King Arthur was the only one of Purcell's professionally produced operas to have been designed as a semi-opera; the others were all adaptations of earlier plays. Dryden made a real attempt to integrate the music into the drama, but since he ascribed to the dramatic conventions of the period which virtually confined music to allegorical or supernatural beings and thier worshippers, or servants, shepherds and similar characters, the main action mostly occurs in the spoken sections, and even the two singing characters, Philidel and Grimbald speak more than they sing.

Lista utworów:
Brave Souls (Purcell Henry) Come If You Dare (Purcell Henry) Come, Follow Me (Purcell Henry) Come, Shepherds (Purcell Henry) Fairest Isle (Purcell Henry) For Love Ev'ry Creature (Purcell Henry) Great Love (Purcell Henry) Hither, This Way (Purcell Henry) How Blest Are Shepherds (Purcell Henry) How Happy The Lover (Purcell Henry) I Call (Purcell Henry) Let Not A Moonborn Elf (Purcell Henry) No Part Of My Dominion (Purcell Henry) Our Natives Not Alone Appear (Purcell Henry) Recitative, 'The White Horse Neigh'd' (Purcell Henry) Recitative, 'Woden First To Thee' (Purcell Henry) Round Thy Coast (Purcell Henry) Saint George (Purcell Henry) See, See, We Assemble (Purcell Henry) Shepherd, Shepherd, Leave Decoying (Purcell Henry) Sound A Parley (Purcell Henry) The Lot Is Cast (Purcell Henry) Thou Doting Fool (Purcell Henry) 'tis I That Have Warm'd Ye (Purcell Henry) To Woden Thanks We Render (Purcell Henry) Two Daughters Of This Aged Stream (Purcell Henry) What Ho! Thou Genius (Purcell Henry) What Power Art Thou (Purcell Henry) Ye Blust'ring Brethren (Purcell Henry) You Say Tis Love (Purcell Henry) Your Hay It Is Mow'd (Purcell Henry)

This collection of French horn music offers a variety of solos for the horn player. Its material ranges from the seventeenth century Kirchen Arie of Stradella to the contemporary Largo and Allegro by Frackenpohl. A great deal of French horn music is written to bring out the romantic and lyric nature of the instrument. While music of this type is included here, I have added some Scherzi of Beethoven and Brahms, who utilized so effectively the fanfare-like aspect of the horn. Old friends such as Glazunov and Dukas are present as well as some new ones - Lefebvre and Labor. Each composer selected has an original, personal gift in writing for the instrument, but whether the music in slow and contemplative or brash and shouting, the poetry of the horn is always evideent. This gamut of expression is latent in this collection and is ready to be recreated by the player. I wish to thank Mr. Vlamir Sokoloff for his valuable assistance in preparing some of the piano parts. Mason Jones

Publikacja zawiera 10 utworów pochodzących ze sztuki - komedii Williama Szekspira - "Sen nocy letniej". Powstała około 1595 i obecnie jest to jedna z najczęściej granych sztuk tego autora. Po raz pierwszy dzieło to zostało wydane w 1600 roku przez Thomasa Fishera - znanego księgarza. Ponowne wydanie wznowiono w 1619 roku i w 1623, jako część tzw. "Pierwszego Folio".

Lista utworów:
Be Ye Sure (Purcell) For The Lord Is Gracious (Purcell) Glory Be To The Father (Purcell) O Be Joyful (Jubilate Deo) Purcell O Go Your Way (Purcell) O Lord, In Thee Have I Trusted (Purcell) The Father Of An Infinite (Purcell) Vouchsafe, O Lord (Purcell) We Praise Thee (Te Deum) Purcell When Thou Took'st (Purcell)