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