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