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The Fairy Queen, semi-opera, Z. 629

Harry Christophers (conductor) · Gillian Fisher (soprano) · Lorna Anderson (soprano) · Ann Murray (mezzo soprano) · John Mark Ainsley (tenor) · Michael Chance (countertenor) · Ian Partridge (tenor) · The Sixteen (orchestra) · Michael George · Richard Suart · Simon Berridge · Philip Daggett

Baroque57 Mvts. · 2 h 12 min

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Movements

  1. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, First Musick: PreludePreview unavailable
  2. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, First Musick: HornpipePreview unavailable
  3. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Second Musick: AirPreview unavailable
  4. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Second Musick: RondeauPreview unavailable
  5. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Second Musick: OverturePreview unavailable
  6. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 1: Come, Come, Come Let us Leave the Town (Duet)Preview unavailable
  7. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 1, Scene of the drunken Poet: Fill up the BowlPreview unavailable
  8. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 1, First Act Tune: JigPreview unavailable
  9. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 2: Come all ye Songsters (Tenor)Preview unavailable
  10. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 2: Prelude / May the God of Wit Inspire (Choral Trio)Preview unavailable
  11. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 2: Now Join Your Warbling Voices All (Chorus)Preview unavailable
  12. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 2: Sing While We Trip it Upon the Green (Soprano)Preview unavailable
  13. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 2: See, Even Night Herself is Here (Night)Preview unavailable
  14. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 2: I am Come to Lock All Fast (Mystery)Preview unavailable
  15. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 2: One Charming Night Gives More Delight (Secrecy)Preview unavailable
  16. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 2: Hush, No More, Be Silent All (Sleep)Preview unavailable
  17. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 2: Dance for the Followers of NightPreview unavailable
  18. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 2, Second Act Tune: AirPreview unavailable
  19. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 3: If Love's a Sweet Passion / I Press Her Hand Gently (Soprano, Chorus)Preview unavailable
  20. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 3: Symphony While the Swans Come ForwardPreview unavailable
  21. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 3: Dance for the FairiesPreview unavailable
  22. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 3: Dance for the Green MenPreview unavailable
  23. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 3: Ye Gentle Spirits of the Air, Appear! (Soprano)Preview unavailable
  24. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 3, Dialogue between Coridon and Mopsa: Now the Maids and the Men are Making of HayPreview unavailable
  25. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 3: Dance for the HaymakersPreview unavailable
  26. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 3: When I Have Often Heard Young Maids Complaining (A Nymph)Preview unavailable
  27. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 3: A Thousand, Thousand Ways We'll Find (Duet, Chorus)Preview unavailable
  28. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 3, Third Act Tune: HornpipePreview unavailable
  29. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 4: SymphonyPreview unavailable
  30. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 4: Now the Night is Chased Away (An Attendant)Preview unavailable
  31. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 4: Let the Fifes and the Clarions (Duet)Preview unavailable
  32. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 4: Entry of PhoebusPreview unavailable
  33. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 4: When a Cruel Long Winter (Phoebus)Preview unavailable
  34. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 4: Hail! Great Parent of Us All (Chorus)Preview unavailable
  35. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 4: Thus the Ever Grateful Spring (Spring)Preview unavailable
  36. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 4: Here's the Summer, Sprightly, Gay (Summer)Preview unavailable
  37. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 4: See My Many Coloured Fields (Autumn)Preview unavailable
  38. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 4: Next Winter Comes Slowly (Winter)Preview unavailable
  39. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 4: Hail! Great Parent of Us All (Second Chorus)Preview unavailable
  40. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 4, Fourth Act Tune: AirPreview unavailable
  41. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 5: PreludePreview unavailable
  42. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 5: Thrice Happy Lovers (Juno)Preview unavailable
  43. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 5: O Let Me Ever, Ever Weep (The Plaint)Preview unavailable
  44. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 5: Entry DancePreview unavailable
  45. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 5: SymphonyPreview unavailable
  46. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 5: Thus the Gloomy World (A Chinese Man)Preview unavailable
  47. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 5: Thus Happy and Free (A Chinese Woman / Chorus)Preview unavailable
  48. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 5: Yes, Xansi (A Chinese Man)Preview unavailable
  49. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 5: Monkey's DancePreview unavailable
  50. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 5: Hark! Now All Things (A Chinese Woman)Preview unavailable
  51. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 5: Hark! The Echoing Air a Triumph Sings (A Chinese Woman, Chorus)Preview unavailable
  52. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 5: Sure the Dull God of Marriage (Two Chinese Women, Chorus)Preview unavailable
  53. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 5: Second PreludePreview unavailable
  54. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 5: See, See I Obey / Turn then Thine Eyes / My Torch Indeed (Hymen, Two Chinese Women)Preview unavailable
  55. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 5: They Shall be as Happy as They're Fair (Two Chinese Women, Hymen)Preview unavailable
  56. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 5: ChaconnePreview unavailable
  57. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act 5: They Shall be as Happy as They're Fair (Chorus)Preview unavailable

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Credits

Album
The Fairy Queen
Label
Coro
Recording year
1991

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