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