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