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