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