Choice: 'Director Lionel Meunier is the real star, with a soaring vision of Purcell’s music in a class of its own.'
BBC Music Magazine
Purcell: King Arthur
Purcell: King Arthur
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Lionel Meunier
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ALPHA430
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- King Arthur, Z. 628, First Music: OvertureComposer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, First Music: Overture
02:32$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Second Music: AireComposer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Second Music: Aire
03:08$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628: OvertureComposer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628: Overture
01:12$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act I: Altar MusicComposer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act I: Altar Music
02:12$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act I: "Woden, First to Thee"Composer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act I: "Woden, First to Thee"
01:13$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act I: "The White Horse Neigh'd Aloud"Composer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act I: "The White Horse Neigh'd Aloud"
00:37$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act I: "The Lot Is Cast"Composer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act I: "The Lot Is Cast"
02:17$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act I: "Brave Souls"Composer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act I: "Brave Souls"
04:53$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act I: "I Call, I Call"Composer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act I: "I Call, I Call"
01:54$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act I: "Come If You Dare"Composer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act I: "Come If You Dare"
00:45$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act I: First Act TuneComposer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act I: First Act Tune
00:41$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: "Hither, This Way"Composer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: "Hither, This Way"
01:15$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: "Let Not a Moon-Born Elf"Composer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: "Let Not a Moon-Born Elf"
01:58$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: "Hither, This Way"Composer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: "Hither, This Way"
00:26$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: "Come Follow Me"Composer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: "Come Follow Me"
01:07$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: "How Blest Are Shepherds"Composer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: "How Blest Are Shepherds"
02:57$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: "Shepherd, Shepherd, Leave Decoying"Composer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: "Shepherd, Shepherd, Leave Decoying"
00:52$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: "Come, Shepherds, Lead up"Composer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: "Come, Shepherds, Lead up"
01:01$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: HornpipeComposer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: Hornpipe
01:06$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: Second Act Tune - AireComposer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: Second Act Tune - Aire
00:56$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Prelude to The Frost SceneComposer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Prelude to The Frost Scene
01:49$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: "What Ho! Thou Genius of This Isle"Composer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: "What Ho! Thou Genius of This Isle"
02:01$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: "What Power Art Thou"Composer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: "What Power Art Thou"
02:37$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: "Thou Doting Fool"Composer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: "Thou Doting Fool"
01:49$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: "Great Love, I Know Thee Now"Composer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: "Great Love, I Know Thee Now"
02:25$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: "No Part of My Dominion Shall Be Waste"Composer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: "No Part of My Dominion Shall Be Waste"
01:25$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: PreludeComposer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Prelude
00:35$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: "See We Assemble Thy Tevels to Hold"Composer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: "See We Assemble Thy Tevels to Hold"
01:14$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: DanceComposer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Dance
01:26$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: "'Tis I That Have Warm'd Ye"Composer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: "'Tis I That Have Warm'd Ye"
02:19$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: "Sound a Parley"Composer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: "Sound a Parley"
01:19$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: "'Tis Love That Has Warm'd Us"Composer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: "'Tis Love That Has Warm'd Us"
00:44$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: BoréeComposer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Borée
02:54$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Third Act Tune - HornpipeComposer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: Third Act Tune - Hornpipe
02:02$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act IV: AireComposer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act IV: Aire
00:48$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act IV: Soft MusickComposer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act IV: Soft Musick
02:14$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act IV: "Two Daughters of This Aged Stream"Composer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act IV: "Two Daughters of This Aged Stream"
02:34$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act IV: Passacaglia - "How Happy the Lover"Composer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act IV: Passacaglia - "How Happy the Lover"
03:14$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act IV: "In Vain Are Our Graces"Composer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act IV: "In Vain Are Our Graces"
06:29$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act IV: Fourth Act Tune - Trumpet TuneComposer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act IV: Fourth Act Tune - Trumpet Tune
00:39$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: "Ye Blust'ring Brethren" (John Dryden)Composer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: "Ye Blust'ring Brethren" (John Dryden)
02:09$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: SymphonyComposer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Symphony
01:36$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Song Tune - "Round Thy Coasts"Composer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Song Tune - "Round Thy Coasts"
03:19$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: "For Folded Flocks"Composer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: "For Folded Flocks"
01:17$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Song Tune - "Your Hay It Is Mow'd"Composer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Song Tune - "Your Hay It Is Mow'd"
02:07$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Song tune - "Fairest Isle"Composer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Song tune - "Fairest Isle"
04:55$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: "You Say, 'Tis Love"Composer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: "You Say, 'Tis Love"
01:20$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Trumpet TuneComposer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Trumpet Tune
00:54$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: "Saint George, the Patron of Our Isle"Composer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: "Saint George, the Patron of Our Isle"
02:46$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: "Our Natives Not Alone Appear"Composer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: "Our Natives Not Alone Appear"
01:52$2.30 - King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Grand Dance - ChaconneComposer(s) Henry PurcellArtist(s) Lionel Meunier Vox Luminis
King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Grand Dance - Chaconne
02:05$2.30
Total running time: 97 minutes.
Album information
In this revelatory reading, the Vox Luminis vocal sound always perfectly matches the mix of choruses and highly characterized vocal solos.
Vox Luminis already boasts an impressive discography, orientated mainly towards sacred music and German repertoire (its CD devoted to music by Heinrich Schütz won the Gramophone ‘Recording of the Year’ Award in 2013). Now this ensemble, founded nearly fifteen years ago by Lionel Meunier, has scaled one of the summits of English music: the legend of King Arthur and his mentor the wizard Merlin inspired one of Henry Purcell’s most popular successes, King Arthur, a semi-opera on which Purcell lavished all his exuberant musical and theatrical inventiveness.
Prior to recording, the group presented the work in many semi-staged concerts, notably in Britain, where this Franco-Belgian ensemble has enjoyed enormous success, becoming one of the most respected European ambassadors for baroque music-making.
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Reviews
'... it is the fine ensemble, precise chording and articulation in the ensembles and choruses that are the chief glory of the performance ...'
Opera
Choice: 'Director Lionel Meunier is the real star, with a soaring vision of Purcell’s music in a class of its own.'
BBC Music Magazine
Choice: 'It has been decades since a recording of any of Purcell’s operas as enjoyable as this.'
Gramophone
'Delightfully fresh and subtle in its musicianship ... Meunier’s lighter touch is well judged. '
Financial Times
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