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Purcell: The Fairy Queen

SKU: 03134

Price:
AU $34.50

Label: ABC Classics Cat. No.: 476 287-9 Medium: CD No. Discs: 2

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Recorded 10-12 December 2003 in Eugene Goossens Hall, Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Ultimo Centre. This special studio recording of The Fairy Queen was made directly after Pinchgut Opera's December 2003 performances at City Recital Hall, Angel Place.

A title in the ABC Classics Antipodes Series. Other titles in this series

Artists:

Pinchgut Opera. Miriam Allan (soprano), Jamie Allen (tenor), Stephen Bennett (bass), Colin Bone (baritone), Jenny Duck-Chong (mezzo-soprano), Simon Lobelson (baritone), Sara Macliver (soprano), Paul McMahon (tenor), Belinda Montgomery (soprano), Alison Morgan (soprano), Sally-Anne Russell (mezzo-soprano), Brett Weymark (tenor), Pinchgut Opera, Cantillation.

Composers:

Purcell.

Conductors:

Antony Walker.

Orchestras:

Orchestra of the Antipodes.

Tracks:

HENRY PURCELL (1659-1695)
The Fairy Queen

CD 1

First Music

Prelude
Hornpipe

Second Music
Aire
Rondeaux

Act I
Overture
Song in Two Parts: Come, come, come, let us leave the Town
Miriam Allan soprano, Corin Bone baritone
Scene of the Drunken Poet: Fill up the Bowl
Sara Macliver soprano, Sally-Anne Russell mezzo-soprano, Simon Lobelson baritone
Music for a while (from Oedipus)
Sally-Anne Russell mezzo-soprano
First Act Tune: Jig

Act II
Prelude and Song: Come all ye Songsters of the Sky
Jamie Allen tenor
Trio: May the God of Wit inspire
Paul McMahon, Brett Weymark tenors, Corin Bone baritone
Echo
Chorus: Now joyn your Warbling Voices all
Song and Chorus: Sing while we trip it upon the Green
Belinda Montgomery soprano
Dance for Faierys
Song: See, even Night herself is here
Alison Morgan soprano
Song: I am come to lock all fast
Sally-Anne Russell mezzo-soprano
Song: One charming Night
Jamie Allen tenor
Song and Chorus: Hush, no more, be silent, all
Stephen Bennett bass
A Dance for the Followers of Night
Second Act Tune: Aire

Act III
A Song in Two Parts and Chorus: If Love's a Sweet Passion
Sara Macliver soprano
Symphony while the Swans come forward
Dance for the Faierys
Dance for the Green Men
Song: Ye gentle Spirits of the Air, appear
Sara Macliver soprano
Dialogue between Corydon and Mopsa: Now the Maids and the Men
Jamie Allen tenor, Stephen Bennett bass
A Dance for the Haymakers
Song: When I have often heard
Miriam Allan soprano
Song and Chorus: A Thousand Thousand ways we'll find
Jamie Allen tenor, Stephen Bennett bass
Third Act Tune: Hornpipe

CD 2

Act IV

Symphony – Canzona
Largo
Allegro
Adagio – Allegro
Solo and Chorus: Now the Night is chas'd away
Belinda Montgomery soprano
Duet: Let the Fifes, and the Clarions
Paul McMahon, Brett Weymark tenors
Entry of Phoebus
Song: When a Cruel long Winter
Jamie Allen tenor
Chorus: Hail!Great Parent of us all
Song: Thus the ever Grateful Spring
Miriam Allan soprano
Song: Here's the Summer, Sprightly, Gay
Jenny Duck-Chong mezzo-soprano
Song: See my many Colour'd Fields
Paul McMahon tenor
Song: Next, Winter comes Slowly
Stephen Bennett bass
Chorus: Hail!Great Parent of us all
Fourth Act Tune: Aire

Act V
Prelude
Epithalamium: Thrice happy Lovers
Sara Macliver soprano
The Plaint: O let me weep
Sally-Anne Russell mezzo-soprano
Entry Dance
Symphony
Song: Thus the gloomy World
Jamie Allen tenor
Solo and Chorus: Thus Happy and Free
Belinda Montgomery soprano
Song: Yes, Daphne, in your Looks I find
Jamie Allen tenor
Monkeys' Dance
Song: Hark! how all Things
Sally-Anne Russell mezzo-soprano
Song and Chorus: Hark! the Echoing Air
Sara Macliver soprano
Duet and Chorus: Sure the dull God of Marriage
Sara Macliver soprano, Sally-Anne Russell mezzo-soprano
Solo: See, see, I obey
Stephen Bennett bass
Duet: Turn then thine Eyes
Sara Macliver soprano, Sally-Anne Russell mezzo-soprano
Solo: My Torch, indeed
Stephen Bennett bass
Chacone: Dance for the Chinese Man and Woman
Trio and Chorus: They shall be as happy
Sara Macliver soprano, Sally-Anne Russell mezzo-soprano, Stephen Bennett bass