The Fairy Queen Z 629
Alfred Deller, Deller Consort, Choeur Et Orchestre du Stour Music Festival, Honor Sheppard (Soprano), Christina Clarke (Soprano), Norman Platt (Baritone), Maurice Bevan (Baritone), Jean Knibbs (Soprano), Mark Deller (Countertenor), Neil Jenkins (Tenor), John Buttrey (Tenor), Penelope Howard (Violin)
1972
Curtain Music and Overture
- 01:58No. 1 First Musick. Prelude
- 00:58No. 2 First Musick. Hornpipe
- 00:59No. 3 Second Musick. Air
- 01:21No. 4 Second Musick. Rondeau
- 00:36No. 5 Overture
Act I
- 03:13No. 6 Duet 'Come let us leave the town' (Two Fairies)
- 05:47No. 7 Scene of the Drunken Poet. Aria and Chorus 'Fill up the bowl!' (Drunken Poet, Fairies)
- 01:13No. 8 First Act Tune. Jig
Act II
- 01:57No. 9 Prelude and Aria 'Come all ye songsters of the sky' (Tenor)
- 00:42No. 10 Prelude
- 00:59No. 11 Chorus 'May the god of wit inspire' (Chorus) – No. 12 Echo
- 01:33No. 13 Chorus 'Now joyn your warbling voices all' (Chorus)
- 02:13No. 13b Aria and Chorus 'Sing while we trip it on the green' (Fairies) – Dance of the Fairies
- 05:14No. 14 Prelude and Aria 'See even Night herself is here' (Night)
- 00:46No. 15 Aria 'I am come to lock all fast' (Mystery)
- 02:05No. 16 Prelude and Aria 'One charming night' (Secrecy)
- 05:02No. 17 Aria and Chorus 'Hush, no more, be silent all' (Sleep, Chorus)
- 02:24No. 18 Dance for the Followers of Night
- 01:22No. 19 Second Act Tune. Air
Act III
- 02:18No. 20 Prelude, Aria and Chorus 'If love's a sweet passion' (Titania, Chorus)
- 03:24No. 21 Symphony while the Swans come forward
- 00:52No. 22 Dance for the Fairies
- 01:51No. 23 Dance for the Green Men
- 04:54No. 24 Aria 'Ye gentle spirits of the air appear' (Soprano)
- 03:51No. 25 Dialogue between Corydon and Mopsa: 'Now the maids and the men' (Corydon, Mopsa)
- 02:48No. 26 Aria 'When I have often heard' (A Nymph)
- 00:52No. 27a Dance for the Haymakers
- 02:33No. 28 Aria and Chorus 'A thousand thousand ways we'll find' (Tenor, Chorus)
- 01:01No. 29 Third Act Tune. Hornpipe
Act IV
- 06:14No. 30 Symphony: Sonata While the Sun Rises
- 02:16No. 31 Aria and Chorus 'Now the night is chas'd away' (Attendant and Chorus)
- 01:25No. 32 Duet 'Let the fifes, and the clarions' (Two Attendants)
- 00:45No. 33 Entry of Phoebus
- 03:11No. 34 Prelude and Aria 'When a cruel long winter' (Phoebus)
- 02:08No. 35 Chorus 'Hail! Great parent of us all' (Chorus)
- 02:10No. 36 Prelude and Aria 'Thus the ever grateful spring' (Spring)
- 01:11No. 37 Prelude and Aria 'Here's the summer, sprightly, gay' (Summer)
- 02:55No. 38 Prelude and Aria 'See my many colour'd fields' (Autumn)
- 02:49No. 39 Prelude and Aria 'Next, winter comes slowly' (Winter)
- 01:09No. 39b Chorus 'Hail! Great parent of us all' (Chorus)
- 01:06No. 40 Fourth Act Tune. Air
Act V
- 00:36No. 41 Prelude to Juno's Song
- 02:32No. 42 Aria 'Thrice happy lovers' (Juno)
- 07:24No. 43 The Plaint. Aria 'O let me weep' (Soprano)
- 01:15No. 44 Entry Dance
- 01:05No. 45 Symphony
- 04:48No. 46 Aria 'Thus the gloomy world at first began to shine' (A Chinese Man)
- 00:56No. 47 Prelude, Aria and Chorus 'Thus happy and free' (A Chinese Woman, Chorus)
- 02:10No. 48 Ground and Aria 'Yes, Daphne, in your looks I find' (A Chinese Man)
- 01:00No. 49 Monkey's Dance
- 02:01No. 50 Prelude and Aria 'Hark how all things in one sound agree' (First Chinese Woman)
- 02:44No. 51 Aria and Chorus 'Hark! Now the echoing air' (Second Chinese Woman)
- 03:04No. 52 Duet and Chorus 'Sure the dull god of marriage' (Two Chinese Women, Chorus)
- 01:53No. 53a Prelude – No. 53b 'See, I obey' (Hymen)
- 01:32No. 53c Duet 'Turn then thine eyes' (Two Chinese Women)
- 00:39No. 53d Aria 'My torch, indeed will from such brightness shine' (Hymen)
- 00:49No. 53f Trio and Chorus 'They shall be as happy' (Hymen, Two Chinese Women, Chorus)
- 03:04No. 54 Chaconne. Dance for the Chinese Man and Woman
- 01:02Reprise 'They shall be as happy'
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