Listen to King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: "What power art thou" (Cold Genius) by Stephen Varcoe, John Eliot Gardiner & English Baroque Soloists

King Arthur, Z. 628, Act III: "What power art thou" (Cold Genius)

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Credits

AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN

Stephen Varcoe

Bariton

John Eliot Gardiner

John Eliot Gardiner

Dirigent:in

English Baroque Soloists

English Baroque Soloists

Kammerorchester

KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT

Henry Purcell

Komponist:in

John Dryden

Texte

Robert Howard

Texte

PRODUKTION UND TECHNIK

Pierre Lavoix

Ingenieur:in

Yolanta Skura

Produzent:in

Lyrics

What power art thou, who from below

Hast made me rise unwillingly and slow

From beds of everlasting snow

See'st thou not

How stiff

How stiff

And wondrous old

Far unfit to bear the bitter cold,

I can scarcely move or draw my breath

Can scarcely move or draw my breath

Let me, let me freeze again to death.

Let me, let me freeze again to death.

Let me, let me freeze again to death.

Written by: Henry Purcell, John Dryden

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