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Purcell - The Fairy Queen - William Christie

Purcell - The Fairy Queen - William Christie
Year:1989
Genre:Opera, Semi-opera
Composer:Henry Purcell
Conductor:William Christie
Performers:
 

CD1

1 1. THE FAIRY QUEEN, Opera in 5 Acts, Z. 629. Libretto by an anonymous author after William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. First performed in the spring of 1692 at the Dorset Garden Theatre, London - First Music: 1. Prelude 1:35 3.61 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
2 2. First Music: 2. Hornpipe 0:50 1.91 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
3 3. Second Music: 3. Air 1:00 2.29 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
4 4. Second Music: 4. Rondo 1:42 3.90 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
5 5. Second Music: 5. Overture 1:30 3.44 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
6 6. ACT I. 6. Duet Soprano Bass: 'Come come come let us leave the town' 1:43 3.93 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
7 7. 7. Scene of the Drunken Poet: 'Fill up the bowl then fill up the bowl then'¦' Blind Poet First Fairy Chorus Second Fairy 6:01 13.77 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
8 8. 8. First Act Tune: Jig 1:09 2.64 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
9 9. ACT II. 9. Tenor Solo: 'Come all ye songsters of the sky' 2:32 5.80 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
10 10. 10. Prelude 1:19 3.02 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
11 11. 11. Chorus: 'May the God of Wit inspire' 12. Echo 2:25 5.54 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
12 12. 13. Chorus: 'Now join your warbling voices all' Soprano Chorus: 'Sing while we trip it upon the green' 2:55 6.68 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
13 13. Enter Night Mystery Secrecy and Sleep and their Attendants. 14. Night: 'See even Night herself is here' 4:51 11.10 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
14 14. 15. Entrance of Mystery: 'I am come to lock all fast' 0:52 1.99 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
15 15. 16. Entrance of Secrecy: 'One charming night gives more delight' 2:24 5.50 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
16 16. 17. Entrance of Sleep: 'Hush no more be silent all' 5:02 11.53 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
17 17. 18. Dance for the followers of Night 1:23 3.17 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
18 18. 19. Second Act Tune: Air 1:32 3.51 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
19 19. ACT III. 20. Soprano Solo Chorus: 'If Love's a sweet passion' 5:16 12.06 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
20 20. 21. Symphony while the Swans come forward 1:31 3.47 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
21 21. 22. Dance for the Fairies 0:43 1.65 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
22 22. 23. Dance for the Green Men 1:46 4.05 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
23 23. 24. Soprano Solo: 'Ye gentle spirits of the air appear' 5:01 11.49 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
24 24. 25. Dialogue between Coridon and Mopsa: 'Now the Maids and the Men are making of Hay' 3:33 8.13 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
25 25. 26. A Nymph: 'When I have often heard young maids complaining' 2:01 4.62 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
26 26. 27. Dance for the Haymakers 0:51 1.95 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
27 27. 28. Alto Solo Chorus: 'A thousand thousand ways we'll find' 2:14 5.12 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
28 28. 29. Third Act Tune: Hornpipe 0:57 2.18 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 

CD2

1 1. ACT IV. 30. Symphony 6:20 14.50 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
2 2. 31. An Attendant Chorus: 'Now the Night is chased away' 32. 'Let the fifes and the clarions' 3:19 7.59 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
3 3. 33. Entry of Phoebus 0:33 1.26 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
4 4. 34. Phoebus: 'When a cruel long winter' 35. Chorus: 'Hail Great parent of us all' 4:27 10.19 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
5 5. 36. Spring: 'Thus the ever grateful Spring' 2:13 5.08 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
6 6. 37. Summer: 'Here's the Summer sprightly gay' 1:32 3.51 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
7 7. 38. Autumn: 'See my many coloured fields' 2:43 6.22 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
8 8. 39. Winter: 'Next Winter comes slowly' Chorus: 'Hail Great parent of us all' 3:32 8.09 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
9 9. 40. Fourth Act Tune: Air 1:09 2.64 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
10 10. 41. Prelude 1:12 2.75 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
11 11. 42. Juno: 'Thrice happy lovers' 2:50 6.49 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
12 12. 43. The Plaint: 'O let me ever ever weep' 8:18 19.00 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
13 13. 44. Entry Dance 1:25 3.25 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
14 14. ACT V. 45. Symphony 0:59 2.25 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
15 15. 46. A Chinese Man: 'Thus the gloomy world' 4:05 9.35 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
16 16. 47. A Chinese Woman: 'Thus happy and free' Chorus: 'Thus wildly we live' 0:46 1.76 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
17 17. 48. A Chinese Man: 'Yes Daphne' 1:50 4.20 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
18 18. 49. Monkeys' Dance 0:53 2.03 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
19 19. 50. A Chinese Woman: 'Hark how all things with one sound rejoice' 2:05 4.77 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
20 20. 51. A Chinese Woman: 'Hark the echoing air a triumph sings' Chorus: 'Hark Hark' 2:27 5.61 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
21 21. 52. Two Chinese Women: 'Sure the dull God of Marriage does not hear' Chorus: 'Hymen appear' 2:28 5.65 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
22 22. 53. Prelude 54. Hymen: 'See see I obey' 1:48 4.12 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
23 23. 55. Two Chinese Women: 'Turn then thine eyes upon those glories here' 0:41 1.57 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
24 24. 56. Hymen: 'My torch indeed will from such brightness shine' 0:47 1.80 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
25 25. 57. Two Chinese Women Hymen Chorus: 'They shall be as happy as they are fair' Chinese woman and man dance 0:50 1.91 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
26 26. 58. Chaconne 2:39 6.07 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 
27 27. 59. Chorus: 'They shall be as happy as they are fair' 0:54 2.07 Mb 320 Kbps buy
 

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CD1

1 1. THE FAIRY QUEEN, Opera in 5 Acts, Z. 629. Libretto by an anonymous author after William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. First performed in the spring of 1692 at the Dorset Garden Theatre, London - First Music: 1. Prelude 1:35 9.45 Mb 838 Kbps buy
 
2 2. First Music: 2. Hornpipe 0:50 4.35 Mb 728 Kbps buy
 
3 3. Second Music: 3. Air 1:00 5.60 Mb 782 Kbps buy
 
4 4. Second Music: 4. Rondo 1:42 8.90 Mb 731 Kbps buy
 
5 5. Second Music: 5. Overture 1:30 8.53 Mb 795 Kbps buy
 
6 6. ACT I. 6. Duet Soprano Bass: 'Come come come let us leave the town' 1:43 9.32 Mb 758 Kbps buy
 
7 7. 7. Scene of the Drunken Poet: 'Fill up the bowl then fill up the bowl then'¦' Blind Poet First Fairy Chorus Second Fairy 6:01 32.40 Mb 752 Kbps buy
 
8 8. 8. First Act Tune: Jig 1:09 5.69 Mb 691 Kbps buy
 
9 9. ACT II. 9. Tenor Solo: 'Come all ye songsters of the sky' 2:32 12.48 Mb 688 Kbps buy
 
10 10. 10. Prelude 1:19 5.30 Mb 562 Kbps buy
 
11 11. 11. Chorus: 'May the God of Wit inspire' 12. Echo 2:25 10.30 Mb 595 Kbps buy
 
12 12. 13. Chorus: 'Now join your warbling voices all' Soprano Chorus: 'Sing while we trip it upon the green' 2:55 16.60 Mb 795 Kbps buy
 
13 13. Enter Night Mystery Secrecy and Sleep and their Attendants. 14. Night: 'See even Night herself is here' 4:51 22.48 Mb 647 Kbps buy
 
14 14. 15. Entrance of Mystery: 'I am come to lock all fast' 0:52 3.90 Mb 628 Kbps buy
 
15 15. 16. Entrance of Secrecy: 'One charming night gives more delight' 2:24 9.60 Mb 559 Kbps buy
 
16 16. 17. Entrance of Sleep: 'Hush no more be silent all' 5:02 20.42 Mb 567 Kbps buy
 
17 17. 18. Dance for the followers of Night 1:23 7.56 Mb 764 Kbps buy
 
18 18. 19. Second Act Tune: Air 1:32 8.84 Mb 806 Kbps buy
 
19 19. ACT III. 20. Soprano Solo Chorus: 'If Love's a sweet passion' 5:16 24.50 Mb 650 Kbps buy
 
20 20. 21. Symphony while the Swans come forward 1:31 8.06 Mb 742 Kbps buy
 
21 21. 22. Dance for the Fairies 0:43 4.47 Mb 869 Kbps buy
 
22 22. 23. Dance for the Green Men 1:46 11.08 Mb 876 Kbps buy
 
23 23. 24. Soprano Solo: 'Ye gentle spirits of the air appear' 5:01 23.96 Mb 667 Kbps buy
 
24 24. 25. Dialogue between Coridon and Mopsa: 'Now the Maids and the Men are making of Hay' 3:33 20.72 Mb 815 Kbps buy
 
25 25. 26. A Nymph: 'When I have often heard young maids complaining' 2:01 10.97 Mb 760 Kbps buy
 
26 26. 27. Dance for the Haymakers 0:51 5.82 Mb 955 Kbps buy
 
27 27. 28. Alto Solo Chorus: 'A thousand thousand ways we'll find' 2:14 12.06 Mb 754 Kbps buy
 
28 28. 29. Third Act Tune: Hornpipe 0:57 5.14 Mb 756 Kbps buy
 

CD2

1 1. ACT IV. 30. Symphony 6:20 34.52 Mb 761 Kbps buy
 
2 2. 31. An Attendant Chorus: 'Now the Night is chased away' 32. 'Let the fifes and the clarions' 3:19 18.92 Mb 797 Kbps buy
 
3 3. 33. Entry of Phoebus 0:33 3.35 Mb 850 Kbps buy
 
4 4. 34. Phoebus: 'When a cruel long winter' 35. Chorus: 'Hail Great parent of us all' 4:27 24.50 Mb 769 Kbps buy
 
5 5. 36. Spring: 'Thus the ever grateful Spring' 2:13 10.22 Mb 644 Kbps buy
 
6 6. 37. Summer: 'Here's the Summer sprightly gay' 1:32 7.53 Mb 686 Kbps buy
 
7 7. 38. Autumn: 'See my many coloured fields' 2:43 13.87 Mb 713 Kbps buy
 
8 8. 39. Winter: 'Next Winter comes slowly' Chorus: 'Hail Great parent of us all' 3:32 17.69 Mb 699 Kbps buy
 
9 9. 40. Fourth Act Tune: Air 1:09 5.20 Mb 632 Kbps buy
 
10 10. 41. Prelude 1:12 4.15 Mb 483 Kbps buy
 
11 11. 42. Juno: 'Thrice happy lovers' 2:50 13.64 Mb 672 Kbps buy
 
12 12. 43. The Plaint: 'O let me ever ever weep' 8:18 35.77 Mb 602 Kbps buy
 
13 13. 44. Entry Dance 1:25 8.39 Mb 828 Kbps buy
 
14 14. ACT V. 45. Symphony 0:59 5.01 Mb 712 Kbps buy
 
15 15. 46. A Chinese Man: 'Thus the gloomy world' 4:05 21.30 Mb 729 Kbps buy
 
16 16. 47. A Chinese Woman: 'Thus happy and free' Chorus: 'Thus wildly we live' 0:46 4.36 Mb 794 Kbps buy
 
17 17. 48. A Chinese Man: 'Yes Daphne' 1:50 8.70 Mb 663 Kbps buy
 
18 18. 49. Monkeys' Dance 0:53 4.94 Mb 780 Kbps buy
 
19 19. 50. A Chinese Woman: 'Hark how all things with one sound rejoice' 2:05 11.58 Mb 776 Kbps buy
 
20 20. 51. A Chinese Woman: 'Hark the echoing air a triumph sings' Chorus: 'Hark Hark' 2:27 14.09 Mb 803 Kbps buy
 
21 21. 52. Two Chinese Women: 'Sure the dull God of Marriage does not hear' Chorus: 'Hymen appear' 2:28 12.90 Mb 731 Kbps buy
 
22 22. 53. Prelude 54. Hymen: 'See see I obey' 1:48 10.09 Mb 783 Kbps buy
 
23 23. 55. Two Chinese Women: 'Turn then thine eyes upon those glories here' 0:41 3.85 Mb 785 Kbps buy
 
24 24. 56. Hymen: 'My torch indeed will from such brightness shine' 0:47 4.33 Mb 772 Kbps buy
 
25 25. 57. Two Chinese Women Hymen Chorus: 'They shall be as happy as they are fair' Chinese woman and man dance 0:50 4.90 Mb 822 Kbps buy
 
26 26. 58. Chaconne 2:39 14.63 Mb 771 Kbps buy
 
27 27. 59. Chorus: 'They shall be as happy as they are fair' 0:54 5.69 Mb 882 Kbps buy
 
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