The Fairy Queen - Second Music: Overture

~ Recording by London Classical Players, Roger Norrington

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orchestra:London Classical Players
conductor:Roger Norrington (conductor)
recording of:The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (partial)

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The Fairy Queen, Z. 629

composer:Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
premiered at:Dorset Garden Theatre in London (Greater London) (on 1692-05-02)
parts:Now Winter Comes Slowly
1. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: First Musick, no. 1. Prelude
1. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: First Musick, no. 2. Hornpipe (Hornpipe in g)
2. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Second Musick, no. 3. Air
3. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Second Musick, no. 4. Rondeau
4. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act I, no. 5. Overture
5. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act I, no. 6. Duet: "Come Let Us Leave the Town"
6. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act I, no. 7. Scene of the Drunken Poet: "Fill Up the Bowl"
7. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act I, no. 8. First Act Tune: Jig
8. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act II, no. 9. Prelude and Song: "Come All Ye Songsters of the Sky"
9. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act II, no. 10. Prelude
10. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act II, no. 11. Trio: "May the God of Wit Inspire"
11. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act II, no. 12. Echo
12. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act II, no. 13a. Chorus: "Now Joyn Your Warbling Voices All"
13. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act II, no. 13b. Song and Chorus: "Sing While We Trip It on the Green"
14. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act II, no. 13c. A Dance of Fairies
15. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act II, no. 14. Song: "See, Even Night Her Self Is Here" (Night)
16. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act II, no. 15. Song: "I Am Come to Lock All Fast (Mystery)
17. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act II, no. 16. Song: "One Charming Night" (Secresie)
18. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act II, no. 17. Song and Chorus: "Hush, No More, Be Silent All" (Sleep)
19. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act II, no. 18. A Dance for the Followers of Night
20. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act II, no. 19. Second Act Tune: Air
21. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act III, no. 20. A Song in Two Parts and Chorus: "If Love's a Sweet Passion"
22. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act III, no. 21. Overture: Symphony While the Swans Come Forward
23. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act III, no. 22. Dance for the Fairies
24. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act III, no. 23. Dance for the Green Men
25. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act III, no. 24. Song: "Ye Gentle Spirits of the Air, Appear"
26. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act III, no. 25. Dialogue Between Coridon and Mopsa: "Now the Maids and the Men"
27. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act III, no. 26. Song: "When I Have Often Heard" (A Nymph)
28. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act III, no. 27. A Dance of Haymakers
29. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act III, no. 28. Song and Chorus: "A Thousand Thousand Ways We'll Find"
30. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act III, no. 29. Third Act Tune: Hornpipe (Hornpipe in d)
31. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act IV, no. 30. Symphony (Canzona, Largo, Allegro, Adagio)
32. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act IV, no. 31. Solo and Chorus: "Now The Night Is Chac'd Away" (One of the Attendants)
33. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act IV, no. 32. Duet: "Let the Fifes, and the Clarions" (Two Others)
34. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act IV, no. 33. Entry of Phoebus
35. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act IV, no. 34. Song: "When a Cruel Long Winter" (Phoebus)
36. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act IV, no. 35. Chorus: "Hail! Great Parent of Us All"
37. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act IV, no. 36. Song: "Thus The Ever Grateful Spring" (Spring)
38. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act IV, no. 37. Song: "Here's the Summer, Sprightly, Gay" (Summer)
39. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act IV, no. 38. Song: "See My Many Colour's Fields" (Autumn)
40. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act IV, no. 39. Song and Chorus: "Next, Winter Comes Slowly" (Winter)
41. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act IV, no. 40. Fourth Act Tune: Air
42. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act V, no. 41. Prelude
43. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act V, no. 42: Epithalamium: "Thrice Happy Lovers" (Juno)
44. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act V, no. 43. The Plaint: "O Let Me Weep"
45. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act V, no. 44: Entry Dance
46. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act V, no. 45. Symphony
47. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act V, no. 46. Song: "Thus the Gloomy World" (A Chinese Man)
48. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act V, no. 47. Solo And Chorus: "Thus Happy and Free" (A Chinese Woman)
49. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act V, no. 48. Song: "Yes, Xansi"
50. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act V, no. 49. Monkeys' Dance
51. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act V, no. 50. Song: "Hark, How All Things" (1st Woman)
52. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act V, no. 51. Song and Chorus: "Hark! The Ech'ing Air" (2nd Woman)
53. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act V, no. 52. Soli and Trio and Chorus: "Sure the Dull God" (Both Woman)
54. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act V, no. 53a. Prelude
55. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act V, no. 53b. Solo: "See, I Obey" (Hymen)
56. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act V, no. 53c. Duet: "Turn Thine Eyes" (Both Woman)
57. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act V, no. 53d. "My Torch Indeed" (Hymen)
58. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act V, no. 53e. Trio and Chorus: "They Shall Be As Happy"
59. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act V, no. 54. Chaconne: Dance for Chinese Man and Woman
60. The Fairy Queen, Z.629: Act V Aire (Appendix IV in The Shedlock score on IMSLP)
is the basis for:Suite from The Fairy Queen
arrangements:The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Britten-Pears-Holst concert version)
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (catch-all for arrangements)
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition)
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Suite of Musicks and Dances (arr. Balsom)