Purcell / Vyvyan • Morison / Hemsley • Pears • Boggis / Whitworth • Anthony / Anthony Lewis - The Fairy Queen
1594 downloads at 34 mb/s
MP3 version
1658 downloads at 32 mb/s
FLAC version
ZIP Size MP3: 1594 mb
ZIP Size FLAC: 1658 mb
ZIP Size FLAC: 1658 mb
Tracklist
| 1 | Prelude | 1:43 |
| 2 | Hornpipe | 0:58 |
| 3 | Air | 1:01 |
| 4 | Rondeau | 1:47 |
| Act I | (11:32) | |
| 5 | Overture | 1:23 |
| 6 | Come Let Us Leave The Town | 2:36 |
| 7 | Scene Of The Drunken Poet | 6:21 |
| 8 | First Act Tune - Jig | 1:12 |
| Act II | (22:03) | |
| 9 | Prelude | 0:31 |
| 10 | Come All | 2:13 |
| 11 | May The God Of Wit Inspire | 0:58 |
| 12 | Echo | 1:12 |
| 13 | Now Join Your Warbling | 0:31 |
| 14 | Entrance Of Night | 1:40 |
| 15 | Mystery | 6:05 |
| 16 | Secrecy | 1:05 |
| 17 | Sleep | 5:38 |
| 18 | Dance For The Followers Of Night | 1:01 |
| 19 | Second Act Tune - Air | 1:09 |
| Act III | (23:09) | |
| 20 | If Love's A Sweet Passion | 2:29 |
| 21 | Symphony While The Swans Come Forward | 2:10 |
| 22 | Dance For The Fairies | 0:57 |
| 23 | Dance For The Green Men | 2:14 |
| 24 | Ye Gentle Spirits Of The Air | 5:40 |
| 25 | Dialogue Between Coridon And Mopsa | 3:33 |
| 26 | When I Have Often Heard | 1:42 |
| 27 | Dance For The Haymakers | 0:56 |
| 28 | A Thousand, Thousand Ways We'll Find | 2:43 |
| 29 | Third Act Tune - Hornpipe | 0:45 |
| Act IV | (28:28) | |
| 1 | Symphony | 7:22 |
| 2 | Now The Night | 2:20 |
| 3 | Let The Fifes And Clarions | 1:03 |
| 4 | Entry Of Phoebus | 0:43 |
| 5 | When A Cruel Long Winter | 3:17 |
| 6 | Hail! Great Parent | 2:16 |
| 7 | Thus The Ever Grateful Spring | 1:57 |
| 8 | Here's The Summer, Sprightly, Gay | 1:07 |
| 9 | See, See My Many Colour'd Fields | 2:45 |
| 10 | Now Winter Come Slowly | 4:19 |
| 11 | Fourth Act Tune - Air | 1:19 |
| Act V | (37:59) | |
| 12 | Prelude | 0:48 |
| 13 | Epithalamium - Thrice Happy Lovers | 2:46 |
| 14 | The Plaint | 6:58 |
| 15 | Entry Dance | 1:49 |
| 16 | Symphony | 1:06 |
| 17 | Thus The Gloomy World | 5:05 |
| 18 | Thus Happy And Free | 0:50 |
| 19 | Yes, Xansi | 1:57 |
| 20 | Monkeys' Dance | 0:48 |
| 21 | Hark Now All Things | 1:57 |
| 22 | Hark! The Ech'ing Air | 2:37 |
| 23 | Sure The Dull God | 2:20 |
| 24 | Prelude - See, I Obey - Turn Thine Eyes - My Torch Indeed | 4:34 |
| 25 | Chaconne - They Shall Be Happy | 4:54 |
Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – West Hampstead Studios
Credits
- Bass Vocals [1st Bass: Drunken Poet, Coridon, Hymen] – Thomas Hemsley
- Bass Vocals [2nd Bass: Sleep, Winter] – Trevor Anthony
- Chorus – St. Anthony Singers
- Composed By – Henry Purcell
- Conductor – Anthony Lewis
- Countertenor Vocals [1st Counter-Tenor: Second Chinese Man, Secrecy, Summer] – John Whitworth
- Countertenor Vocals [2nd Counter-Tenor: Mopsa] – Peter Boggis
- Harpsichord [Harpsichord Continuo] – Thurston Dart
- Orchestra – The Boyd Neel Orchestra
- Soprano Vocals [1st Soprano: First Fairy, Mystery, Second Woman] – Jennifer Vyvyan
- Soprano Vocals [2nd Soprano; Second Fairy, Night, Chinese Woman, Spring, First Woman, Juno] – Elsie Morison
- Tenor Vocals [1st Tenor: Phoebus, Autumn, First Chinese Man] – Peter Pears
- Trumpet [Trumpet Obbligato] – Harold Jackson
- Violin [Violin Obbligato] – Granville Jones
Notes
1957 recording - the first recording of the full work.Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CE-3069, CE-3070, CE-3071, CE/3069-70-71 | Purcell* | The Fairy Queen (3xLP, Album, Mono, Club + Box) | World Record Club, World Record Club, World Record Club, World Record Club | CE-3069, CE-3070, CE-3071, CE/3069-70-71 | Australia | 1968 |
| OLS 121, OLS 122, OLS 123 | Purcell* / Elsie Morison, Jennifer Vyvyan / John Whitworth, Peter Pears, Thomas Hemsley / Thurston Dart - Harpsichord Continuo / The St. Anthony Singers* / The Boyd Neel Orchestra / Anthony Lewis | Purcell* / Elsie Morison, Jennifer Vyvyan / John Whitworth, Peter Pears, Thomas Hemsley / Thurston Dart - Harpsichord Continuo / The St. Anthony Singers* / The Boyd Neel Orchestra / Anthony Lewis - The Fairy Queen (3xLP, Mono, RE, Ele + Box) | L'Oiseau-Lyre, L'Oiseau-Lyre, L'Oiseau-Lyre | OLS 121, OLS 122, OLS 123 | UK | 1971 |
Singer: Purcell
Album title: The Fairy Queen
Label: Decca – ELQ 4827449, Eloquence – ELQ 4827449
Type: 2 x CD, Album, Mono
Country: Australia
Date of released: 29 Sep 2017
Category: Classical
Style: Baroque
Rating: 5.0/5
Votes: 344
Format: MP3 MOD FLAC XM MP3 VQF MP1 RA FLAC
Album title: The Fairy Queen
Label: Decca – ELQ 4827449, Eloquence – ELQ 4827449
Type: 2 x CD, Album, Mono
Country: Australia
Date of released: 29 Sep 2017
Category: Classical
Style: Baroque
Rating: 5.0/5
Votes: 344
Format: MP3 MOD FLAC XM MP3 VQF MP1 RA FLAC
Related tracks or albums: