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