Donizetti: Les Martyrs
Michael Spyres, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Mark Elder, Joyce El-Khoury, David Kempster, Brindley Sherratt
Gaetano Donizetti: Les Martyrs, Act 1
"Amis ... silence ... Du silence !" (Chorus)
"Arretons-nous, Polyeucte" (Nearque, Polyeucte)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Mark Elder, Michael Spyres, Wynne Evans
"Que l'onde salutaire, S'epanche sur mon front!" (Polyeucte)
Wynne Evans, Mark Elder, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Michael Spyres
"Viens, suis-moi ..." (Nearque)
Wynne Evans, Mark Elder, Michael Spyres, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
"Que viens-tu nous apprendre?" (Nearque, The Christian, Polyeucte)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Michael Spyres, Wynne Evans, Mark Elder
"Eloignez de ces lieux, Ce garde, que Felix nous donna pour escorte!" (Pauline)
"Jeune souveraine, O puissante reine" (Chorus)
"Allez ! laissez-moi maintenant" (Pauline)
"Toi qui lis dans mon coeur, o ma mere!" (Pauline)
"Qu'ici ta main glacee, Benisse ton enfant!" (Pauline)
Gaetano Donizetti: Les Martyrs, Act 1
"O Dieu tutelaire! O toi, notre pere!" (Chorus, Pauline)
"Pauline! ... avec effroi et ne pouvant en croire ses yeux Mon epoux!" (Polyeucte, Pauline, Chorus, Nearque, The Christian)
"Quel danger nous menace, et d'ou vient ta terreur?" (Nearque, The Christian, Polyeucte)
"Objet de ma constance, Amour de ton epoux" (Polyeucte, Pauline, Nearque, Chorus)
Gaetano Donizetti: Les Martyrs, Act 2
"Achevez ! Pollion, transcrivez ces edits" (Felix)
"Dieux des Romains, dieux de nos peres, Je servirai votre courroux!" (Felix)
"Viens, ma fille; je sais que ta pieuse haine" (Felix, Pauline)
"Mort a ces infames, Livrez aux flammes" (Felix, Chorus)
"Tout mon sang se glace, La mort le menace!" (Pauline, Felix, Chorus)
"D'ou te vient, mon enfant, cette sombre tristess" (Felix, Pauline)
"Deja l'on voit au loin, dans nos immenses plaines" (Callisthenes, Felix)
"Severe existe! ... Un dieu sauveur, Des sombres bords un dieu l'envoie!" (Pauline)
"Gloire a vous, Mars et Bellonne!" (Chorus)
David Kempster, Opera Rara Chorus, Mark Elder, Brindley Sherratt, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
"Valeureux habitants de l'antique Armenie, Je viens dans vos cites, au nom de l'empereur" (Severe)
David Kempster, Opera Rara Chorus, Brindley Sherratt, Mark Elder, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
"Amour de mon jeune age, Toi dont la douce image" (Severe)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Mark Elder, Opera Rara Chorus, Brindley Sherratt, David Kempster
"C'est son pere!" (Severe)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, David Kempster, Opera Rara Chorus, Brindley Sherratt, Mark Elder
"Les dieux ont conserve des jours si precieux!" (Felix)
Brindley Sherratt, Opera Rara Chorus, Mark Elder, David Kempster, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
"De Decius, notre souverain maitre" (Felix, Severe)
Clive Bayley, Brindley Sherratt, Michael Spyres, David Kempster, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Wynne Evans, Joyce El-Khoury, Mark Elder
"Soutenez-moi! Divinite supreme!" (Pauline, Severe)
Clive Bayley, Brindley Sherratt, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, David Kempster, Mark Elder, Michael Spyres, Wynne Evans, Joyce El-Khoury
"Voila le proconsul, ce guerrier magnanime" (Polyeucte, Severe, Pauline)
David Kempster, Wynne Evans, Michael Spyres, Clive Bayley, Brindley Sherratt, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Joyce El-Khoury, Mark Elder
"O blasphemes nouveaux!" (Callisthenes, Polyeucte, Severe, Pauline)
Michael Spyres, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, David Kempster, Joyce El-Khoury, Clive Bayley, Brindley Sherratt, Mark Elder, Wynne Evans
"Dieu puissant qui voit mon zele, Que ta foi regne en son coeur" (Polyeucte, Pauline, Severe, Callisthenes, Felix, Chorus)
Wynne Evans, Michael Spyres, Clive Bayley, Brindley Sherratt, Joyce El-Khoury, Mark Elder, David Kempster, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Gaetano Donizetti: Les Martyrs, Act 3
"Dieux immortels, temoins de mes justes alarmes" (Pauline, Severe)
Joyce El-Khoury, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, David Kempster, Mark Elder
"En touchant a ce rivage, Tout m'offrait la douce image" (Severe, Pauline)
Joyce El-Khoury, David Kempster, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Mark Elder
"Ne vois-tu pas, qu'helas ! mon coeur Succombe et cede a sa douleur!" (Pauline, Severe)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Mark Elder, Joyce El-Khoury, David Kempster
"C'est Polyeucte! ... mon epoux!" (Pauline, Polyeucte)
"Mon seul tresor, mon bien supreme" (Polyeucte)
"O mon fils! ... ce guerrier, cet ami si fidele" (Felix, Polyeucte, Pauline)
"Oui, j'irai dans leurs temples! Bientot tu m'y verras" (Polyeucte)
"Dieu du tonnerre, Ton front severe Emeut la terre" (Callisthenes, Chorus)
Joyce El-Khoury, Clive Bayley, Brindley Sherratt, Wynne Evans, Opera Rara Chorus, Michael Spyres, David Kempster, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Mark Elder
"A tes pieds, proconsul, on traine la victime!" (Callisthenes, Severe, Nearque, Pauline)
David Kempster, Clive Bayley, Brindley Sherratt, Joyce El-Khoury, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Wynne Evans, Opera Rara Chorus, Michael Spyres, Mark Elder
"Quoi! des dieux la voix sainte" (Severe, Callisthenes, The Priest, Pauline, Polyeucte, All)
Mark Elder, David Kempster, Clive Bayley, Brindley Sherratt, Joyce El-Khoury, Wynne Evans, Opera Rara Chorus, Michael Spyres, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
"Jusqu'au sein du sanctuaire, Le parjure qu'il profere" (Severe, Callisthenes, Felix, Chorus, Pauline, Polyeucte, Nearque)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Clive Bayley, Brindley Sherratt, Joyce El-Khoury, David Kempster, Opera Rara Chorus, Michael Spyres, Wynne Evans, Mark Elder
"Lui-meme a voulu son supplice" (Felix, Pauline, Callisthenes, Chorus, Polyeucte, Severe, Nearque)
David Kempster, Clive Bayley, Opera Rara Chorus, Brindley Sherratt, Michael Spyres, Joyce El-Khoury, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Wynne Evans, Mark Elder
"Je crois en Dieu, roi du ciel et de la terre" (Polyeucte, Pauline, Severe, Felix, Callisthenes, Chorus)
Opera Rara Chorus, Michael Spyres, Joyce El-Khoury, Wynne Evans, Clive Bayley, Brindley Sherratt, Mark Elder, David Kempster, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Gaetano Donizetti: Les Martyrs, Act 4
"L'arret est prononce, tous chretiens" (Severe, Felix, Pauline)
Brindley Sherratt, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Joyce El-Khoury, David Kempster, Opera Rara Chorus, Mark Elder
"Oui, par la foi juree, Par ton ancien amour" (Pauline, Felix, Severe)
Mark Elder, David Kempster, Brindley Sherratt, Opera Rara Chorus, Joyce El-Khoury, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
"O devouement sublime!" (Pauline, Severe, Felix)
Opera Rara Chorus, Joyce El-Khoury, David Kempster, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Mark Elder, Brindley Sherratt
"Oui, venez arracher Polyeucte au trepas!" (Severe, Felix, Pauline)
Brindley Sherratt, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Mark Elder, Joyce El-Khoury, David Kempster, Opera Rara Chorus
"Leur voix immortelle Rechauffe mon zele" (Felix, Pauline, Severe, Chorus)
Joyce El-Khoury, Brindley Sherratt, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Opera Rara Chorus, Mark Elder, David Kempster
"Sur un nuage d'or s'elevant vers le ciel!" (Pauline, Polyeucte)
David Kempster, Mark Elder, Joyce El-Khoury, Clive Bayley, Brindley Sherratt, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Opera Rara Chorus, Michael Spyres, Wynne Evans
"Seigneur, de vos bontes il faut que je l'obtienne!" (Polyeucte, Pauline)
Opera Rara Chorus, Michael Spyres, Wynne Evans, Clive Bayley, Brindley Sherratt, Joyce El-Khoury, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Mark Elder, David Kempster
"Pour toi, ma priere, Ardente et sincere" (Pauline, Polyeucte)
Wynne Evans, David Kempster, Joyce El-Khoury, Mark Elder, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Clive Bayley, Brindley Sherratt, Opera Rara Chorus, Michael Spyres
"Miracle soudain ... Lumiere immortelle" (Pauline, Polyeucte)
Wynne Evans, Opera Rara Chorus, Michael Spyres, Joyce El-Khoury, David Kempster, Mark Elder, Clive Bayley, Brindley Sherratt, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
"O sainte melodie!" (Pauline, Polyeucte)
Wynne Evans, Opera Rara Chorus, Michael Spyres, David Kempster, Clive Bayley, Brindley Sherratt, Mark Elder, Joyce El-Khoury, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
"Il nous faut et des jeux et des fetes" (Chorus)
David Kempster, Opera Rara Chorus, Michael Spyres, Clive Bayley, Brindley Sherratt, Wynne Evans, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Joyce El-Khoury, Mark Elder
"Au peuple impatient nous devons ce spectacle" (Callisthenes, Severe, Felix, Chorus)
David Kempster, Wynne Evans, Joyce El-Khoury, Mark Elder, Clive Bayley, Brindley Sherratt, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Opera Rara Chorus, Michael Spyres
"Grands dieux!" (Severe, Felix, Pauline, All)
David Kempster, Joyce El-Khoury, Mark Elder, Opera Rara Chorus, Clive Bayley, Michael Spyres, Brindley Sherratt, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Wynne Evans
"Ah ! voici le signal du supplice!" (Chorus, Polyeucte, Pauline, Severe, Felix, Callisthenes, Nearque, The Christian)
Mark Elder, Joyce El-Khoury, Opera Rara Chorus, Michael Spyres, Wynne Evans, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Clive Bayley, David Kempster, Brindley Sherratt
Production
- Sir Mark ElderProducer
- Ruth MulhollandManager
- Sir Mark ElderEditing Engineer