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The Fairy Queen Z 629

Text: William Shakespeare
Harry Christophers, The Sixteen Orchestra, Ann Murray (Soprano), Michael George (Bass), Lorna Anderson (Soprano), Gillian Fisher (Soprano), Richard Suart (Bass), Michael Chance (Countertenor), Simon Berridge (Tenor), Philip Daggett (Tenor), Ian Partridge (Tenor), John Mark Ainsley (Tenor)
℗ 2002
57 Tracks, 2:12:21

  • Curtain Music and Overture

    • 1. Prelude
      01:50
    • 2. Hornpipe
      00:55
    • 3. Air
      00:53
    • 4. Rondeau
      01:37
    • 5. Overture
      01:25

  • Act I

    • 1. Come, Come, Come Let us Leave the Town (Duet)
      02:55
    • 2. Fill up the Bowl
      06:12
    • 3. Jig
      01:14

  • Act II

    • 1. Come all ye Songsters (Tenor)
      02:04
    • 2. Prelude / May the God of Wit Inspire (Choral Trio)
      04:16
    • 3. Now Join Your Warbling Voices All (Chorus)
      00:30
    • 4. Sing While We Trip it Upon the Green (Soprano)
      02:07
    • 5. See, Even Night Herself is Here (Night)
      04:39
    • 6. I am Come to Lock All Fast (Mystery)
      01:11
    • 7. One Charming Night Gives More Delight (Secrecy)
      02:26
    • 8. Hush, No More, Be Silent All (Sleep)
      04:04
    • 9. Dance for the Followers of Night
      01:16
    • 10. Air
      01:16

  • Act III

    • 1. If Love's a Sweet Passion / I Press Her Hand Gently (Soprano, Chorus)
      04:27
    • 2. Symphony While the Swans Come Forward
      01:49
    • 3. Dance for the Fairies
      00:52
    • 4. Dance for the Green Men
      01:39
    • 5. Ye Gentle Spirits of the Air, Appear! (Soprano)
      05:24
    • 6. Now the Maids and the Men are Making of Hay
      03:50
    • 7. Dance for the Haymakers
      00:54
    • 8. When I Have Often Heard Young Maids Complaining (A Nymph)
      03:08
    • 9. A Thousand, Thousand Ways We'll Find (Duet, Chorus)
      02:39
    • 10. Hornpipe
      01:00

  • Act IV

    • 1. Symphony
      06:17
    • 2. Now the Night is Chased Away (An Attendant)
      02:02
    • 3. Let the Fifes and the Clarions (Duet)
      01:24
    • 4. Entry of Phoebus
      00:36
    • 5. When a Cruel Long Winter (Phoebus)
      02:42
    • 6. Hail! Great Parent of Us All (Chorus)
      01:56
    • 7. Thus the Ever Grateful Spring (Spring)
      02:19
    • 8. Here's the Summer, Sprightly, Gay (Summer)
      01:44
    • 9. See My Many Coloured Fields (Autumn)
      02:22
    • 10. Next Winter Comes Slowly (Winter)
      02:26
    • 11. Hail! Great Parent of Us All (Second Chorus)
      01:01
    • 12. Air
      01:06

  • Act V

    • 1. Prelude
      01:09
    • 2. Thrice Happy Lovers (Juno)
      02:48
    • 3. O Let Me Ever, Ever Weep (The Plaint)
      07:07
    • 4. Entry Dance
      01:16
    • 5. Symphony
      01:15
    • 6. Thus the Gloomy World (A Chinese Man)
      04:35
    • 7. Thus Happy and Free (A Chinese Woman / Chorus)
      01:29
    • 8. Yes, Xansi (A Chinese Man)
      02:17
    • 9. Monkey's Dance
      00:48
    • 10. Hark! Now All Things (A Chinese Woman)
      02:08
    • 11. Hark! The Echoing Air a Triumph Sings (A Chinese Woman, Chorus)
      02:43
    • 12. Sure the Dull God of Marriage (Two Chinese Women, Chorus)
      02:33
    • 13. Second Prelude
      00:32
    • 14. See, See I Obey / Turn then Thine Eyes / My Torch Indeed (Hymen, Two Chinese Women)
      04:11
    • 15. They Shall be as Happy as They're Fair (Two Chinese Women, Hymen)
      01:02
    • 16. Chaconne
      02:43
    • 17. They Shall be as Happy as They're Fair (Chorus)
      01:18