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