Donizetti: Les Martyrs
Joyce El-Khoury, Brindley Sherratt, Michael Spyres, Mark Elder, David Kempster, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Gaetano Donizetti: Les Martyrs, Act 1
"Amis ... silence ... Du silence !" (Chorus)
"Arretons-nous, Polyeucte" (Nearque, Polyeucte)
Michael Spyres, Mark Elder, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Wynne Evans
"Que l'onde salutaire, S'epanche sur mon front!" (Polyeucte)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Michael Spyres, Mark Elder, Wynne Evans
"Viens, suis-moi ..." (Nearque)
Michael Spyres, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Wynne Evans, Mark Elder
"Que viens-tu nous apprendre?" (Nearque, The Christian, Polyeucte)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Wynne Evans, Mark Elder, Michael Spyres
"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)
Brindley Sherratt, Mark Elder, David Kempster, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Opera Rara Chorus
"Valeureux habitants de l'antique Armenie, Je viens dans vos cites, au nom de l'empereur" (Severe)
Brindley Sherratt, Opera Rara Chorus, Mark Elder, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, David Kempster
"Amour de mon jeune age, Toi dont la douce image" (Severe)
Brindley Sherratt, David Kempster, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Mark Elder, Opera Rara Chorus
"C'est son pere!" (Severe)
Mark Elder, Opera Rara Chorus, David Kempster, Brindley Sherratt, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
"Les dieux ont conserve des jours si precieux!" (Felix)
David Kempster, Mark Elder, Brindley Sherratt, Opera Rara Chorus, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
"De Decius, notre souverain maitre" (Felix, Severe)
David Kempster, Joyce El-Khoury, Michael Spyres, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Brindley Sherratt, Mark Elder, Wynne Evans, Clive Bayley
"Soutenez-moi! Divinite supreme!" (Pauline, Severe)
Michael Spyres, Wynne Evans, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Clive Bayley, David Kempster, Brindley Sherratt, Joyce El-Khoury, Mark Elder
"Voila le proconsul, ce guerrier magnanime" (Polyeucte, Severe, Pauline)
Michael Spyres, Clive Bayley, Mark Elder, Joyce El-Khoury, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, David Kempster, Brindley Sherratt, Wynne Evans
"O blasphemes nouveaux!" (Callisthenes, Polyeucte, Severe, Pauline)
Brindley Sherratt, Joyce El-Khoury, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Mark Elder, Wynne Evans, Clive Bayley, David Kempster, Michael Spyres
"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, Michael Spyres, Wynne Evans, Brindley Sherratt, Joyce El-Khoury, David Kempster, Clive Bayley, Mark Elder
Gaetano Donizetti: Les Martyrs, Act 3
"Dieux immortels, temoins de mes justes alarmes" (Pauline, Severe)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Mark Elder, Joyce El-Khoury, David Kempster
"En touchant a ce rivage, Tout m'offrait la douce image" (Severe, Pauline)
Mark Elder, David Kempster, Joyce El-Khoury, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
"Ne vois-tu pas, qu'helas ! mon coeur Succombe et cede a sa douleur!" (Pauline, Severe)
Mark Elder, David Kempster, Joyce El-Khoury, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
"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)
Brindley Sherratt, Clive Bayley, Wynne Evans, David Kempster, Michael Spyres, Joyce El-Khoury, Opera Rara Chorus, Mark Elder, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
"A tes pieds, proconsul, on traine la victime!" (Callisthenes, Severe, Nearque, Pauline)
Brindley Sherratt, Michael Spyres, David Kempster, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Wynne Evans, Clive Bayley, Joyce El-Khoury, Opera Rara Chorus, Mark Elder
"Quoi! des dieux la voix sainte" (Severe, Callisthenes, The Priest, Pauline, Polyeucte, All)
Joyce El-Khoury, Opera Rara Chorus, Michael Spyres, David Kempster, Brindley Sherratt, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Wynne Evans, Mark Elder, Clive Bayley
"Jusqu'au sein du sanctuaire, Le parjure qu'il profere" (Severe, Callisthenes, Felix, Chorus, Pauline, Polyeucte, Nearque)
Brindley Sherratt, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Clive Bayley, Michael Spyres, Joyce El-Khoury, Mark Elder, Opera Rara Chorus, Wynne Evans, David Kempster
"Lui-meme a voulu son supplice" (Felix, Pauline, Callisthenes, Chorus, Polyeucte, Severe, Nearque)
Opera Rara Chorus, David Kempster, Clive Bayley, Michael Spyres, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Mark Elder, Brindley Sherratt, Wynne Evans, Joyce El-Khoury
"Je crois en Dieu, roi du ciel et de la terre" (Polyeucte, Pauline, Severe, Felix, Callisthenes, Chorus)
Mark Elder, David Kempster, Wynne Evans, Clive Bayley, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Brindley Sherratt, Michael Spyres, Joyce El-Khoury, Opera Rara Chorus
Gaetano Donizetti: Les Martyrs, Act 4
"L'arret est prononce, tous chretiens" (Severe, Felix, Pauline)
Joyce El-Khoury, Opera Rara Chorus, Mark Elder, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Brindley Sherratt, David Kempster
"Oui, par la foi juree, Par ton ancien amour" (Pauline, Felix, Severe)
Brindley Sherratt, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, David Kempster, Joyce El-Khoury, Opera Rara Chorus, Mark Elder
"O devouement sublime!" (Pauline, Severe, Felix)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Joyce El-Khoury, Opera Rara Chorus, Brindley Sherratt, Mark Elder, David Kempster
"Oui, venez arracher Polyeucte au trepas!" (Severe, Felix, Pauline)
Brindley Sherratt, David Kempster, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Mark Elder, Joyce El-Khoury, Opera Rara Chorus
"Leur voix immortelle Rechauffe mon zele" (Felix, Pauline, Severe, Chorus)
Brindley Sherratt, Mark Elder, Joyce El-Khoury, Opera Rara Chorus, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, David Kempster
"Sur un nuage d'or s'elevant vers le ciel!" (Pauline, Polyeucte)
Brindley Sherratt, Wynne Evans, Clive Bayley, David Kempster, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Mark Elder, Joyce El-Khoury, Opera Rara Chorus, Michael Spyres
"Seigneur, de vos bontes il faut que je l'obtienne!" (Polyeucte, Pauline)
Brindley Sherratt, Michael Spyres, Mark Elder, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Joyce El-Khoury, Opera Rara Chorus, David Kempster, Wynne Evans, Clive Bayley
"Pour toi, ma priere, Ardente et sincere" (Pauline, Polyeucte)
Clive Bayley, Brindley Sherratt, David Kempster, Joyce El-Khoury, Opera Rara Chorus, Wynne Evans, Mark Elder, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Michael Spyres
"Miracle soudain ... Lumiere immortelle" (Pauline, Polyeucte)
David Kempster, Michael Spyres, Joyce El-Khoury, Opera Rara Chorus, Wynne Evans, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Mark Elder, Clive Bayley, Brindley Sherratt
"O sainte melodie!" (Pauline, Polyeucte)
Brindley Sherratt, Clive Bayley, Joyce El-Khoury, Opera Rara Chorus, Mark Elder, Michael Spyres, Wynne Evans, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, David Kempster
"Il nous faut et des jeux et des fetes" (Chorus)
David Kempster, Michael Spyres, Clive Bayley, Joyce El-Khoury, Opera Rara Chorus, Brindley Sherratt, Mark Elder, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Wynne Evans
"Au peuple impatient nous devons ce spectacle" (Callisthenes, Severe, Felix, Chorus)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Joyce El-Khoury, Opera Rara Chorus, Mark Elder, Michael Spyres, David Kempster, Wynne Evans, Clive Bayley, Brindley Sherratt
"Grands dieux!" (Severe, Felix, Pauline, All)
Mark Elder, Brindley Sherratt, Clive Bayley, Michael Spyres, David Kempster, Joyce El-Khoury, Opera Rara Chorus, Wynne Evans, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
"Ah ! voici le signal du supplice!" (Chorus, Polyeucte, Pauline, Severe, Felix, Callisthenes, Nearque, The Christian)
Opera Rara Chorus, Brindley Sherratt, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, David Kempster, Michael Spyres, Wynne Evans, Mark Elder, Clive Bayley, Joyce El-Khoury
Production
- Sir Mark ElderProducer
- Ruth MulhollandManager
- Sir Mark ElderEditing Engineer