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