Purcell - The Fairy Queen - Deller Consort, Stour Music Chorus & Orchestra, Alfred Deller / Harmonia Mundi Plus / Harmonia Mundi France 2x Audio CD 1992 / HMP 390257.58
UPC 3149025056788
The Fairy-Queen (1692; Purcell catalogue number Z.629) is a semi-opera by Henry Purcell; a "Restoration spectacular". The libretto is an anonymous adaptation of William Shakespeare's comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream. First performed in 1692, The Fairy-Queen was composed three years before Purcell's death at the age of 35. Following his death, the score was lost and only rediscovered early in the twentieth century.
| Label: |
Harmonia Mundi France – HMP 390257.58 |
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| Series: |
Harmonia Mundi Plus |
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| Format: |
2 x CD, Album
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| Country: |
France |
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Released:
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1992 |
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| Genre: |
Classical |
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| Style: |
Baroque, Opera |
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Tracklist:
| 2 |
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Hornpipe |
0:57 |
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The Second Musick
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| 4 |
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Rondeau |
1:19 |
| 5 |
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Overture |
1:23 |
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Act 1
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| 7 |
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Scene Of The Drunken Poet |
5:45 |
| 8 |
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First Act Tune |
1:10 |
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Act 2
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| 9 |
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Prelude: Come All Ye Songsters |
1:56 |
| 11 |
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May The Gods Of Wit |
0:58 |
| 12 |
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While Echo Shall Remote |
1:06 |
| 13 |
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Now Join Your Warbling Voices |
0:26 |
| 16 |
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I Am Come To Lock |
0:46 |
| 17 |
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One Charming Night |
2:02 |
| 19 |
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Dance For The Followers Of Night |
2:22 |
| 20 |
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Second Act Tune |
1:46 |
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Act 3
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| 21 |
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If Love's A Secret Passion |
2:18 |
| 22 |
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Symphony While The Swans Come Forward |
3:24 |
| 23 |
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Dance For The Fairies |
0:51 |
| 24 |
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Dance For The Green Men |
1:45 |
| 25 |
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Ye Gentle Spirits Of The Air |
4:53 |
| 26 |
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Dialogue Between Corydon And Mopsa |
3:50 |
| 27 |
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When I Have Often Heard |
2:49 |
| 28 |
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Dance For The Haymakers |
0:51 |
| 29 |
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A Thousand, Thousand Ways |
2:33 |
| 30 |
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Third Act Tune |
1:04 |
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Act 4
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| 3 |
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Let The Fifes And The Clarions |
1:25 |
| 5 |
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When A Cruel Long Winter |
3:15 |
| 7 |
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Thus The Ever Grateful Spring |
2:09 |
| 9 |
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See, See My Many Colour'd Fields |
2:57 |
| 10 |
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Now Winter Comes Slowly, Hail! Great Parent! |
2:46 |
| 11 |
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Hail! Great parent of us all |
1:09 |
| 12 |
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Fourth Act Tune |
1:05 |
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Act 5
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| 14 |
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Thrice Happy Lovers |
2:29 |
| 18 |
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Thus The Gloomy World |
4:48 |
| 19 |
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Thus Happy And Free |
0:51 |
| 22 |
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Hark How All Things |
2:01 |
| 23 |
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Hark! The Echoing Air |
2:43 |
| 24 |
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Sure The Dull God |
3:03 |
| 26 |
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Turn Then Thine Eyes |
1:31 |
| 28 |
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They Shall Be As Happy |
0:48 |
| 30 |
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They Shall Be As Happy |
1:01 |
- Baritone Vocals – Maurice Bevan, Norman Platt
- Countertenor Vocals – Alfred Deller, Mark Deller
- Directed By – Alfred Deller
- Orchestra – Stour Music Chorus & Orchestra
- Production Manager [Réalisation Scénique] – Norman Platt
- Soprano Vocals – Christina Clarke, Honor Sheppard, Jean Knibbs
- Tenor Vocals – John Buttrey, Neil Jenkins
- Violin – Penelope Howard
