Purcell: The Fairy Queen

Jennifer Vyvyan, Elsie Morison, Thomas Hemsley, Peter Pears, Peter Boggis, John Whitworth, Trevor Anthony & Anthony Lewis

54 SONGS • 2 HOURS AND 9 MINUTES • JAN 01 1957

1

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 1 - Prelude

Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

01:43

2

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 1 - Hornpipe

Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

00:58

3

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 1 - Air

Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

01:01

4

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 1 - Rondeau

Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

01:47

5

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 1 - Overture

Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

01:24

6

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 1 - Come let us leave the town

Jennifer Vyvyan, Thomas Hemsley, Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

02:36

7

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 1 - Scene of the Drunken poet

Jennifer Vyvyan, Elsie Morison, Thomas Hemsley, Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

06:22

8

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 1 - First Act Tune - Jig

Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

01:12

9

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 2 - Prelude

Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

00:32

10

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 2 - Come all - Prelude

Peter Pears, Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

02:14

11

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 2 - May the God of Wit inspire

The St. Anthony Singers, Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

00:58

12

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 2 - Echo

Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

01:12

13

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 2 - Now join your warbling

Jennifer Vyvyan, The St. Anthony Singers, Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

00:32

14

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 2 - Entrance of Night: Sing while we trip it on the Green

Elsie Morison, Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

01:40

15

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 2 - Mystery : See, even Night herself is here

Jennifer Vyvyan, Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

06:06

16

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 2 - Secrecy: I am come to lock all fast

John Whitworth, Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

01:05

17

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 2 - Sleep: One charming night - Hush, no more

Trevor Anthony, The St. Anthony Singers, Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

05:38

18

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 2 - Dance for the followers of Night

Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

01:02

19

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 2 - Second Act Tune: Air

Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

01:10

20

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 3 - If Love's a sweet passion

Jennifer Vyvyan, The St. Anthony Singers, Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

02:29

21

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 3 - Symphony while the Swans come forward

Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

02:10

22

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 3 - Dance for the Fairies

Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

00:57

23

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 3 - Dance for the Green Men

Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

02:15

24

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 3 - Ye gentle spirits of the air appear

Jennifer Vyvyan, Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

05:40

25

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 3 - Dialogue between Coridon and Mopsa: Now the maids and the men

Peter Boggis, Thomas Hemsley, Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

03:33

26

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 3 - When I have often heard

Jennifer Vyvyan, Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

01:42

27

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 3 - Dance for the Haymakers

Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

00:56

28

Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 / Act 3 - A thousand, thousand ways we'll find

John Whitworth, The St. Anthony Singers, Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

02:43

29

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 3 - Third Act Tune - Hornpipe

Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

00:45

30

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 4 - Symphony

Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

07:22

31

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 4 - Now the night

Jennifer Vyvyan, The St. Anthony Singers, Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

02:20

32

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 4 - Let the fifes and clarions

John Whitworth, Peter Boggis, Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

01:04

33

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 4 - Entry of Phoebus

Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

00:43

34

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 4 - When a cruel long winter

Peter Pears, Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

03:18

35

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 4 - Hail! Great Parent

The St. Anthony Singers, Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

02:17

36

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 4 - Thus the ever grateful spring

Elsie Morison, Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

01:58

37

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 4 - Here's the Summer, sprightly, gay

John Whitworth, Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

01:07

38

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 4 - See, see, my many colour'd fields

Peter Pears, Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

02:45

39

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 4 - Now Winter comes slowly

Trevor Anthony, The St. Anthony Singers, Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

04:19

40

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 4 - Fourth Act Tune: Air

Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

01:19

41

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 5 - Prelude

Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

00:49

42

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 5 - Epithalamium - Thrice happy Lovers

Elsie Morison, Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

02:47

43

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 5 - The Plaint

Jennifer Vyvyan, Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

06:59

44

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 5 - Entry Dance

Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

01:10

45

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 5 - Symphony

Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

01:17

46

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 5 - Thus the gloomy world

Peter Pears, Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

05:05

47

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 5 - Thus happy and free

Elsie Morison, The St. Anthony Singers, Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

00:51

48

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 5 - Yes, Xansi

John Whitworth, Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

01:58

49

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 5 - Monkey's Dance

Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

00:49

50

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 5 - Hark! How all things

Elsie Morison, Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

01:58

51

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 5 - Hark! the Ech'ing Air

Jennifer Vyvyan, The St. Anthony Singers, Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

02:38

52

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 5 - Sure the dull God

Jennifer Vyvyan, Elsie Morison, Thomas Hemsley, The St. Anthony Singers, Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

02:20

53

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 5 - Prelude - See, I obey - Turn thine eyes - My torch

Jennifer Vyvyan, Elsie Morison, Thomas Hemsley, Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

04:35

54

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Act 5 - Chaconne - They shall be happy

Boyd Neel Orchestra & Anthony Lewis

04:53

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