Henry Purcell

Henry Purcell
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629
Semi-ópera em 5 Actos
Libretto é uma adaptação anónima a partir de
"Sonho de uma noite de verão" de William Shakespeare

Les Arts Florissants
Sob a Direcção de William Christie

Assistente Musical - Chistophe Rousset
Primeiro Violino e Violino Solo - Ryo Terakado

Nancy Argenta, Lynne Dawson, Isabelle Desrochers, Willemijn Van Gent,
Véronique Gens, Sandrine Piau e Noémi Rime - Sopranos
Charles Daniels, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Bernard Deletré,
Mark Le Brocq e Christophe LePaludier - Haute-contre
Bernhard Loonen, Francois Piolino e Thomas Randle - Tenores
Francois Bazola - Barítono
Jerome Correas, George Banks-Martin, Bernard Deletre,
Thomas Lander e Richard Taylor - Baixos

CD1
Primeira música
01. Prelude
02. Hornpipe
Segunda música
03. Air
04. Rondeau
05. Overture
Acto I
06. Duet 'Come, let us leave the town'
07. Scene of the drunken Poet 'Fill up the bowl'
08. First act tune: Jig
Acto II
09. 'Come all ye songsters'
10. Prelude
11. Chorus 'May the God of Wit inspire' e Echo
12. Chorus 'Now join your warbling voices all'.
'Sing while we trip it'. Dance of Fairies
13. Entrance of Night 'See, even Night herself is here'
14. Entrance of Mystery 'I am come to lock all fast'
15. Entrance of Secrecy 'One charming night gives more delight'
16. Entrance of Sleep 'Hush, no more'
17. Dance for the followers of Night
18. Second act tune: Air
Acto III
19. 'If love's a sweet passion'
20. Symphony while the swans come forward
21. Dance for the Fairies

CD2
Acto IV
01. Symphony
02. 'Now the night is chased away' e 'Lete the Fifes and the Clarions'
03. Entry of Phoebus
04. 'When a cruel long winter' e Chorus 'Hail! great parent of us all'
05. Spring 'Thus the ever grateful Spring'
06. Summer 'Here's the Summer, sprightly, gay'
07. Autumn 'See, see my many colour'd fields'
08. Winter 'Next Winter comes slowly'
09. Fourth act tune: Air
Acto V
10. Prelude
11. Juno 'Thrice happy lovers'
12. The Plaint 'O let me weep!'
13. Entry Dance
14. Symphony
15. A Chinese Man 'Thus the gloomy world'
16. Chinese Woman 'Thus happy and free'
17. Chinese Man 'Yes, Daphne'
18. Monkey's Dance
19. 'Hark! how all things with one sound rejoice'
20. 'Hark! the echoing air a triumph sings'
21. 'Sure the dull God of Marriage does not hear'
22. Prelude e Hymen 'See, I obey'
23. 'Turn then thine eyes'
24. Hymen 'My torch indeed will from such brightness shine'
25. 'They shall be happy as they are fair'
26. Chaconne
27. 'They shall be as happy as they are fair'

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Parte 4 | Parte 5 | Parte 6 | Parte 7
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