King Arthur, Z. 628: Act I, Scene II, 7. “Brave souls, to be renown’d in story” (Chorus)

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Annotation

CHORUS
Brave souls, to be renown'd in story.
Honour prizing,
Death despising,
Fame acquiring
By expiring,
Die and reap the fruit of glory.

Annotation last modified on 2024-09-19 16:27 UTC.

Relationships

composer:Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
librettist:John Dryden (English poet)
part of:King Arthur, Z. 628: Act I (order: 8)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1978-10King Arthur: Act I, Scene II. "Woden first to thee", "Brave Souls", "I call ye all"Maurice Bevan, Paul Elliott, Mark Deller, Honor Sheppard, Alfred Deller, Deller Choir10:26
1983-01-10 – 1983-01-27King Arthur, Z. 628: Act I. “Brave souls, to be renown’d in story”Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner2:21
1991-06King Arthur: Act I. “Brave souls”Choir of the English Concert, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock2:34
1995-02King Arthur: Act I. "Brave souls, to be renown'd in story"Les Arts Florissants2:47
2003-10King Arthur, Z. 628: Act I. “Brave souls”Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet1:47
2012King Arthur: "Brave Souls"BarokOpera Amsterdam, Frédérique Chauvet2:20
2018-01King Arthur, Z. 628: Act I. “Brave souls”Jan Kullmann, David DQ Lee, Vox Luminis2:54