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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), Sophie Daneman (Mezzo Soprano), Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (Tenor)
℗ 1995
34 Tracks, 1:59:39
    • Prelude –
      02:42
    • Air –
      02:11
    • Overture
      01:29
    • 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