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