The Fairy Queen
Checking favorite status…The Fairy Queen (1989), Format unverified, on harmonia mundi. Music by Henry Purcell, performed by William Christie; 55 tracks.
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Disc 1
The Fairy Queen, First Musick: Prelude
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: First Musick, no. 1. Prelude
The Fairy Queen, First Musick: Hornpipe
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: First Musick, no. 2. Hornpipe
The Fairy Queen, Second Musick: Air
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Second Musick, no. 3. Air
The Fairy Queen, Second Musick: Rondo
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Second Musick, no. 4. Rondeau
The Fairy Queen, Second Musick: Overture
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act I, no. 5. Overture
The Fairy Queen, Act I: Duet: "Come, let us leave the town"
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act I, no. 6. Duet: "Come Let Us Leave the Town"
The Fairy Queen, Act I: Scene of the Drunken Poet: "Fill up the bowl"
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part II "Night and silence": "Fill up the bowl, then"
The Fairy Queen, Act I: First Act Tune: Jig
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act I, no. 8. First Act Tune: Jig
The Fairy Queen, Act II: "Come all ye songsters"
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part II "Night and silence": "One charming night"
The Fairy Queen, Act II: Chorus: "May the God of Wit inspire" / Echo
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part II "Night and silence": "The Songsters... May the god of wit inspire"
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part II "Night and silence": "Echo... Now join your warbling voices all"
The Fairy Queen, Act II: Entrance of Night: "See, even Night herself is here"
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part II "Night and silence": "See, even Night herself is here"
The Fairy Queen, Act II: Entrance of Mystery: "I am come to lock all fast"
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part II "Night and silence": "I am come to lock all fast"
The Fairy Queen, Act II: Entrance of Secrecy: "One charming night gives more delight"
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part II "Night and silence": "One charming night"
The Fairy Queen, Act II: Entrance of Sleep: "Hush, no more"
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part II "Night and silence": "Hush, no more"
The Fairy Queen, Act II: Dance for the followers of Night
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part II "Night and silence": "Dance for the followers of night"
The Fairy Queen, Act II: Second Act Tune: Air
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act II, no. 19. Second Act Tune: Air
The Fairy Queen, 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"
The Fairy Queen, Act III: Symphony while the Swans come forward
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part III "The sweet passion": Overture
The Fairy Queen, Act III: Dance for the Fairies
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act III, no. 22. Dance for the Fairies
The Fairy Queen, Act III: Dance for the Green Men
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act III, no. 23. Dance for the Green Men
The Fairy Queen, Act III: "Ye gentle Spirits of the Air"
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act III, no. 24. Song: "Ye Gentle Spirits of the Air, Appear"
The Fairy Queen, Act III: Dialogue between Coridon and Mopsa
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act III, no. 25. Dialogue Between Coridon and Mopsa: "Now the Maids and the Men"
The Fairy Queen, Act III: "When I have often heard young maids complaining"
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act III, no. 26. Song: "When I Have Often Heard" (A Nymph)
The Fairy Queen, Act III: Dance for the Haymakers
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part III "The sweet passion": "A dance of haymakers"
Disc 2
The Fairy Queen, Act IV: Symphony
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": Symphony
The Fairy Queen, Act IV: "Now the Night is chased away" / "Let the Fifes and the Clarions"
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": "Let the fifes and the clarions...Dance"
The Fairy Queen, Act IV: Entry of Phoebus
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act IV, no. 33. Entry of Phoebus
The Fairy Queen, Act IV: "When a cruel long winter" / Chorus: "Hail! great parent of us all"
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": "Hail! great parent of us all"
The Fairy Queen, Act IV: Spring: "Thus the ever grateful Spring"
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": "Thus the ever grateful Spring"
The Fairy Queen, Act IV: Summer: "Here's the Summer, sprightly, gay"
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": "Here's the Summer, springly, gay"
The Fairy Queen, Act IV: Autumn: "See, see my many colour'd fields"
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": "See, my many-coloured fields"
The Fairy Queen, Act IV: Winter: "Next Winter comes slowly"
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": "Next, Winter comes slowly"
The Fairy Queen, Act IV: Fourth Act Tune: Air
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act IV, no. 40. Fourth Act Tune: Air
The Fairy Queen, Act V: Prelude
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": Symphony
The Fairy Queen, Act V: Juno: "Thrice happy lovers"
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": "Thrice Happy Lovers"
The Fairy Queen, Act V: The Plaint: "O let me weep!"
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part III "The sweet passion": "The Plaint: O let me weep, for ever weep!"
The Fairy Queen, Act V: Entry Dance
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act V, no. 44: Entry Dance
The Fairy Queen, Act V: Chinese Man: "Thus the gloomy world"
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act V, no. 46. Song: "Thus the Gloomy World" (A Chinese Man)
The Fairy Queen, Act V: Chinese Woman: "Thus happy and free"
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act V, no. 47. Solo And Chorus: "Thus Happy and Free" (A Chinese Woman)
The Fairy Queen, Act V: Chinese Man: "Yes, Daphne"
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act V, no. 48. Song: "Yes, Xansi"
The Fairy Queen, Act V: Monkeys' Dance
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act V, no. 49. Monkeys' Dance
The Fairy Queen, Act V: "Hark! how all things with one sound rejoice"
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act V, no. 50. Song: "Hark, How All Things" (1st Woman)
The Fairy Queen, Act V: "Hark! the echoing air a triumph sings"
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": "Hark! hark! the echoing air"
The Fairy Queen, Act V: "Sure the dull God of Marriage does not hear"
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": "Sure the dull God of Marriage"
The Fairy Queen, Act V: Prelude / Hymen: "See, I obey"
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": "See, I obey"
The Fairy Queen, Act V: "Turn then thine eyes"
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": "Turn then thine eyes"
The Fairy Queen, Act V: Hymen: "My torch indeed will from such brightness shine"
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": "My torch indeed... They shall be as happy"
The Fairy Queen, Act V: "They shall be as happy as they are fair"
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": "My torch indeed... They shall be as happy"