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