Donizetti: Les Martyrs
Brindley Sherratt, Joyce El-Khoury, Michael Spyres, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Mark Elder, David Kempster
Gaetano Donizetti: Les Martyrs, Act 1
"Amis ... silence ... Du silence !" (Chorus)
"Arretons-nous, Polyeucte" (Nearque, Polyeucte)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Mark Elder, Wynne Evans, Michael Spyres
"Que l'onde salutaire, S'epanche sur mon front!" (Polyeucte)
Mark Elder, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Wynne Evans, Michael Spyres
"Viens, suis-moi ..." (Nearque)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Mark Elder, Michael Spyres, Wynne Evans
"Que viens-tu nous apprendre?" (Nearque, The Christian, Polyeucte)
Wynne Evans, Michael Spyres, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, 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)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Mark Elder, David Kempster, Brindley Sherratt, Opera Rara Chorus
"Valeureux habitants de l'antique Armenie, Je viens dans vos cites, au nom de l'empereur" (Severe)
David Kempster, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Brindley Sherratt, Mark Elder, Opera Rara Chorus
"Amour de mon jeune age, Toi dont la douce image" (Severe)
Mark Elder, Brindley Sherratt, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Opera Rara Chorus, David Kempster
"C'est son pere!" (Severe)
David Kempster, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Mark Elder, Brindley Sherratt, Opera Rara Chorus
"Les dieux ont conserve des jours si precieux!" (Felix)
Mark Elder, Brindley Sherratt, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, David Kempster, Opera Rara Chorus
"De Decius, notre souverain maitre" (Felix, Severe)
Mark Elder, Joyce El-Khoury, David Kempster, Brindley Sherratt, Wynne Evans, Michael Spyres, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Clive Bayley
"Soutenez-moi! Divinite supreme!" (Pauline, Severe)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Clive Bayley, Wynne Evans, Michael Spyres, Brindley Sherratt, Joyce El-Khoury, David Kempster, Mark Elder
"Voila le proconsul, ce guerrier magnanime" (Polyeucte, Severe, Pauline)
Mark Elder, Brindley Sherratt, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Michael Spyres, Clive Bayley, Joyce El-Khoury, Wynne Evans, David Kempster
"O blasphemes nouveaux!" (Callisthenes, Polyeucte, Severe, Pauline)
Brindley Sherratt, Joyce El-Khoury, Mark Elder, Clive Bayley, David Kempster, Michael Spyres, Wynne Evans, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
"Dieu puissant qui voit mon zele, Que ta foi regne en son coeur" (Polyeucte, Pauline, Severe, Callisthenes, Felix, Chorus)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Wynne Evans, Joyce El-Khoury, Michael Spyres, David Kempster, Clive Bayley, Mark Elder, Brindley Sherratt
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, Mark Elder, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, David Kempster
"Ne vois-tu pas, qu'helas ! mon coeur Succombe et cede a sa douleur!" (Pauline, Severe)
David Kempster, Joyce El-Khoury, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Mark Elder
"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)
Wynne Evans, Mark Elder, Brindley Sherratt, Joyce El-Khoury, David Kempster, Clive Bayley, Michael Spyres, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Opera Rara Chorus
"A tes pieds, proconsul, on traine la victime!" (Callisthenes, Severe, Nearque, Pauline)
Joyce El-Khoury, Michael Spyres, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Wynne Evans, Mark Elder, Opera Rara Chorus, David Kempster, Clive Bayley, Brindley Sherratt
"Quoi! des dieux la voix sainte" (Severe, Callisthenes, The Priest, Pauline, Polyeucte, All)
Wynne Evans, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Brindley Sherratt, Mark Elder, Michael Spyres, Joyce El-Khoury, Clive Bayley, David Kempster, Opera Rara Chorus
"Jusqu'au sein du sanctuaire, Le parjure qu'il profere" (Severe, Callisthenes, Felix, Chorus, Pauline, Polyeucte, Nearque)
Mark Elder, Joyce El-Khoury, David Kempster, Michael Spyres, Brindley Sherratt, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Wynne Evans, Opera Rara Chorus, Clive Bayley
"Lui-meme a voulu son supplice" (Felix, Pauline, Callisthenes, Chorus, Polyeucte, Severe, Nearque)
Wynne Evans, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Clive Bayley, David Kempster, Michael Spyres, Joyce El-Khoury, Mark Elder, Opera Rara Chorus, Brindley Sherratt
"Je crois en Dieu, roi du ciel et de la terre" (Polyeucte, Pauline, Severe, Felix, Callisthenes, Chorus)
Opera Rara Chorus, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Wynne Evans, Joyce El-Khoury, Michael Spyres, Brindley Sherratt, David Kempster, Clive Bayley, Mark Elder
Gaetano Donizetti: Les Martyrs, Act 4
"L'arret est prononce, tous chretiens" (Severe, Felix, Pauline)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Mark Elder, Opera Rara Chorus, Joyce El-Khoury, Brindley Sherratt, David Kempster
"Oui, par la foi juree, Par ton ancien amour" (Pauline, Felix, Severe)
Mark Elder, Opera Rara Chorus, David Kempster, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Joyce El-Khoury, Brindley Sherratt
"O devouement sublime!" (Pauline, Severe, Felix)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Joyce El-Khoury, Mark Elder, David Kempster, Brindley Sherratt, Opera Rara Chorus
"Oui, venez arracher Polyeucte au trepas!" (Severe, Felix, Pauline)
David Kempster, Mark Elder, Brindley Sherratt, Joyce El-Khoury, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Opera Rara Chorus
"Leur voix immortelle Rechauffe mon zele" (Felix, Pauline, Severe, Chorus)
Brindley Sherratt, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Opera Rara Chorus, Joyce El-Khoury, David Kempster, Mark Elder
"Sur un nuage d'or s'elevant vers le ciel!" (Pauline, Polyeucte)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Michael Spyres, Clive Bayley, Mark Elder, Joyce El-Khoury, David Kempster, Wynne Evans, Opera Rara Chorus, Brindley Sherratt
"Seigneur, de vos bontes il faut que je l'obtienne!" (Polyeucte, Pauline)
David Kempster, Brindley Sherratt, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Clive Bayley, Michael Spyres, Wynne Evans, Joyce El-Khoury, Opera Rara Chorus, Mark Elder
"Pour toi, ma priere, Ardente et sincere" (Pauline, Polyeucte)
David Kempster, Wynne Evans, Joyce El-Khoury, Michael Spyres, Mark Elder, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Opera Rara Chorus, Clive Bayley, Brindley Sherratt
"Miracle soudain ... Lumiere immortelle" (Pauline, Polyeucte)
Joyce El-Khoury, Opera Rara Chorus, Clive Bayley, Michael Spyres, Mark Elder, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Wynne Evans, David Kempster, Brindley Sherratt
"O sainte melodie!" (Pauline, Polyeucte)
Clive Bayley, Mark Elder, Brindley Sherratt, David Kempster, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Wynne Evans, Michael Spyres, Opera Rara Chorus, Joyce El-Khoury
"Il nous faut et des jeux et des fetes" (Chorus)
Brindley Sherratt, Michael Spyres, Wynne Evans, Mark Elder, Clive Bayley, David Kempster, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Opera Rara Chorus, Joyce El-Khoury
"Au peuple impatient nous devons ce spectacle" (Callisthenes, Severe, Felix, Chorus)
David Kempster, Brindley Sherratt, Wynne Evans, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Michael Spyres, Mark Elder, Clive Bayley, Joyce El-Khoury, Opera Rara Chorus
"Grands dieux!" (Severe, Felix, Pauline, All)
Joyce El-Khoury, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Wynne Evans, David Kempster, Michael Spyres, Mark Elder, Clive Bayley, Opera Rara Chorus, Brindley Sherratt
"Ah ! voici le signal du supplice!" (Chorus, Polyeucte, Pauline, Severe, Felix, Callisthenes, Nearque, The Christian)
David Kempster, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Opera Rara Chorus, Wynne Evans, Michael Spyres, Mark Elder, Clive Bayley, Joyce El-Khoury, Brindley Sherratt
Production
- Sir Mark ElderProducer
- Ruth MulhollandManager
- Sir Mark ElderEditing Engineer