Henry PURCELL

 

«The Fairy Queen»

Semi-Opera Z. 629

1692

 

1. Prelude - Hornpipe

2. Air - Rondeau

3. Overture

 

ACT I

4. Come, let us leave

5. Scene of the Drunken Poet

6. First Act Tune: Jig

 

ACT II

7. Come, all ye songsters

8. May the God of Wit

9. Now join your warbling voices all

10. Sing while we trip it - Dance of Fairies

11. See, even Night

12. Second Act Tune: Air

 

ACT III

13. If Love's a sweet passion

14. Symphony while the swans come forward

15. Dance for the Fairies

16. Dance for the Green Men

17. Ye gentle spirits of the air

18. Coridon and Mopsa; Dance for the Haymakers

19. When I have often heard

20. A thousand, thousand ways

21. Third Act Tune: Hornpipe

 

Sylvia McNair [Soprano]

Barbara Bonney [Soprano]

Robert Holl [Bass]

Michael Chance [Countertenor]

Anthony Michaels-Moore [Bass]

Laurence Dale [Tenor]

Elisabeth von Magnus [Soprano]

 

Concentus Musicus Wien

Arnold Schoenberg Chor

Nikolaus Harnoncourt [direction]