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