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