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