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