Henry Purcell
The fairy queen
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie direzione
Etichetta: Harmonia Mundi
Formato: CD
N. supporti: 2
Codice catalogo: HAF890130809
Codice a barre: 3149020950104
Uscita in Italia: 20/10/2023
Ufficio commerciale: sales@self.it
Distributore: Self Distribuzione
TRACCE
1 – 01 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – First Musick – Prelude
2. 01 – 02 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – First Musick – Hornpipe
3. 01 – 03 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Second Musick – Air
4. 01 – 04 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Second Musick – Rondeau
5. 01 – 05 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Second Musick – Ouverture
6. 01 – 06 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act I – Duet “Come, let us leave the town”
7. 01 – 07 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act I – Scene of the Drunken Poet “Fill up the bowl”
8. 01 – 08 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act I – First Act Tune (Jig)
9. 01 – 09 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act II – “Come all ye songsters”
10. 01 – 10 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act II – Prelude
11. 01 – 11 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act II – Chorus “May the God of Wit inspire” – Echo
12. 01 – 12 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act II – Chorus “Now join your warbling voices all, Sing while we trip it” – Dance of Fairies
13. 01 – 13 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act II – Entrance of Night “See, even Night herself is here”
14. 01 – 14 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act II – Entrance of Mystery “I am come to lock all fast”
15. 01 – 15 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act II – Entrance of Secrecy “One charming night gives more delight”
16. 01 – 16 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act II – Entrance of Sleep “Hush, no more”
17. 01 – 17 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act II – Dance for the followers of Night
18. 01 – 18 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act II – Second Act Tune (Air)
19. 01 – 19 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act III – “If love’s a sweet passion”
20. 01 – 20 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act III – Symphony while the swans come forward
21. 01 – 21 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act III – Dance for the Fairies
22. 01 – 22 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act III – Dance for the Green Men
23. 01 – 23 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act III – “Ye gentle spirits of the air”
24. 01 – 24 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act III – Dialogue between Coridon and Mopsa
25. 01 – 25 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act III – “When I have often heard young maids complaining”
26. 01 – 26 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act III – Dance for the Haymakers
27. 01 – 27 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act III – “A thousand, thousand ways”
28. 01 – 28 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act III – Third Act Tune (Hornpipe)
29. 02 – 01 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act IV – Symphony
30. 02 – 02 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act IV – “Now the night is chased away” – “Let the Fifes and the Clarions”
31. 02 – 03 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act IV – Entry of Phoebus
32. 02 – 04 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act IV – “When a cruel long winter” – Chorus “Hail! Great parent of us all”
33. 02 – 05 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act IV – Spring “Thus the ever grateful Spring”
34. 02 – 06 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act IV – Summer “Here’s the Summer, sprightly, gay”
35. 02 – 07 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act IV – Autumn “See, see my many colour’d fields”
36. 02 – 08 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act IV – Winter “Next Winter comes slowly”
37. 02 – 09 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act IV – Fourth Act Tune (Air)
38. 02 – 10 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act V – Prelude
39. 02 – 11 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act V – Juno “Thrice happy lovers”
40. 02 – 12 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act V – The Plaint “O let me weep!”
41. 02 – 13 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act V – Entry Dance
42. 02 – 14 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act V – Symphony
43. 02 – 15 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act V – A Chinese Man “Thus the gloomy world”
44. 02 – 16 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act V – Chinese Woman “Thus happy and free”
45. 02 – 17 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act V – Chinese Man “Yes, Daphne”
46. 02 – 18 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act V – Monkeys’ Dance
47. 02 – 19 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act V – “Hark! How all things with one sound rejoice”
48. 02 – 20 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act V – “Hark! The echoing air a triumph sings”
49. 02 – 21 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act V – “Sure the dull God of Marriage does not hear”
50. 02 – 22 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act V – Prelude – Hymen “See, I obey”
51. 02 – 23 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act V – “Turn then thine eyes”
52. 02 – 24 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act V – Hymen “My torch indeed will from such brightness shine”
53. 02 – 25 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act V – “They shall be as happy as they are fait”
54. 02 – 26 – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 – Act V – Chaconne
DESCRIZIONE
Forte dell’immenso successo che avevano conosciuto Dido & Aeneas e King Arthur, Purcell portò in scena nel 1692 il famoso Sogno di una notte d’estate di Shakespeare con il nuovo titolo di The Fairy Queen (La regina delle fate). Si tratta di una semiopera con dialogo in cinque atti nella quale la musica interviene solo in occasione di scene particolari. Ma è così che questo “sogno” rivisitato divenne famoso: scene d’amore, scene soprannaturali e un innato senso dell’umorismo musicale conferiscono a questo gustoso intreccio teatrale un fascino irresistibile.