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