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The Fairy Queen Z 629

Text: William Shakespeare
Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Anna Dennis (Soprano), Mhairi Lawson (Soprano), Rowan Pierce (Soprano), Carolyn Sampson (Soprano), Jeremy Budd (Tenor), Charles Daniels (Tenor), James Way (Tenor), Roderick Williams (Baritone), Ashley Riches (Bass-baritone)
2019, London, Church of St Silas the Martyr, Kentish Town
57 Tracks, 2:19:05

  • Curtain Music and Overture

    • 1. Prelude
      01:41
    • 2. Hornpipe
      01:01
    • 3. Air
      01:23
    • 4. Rondeau
      01:36
    • 6. Overture
      01:32

  • Act I

    • 1. Prelude and Song 'Come, Let Us Leave the Town'
      02:43
    • 2. Scene of the Drunken Poet (Two Fairies, Poet and Chorus)
      06:18
    • 3. Jig
      01:08

  • Act II

    • 1. Prelude and Song 'Come All Ye Songsters'
      02:09
    • 2. Symphony in Imitation of Birds
      01:17
    • 3. Song 'May the God of Wit Inspire'
      01:18
    • 4. Symphony in Imitation of an Echo
      01:52
    • 5. Chorus 'Now Join Your Warbling Voices All'
      00:33
    • 6. Song, Chorus and Dance 'Sing While We Trip It' (Fairy)
      02:11
    • 7. Prelude and Song 'See, Even Night Herself Is Here' (Night)
      05:07
    • 8. Song 'I Am Come to Lock All Fast' (Mystery)
      01:38
    • 9. Prelude and Song 'One Charming Night' (Secrecy)
      02:26
    • 10. Song and Chorus 'Hush, No More' (Sleep)
      04:15
    • 11. Dance for the Followers of Night
      01:40
    • 12. Second Act Tune. Air
      01:35
    • 13. Prelude, Song and Chorus 'If Love’s a Sweet Passion' (Nymph & Fawn)
      05:23

  • Act III

    • 1. Symphony While the Swans Come Forward
      02:22
    • 2. Dance for the Fairies
      00:42
    • 3. Dance for the Green Men
      01:39
    • 4. Song 'Ye Gentle Spirits of the Air' (Nymph)
      05:37
    • 5. Prelude and Dialogue 'Now the Maids and the Men Are Making of Hay' (Coridon, Mopsa)
      03:49
    • 6. Dance for the Haymakers
      00:54
    • 7. Prelude and Song 'When I Have Often Heard Young Maids Complaining' (Nymph)
      02:30
    • 8. Song and Chorus 'A Thousand, Thousand Ways'
      02:03
    • 9. Third Act Tune. Hornpipe
      01:08

  • Act IV

    • 1. Symphony – Prelude. Canzona – Largo – Allegro – Adagio – Allegro
      06:12
    • 2. Song and Chorus 'Now the Night Is Chas’d Away'
      02:04
    • 3. Song 'Let the Fifes and the Clarions' (2nd Attendant, 3rd Attendant)
      01:16
    • 4. Symphony for the Entry of Phoebus
      00:33
    • 5. Prelude and Song 'When a Cruel Long Winter' (Phoebus)
      02:52
    • 6. Chorus 'Hail! Great Parent of us All' (I)
      02:01
    • 7. Prelude and Song 'Thus the Ever Grateful Spring' (Spring)
      02:00
    • 8. Prelude and Song 'Here’s the Summer' (Summer)
      01:48
    • 9. Prelude and Song 'See my Many Colour'd Fields' (Autumn)
      03:15
    • 10. Song 'Next, Winter Comes Slowly' (Winter)
      02:38
    • 11. Chorus 'Hail! Great Parent of us All' (II)
      02:05
    • 12. Fourth Act Tune. Air
      01:15
    • 13. Interlude 'O Let Me Weep' (The Plaint)
      07:52

  • Act V

    • 1. Prelude and Song 'Thrice Happy Lovers' (Juno)
      04:10
    • 2. Entry Dance
      01:25
    • 3. Symphony
      01:05
    • 4. Song 'Thus the Gloomy World' (Chinese Man)
      04:50
    • 5. Prelude, Song and Chorus 'Thus Happy and Free' (Chinese Woman)
      01:16
    • 6. Song 'Yes, Daphne' (Chinese Man)
      02:38
    • 7. Dance for the Monkeys
      01:01
    • 8. Song 'Hark How All Things With One Sound Rejoice' (2nd Woman)
      02:07
    • 9. Song and Chorus 'Hark the Echoing Air a Triumph Sings' (1st Woman)
      02:27
    • 10. Song and Chorus 'Sure the Dull God of Marriage' – 'Hymen Appear' (1st Woman, 2nd Woman)
      03:01
    • 11. Prelude as Hymen Enters
      00:47
    • 12. Song 'See, I Obey' – 'Turn Then Thine Eyes' – 'My Torch, Indeed' (Hymen, 1st Woman, 2nd Woman)
      04:07
    • 13. Song 'They Shall be as Happy as They’re Fair' (1st Woman, 2nd Woman)
      02:10
    • 14. Dance for Chinese Man and Woman. Chaconne
      02:40