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Purcell: The Fairy Queen


A masterpiece of the 'semi-opera'. On the strenght of the immense success of Dido & Aeneas and King Arthur, in 1692 Purcell went on to produce The Fairy Queen, based on Shakespeare's A Midsummer-Night's Dream. The work is, in fact a 'semi-opéra', or 'opera with dialogue', in which only some of the crucial scenes are provided with music. But this version of A Midsummer-Night's Dream by the 'Orpheus Britannicus' became almost as famous as the play that inspire dit, with its love scenes, its supernatural scenes and its innate sense of musical humour investing it with an irresistible savour and enchantment.

Un chef-d'œuvre du « semi-opéra ». Fort du succès immense qu'avaient connu Dido & Aeneas et King Arthur, Purcell porta à la scène en 1692 le fameux Songe d'une nuit d'été de Shakespeare sous ce nouveau titre de The Fairy Queen (La Reine des fées). Il s'agit en fait d'un « semi-opéra » ou opéra à dialogues », la musique n'intervenant qu'à l'occasion de scènes particulières. Mais c'est ainsi que ce Songe d'une nuit d'été visité par « l'Orphée anglais » devint quasiment aussi célèbre que la pièce qui lui avait donné naissance : scènes d'amour, scènes surnaturelles et un sens inné de l'humour musical confèrent à cette savoureuse imbrication théâtrale un parfum irrésistible.
 
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Disc 1
01 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, The First Musick: I. Prelude 01:57 $ 0.35 USD
02 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, The First Musick: II. Hornpipe 00:57 $ 0.17 USD
03 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, The Second Musick: I. Air 00:58 $ 0.17 USD
04 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, The Second Musick: II. Rondeau 01:20 $ 0.24 USD
05 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, The Second Musick: III. Overture 00:36 $ 0.11 USD
06 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act I: "Come let us leave" (Two
Fairies)
03:13 $ 0.58 USD
07 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act I: Scene of the drunken poet 05:47 $ 1.04 USD
08 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act I: First Act tune 01:13 $ 0.22 USD
09 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: Prelude. "Come all ye
songsters" (A Fairy)
01:56 $ 0.35 USD
10 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: Prelude. 00:41 $ 0.12 USD
11 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: "May the God of wit" (Three
Fairies)
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12 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: Echo. Now join your
warbling voices
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13 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: "Sing while we trip" (A
Fairy). Fairy Dance
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14 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: "See, even night" (Night) 05:14 $ 0.94 USD
15 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: "I am come to lock"
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16 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: "One charming night"
(Secret)
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17 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: "Hush, no more" (Sleep) 05:02 $ 0.91 USD
18 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: Dance for the followers of
Night
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19 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: Second Act tune 01:22 $ 0.25 USD
20 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: "If love's a sweet
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21 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: Symphony while the swans
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22 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: Dance for the Fairies 00:51 $ 0.15 USD
23 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: Dance for the Green Men 01:51 $ 0.33 USD
24 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: "Ye gentle spirits of the
air" (A Nymph)
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25 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: Dialogue between Corydon
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26 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: "When I have often heard"
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27 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: Dance for the Haymakers 00:52 $ 0.16 USD
28 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: "A thousand, thousand
ways" (Corydon, Mopsa)
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29 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: Third Act tune 01:01 $ 0.18 USD
 
Disc 2
30 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: Symphony 06:14 $ 1.12 USD
31 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: "Now the night"
(Attendants)
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32 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: "Let the fifes and the
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33 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: Entry of Phoebus 00:44 $ 0.13 USD
34 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: "When a cruel long winter"
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35 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: "Hail! Great parent"
(Fairies)
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36 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: "Thus the ever grateful
Spring" (Spring)
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37 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: "Here's the summer"
(Summer)
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38 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: "See, see my many colour'd
fields" (Automn)
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39 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: "Now winter comes slowly"
(Winter)
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40 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: "Hail! Great parent!"
(Fairies)
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41 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: Fourth Act tune 01:05 $ 0.20 USD
42 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: Prelude 00:35 $ 0.11 USD
43 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: "Thrice happy lovers" (Juno) 02:31 $ 0.45 USD
44 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: The Plaint 07:23 $ 1.33 USD
45 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: Entry Dance 01:14 $ 0.22 USD
46 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: Symphony 01:04 $ 0.19 USD
47 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: "Thus the gloomy world" (The
Chinese Man)
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48 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: "Thus happy and free" (A
Chinese Woman)
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49 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: "Yes Xansi" (The Chinese
Man)
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50 The Fairy Queen: Monkey's Dance 00:59 $ 0.18 USD
51 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: "Hark how all things" (A
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52 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: "Hark! The choing air" (A
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53 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: "Sure the dull God" (A
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54 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: Prelude. "See, I obey"
(Hymen)
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55 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: "Turn then thine eyes"
(Chinese Woman)
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56 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: "My torch indeed" (Hymen) 00:39 $ 0.12 USD
57 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: "They shall be as happy" 00:48 $ 0.14 USD
58 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: Chaconne 03:03 $ 0.55 USD
59 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: "They shall be as happy" 01:02 $ 0.19 USD
  Album total 130:05
EnsembleDeller Consort
Stour Music Chorus & Orchestra
Stour Music Chorus and Orchestra
ConductorAlfred Deller
ComposerHenry Purcell
SoloistAlfred Deller
Christina Clarke
Honor Sheppard
Jean Knibbs
John Buttrey
Mark Deller
Maurice Bevan
Neil Jenkins
Norman Platt

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