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