Henry Purcell
Masques from Dioclesian and Timon of Athens
Chandos CHAN 0558
Track listing
1 - 12 Timon of Athens: Masque
- Hark how the songsters (Duet)
- Love in little veins (Cupid)
- But ah! how much are our delights (trio)
- Hence with you trifling deity (Bass Solo)
- But over us no griefs prevail (trio)
- Come, come all to me (Cupid)
- Who can resist such mighty charms (Chorus)
- Return, revolting rebels (Bacchus)
- The cares of lovers (Cupid)
- Love quickly is pall'd (Alto Solo)
- Come let us agree (Duet)
- Come let us agree (Chorus)
13 Curtain tune on a Ground
14 - 29 Dioclesian: Masque
- Call the nymphs (Cupid)
- come, come away (Duet)
- Behold, O mighty'st of Gods (Chorus)
- Paspe (The first entry of heroes on the stage)
- Oh! the sweet delights of love (Duet)
- Let monarchs fight (A Faun & Chorus)
- Make room (The second entry) (2 Bacchanals & Bacchus)
- Dance of Bacchanals
- Still I'm wishing (Follower of Cupid)
- Canaries
- Tell me why (The third entry) (shepherd & Shepherdess)
- Dance
- All our days (The fourth entry) (A Pleasure & Chorus)
- Let us dance
- Dance
- Triumph, triumph victorious love (The last entry) (Trio & Chorus)
Performers
Timon of Athens
| Iestyn Davies | Cupid |
| Christopher de la Hoyde | Treble |
| James Bowman | Alto |
| John Mark Ainsley | Tenor |
| Michael George | Bacchus |
Dioclesian
| Catherine Pierard | Cupid & Shepherdess |
| James Bowman | Follower of Cupid |
| John Mark Ainsley | Faun, Pleasure & Wood-God |
| Ian Bostridge | Wood-God |
| Matthew Brook | Bacchus |
| Michael George | A Bacchanallian & Shepherd |
| Nathan Berg | A Silvan & A Bacchanallian |
Collegium Musicum 90
Richard Hickox
TT 58:16
Recording - St Jude's Church, Central Square, London NW11 ; 2-4 September 1993
Jane Pattle
Last Updated 23 October 1997