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