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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629
ReleaseProduct
Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629
Artist
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
Label
Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue Number
890130809DI
Release Date
January 1, 1989

On the strength 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-opera’, 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 inspired it, with its love scenes, its supernatural scenes and its innate sense of musical humour investing it with an irresistible savour and enchantment. This title was released for the first time in 1989.

Digital Tracklist

Disc 1

  1. 1 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, First Musick: Prelude (2023 Remaster) 1:34 Buy

    The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, First Musick: Prelude (2023 Remaster)

  2. 2 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, First Musick: Hornpipe (2023 Remaster) 0:50 Buy

    The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, First Musick: Hornpipe (2023 Remaster)

  3. 3 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Second Musick: Air (2023 Remaster) 1:00 Buy

    The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Second Musick: Air (2023 Remaster)

  4. 4 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Second Musick: Rondeau (2023 Remaster) 1:42 Buy

    The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Second Musick: Rondeau (2023 Remaster)

  5. 5 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Second Musick: Ouverture (2023 Remaster) 1:30 Buy

    The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Second Musick: Ouverture (2023 Remaster)

  6. 6 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act I: Duet "Come, let us leave the town" (2023 Remaster) 1:43 Buy

    The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act I: Duet "Come, let us leave the town" (2023 Remaster)

  7. 7 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act I: Scene of the Drunken Poet "Fill up the bowl" (2023 Remaster) 6:01 Buy

    The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act I: Scene of the Drunken Poet "Fill up the bowl" (2023 Remaster)

  8. 8 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act I: First Act Tune (Jig) (2023 Remaster) 1:09 Buy

    The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act I: First Act Tune (Jig) (2023 Remaster)

  9. 9 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: "Come all ye songsters" (2023 Remaster) 2:31 Buy

    The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: "Come all ye songsters" (2023 Remaster)

  10. 10 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: Prelude (2023 Remaster) 1:19 Buy

    The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: Prelude (2023 Remaster)

Disc 2

  1. 1 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: Symphony (2023 Remaster) 6:20 Buy

    The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: Symphony (2023 Remaster)

  2. 2 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: "Now the night is chased away" - "Let the Fifes and the Clarions" (2023 Remaster) 3:19 Buy

    The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: "Now the night is chased away" - "Let the Fifes and the Clarions" (2023 Remaster)

  3. 3 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: Entry of Phoebus (2023 Remaster) 0:32 Buy

    The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: Entry of Phoebus (2023 Remaster)

  4. 4 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: "When a cruel long winter" - Chorus "Hail! Great parent of us all" (2023 Remaster) 4:27 Buy

    The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: "When a cruel long winter" - Chorus "Hail! Great parent of us all" (2023 Remaster)

  5. 5 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: Spring "Thus the ever grateful Spring" (2023 Remaster) 2:13 Buy

    The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: Spring "Thus the ever grateful Spring" (2023 Remaster)

  6. 6 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: Summer "Here's the Summer, sprightly, gay" (2023 Remaster) 1:32 Buy

    The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: Summer "Here's the Summer, sprightly, gay" (2023 Remaster)

  7. 7 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: Autumn "See, see my many colour'd fields" (2023 Remaster) 2:43 Buy

    The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: Autumn "See, see my many colour'd fields" (2023 Remaster)

  8. 8 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: Winter "Next Winter comes slowly" (2023 Remaster) 3:32 Buy

    The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: Winter "Next Winter comes slowly" (2023 Remaster)

  9. 9 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: Fourth Act Tune (Air) (2023 Remaster) 1:09 Buy

    The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: Fourth Act Tune (Air) (2023 Remaster)

  10. 10 The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: Prelude (2023 Remaster) 1:12 Buy

    The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: Prelude (2023 Remaster)

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Les Arts Florissants, William Christie

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