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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