Henry Purcell: The Fairy Queen - CD

CD: 1

Henry Purcell

The Fairy Queen after "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare

 

1. First Musick1. Prelude

01:30

 

2. 2. Hornpipe

00:50

 

3. Second Musick3. Air

00:58

 

4. 4. Rondeau

01:40

 

5. 5. Overture

01:25

 

6. ACT I 6. Duet 'Come, let us leave the town'

01:43

 

7. 7. Scene of the drunken Poet 'Fill up the bowl'

06:00

 

8. 8. First act tune: Jig

01:03

 

9. ACT II 9. 'Come all ye songsters'

02:30

 

10. 10. Prelude

01:20

 

11. 11. Chorus 'May the God of Wit inspire'12. Echo

02:25

 

12. 13. Chorus 'Now join your warbling voices all'. 'Sing while we trip it'. Dance of Fairies

02:53

 

13. 14. Entrance of Night 'See, even Night herself is here'

04:48

 

14. 15. Entrance of Mystery 'I am come to lock all fast'

00:52

 

15. 16. Entrance of Secrecy 'One charming night gives more delight'

02:22

 

16. 17. Entrance of Sleep 'Hush, no more'

05:02

 

17. 18. Dance for the followers of Night

01:22

 

18. 19. Second act tune: Air

01:25

 

19. ACT III 20. 'If love's a sweet passion'

05:15

 

20. 21. Symphony while the swans come forward

01:30

 

21. 22. Dance for the Fairies

00:45

 

22. 23. Dance for the Green Men

01:45

 

23. 24. 'Ye gentle spirits of the air'

05:00

 

24. 25. Dialogue between Coridon and Mopsa

03:30

 

25. 26. 'When I have often heard young maids complaining'

02:00

 

26. 27. Dance for the Haymakers

00:50

 

27. 28. 'A thousand, thousand ways'

02:13

 

28. 29. Third act tune: Hornpipe

00:50

CD: 2

Henry Purcell

The Fairy Queen after "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare

 

1. ACT IV 30. Symphony

06:25

 

2. 31. 'Now the night is chased away'32. 'Lete the Fifes and the Clarions'

03:15

 

3. 33. Entry of Phoebus

00:35

 

4. 34. 'When a cruel long winter'35. Chorus 'Hail! great parent of us all'

05:02

 

5. 36. Spring 'Thus the ever grateful Spring'

02:13

 

6. 37. Summer 'Here's the Summer, sprightly, gay'

01:30

 

7. 38. Autumn 'See, see my many colour'd fields'

02:40

 

8. 39. Winter 'Next Winter comes slowly'

03:38

 

9. 40. Fourth act tune: Air

01:02

 

10. ACT V41. Prelude

01:10

 

11. 42. Juno 'Thrice happy lovers'

02:50

 

12. 43. The Plaint 'O let me weep!'

08:15

 

13. 44. Entry Dance

01:25

 

14. 45. Symphony

01:00

 

15. 46. A Chinese Man 'Thus the gloomy world'

04:05

 

16. 47. Chinese Woman 'Thus happy and free'

00:45

 

17. 48. Chinese Man 'Yes, Daphne'

01:50

 

18. 49. Monkey's Dance

00:53

 

19. 50. 'Hark! how all things with one sound rejoice'

02:05

 

20. 51. 'Hark! the echoing air a triumph sings'

02:30

 

21. 52. 'Sure the dull God of Marriage does not hear'

02:30

 

22. 53. Prelude54. Hymen 'See, I obey'

01:47

 

23. 55. 'Turn then thine eyes'

00:40

 

24. 56. Hymen 'My torch indeed will from such brightness shine'

00:45

 

25. 57. 'They shall be happy as they are fair'

00:50

 

26. 58. Chaconne

02:40

 

27. 59. 'They shall be as happy as they are fair'

00:50