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