Thomas Linley Jr.: 'A Lyric Ode on the Fairies, Aerial Beings, and Witches of Shakespeare'

Musicians of The Globe, Philip Pickett Joanne Lunn, soprano Roderick Williams, baritone Andrew King, tenor Helen Parker, soprano Julia Gooding, soprano Simon Grant, bass William Purefoy, alto Lilliana Mazzarri, soprano [00:00] I. Ouverture [06:43] II. Minuetto [09:01] III. "Oh Guardian Of That Sacred Land" [13:46] IV. (Recit.) 'Tis Thine Alone [14:53] V. (Air) Come Then, O Fancy [17:35] VI. (Recit.) At Shakespeare's Happy Birth [19:07] VII. "And Now Is Come" [21:16] VIII. "Be Shakespeare Born" [23:39] IX. (Recit.) So Spake the God [24:07] X. (Air) There in Old Arden's Inmost Shade [27:49] XI. (Recit.) And As Before His Purged Eyes [28:14] XII. (Air) Thy Hand his Useful Footsteps Led [32:28] XIII. (Air) Some Drive the Clam'rous Owl Away [34:28] XIV. (Solo & Chorus) Some Drive the Clam'rous Owl Away [37:28] XV. (Recit.) But Oh! What Sudden Gloom [39:36] XVI. (Quartet) By the Pale Light [40:49] XVII. (Recit.) See Through the Glimmering Darkness [41:15] XVIII. (Chorus) What Howling Whirlwinds [42:48] XIX. (Recit.) For Whom, at Yonder Livid Flame [44:15] XX. "Wither Ye Beldames" [48:51] XXI. (Quartet & Chorus) The Tempests Cease [52:59] XXII. (Recit.) No More the Elves [53:44] XXIII. (Air) Ariel, Who Sees Thee Now [58:04] XXIV. (Recit.) No More Shalt Thou [58:31] XXV. (Duet) For Who Can Wield [01:03:45] XXVI. (Chorus) Yet, Fancy, Once Again On Britain Smile Painting: Elizabeth Lamb, Viscountess Melbourne; Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire & Anne Seymour Damer as The Three Witches from Macbeth by Daniel Gardner. 1775