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Purcell: The Fairy Queen
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Purcell: The Fairy Queen
Composers
Purcell, Henry
Performers
Christina Clarke
Deller Consort
Deller, Alfred
Deller, Mark
Honor Sheppard
Jean Knibbs
Jenkins, Neil
John Buttrey
Maurice Bevan
Norman Platt
Stour Music Chorus & Orchestra
Stour Music Chorus and Orchestra
Orchestras / Ensembles
Deller Consort
Stour Music Chorus & Orchestra
Stour Music Chorus and Orchestra
Conductors
Deller, Alfred
Label
Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue number
332313DI
Release date
2019-11-08
Discs
2
A masterpiece of the 'semi-opera'. On the strenght of the immense success of Dido & Aeneas and King Arthur, in 1692 Purcell went on to produce The Fairy Queen, based on Shakespeare's A Midsummer-Night's Dream. The work is, in fact a 'semi-opéra', or 'opera with dialogue', in which only some of the crucial scenes are provided with music. But this version of A Midsummer-Night's Dream by the 'Orpheus Britannicus' became almost as famous as the play that inspire dit, with its love scenes, its supernatural scenes and its innate sense of musical humour investing it with an irresistible savour and enchantment.
Un chef-d'œuvre du « semi-opéra ». Fort du succès immense qu'avaient connu Dido & Aeneas et King Arthur, Purcell porta à la scène en 1692 le fameux Songe d'une nuit d'été de Shakespeare sous ce nouveau titre de The Fairy Queen (La Reine des fées). Il s'agit en fait d'un « semi-opéra » ou opéra à dialogues », la musique n'intervenant qu'à l'occasion de scènes particulières. Mais c'est ainsi que ce Songe d'une nuit d'été visité par « l'Orphée anglais » devint quasiment aussi célèbre que la pièce qui lui avait donné naissance : scènes d'amour, scènes surnaturelles et un sens inné de l'humour musical confèrent à cette savoureuse imbrication théâtrale un parfum irrésistible.
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Disc 1
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, The First Musick: I. Prelude
01:57
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, The First Musick: II. Hornpipe
00:57
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, The Second Musick: I. Air
00:58
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, The Second Musick: II. Rondeau
01:20
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, The Second Musick: III. Overture
00:36
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act I: "Come let us leave" (Two
Fairies)
03:13
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act I: Scene of the drunken poet
05:47
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act I: First Act tune
01:13
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: Prelude. "Come all ye
songsters" (A Fairy)
01:56
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: Prelude.
00:41
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: "May the God of wit" (Three
Fairies)
00:58
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: Echo. Now join your
warbling voices
01:32
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: "Sing while we trip" (A
Fairy). Fairy Dance
02:12
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: "See, even night" (Night)
05:14
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: "I am come to lock"
(Mistery)
00:46
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: "One charming night"
(Secret)
02:04
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: "Hush, no more" (Sleep)
05:02
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: Dance for the followers of
Night
02:23
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: Second Act tune
01:22
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: "If love's a sweet
passion" (A Nymph)
02:18
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: Symphony while the swans
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03:24
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: Dance for the Fairies
00:51
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: Dance for the Green Men
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: "Ye gentle spirits of the
air" (A Nymph)
04:53
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: Dialogue between Corydon
and Mopsa
03:51
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: "When I have often heard"
(A Nymph)
02:48
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: Dance for the Haymakers
00:52
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: "A thousand, thousand
ways" (Corydon, Mopsa)
02:32
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: Third Act tune
01:01
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Disc 2
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: Symphony
06:14
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: "Now the night"
(Attendants)
02:15
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: "Let the fifes and the
clarions" (Attendants)
01:25
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: Entry of Phoebus
00:44
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: "When a cruel long winter"
(Phoebus)
03:10
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: "Hail! Great parent"
(Fairies)
02:07
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: "Thus the ever grateful
Spring" (Spring)
02:09
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: "Here's the summer"
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01:11
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: "See, see my many colour'd
fields" (Automn)
02:54
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: "Now winter comes slowly"
(Winter)
02:48
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: "Hail! Great parent!"
(Fairies)
01:09
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: Fourth Act tune
01:05
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: Prelude
00:35
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: "Thrice happy lovers" (Juno)
02:31
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: The Plaint
07:23
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: Entry Dance
01:14
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: Symphony
01:04
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: "Thus the gloomy world" (The
Chinese Man)
04:48
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: "Thus happy and free" (A
Chinese Woman)
00:55
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: "Yes Xansi" (The Chinese
Man)
02:09
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The Fairy Queen: Monkey's Dance
00:59
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: "Hark how all things" (A
Chinese Woman)
02:01
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: "Hark! The choing air" (A
Chinese Woman)
02:43
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: "Sure the dull God" (A
Chinese Woman)
03:03
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: Prelude. "See, I obey"
(Hymen)
01:53
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: "Turn then thine eyes"
(Chinese Woman)
01:32
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: "My torch indeed" (Hymen)
00:39
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: "They shall be as happy"
00:48
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: Chaconne
03:03
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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: "They shall be as happy"
01:02
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Album total
130:05
Ensemble
Deller Consort
Stour Music Chorus & Orchestra
Stour Music Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor
Alfred Deller
Composer
Henry Purcell
Soloist
Alfred Deller
Christina Clarke
Honor Sheppard
Jean Knibbs
John Buttrey
Mark Deller
Maurice Bevan
Neil Jenkins
Norman Platt
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