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