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