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