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The Fairy Queen Z 629

Text: William Shakespeare
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Anthony Michaels-Moore (Bass), Barbara Bonney (Soprano), Elisabeth von Magnus (Soprano), Robert Holl (Bass), Sylvia McNair (Soprano), Laurence Dale (Tenor), Michael Chance (Countertenor)
℗ 1995
34 Tracks, 1:59:39

  • Curtain Music and Overture

    • 1. Prelude
      02:42
    • 2. Air
      02:11
    • 3. Overture
      01:29

  • Act I

    • 1. "Come, let us leave the town" [Soprano, Bass]
      01:14
    • 2. "Scene of the Drunken Poet" [First Fairy, Second Fairy, Drunken Poet, Chorus]
      06:07
    • 3. Jig
      01:24

  • Act II

    • 1. "Come all ye songsters of the sky" [Tenor]
      02:14
    • 2. "May the God of Wit inspire" [Counter-Tenor, Tenor, Bass]
      02:48
    • 3. "Now join your warbling voices all" [Chorus]
      00:36
    • 4. "Sing while we trip it" [Chorus, Soprano]
      03:58
    • 5. "See, even Night herself is here" [Night] "I am come to lock all fast" [Mystery] "One charming night" [Secrecy] "Hush, no more" [Sleep, Chorus]
      11:36
    • 6. Air
      02:18

  • Act III

    • 1. "If love's a sweet passion" [Dryad, Chorus]
      01:55
    • 2. Symphony while the swans come forward
      00:56
    • 3. Dance for the Fairies
      01:24
    • 4. Dance for the Green Men
      01:17
    • 5. "Ye gentle spirits of the air" [Soprano]
      04:47
    • 6. "Now the maids and the men" [Coridon, Mopsa] Dance for the Haymakers
      04:39
    • 7. "When I have often heard" [Nymph]
      02:10
    • 8. "A thousand, thousand ways" [Chorus, Counter-Tenor]
      02:32
    • 9. Hornpipe
      01:02

  • Act IV

    • 1. Symphony
      06:05
    • 2. "Now the night is chased away" [Attendant, Chorus]
      02:08
    • 3. "Let the fifes and the clarions" [Tenor, Counter-Tenor]
      01:15
    • 4. "When a cruel long winter" [Phoebus]
      03:33
    • 5. "Hail! Great parent of us all" [Chorus]
      10:44

  • Act V

    • 1. "Thrice happy lovers" [Juno]
      03:49
    • 2. "O let me ever, ever weep" [Soprano]
      07:56
    • 3. "Thus the gloomy world" [Chinese Man] "Thus happy and free" [Chinese Woman, Chorus] "Yes, Daphne" [Chinese Man]
      09:28
    • 4. Monkey's Dance
      00:49
    • 5. "Hark! How all things" [First Woman] "Hark! the echoing air" [Second Woman, Chorus]
      04:28
    • 6. "Sure the dull God of Marriage" [First Woman, Second Woman, Chorus] Prelude "See, I obey" [Hymen] "Turn then thine eyes" [First Woman, Second Woman] "My torch indeed" [Hymen]
      05:21
    • 7. Chaconne
      02:42
    • 8. "They shall be as happy as they're fair" [First Woman, Second Woman, Hymen, Chorus]
      02:02