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The Fairy Queen Z 629

Text: William Shakespeare
The Scholars Baroque Ensemble, Kym Amps (Soprano), Diane Atherton (Soprano), Helen Parker (Soprano), Angus Davidson (Countertenor), John Bowen (Tenor), Robin Doveton (Tenor), Adrian Peacock (Bass), David van Asch (Bass)
November 1992, London, St. Silas’ Church London
59 Tracks, 2:07:39

  • Curtain Music and Overture

    • No. 1 First Musick. Prelude
      01:50
    • No. 2 First Musick. Hornpipe
      00:58
    • No. 3 Second Musick. Air
      00:56
    • No. 4 Second Musick. Rondeau
      01:27
    • No. 5 Overture
      01:22

  • Act I

    • No. 6 Duet 'Come let us leave the town' (Two Fairies)
      02:00
    • No. 7 Scene of the Drunken Poet. Aria and Chorus 'Fill up the bowl!' (Drunken Poet, Fairies)
      06:45
    • No. 8 First Act Tune. Jig
      01:04

  • Act II

    • No. 9 Prelude and Aria 'Come all ye songsters of the sky' (Tenor)
      02:07
    • No. 10 Prelude
      01:04
    • No. 11 Chorus 'May the god of wit inspire' (Chorus) – No. 12 Echo
      00:57
    • No. 13 Chorus 'Now joyn your warbling voices all' (Chorus)
      00:30
    • No. 13b Aria and Chorus 'Sing while we trip it on the green' (Fairies) – Dance of the Fairies
      02:05
    • No. 14 Prelude and Aria 'See even Night herself is here' (Night)
      04:50
    • No. 15 Aria 'I am come to lock all fast' (Mystery)
      00:54
    • No. 16 Prelude and Aria 'One charming night' (Secrecy)
      02:14
    • No. 17 Aria and Chorus 'Hush, no more, be silent all' (Sleep, Chorus)
      05:09
    • No. 18 Dance for the Followers of Night
      01:14
    • No. 19 Second Act Tune. Air
      01:17

  • Act III

    • No. 20 Prelude, Aria and Chorus 'If love's a sweet passion' (Titania, Chorus)
      02:24
    • No. 21 Symphony while the Swans come forward
      01:39
    • No. 22 Dance for the Fairies
      00:51
    • No. 23 Dance for the Green Men
      01:37
    • No. 24 Aria 'Ye gentle spirits of the air appear' (Soprano)
      05:17
    • No. 25 Dialogue between Corydon and Mopsa: 'Now the maids and the men' (Corydon, Mopsa)
      03:42
    • No. 26 Aria 'When I have often heard' (A Nymph)
      03:10
    • No. 27a Dance for the Haymakers
      00:54
    • No. 28 Aria and Chorus 'A thousand thousand ways we'll find' (Tenor, Chorus)
      02:15
    • No. 29 Third Act Tune. Hornpipe
      00:59

  • Act IV

    • No. 30 Symphony: Sonata While the Sun Rises
      06:25
    • No. 31 Aria and Chorus 'Now the night is chas'd away' (Attendant and Chorus)
      02:02
    • No. 32 Duet 'Let the fifes, and the clarions' (Two Attendants)
      01:28
    • No. 33 Entry of Phoebus
      00:38
    • No. 34 Prelude and Aria 'When a cruel long winter' (Phoebus)
      02:50
    • No. 35 Chorus 'Hail! Great parent of us all' (Chorus)
      01:50
    • No. 36 Prelude and Aria 'Thus the ever grateful spring' (Spring)
      02:00
    • No. 37 Prelude and Aria 'Here's the summer, sprightly, gay' (Summer)
      01:09
    • No. 38 Prelude and Aria 'See my many colour'd fields' (Autumn)
      02:36
    • No. 39 Prelude and Aria 'Next, winter comes slowly' (Winter)
      02:39
    • No. 39b Chorus 'Hail! Great parent of us all' (Chorus)
      01:50
    • No. 40 Fourth Act Tune. Air
      00:58

  • Act V

    • No. 41 Prelude to Juno's Song
      01:07
    • No. 42 Aria 'Thrice happy lovers' (Juno)
      02:51
    • No. 43 The Plaint. Aria 'O let me weep' (Soprano)
      07:03
    • No. 44 Entry Dance
      01:35
    • No. 45 Symphony
      00:50
    • No. 46 Aria 'Thus the gloomy world at first began to shine' (A Chinese Man)
      04:21
    • No. 47 Prelude, Aria and Chorus 'Thus happy and free' (A Chinese Woman, Chorus)
      01:01
    • No. 48 Ground and Aria 'Yes, Daphne, in your looks I find' (A Chinese Man)
      02:22
    • No. 49 Monkey's Dance
      00:54
    • No. 50 Prelude and Aria 'Hark how all things in one sound agree' (First Chinese Woman)
      02:02
    • No. 51 Aria and Chorus 'Hark! Now the echoing air' (Second Chinese Woman)
      02:35
    • No. 52 Duet and Chorus 'Sure the dull god of marriage' (Two Chinese Women, Chorus)
      02:57
    • No. 53a Prelude
      00:20
    • No. 53b Aria 'See, see, I obey' (Hymen)
      02:15
    • No. 53c Duet 'Turn then thine eyes' (Two Chinese Women)
      01:31
    • No. 53d Aria 'My torch, indeed will from such brightness shine' (Hymen)
      01:05
    • No. 53f Trio and Chorus 'They shall be as happy' (Hymen, Two Chinese Women, Chorus)
      02:09
    • No. 54 Chaconne. Dance for the Chinese Man and Woman
      02:45