliard Matthew Locke 2:02
          3 The Tempest: The First Musick. Gavot Matthew Locke 0:50
          4 The Tempest: The Second Musick. Saraband Matthew Locke 2:52
          5 The Tempest: The Second Musick. Lilk Matthew Locke 1:22
          6 The Tempest: The Second Musick. Curtain Tune Matthew Locke 3:28
          7 The Tempest: First Act Tune. Rustick Air Matthew Locke 1:15
          8 The Tempest: First Act Tune. Flourish of Musick Henry Purcell 0:34
          9 The Tempest: Devil's Masque. "Where does the black fiend ambition reside?" (First Devil, Second Devil) [anonymous] 4:07
          10 The Tempest: Devil's Masque. Air: "Arise, ye subterranean winds" (Second Devil) [anonymous] 3:20
          11 The Tempest: Devil's Masque. Dance of Winds Jean‐Baptiste Lully, arr. Peter Holman 1:18
          12 The Tempest: Second Act Tune. Minoit Matthew Locke 0:49
          13 The Tempest: Second Act Tune. Song and Chorus: "Come unto these yellow sands" (Ariel) [anonymous] 1:08
          14 The Tempest: Second Act Tune. Song and Chorus: "Full fathom five" (Ariel) [anonymous] 2:43
          15 The Tempest: Second Act Tune. Air: "Dry those eyes" (Ariel) [anonymous] 6:27
          16 The Tempest: Second Act Tune. Dance of the Fantastick Spirits G.B. Draught?, arr. Peter Holman 1:06
          17 The Tempest: Second Act Tune. Air: "Kind fortune smiles" (Ariel) [anonymous] 1:38
          18 The Tempest: Third Act Tune. Corant Matthew Locke 1:19
          19 The Tempest: Third Act Tune. Dance of Spirits John Weldon?, arr. Peter Holman 1:14
          20 The Tempest: Third Act Tune. Air: "Dear pretty youth" (Dorinda) Henry Purcell 2:14
          21 The Tempest: Fourth Act Tune. A Martial Jigg Matthew Locke 1:13
          22 The Tempest: Fourth Act Tune. Soft Music on the Rocks Henry Purcell 1:13
          23 The Tempest: Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite. "My Lord, great Neptune" (Amphitrite, Neptune, Oceanus, Aeolus, Tethys, Trytons, Nereides) Pelham Humfrey 3:22
          24 The Tempest: Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite. Dance of Trytons and Nereides Henry Purcell 1:16
          25 The Tempest: Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite. "Great nephew Aeolus" (Amphitrite, Neptune, Oceanus, Aeolus, Tethys, Trytons, Nereides) Henry Purcell 3:19
          26 The Tempest: Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite. Dance of Four Trytons Henry Purcell 1:31
          27 The Tempest: Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite. "See, see, the heavens smile" (Amphitrite, Neptune, Oceanus, Aeolus, Tethys, Trytons, Nereides) Henry Purcell 1:25
          28 The Tempest: Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite. Dance of the Twelve Trytons Henry Purcell 1:02
          29 The Tempest: Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite. Song: "Where the bee sucks" (Ariel) Pelham Humfrey 1:22
          30 The Tempest: Conclusion. A Canon 4 in 2 Matthew Locke 2:13

            Henry Rowley Bishop: Shakespeare at the Covent Garden

            1 A Comedy of Errors: "Lo! here the gentle lark" (Adriana) Sir Henry Rowley Bishop 4:39
            2 A Midsummer Night's Dream: "Welcome to this place" (Four Fairies) Sir Henry Rowley Bishop 2:31
            3 Two Gentlemen of Verona: "Should be upbraid" (Julia) Sir Henry Rowley Bishop 4:35
            4 Twelfth Night: "Who is Sylvia? What is she?" (1) (Benvolio, Curio, Salanio, Valentino, Viola) Sir Henry Rowley Bishop 2:38
            5 Two Gentlemen of Verona: "That time of year" (Julia) Sir Henry Rowley Bishop 3:10
            6 Twelfth Night: "When that I was a little tiny boy" (Feste, Olivia, Viola, Benvolio, Curio, Fabian, Valentino) Sir Henry Rowley Bishop 3:28
            7 A Comedy of Errors: "Come live with me and be my love" (Adriana) Sir Henry Rowley Bishop 4:04
            8 A Midsummer Night's Dream: "Hark, hark, each Spartan hound" (Chorus of Hunters) Sir Henry Rowley Bishop 1:41
            9 Two Gentlemen of Verona: "Oh! never say that I was false of heart" (Sylvia) Sir Henry Rowley Bishop 4:21
            10 Two Gentlemen of Verona: "Who is Sylvia? What is she?" (2) (Julia, Four Serenaders) Sir Henry Rowley Bishop 3:45
            11 A Comedy of Errors: "Sing Willow" (Adriana) Sir Henry Rowley Bishop 3:21
            12 A Comedy of Errors: "It was a lover and his lass" (Luciana) Sir Henry Rowley Bishop 3:04
            13 A Comedy of Errors: "Under the greenwood tree" (Antipholus of Ephesus, Balthazar, Cerimon, Ctestiphon) Sir Henry Rowley Bishop 4:05
            14 A Comedy of Errors: "Take, oh! take those lips away" (Adriana) Sir Henry Rowley Bishop 3:12
            15 A Midsummer Night's Dream: "Flower of this purple dye" (Oberon) Sir Henry Rowley Bishop 2:03
            16 Two Gentlemen of Verona: "Now the hungry lions roar" (Chorus) Sir Henry Rowley Bishop 2:21
            17 Twelfth Night: "Orpheus with his lute" (Olivia, Viola) Sir Henry Rowley Bishop 4:52
            18 A Comedy of Errors: "Come, thou monarch of the vine" (Antipholus of Ephesus, Cerimon, Ctestiphon, Chorus) Sir Henry Rowley Bishop 3:17
            19 A Midsummer Night's Dream: "Spirits advance" (Oberon, First and Second Fairies, Chorus) Sir Henry Rowley Bishop 6:11

              Nutmeg and Ginger: Spicy Ballads from Shakespeare's London

              1 Daphne William Wigthorpe 3:39
              2 Nutmeg and Ginger [anonymous] 1:50
              3 Watking Ale [anonymous] 5:51
              4 [Nancie] Valentin Haussmann 2:36
              5 The London Prentice Valentin Haussmann 2:45
              6 Greensleeves [anonymous] 4:45
              7 Loath to depart Giles Farnaby 3:47
              8 The Cutpurse [anonymous] 3:46
              9 [Daphne] William Wigthorpe 4:08
              10 Dulcina William Brade 1:43
              11 The Miller [anonymous] 6:34
              12 Fortune my foe [anonymous] 1:16
              13 Lie still, my dear [anonymous] 1:41
              14 Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home John Dowland and [anonymous] 1:43
              15 How can the trees [anonymous] 3:55
              16 Pavan Valentin Haussmann 3:37
              17 Galliard Valentin Haussmann 1:13
              18 Go, silly note Thomas Campion 9:07
              19 Come hither William Wigthorpe 1:42
              20 Dulcina [anonymous] 2:33
              21 Dido was the Carthage Queen George Mason or John Earsden 2:34
              22 Packington's Pound Benjamin Cosyn 4:59
              23 Sellinger's Round [anonymous] 2:02