The Fairy Queen

Album by Henry Purcell & Barbara Bonney & Elisabeth von Magnus & Sylvia McNair & Michael Chance & Laurence Dale & Robert Holl & Anthony Michaels‐Moore & Arnold Schoenberg Chor & Concentus Musicus Wien & Nikolaus Harnoncourt

The Fairy-Queen is a semi-opera by English composer Henry Purcell, first performed in 1692. The work interleaves spoken drama with masque-like choral and instrumental numbers rooted in the English Baroque, illustrating Purcell's contribution to Restoration theatre music and the era's fusion of vocal and orchestral textures.
OperaBaroqueClassical

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    The Fairy Queen: Prelude - Hornpipe
    2:40
  2. 2.
    The Fairy Queen: Air - Rondeau
    2:11
  3. 3.
    The Fairy Queen, Act One: Overture
    1:26
  4. 4.
    The Fairy Queen, Act One: Duet: Come, let us leave the town
    1:14
  5. 5.
    The Fairy Queen, Act One: Scene of the Drunken Poet
    6:06
  6. 6.
    The Fairy Queen, Act One: First act tune: Jig
    1:15
  7. 7.
    The Fairy Queen, Act Two: Song: Come all ye songsters of the sky
    2:13
  8. 8.
    The Fairy Queen, Act Two: Trio: May the God of Wit inspire
    2:47
  9. 9.
    The Fairy Queen, Act Two: Chorus: Now join your warbling voices all
    0:37
  10. 10.
    The Fairy Queen, Act Two: Song - Chorus: Sing while we trip it
    3:54
  11. 11.
    The Fairy Queen, Act Two: Dance of Fairies: Song: See, even Night herself is here / Song: I am come to lock all fast / Song: One charming night / Chorus: Hush, no more
    11:34
  12. 12.
    The Fairy Queen, Act Two: Second act tune: Air
    2:08
  13. 13.
    The Fairy Queen, Act Three: Song - Chorus: If love's a sweet passion
    1:55
  14. 14.
    The Fairy Queen, Act Three: Symphony while the swans come forward
    0:56
  15. 15.
    The Fairy Queen, Act Three: Dance for the Fairies
    1:23
  16. 16.
    The Fairy Queen, Act Three: Dance for the Green Men
    1:17
  17. 17.
    The Fairy Queen, Act Three: Song: Ye gentle spirits of the air
    4:47
  18. 18.
    The Fairy Queen, Act Three: Dialogue between Coridon and Mopsa: Now the maids and the men / Dance for the Haymakers
    4:38
  19. 19.
    The Fairy Queen, Act Three: Song: When I have often heard
    2:10
  20. 20.
    The Fairy Queen, Act Three: Song - Chorus: A thousand, thousand ways
    2:31
  21. 21.
    The Fairy Queen, Act Three: Third act tune: Hornpipe
    0:59

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    The Fairy Queen, Act Four: Symphony
    6:04
  2. 3.
    The Fairy Queen, Act Four: Solo - Chorus: Now the night is chased away
    2:09
  3. 4.
    The Fairy Queen, Act Four: Duet: Let the fifes and the clarions
    1:14
  4. 5.
    The Fairy Queen, Act Four: Entry of Phoebus / Song: When a cruel long winter
    3:32
  5. 6.
    The Fairy Queen, Act Four: Chorus: Hail! Great parent of us all / Song: Thus the ever grateful Spring / Song: Here's the Summer, sprightly gay / Song: See, see my many coloured fields / Song: Next, Winter comes slowly / Chorus: Hail! great parent of us all
    10:36
  6. 7.
    The Fairy Queen, Act Five: Prelude - Epithalamium: Thrice happy lovers
    3:46
  7. 8.
    The Fairy Queen, Act Five: The plaint: O let me ever, ever weep
    7:45
  8. 9.
    The Fairy Queen, Act Five: Entry dance - Symphony / Song: Thus the gloomy world / Solo - Chorus: Thus happy and free / Song: Yes, Daphne
    9:27
  9. 10.
    The Fairy Queen, Act Five: Monkey's dance
    0:49
  10. 11.
    The Fairy Queen, Act Five: Song: Hark! How all things / Song: Hark! The echoing air
    4:27
  11. 12.
    The Fairy Queen, Act Five: Soli and Chorus: Sure the dull God of Marriage / Prelude / Solo: See, I obey / Duet: Turn then thine eyes / Solo: My torch indeed
    5:21
  12. 13.
    The Fairy Queen, Act Five: Chaconne
    2:41
  13. 14.
    The Fairy Queen, Act Five: Trio - Chorus: They shall be as happy as they're fair
    1:57

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