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