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Le Martyre de saint Sébastien L 130 (124)

Libretto: Gabriele D'Annunzio
Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic, Choral Art Society, Fritz Weaver (Speaker), Felicia Montealegre (Speaker), Marlena Kleinman (Mezzo Soprano), Joanna Simon (Mezzo Soprano), Adele Addison (Soprano), Virginia Babikian (Soprano)
℗ 1966
19 Tracks, 1:14:54

  • Prologue

    • Gentle People We Bid You Silence...
      02:01

  • Act I. The Court of Lilies

    • 1. Frère, que sera-t-il le monde
      09:09
    • 2. Glory! Glory to Christ the King – Sébastien! Sébastien! Sébastien!
      02:27
    • 3. Ecstatic Dance of Sebastian on the Live Coals – Oh Twin Brothers, Sing your Hymn... – Hymnes, toute l'ombre s'efface
      06:49

  • Act II. The Magic Chamber

    • 1. Within a Vast Elliptical Vault...
      03:16
    • 2. Song of the Virgin Erigone "Je fauchais l'épi de froment"
      02:49
    • 3. And Suddenly a New Voice Sings from Beyond the Magic Door & Qui pleure mon enfant si doux
      05:21

  • Act III. The Council of False Gods

    • 1. "A Huge Gilded Hall..."
      02:20
    • 2. Suddenly, the Emperor Speaks! – Hail, Beauteous Youth
      02:44
    • 3. Intone Your Hymn! – Païan, Lyre d'or
      02:14
    • 4. Caesar, I Refuse Your Lyre... – Ah, Tu pleures le Bien-Aimé!
      07:52
    • 5. Who is This Young Man So White... – Cessez, ô pleureuses!
      03:16
    • 6. Sing! Exult! – Io! Io! Adoniastes!
      02:21
    • 7. He Dies, the Archer of Lebanon – Il est mort, le bel Adonis
      02:31

  • Act IV. The Wounded Laurel

    • 1. But Gentle People...
      04:37
    • 2. I Feel in the Palm of My Hand the Stigmata Burn...
      03:02
    • 3. From the Depths, Archers, I Call Upon Your Love – Hélas! Ah! Pleurez, ô femmes de Syrie
      05:45

  • Act V. Paradise

    • 1. A Pearly Radiance Spreads in the Sky...
      01:09
    • 2. Gloria
      05:11