Alte Werk

Barbara Bonney, Elisabeth von Magnus, Sylvia McNair, sopranos ; Michael Chance, contertenor ; Laurence Dale, tenor ; Robert Holl, Anthony Michaels-Moore, basses ; Arnold Schoenberg Chor ; Concentus musicus Wien ; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

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Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Prelude to Act 1 (2:42) -- Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Air (2:11) -- Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Overture to Act 1 (1:29) -- Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 1 "Come, let us leave the town" [Soprano, Bass] (1:14) -- Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 1 "Scene of the Drunken Poet" [First Fairy, Second Fairy, Drunken Poet, Chorus] (6:07) -- Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 1 Jig (1:24) -- Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 2 "Come all ye songsters of the sky" [Tenor] (2:14) -- Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 2 "May the God of Wit inspire" [Counter-Tenor, Tenor, Bass] (2:48) -- Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 2 "Now join your warbling voices all" [Chorus] (0:36) -- Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 2 "Sing while we trip it" [Chorus, Soprano] (3:58) -- Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 2 "See, even Night herself is here" [Night] "I am come to lock all fast" [Mystery] "One charming night" [Secrecy] "Hush, no more" [Sleep, Chorus] (11:36) -- Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 2 Air (2:18) -- Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 3 "If love's a sweet passion" [Dryad, Chorus] (1:55) -- Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 3 Symphony while the swans come forward (0:56) -- Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 3 Dance for the Fairies (1:24) -- Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 3 Dance for the Green Men (1:17) -- Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 3 "Ye gentle spirits of the air" [Soprano] (4:47) -- Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 3 "Now the maids and the men" [Coridon, Mopsa] Dance for the Haymakers (4:39) -- Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 3 "When I have often heard" [Nymph] (2:10) -- Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 3 "A thousand, thousand ways" [Chorus, Counter-Tenor] (2:32) -- Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 3 Hornpipe (1:02) -- Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 4 Symphony (6:05) -- Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 4 "Now the night is chased away" [Attendant, Chorus] (2:08) -- Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 4 "Let the fifes and the clarions" [Tenor, Counter-Tenor] (1:15) -- Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 4 "When a cruel long winter" [Phoebus] (3:33) -- Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 4 "Hail! Great parent of us all" [Chorus] (10:44) -- Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 5 "Thrice happy lovers" [Juno] (3:49) -- Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 5 "O let me ever, ever weep" [Soprano] (7:56) -- Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 5 "Thus the gloomy world" [Chinese Man] "Thus happy and free" [Chinese Woman, Chorus] "Yes, Daphne" [Chinese Man] (9:28) -- Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 5 Monkey's Dance (0:49) -- Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 5 "Hark! How all things" [First Woman] "Hark! the echoing air" [Second Woman, Chorus] (4:28) -- Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 5 "Sure the dull God of Marriage" [First Woman, Second Woman, Chorus] Prelude "See, I obey" [Hymen] "Turn then thine eyes" [First Woman, Second Woman] "My torch indeed" [Hymen] (5:21) -- Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 5 Chaconne (2:42) -- Purcell : The Fairy Queen : Act 5 "They shall be as happy as they're fair" [First Woman, Second Woman, Hymen, Chorus] (2:02)