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