The Fairy Queen

Album by Henry Purcell & Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

The Fairy-Queen is a semi-opera by English composer Henry Purcell, first performed in 1692. The work blends spoken drama with instrumental dances, choruses and vocal scenes characteristic of late 17th-century English Baroque theatre, and serves as a key example of Purcell's contributions to Restoration-era stage music.
OperaBaroqueClassical

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    The Fairy Queen, First Musick: Prelude
    1:34
  2. 2.
    The Fairy Queen, First Musick: Hornpipe
    0:50
  3. 3.
    The Fairy Queen, Second Musick: Air
    1:00
  4. 4.
    The Fairy Queen, Second Musick: Rondo
    1:42
  5. 5.
    The Fairy Queen, Second Musick: Overture
    1:30
  6. 6.
    The Fairy Queen, Act I: Duet: "Come, let us leave the town"
    1:43
  7. 7.
    The Fairy Queen, Act I: Scene of the Drunken Poet: "Fill up the bowl"
    6:01
  8. 8.
    The Fairy Queen, Act I: First Act Tune: Jig
    1:09
  9. 9.
    The Fairy Queen, Act II: "Come all ye songsters"
    2:32
  10. 10.
    The Fairy Queen, Act II: Prelude
    1:19
  11. 11.
    The Fairy Queen, Act II: Chorus: "May the God of Wit inspire" / Echo
    2:25
  12. 12.
    The Fairy Queen, Act II: Chorus: "Now join your warbling voices all" / "Sing while we trip it" / Dance of Fairies
    2:55
  13. 13.
    The Fairy Queen, Act II: Entrance of Night: "See, even Night herself is here"
    4:51
  14. 14.
    The Fairy Queen, Act II: Entrance of Mystery: "I am come to lock all fast"
    0:52
  15. 15.
    The Fairy Queen, Act II: Entrance of Secrecy: "One charming night gives more delight"
    2:24
  16. 16.
    The Fairy Queen, Act II: Entrance of Sleep: "Hush, no more"
    5:02
  17. 17.
    The Fairy Queen, Act II: Dance for the followers of Night
    1:23
  18. 18.
    The Fairy Queen, Act II: Second Act Tune: Air
    1:32
  19. 19.
    The Fairy Queen, Act III: "If Love's a sweet passion"
    5:16
  20. 20.
    The Fairy Queen, Act III: Symphony while the Swans come forward
    1:31
  21. 21.
    The Fairy Queen, Act III: Dance for the Fairies
    0:43
  22. 22.
    The Fairy Queen, Act III: Dance for the Green Men
    1:46
  23. 23.
    The Fairy Queen, Act III: "Ye gentle Spirits of the Air"
    5:01
  24. 24.
    The Fairy Queen, Act III: Dialogue between Coridon and Mopsa
    3:33
  25. 25.
    The Fairy Queen, Act III: "When I have often heard young maids complaining"
    2:01
  26. 26.
    The Fairy Queen, Act III: Dance for the Haymakers
    0:51
  27. 27.
    The Fairy Queen, Act III: "A thousand, thousand ways"
    2:14
  28. 28.
    The Fairy Queen, Act III: Third Act Tune: Hornpipe
    0:56

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    The Fairy Queen, Act IV: Symphony
    6:20
  2. 3.
    The Fairy Queen, Act IV: "Now the Night is chased away" / "Let the Fifes and the Clarions"
    3:19
  3. 4.
    The Fairy Queen, Act IV: Entry of Phoebus
    0:33
  4. 5.
    The Fairy Queen, Act IV: "When a cruel long winter" / Chorus: "Hail! great parent of us all"
    4:27
  5. 6.
    The Fairy Queen, Act IV: Spring: "Thus the ever grateful Spring"
    2:13
  6. 7.
    The Fairy Queen, Act IV: Summer: "Here's the Summer, sprightly, gay"
    1:32
  7. 8.
    The Fairy Queen, Act IV: Autumn: "See, see my many colour'd fields"
    2:43
  8. 9.
    The Fairy Queen, Act IV: Winter: "Next Winter comes slowly"
    3:32
  9. 10.
    The Fairy Queen, Act IV: Fourth Act Tune: Air
    1:09
  10. 11.
    The Fairy Queen, Act V: Prelude
    1:12
  11. 12.
    The Fairy Queen, Act V: Juno: "Thrice happy lovers"
    2:50
  12. 13.
    The Fairy Queen, Act V: The Plaint: "O let me weep!"
    8:18
  13. 14.
    The Fairy Queen, Act V: Entry Dance
    1:25
  14. 15.
    The Fairy Queen, Act V: Symphony
    0:59
  15. 16.
    The Fairy Queen, Act V: Chinese Man: "Thus the gloomy world"
    4:05
  16. 17.
    The Fairy Queen, Act V: Chinese Woman: "Thus happy and free"
    0:46
  17. 18.
    The Fairy Queen, Act V: Chinese Man: "Yes, Daphne"
    1:50
  18. 19.
    The Fairy Queen, Act V: Monkeys' Dance
    0:53
  19. 20.
    The Fairy Queen, Act V: "Hark! how all things with one sound rejoice"
    2:05
  20. 21.
    The Fairy Queen, Act V: "Hark! the echoing air a triumph sings"
    2:27
  21. 22.
    The Fairy Queen, Act V: "Sure the dull God of Marriage does not hear"
    2:28
  22. 23.
    The Fairy Queen, Act V: Prelude / Hymen: "See, I obey"
    1:48
  23. 24.
    The Fairy Queen, Act V: "Turn then thine eyes"
    0:41
  24. 25.
    The Fairy Queen, Act V: Hymen: "My torch indeed will from such brightness shine"
    0:47
  25. 26.
    The Fairy Queen, Act V: "They shall be as happy as they are fair"
    0:50
  26. 27.
    The Fairy Queen, Act V: Chaconne
    2:39
  27. 28.
    The Fairy Queen, Act V: "They shall be as happy as they are fair"
    0:53

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