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