Henry Purcell - John Eliot Gardiner - The Fairy Queen

Tracklist

- The Fairy Queen, Semi-opera, Z. 629

- First Music

1-01 - 1. Prelude (1:58)

1-02 - 2. Hornpipe (0:55)

- Second Music

1-03 - 3. Air (0:48)

1-04 - 4. Rondeau (1:30)

1-05 - 5. Ouverture (2:03)

- Act I

1-06 - 6. Song In Two Parts: "Come, Come, Come, Let Us Leave The Town" (2:24)

1-07 - 7. Scene Of The Drunken Poet: "Fill Up The Bowl" (6:40)

1-08 - 8. First Act Tune: Jig (1:11)

- Act II

1-09 - 9. Prelude And Song: "Come All Ye Songsters Of The Sky" (1:53)

1-10 - 10. Prelude (0:50)

1-11 - 11. Trio: "May The God Of Wit Inspire" (1:05)

1-12 - 12. Echo (1:33)

1-13 - 13a. Chorus: "Now Joyn Your Warbling Voices All" (0:28)

1-14 - 13b. A Dance Of Fairies (0:44)

1-15 - 13c. Song And Chorus: "Sing While We Trip It On The Green" (1:43)

1-16 - 14. Song: "See, Even Night Her Self Is Here" (Night) (4:17)

1-17 - 15. Song: "I Am Come To Lock All Fast (Mystery) (1:12)

1-18 - 16.. Song: "One Charming Night" (Secresie) (1:58)

1-19 - 17. Song And Chorus: "Hush, No More, Be Silent All" (Sleep) (3:19)

1-20 - 18. A Dance For The Followers Of Night (1:51)

1-21 - 19. Second Act Tune: Air

- Act III

1-22 - 20. A Song In Two Parts And Chorus: "If Love's A Sweet Passion" (8:02)

1-23 - 21. Ouverture: Symphony While The Swans Come Forward (2:04)

1-24 - 22. Dance For The Fairies (0:50)

1-25 - 23. Dance For The Green Men (1:28)

1-26 - 24. Song: "Ye Gentle Spirits Of The Air, Appear" (5:10)

1-27 - 25. Dialogue Between Coridon And Mopsa: "Now The Maids And The Men" (3:56)

1-28 - 26. Song: "When I Have Often Heard" (A Nymph) (3:13)

1-29 - 27. A Dance Of Haymakers (0:58)

1-30 - 28. Song And Chorus: "A Thousand Thousand Ways We'll Find" (2:08)

1-31 - 29. Thirs Act Tune: Hornpipe (0:58)

- Act IV

2-01 - 30. Symphony (6:12)

2-02 - 31. Solo And Chorus: "Now The Night Is Chac'd Away" (One Of The Attendants) (2:07)

2-03 - 32. Duet: "Let The Fifes, And The Clarions" (Two Others) (1:57)

2-04 - 33. Entry Of Phoebus (0:34)

2-05 - 34. Song: "When A Cruel Long Winter" (Phoebus) 35. Chorus: "Hail! Great Parent Of Us All" (4:19)

2-06 - 36. Song: "This The Ever Grateful Spring" (Spring) (1:57)

2-07 - 37. Song: "Here's The Summer, Sprightly, Gay (Summer) (1:39)

2-08 - 38. Song: "See My Many Colour's Fields" (Autumn) (3:03)

2-09 - 39. Song And Chorus: "Now Winter Comes Slowly" (Winter) (3:22)

2-10 - 40. Fourth Act Tune: Air (0:55)

- Act V

2-11 - 41.Prelude (1:07)

2-12 - 42. Epithalamium: "Thrice Happy Love" (Juno) (2:39)

2-13 - 43. The Plaint: "O Let Me Weep" (7:42)

2-14 - 44. Entry Dance (1:09)

2-15 - 45. Symphony (1:12)

2-16 - 46. Song: "Thus The Gloomy World" (A Chinese Man) (5:44)

2-17 - 47. Solo And Chorus: "Thus Happy And Free" (A Chinese Woman) (1:37)

2-18 - 48. Song: "Yes Daphne, In Your Looks I Find" (Chinese Man) (1:53)

2-19 - 49. Monkey's Dance (1:03)

2-20 - 50. Song: "Hark How All Things" (1st Woman) (2:07)

2-21 - 51. Song And Chorus: "Hark Now The Echoing Air" (2nd Woman) (2:51)

2-22 - 52. Duet And Chorus: "Sure The Dull God Of Marriage" (Both Woman) (2:06)

2-23 - 53. Prelude (0:31)

2-24 - 54. Solo: "See, See, I Obey" (Hymen) (1:58)

2-25 - 55. Duet "Turn Then Thine Eyes" (Both Woman) (1:25)

2-26 - 56. Solo: "My Torch, Indeed" (Hymen) (0:44)

2-27 - 57. Trio: They Shall Be Happy" (Both Woman, Hymen) (1:10)

2-28 - 58. Air (1:30)

2-29 - 59. Chorus: "They Shall Be As Happy" (1:10)

2-30 - 60. Chaconne: Dance For Chinese Man And Woman (2:34)

Companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) - Deutsche Grammophon GmbH

Recorded At - Stadthalle Göttingen

Credits

Alto Vocals [Choir] - Ashley Stafford

Alto Vocals [Choir] - Brian Gordon (2)

Alto Vocals [Choir] - Christopher Robson

Alto Vocals [Choir] - Julian Clarkson

Alto Vocals [Choir] - Patrick Collin

Alto Vocals [Choir] - Richard Baker (5)

Bass Vocals [Choir] - Charles Stewart (2)

Bass Vocals [Choir] - Christopher Green

Bass Vocals [Choir] - Gordon Jones (2)

Bass Vocals [Choir] - Richard Lloyd Morgan

Bass Vocals [Choir] - Richard Savage

Bass Vocals [Choir] - Simon Birchall

Bassoon [Continuo] - Alastair Mitchell

Cello - Angela East

Cello [Continuo] - Timothy Mason

Choir - The Monteverdi Choir

Composed By - Henry Purcell

Engineer [Balance] - Heinz Wildhagen

Executive-Producer - Dr. Andreas Holschneider

Harpsichord [Continuo] - Alastair Ross

Lute [Continuo] - Michael Lowe (5)

Oboe - David Reichenberg

Oboe - Sophia McKenna

Orchestra - The English Baroque Soloists

Painting [Cover] - Henri Matisse

Recorder - David Pugsley

Recorder - Rachel Beckett

Recording Supervisor - Barbara Valentin

Soprano Vocals [Choir] - Daryl Grene

Soprano Vocals [Choir] - Elisabeth Priday

Soprano Vocals [Choir] - Gillian Fisher

Soprano Vocals [Choir] - Jean Knibbs

Soprano Vocals [Choir] - Lyn Parkyns

Soprano Vocals [Choir] - Suzanne Flowers

Tenor Vocals [Choir] - Andrew Murgatroyd

Tenor Vocals [Choir] - Colin Mair

Tenor Vocals [Choir] - John Hugh Thomas

Tenor Vocals [Choir] - Neil Lunt

Tenor Vocals [Choir] - Tony Sargant

Tenor Vocals [Choir] - William Pool

Timpani - Charles Fullbrook

Trumpet - Crispian Steele-Perkins

Trumpet - David Staff

Viola - Annette Isserlis

Viola - Jan Schlapp

Viola - Rosemary Nalden

Violin - Alison Bury

Violin - Bill Turnell

Violin - Desmond Heath

Violin - Hildburg Williams

Violin - Julie Miller (2)

Violin - Nicola Cleminson

Violin - Roy Goodman

Violin - Roy Mowatt

Violin, Concertmistress - Elizabeth Wilcock

Violone [Continuo] - Amanda McNamara

Notes

℗ 1982 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg

Made in the E.U.

CD 1 [69'04] • CD 2 [68'38]

Recorded at Stadthalle Göttingen 6/1981

Recorded in collaboration with West German Radio, Cologne, on the occasion of the Göttingen Händel Festival

DDD Digital Recording

Barcode and other identifiers

Barcode: 0 28947 76733 6

Barcode: 028947767336

Label Code: LC 0113

SPARS Code: DDD