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The Fairy Queen

harmonia mundi1992Cat. HMP 390257.5859m29 tracks

The Fairy Queen (1992), CD, on harmonia mundi. Music by Henry Purcell, performed by Alfred Deller; 29 tracks.

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Tracklist

Disc 1

01

First Musick: Prelude

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: First Musick, no. 1. Prelude

1:58

02

First Musick: Hornpipe

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: First Musick, no. 2. Hornpipe

0:58

04

Second Musick: Rondeau

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Second Musick, no. 4. Rondeau

1:20

09

Act II: Come all ye songsters

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part II "Night and silence": "One charming night"

1:57

11

Act II: May the God of Wit

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part II "Night and silence": "The Songsters... May the god of wit inspire"

0:59

13

Act II: Now join your warbling dance

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part II "Night and silence": "Echo... Now join your warbling voices all"

0:27

15

Act II: See, even Night

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part II "Night and silence": "See, even Night herself is here"

5:14

16

Act II: I am come to lock all

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part II "Night and silence": "I am come to lock all fast"

0:46

17

Act II: One charming night

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part II "Night and silence": "One charming night"

2:04

18

Act II: Hush, no more

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part II "Night and silence": "Hush, no more"

5:02

21

Act III: If love's a sweet passion

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part III "The sweet passion": "If love's a sweet passion"

2:19

28

Dance for the Haymakers

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part III "The sweet passion": "A dance of haymakers"

0:52

29

Act III: A thousand ways

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part III "The sweet passion": "A thousand, thousand ways"

2:33

Disc 2

02

Attendants - Now the night is chased away

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": "Now the night is chas'd away"

2:15

05

Phoebus - When a cruel long winter

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": "When a cruel long Winter"

3:17

06

Fairies - Hail ! Great parent of us all

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": "Hail! great parent of us all"

2:08

07

Spring - Thus the ever grateful Spring

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": "Thus the ever grateful Spring"

2:10

08

Summer - Here's the Summer

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": "Here's the Summer, springly, gay"

1:11

09

Autumn - See my many coloured fields

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": "See, my many-coloured fields"

2:57

10

Winter - Now winter comes slowly

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": "Next, Winter comes slowly"

2:46

11

Fairies - Hail ! Great parent of us all

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": "Hail! great parent of us all"

1:09

14

Juno - Thrice happy lovers

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": "Thrice Happy Lovers"

2:30

22

A chinese woman - Hark how all things

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act V, no. 50. Song: "Hark, How All Things" (1st Woman)

2:01

23

A chinese woman - Hark how the echoing air

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": "Hark! hark! the echoing air"

2:44

24

A chinese woman - Sure the dull God of Marriage

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": "Sure the dull God of Marriage"

3:04

25

Hymen - See I obey

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": "See, I obey"

1:53

26

Chinese woman - Turn then thine eyes

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": "Turn then thine eyes"

1:32

27

Hymen - My torch indeed

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": "My torch indeed... They shall be as happy"

0:40

30

Chorus - They shall be as happy as they're fair

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": "They shall be as happy"

1:01