The Fairy Queen

Album by Henry Purcell & Sir Roger Norrington & London Classical Players

The Fairy-Queen is a semi-opera by English composer Henry Purcell, first performed in 1692. The work blends English Baroque vocal and instrumental writing—incorporating choruses, solo airs, dances and masque scenes—and is regarded as one of Purcell's principal dramatic compositions that exemplifies the theatrical music of late 17th-century England.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    The Fairy Queen: Prelude
    1:51
  2. 2.
    The Fairy Queen: Hornpipe
    1:11
  3. 3.
    The Fairy Queen: Air
    0:47
  4. 4.
    The Fairy Queen: Rondeau
    1:43
  5. 5.
    The Fairy Queen: Overture
    1:32
  6. 6.
    The Fairy Queen: Song in Two Parts: Come Let Us Leave the Town
    2:39
  7. 7.
    The Fairy Queen: Scene of the Drunken Poet
    5:33
  8. 8.
    The Fairy Queen: First Act Tune: Jig
    1:04
  9. 9.
    The Fairy Queen: Song: Come All Ye Songsters
    2:03
  10. 10.
    The Fairy Queen: Prelude
    0:49
  11. 11.
    The Fairy Queen: Trio: May the God of Wit Inspire
    0:46
  12. 12.
    The Fairy Queen: Echo
    1:02
  13. 13.
    The Fairy Queen: Chorus: Now Joyn Your Warbling Voices
    0:34
  14. 14.
    The Fairy Queen: Song and Chorus: Sing While We Trip It
    2:21
  15. 15.
    The Fairy Queen: Song: See, Even Night Herself Is Here
    3:37
  16. 16.
    The Fairy Queen: Song: I Am Come to Lock All Fast
    0:49
  17. 17.
    The Fairy Queen: Song: One Charming Night
    1:50
  18. 18.
    The Fairy Queen: Song and Chorus: Hush, No More
    2:31
  19. 19.
    The Fairy Queen: Dance for the Followers of Night
    1:27
  20. 20.
    The Fairy Queen: Second Act Tune: Air
    1:16
  21. 21.
    The Fairy Queen: Song in Two Parts and Chorus: If Love’s a Sweet Passion
    2:04
  22. 22.
    The Fairy Queen: Overture: Symphony of the Swans Come Forward
    1:35
  23. 23.
    The Fairy Queen: Dance for the Fairies
    0:59
  24. 24.
    The Fairy Queen: Dance for the Green Men
    1:28
  25. 25.
    The Fairy Queen: Song: Ye Gentle Spirits of the Air
    4:54
  26. 26.
    The Fairy Queen: Dialogue Between Coridon and Mopsa
    3:20
  27. 27.
    The Fairy Queen: Dance for the Haymakers
    0:46
  28. 28.
    The Fairy Queen: Song: When I Have Often Heard
    3:41
  29. 29.
    The Fairy Queen: Song and Chorus: A Thousand, Thousand Ways
    2:36
  30. 30.
    The Fairy Queen: Third Act Tune: Hornpipe
    1:13

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    The Fairy Queen: Symphony
    6:08
  2. 3.
    The Fairy Queen: Solo and Chorus: Now the Night
    2:07
  3. 4.
    The Fairy Queen: Duet: Let the Fifes, and the Clarions
    1:18
  4. 5.
    The Fairy Queen: Entry of Phoebus
    0:34
  5. 6.
    The Fairy Queen: Song: When a Cruel Long Winter
    3:03
  6. 7.
    The Fairy Queen: Chorus: Hail! Great Parent
    1:53
  7. 8.
    The Fairy Queen: Song: Thus the Ever Grateful Spring
    2:16
  8. 9.
    The Fairy Queen: Song: Here’s the Summer
    1:32
  9. 10.
    The Fairy Queen: Song: See, See My Many Colour’s Fields
    2:55
  10. 11.
    The Fairy Queen: Song: Now Winter Comes Slowly
    2:19
  11. 12.
    The Fairy Queen: Chorus: Hail! Great Parent
    1:02
  12. 13.
    The Fairy Queen: Fourth Act Tune: Air
    1:07
  13. 14.
    The Fairy Queen: Prelude
    1:24
  14. 15.
    The Fairy Queen: Epithalamium: Thrice Happy Lovers
    2:47
  15. 16.
    The Fairy Queen: Song: The Plaint
    5:54
  16. 17.
    The Fairy Queen: Entry Dance
    1:32
  17. 18.
    The Fairy Queen: Symphony
    1:14
  18. 19.
    The Fairy Queen: Song: Thus the Gloomy World
    4:13
  19. 20.
    The Fairy Queen: Solo and Chorus: Thus Happy and Free
    0:43
  20. 21.
    The Fairy Queen: Song: Yes, Daphne
    2:14
  21. 22.
    The Fairy Queen: Monkeys’ Dance
    1:21
  22. 23.
    The Fairy Queen: Song: Hark, How All Things
    2:01
  23. 24.
    The Fairy Queen: Song and Chorus: Hark, Now the Echoing Air
    2:20
  24. 25.
    The Fairy Queen: Solos and Chorus: Sure the Dull God
    2:09
  25. 26.
    The Fairy Queen: Prelude
    0:17
  26. 27.
    The Fairy Queen: Solo: See, See, I Obey
    1:35
  27. 28.
    The Fairy Queen: Duet: Turn Then Thine Eyes
    1:26
  28. 29.
    The Fairy Queen: Solo: My Torch, Indeed
    0:47
  29. 30.
    The Fairy Queen: Trio and Chorus: They Shall Be as Happy
    2:18
  30. 31.
    The Fairy Queen: Chaconne: Dance for Chinese Man and Woman
    3:08

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