Henry Purcell
The Fairy Queen, semi-opera, Z. 629
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) · Judith Nelson (soprano) · Stephen Varcoe (bass) · Jennifer Smith (soprano) · Wynford Evans (tenor) · David Thomas (bass) · Martyn Hill (tenor) · Eiddwen Harrhy (soprano) · Ashley Stafford (countertenor) · English Baroque Soloists (orchestra) · The Monteverdi Choir (choir) · Timothy Penrose · Elisabeth Priday
Movements
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 1: Prelude (I)Preview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 1: HornpipePreview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 1: AirPreview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 1: RondeauPreview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 1: OverturePreview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 1: Song In Two Parts: "Come, come, come, let us leave"Preview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 1: Scene Of The Drunken Poet: "Fill up the Bowl"Preview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 1: First Act Tune: JigPreview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 2: Prelude...Come, All Ye Songsters Of The SkyPreview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 2: Prelude (II)Preview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 2: Trio: "May the God of Wit inspire"Preview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 2: EchoPreview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 2: Chorus: "Now Joyn your Warbling Voices all"Preview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 2: A Dance Of FairiesPreview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 2: Song And Chorus: "Sing while we trip it on the Green"Preview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 2: "See, even Night herself is here"Preview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 2: "I am come to lock all fast"Preview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 2: "One charming night"Preview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 2: "Hush, no more"Preview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 2: Dance For The Followers Of NightPreview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 2: Second Act Tune: AirPreview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 3: A Song In Two Parts And Chorus: "If Love's a Sweet Passion"Preview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 3: Overture: Symphony While The Swans Come ForwardPreview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 3: Dance For The FairiesPreview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 3: Dance For The Green MenPreview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 3: Song: "Ye Gentle Spirits of the Air, appear"Preview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 3: Dialog: "Now the Maids and the Men"Preview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 3: Song: "When I have often heard"Preview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 3: A Dance Of HaymakersPreview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 3: Song And Chorus: "A Thousand Thousand ways we'll find"Preview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 3: Third Act Tune: HornpipePreview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 4: SymphonyPreview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 4: Solo & Chorus "Now the night"Preview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 4: Duet: "Let the fifes, and the Clarions"Preview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 4: Entry Of PhoebusPreview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 4: Song: "When a cruel long Winter"- Chorus: "Hail! Great Parent of us all"Preview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 4: Song: "Thus the ever Grateful Spring"Preview unavailablePlays this movement
- The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 4: Song: "Here's the Summer, Sprightly, Gay"Preview unavailablePlays this movement
Performers
- John Eliot GardinerConductor
- Judith NelsonSoprano
- Stephen VarcoeBass
- Jennifer SmithSoprano
- Wynford EvansTenor
- David ThomasBass
- Martyn HillTenor
- Eiddwen HarrhySoprano
- Ashley StaffordCountertenor
- English Baroque SoloistsOrchestra
- The Monteverdi ChoirChoir
- Timothy Penrose
- Elisabeth Priday
Credits
- Label
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
- Recording year
- 2013