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