Purcell - The Fairy Queen FLAC download

Tracklist

A1	Prelude
A2	Hornpipe
A3	Air
A4	Rondeau
Act I
A5	Overture
A6	Come Let Us Leave The Town
A7	Scene Of The Drunken Poet
A8	First Act Tune - Jig
Act II
A9	Prelude - Come All
A10	May The God Of Wit Inspire
A11	Echo
A12	Now Join Your Warbling
B1	Entrance Of Night
B2	Mystery
B3	Secrecy
B4	Sleep
B5	Dance For The Followers Of Night
B6	Second Act Tune - Air
Act III
B7	If Love's A Sweet Passion
B8	Symphony While The Swans Come Forward
B9	Dance For The Fairies
B10	Dance For The Green Men
C1	Ye Gentle Spirits Of The Air
C2	Dialogue Between Coridon And Mopsa
C3	When I Have Often Heard
C4	Dance For The Haymakers
C5	A Thousand, Thousand Ways
C6	Third Act Tune - Hornpipe
Act IV
C7	Symphony
D1	Now The Night
D2	Let The Fifes And Clarions
D3	Entry Of Phoebus
D4	When A Cruel Long Winter
D5	Hail! Great Parent
D6	Thus The Ever Grateful Spring
D7	Here's The Summer, Sprightly, Gay
D8	See, See My Many Colour'd Fields
D9	Now Winter Come Slowly
D10	Fourth Act Tune - Air
Act V
E1	Prelude
E2	Epithalamium - Thrice Happy Lovers
E3	The Plaint
E4	Entry Dance
E5	Symphony
E6	Thus The Gloomy World
E7	Thus Happy And Free
E8	Yes, Xansi
F1	Monkeys' Dance
F2	Hark Now All Things
F3	Hark! The Ech'ing Air
F4	Sure The Dull God
F5	Prelude - See, I Obey - Turn Thine Eyes - My Torch Indeed
F6	Chaconne - They Shall Be Happy

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – West Hampstead Studios

Credits

• Bass Vocals [1st Bass: Drunken Poet, Coridon, Hymen] – Thomas Hemsley
• Bass Vocals [2nd Bass: Sleep, Winter] – Trevor Anthony
• Chorus – St. Anthony Singers
• Composed By – Henry Purcell
• Conductor – Anthony Lewis
• Countertenor Vocals [1st Counter-Tenor: Second Chinese Man, Secrecy, Summer] – John Whitworth
• Countertenor Vocals [2nd Counter-Tenor: Mopsa] – Peter Boggis
• Harpsichord [Harpsichord Continuo] – Thurston Dart
• Orchestra – The Boyd Neel Orchestra
• Soprano Vocals [1st Soprano: First Fairy, Mystery, Second Woman] – Jennifer Vyvyan
• Soprano Vocals [2nd Soprano; Second Fairy, Night, Chinese Woman, Spring, First Woman, Juno] – Elsie Morison
• Tenor Vocals [1st Tenor: Phoebus, Autumn, First Chinese Man] – Peter Pears
• Trumpet [Trumpet Obbligato] – Harold Jackson
• Violin [Violin Obbligato] – Granville Jones

Notes

1957 recording - the first recording of the full work.

Australian WRC pressing, sourced from original stampers and featuring unique sleeve art. Issued only in mono.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
OLS 121, OLS 122, OLS 123	Purcell* / Elsie Morison, Jennifer Vyvyan / John Whitworth, Peter Pears, Thomas Hemsley / Thurston Dart - Harpsichord Continuo / The St. Anthony Singers* / The Boyd Neel Orchestra / Anthony Lewis	Purcell* / Elsie Morison, Jennifer Vyvyan / John Whitworth, Peter Pears, Thomas Hemsley / Thurston Dart - Harpsichord Continuo / The St. Anthony Singers* / The Boyd Neel Orchestra / Anthony Lewis - The Fairy Queen ‎(3xLP, Mono, RE, Ele + Box)	L'Oiseau-Lyre, L'Oiseau-Lyre, L'Oiseau-Lyre	OLS 121, OLS 122, OLS 123	UK	1971
ELQ 4827449	Purcell* / Vyvyan* • Morison* / Hemsley* • Pears* • Boggis* / Whitworth* • Anthony* / Anthony Lewis	Purcell* / Vyvyan* • Morison* / Hemsley* • Pears* • Boggis* / Whitworth* • Anthony* / Anthony Lewis - The Fairy Queen ‎(2xCD, Album, Mono)	Decca, Eloquence	ELQ 4827449	Australia	2017