Henry Purcell (1659-1695) • The Fairy Queen 2 CDs

Henry Purcell (1659-1695) • The Fairy Queen 2 CDs

CD 1
1. First Musick: 1. Prld 
2. First Musick: 2. Hornpipe
3. Second Musick: 3. Air
4. Second Musick: 4. Rondeau
5. Second Musick: 5. Ov
6. Act I: 6. Duet: Come, Let Us Leave The Town
7. Act I: 7. Scene Of The Drunken Poet: Fill Up The Bowl
8. Act I: 8. First Act Tune: Jig
9. Act II: 9. Come All Ye Songsters
10. Act II: 10. Prld
11. Act II: 11. Chor: May The God Of Wit Inspire/12. Echo
12. Act II: 13. Chor: Now Join Your Warbling Voices All/Sing While We Trip It/Dance Of Fairies
13. Act II: 14. Entrance Of Night: See, Even Night Herself Is Here
14. Act II: 15. Entrance Of Mystery: I Am Come To Lock All Fast
15. Act II: 16. Entrance Of Secrecy: One Charming Night Gives More Delight
16. Act II: 17. Entrance Of Sleep: Hush, No More
17. Act II: 18. Dance For The Followers Of Night
18. Act II: 19. Second Act Tune: Air
19. Act III: 20. If Love's A Sweet Passion
20. Act III: 21. Sym While The Swans Come Forward
21. Act III: 22. Dance For The Fairies
22. Act III: 23. Dance For The Green Men
23. Act III: 24. Ye Gentle Spirits Of The Air 
24. Act III: 25. Dialogue Between Coridon And Mopsa
25. Act III: 26. When I Have Often Heard Young Maids Complaining
26. Act III: 27. Dance For The Haymakers
27. Act III: 28. A Thousand, Thousand Ways
28. Act III: 29. Third Act Tune: Hornpipe

CD 2
1. Act IV: 30. Sym
2. Act IV: 31. Now The Night Is Chased Away/32. Let The Fifes And The Clarions
3. Act IV: 33. Entry Of Phoebus
4. Act IV: 34. When A Cruel Long Winter/35. Chor: Hail! Great Parent Of Us All
5. Act IV: 36. Spring: Thus The Ever Grateful Spring
6. Act IV: 37. Summer: Here's The Summer, Sprightly, Gay
7. Act IV: 38. Autumn: See, See My Many Colour'd Fields
8. Act IV: 39. Winter: Next Winter Comes Slowly
9. Act IV: 40. Fourth Act Tune: Air
10. Act V: 41. Prld
11. Act V: 42. Juno: Thrice Happy Lovers
12. Act V: 43. The Plaint: O Let Me Weep!
13. Act V: 44. Entry Dance
14. Act V: 45. Sym
15. Act V: 46. A Chinese Man: Thus The Gloomy World
16. Act V: 47. Chinese Woman: Thus Happy And Free
17. Act V: 48. Chinese Man: Yes, Daphne
18. Act V: 49. Monkeys' Dance
19. Act V: 50. Hark! How All Things With One Sound Rejoice 
20. Act V: 51. Hark! The Echoing Air A Triumph Sings
21. Act V: 52. Sure The Dull God Of Marriage Does Not Hear
22. Act V: 53. Prld/54. Hymen: See, I Obey
23. Act V: 55. Turn Then Thine Eyes
24. Act V: 56. Hymen: My Torch Indeed Will From Such Brightness Shine
25. Act V: 57. They Shall Be As Happy As They Are Fair
26. Act V: 58. Chaconne
27. Act V: 59. They Shall Be As Happy As They Are Fair

William Christie & Les Arts Florissants

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