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Henry Purcell

The Fairy Queen, semi-opera, Z. 629

Sir Roger Norrington (conductor) · Catherine Pierard (soprano) · Susan Bickley (mezzo soprano) · Howard Crook (tenor) · Mark Padmore (tenor) · David Wilson-Johnson (bass) · London Classical Players (orchestra) · Lorraine Hunt · Schütz Choir of London · Richard Wistreich

Baroque60 Mvts. · 2 h 01 min

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Movements

  1. The Fairy Queen Z629, First Musick: PreludePreview unavailable
  2. The Fairy Queen Z629, First Musick: HornpipePreview unavailable
  3. The Fairy Queen Z629, Second Musick: AirPreview unavailable
  4. The Fairy Queen Z629, Second Musick: RondeauPreview unavailable
  5. The Fairy Queen Z629: OverturePreview unavailable
  6. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 1: Song in Two Parts: Come let us leave the town (LH/RW)Preview unavailable
  7. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 1: Scene of the Drunken Poet: Fill up the bowlPreview unavailable
  8. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 1: First Act Tune: JigPreview unavailable
  9. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 2: Song: Come all ye songsters of the sky (HC)Preview unavailable
  10. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 2: PreludePreview unavailable
  11. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 2: Trio: May the God of Wit imspire (HC/MP/RW)Preview unavailable
  12. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 2: Echo (trumpet)Preview unavailable
  13. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 2: Chorus: Now join your Warbling Voices all (Chorus)Preview unavailable
  14. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 2: Song and Chorus & Fairies Dance: Sing while we trip it (CP/Chorus)Preview unavailable
  15. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 2: Song: See, even Night herself is here (SB)Preview unavailable
  16. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 2: Song: I am come to lock all fast (LH)Preview unavailable
  17. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 2: Song: One charming Night (MP)Preview unavailable
  18. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 2: Song and Chorus: Hush, no more (RW/Chorus)Preview unavailable
  19. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 2: Dance of the Followers of NightPreview unavailable
  20. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 2: Second Act Tune: AirPreview unavailable
  21. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 3: Song in Two Parts and Chorus: If Love's a Sweet Passion (CP/Chorus)Preview unavailable
  22. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 3: Overture: Symphony while the Swans come forwardPreview unavailable
  23. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 3: Dance of the FairiesPreview unavailable
  24. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 3: Dance of the Green MenPreview unavailable
  25. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 3: Song: Ye Gentle Spirits of the Air (LH)Preview unavailable
  26. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 3: Coridon and Mopsa Dialogue: Now the maids and the men (MP/RW)Preview unavailable
  27. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 3: Dance of the HaymakersPreview unavailable
  28. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 3: Song: When I have often heard (CP)Preview unavailable
  29. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 3: Song and Chorus: A Thousand, Thousand ways (HC/RW/Chorus)Preview unavailable
  30. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 3: Third Act Tune: HornpipePreview unavailable
  31. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 4: SymphonyPreview unavailable
  32. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 4: Solo and Chorus: Now the Night is chased away (CP/Chorus)Preview unavailable
  33. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 4: Duet: Let the Fifes, and the Clarions (HC/MP)Preview unavailable
  34. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 4: Entry of PhoebusPreview unavailable
  35. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 4: Song: When a cruel long Winter (MP)Preview unavailable
  36. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 4: Chorus: Hail! Great Parent of us all (Chorus)Preview unavailable
  37. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 4: Song: Thus the ever Grateful Spring (LH)Preview unavailable
  38. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 4: Song: Here's the Summer (HC)Preview unavailable
  39. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 4: Song: See my many Colour'd Fields (MP)Preview unavailable
  40. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 4: Song: Next Winter comes Slowly (DWJ)Preview unavailable
  41. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 4: Chorus: Hail! Great Parent (Chorus) (reprise)Preview unavailable
  42. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 4: Fourth Act Tune: AirPreview unavailable
  43. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 5: PreludePreview unavailable
  44. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 5: Epithalamium: Thrice happy Lovers (SB)Preview unavailable
  45. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 5: Song: The Plaint: O let me weep (LH)Preview unavailable
  46. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 5: Entry DancePreview unavailable
  47. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 5: SymphonyPreview unavailable
  48. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 5: Song: Thus the gloomy World (MP)Preview unavailable
  49. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 5: Solo and Chorus: Thus Happy and Free (CP/Chorus)Preview unavailable
  50. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 5: Song: Yes, Daphne (HC)Preview unavailable
  51. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 5: Monkeys' DancePreview unavailable
  52. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 5: Song: Hark! how all things (SB)Preview unavailable
  53. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 5: Song and Chorus: Hark! now the Echoing air (LH/Chorus)Preview unavailable
  54. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 5: Solos and Chorus: Sure the dull God of Marriage (CP/SB/Chorus)Preview unavailable
  55. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 5: PreludePreview unavailable
  56. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 5: Solo: See, see, I obey (DWJ)Preview unavailable
  57. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 5: Duet: Turn then thine eyes (CP/SB)Preview unavailable
  58. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 5: Solo: My Torch, indeed (DWJ)Preview unavailable
  59. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 5: Trio and Chorus: They shall be as happy as they're fair (CP/SB/DWJ/Chorus)Preview unavailable
  60. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 5: Chaconne: Dance of the Chinese Man and WomanPreview unavailable

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Credits

Album
Purcell - The Fairy Queen
Label
Warner Classics
Recording year
1994

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