Home » Opera / Operetta / Lyric Singing » Classical Music » Alfred Deller » Purcell: The Fairy Queen
Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Front Cover
Penelope Howard

Purcell: The Fairy Queen

Description

A masterpiece of "semi-opera." Following the immense success of Dido & Aeneas and King Arthur, Purcell brought Shakespeare's famous A Midsummer Night's Dream to the stage in 1692 under the new title The Fairy Queen. This is in fact a "semi-opera" or "dialogue opera," where the music only intervenes during specific scenes. But it was in this way that A Midsummer Night's Dream, visited by "the English Orpheus," became almost as famous as the play that gave it birth: love scenes, supernatural scenes, and an innate sense of musical humor lend an irresistible charm to this delightful theatrical interweaving.

Buy Purcell: The Fairy Queen at the best price

This page contains affiliate links. As an eBay Partner Network affiliate, Vinyles.com earn from qualifying purchases made through these links, at no extra cost to you.

Amazon See offers on Amazon
eBay See offers on eBay
Rare Vinyl See offers on Rare Vinyl

Product information

Share this product on social media

Music excerpts Reviews (0)

Disc 1

  1. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, The First Musick: I. Prelude
  2. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, The First Musick: II. Hornpipe
  3. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, The Second Musick: I. Air
  4. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, The Second Musick: II. Rondeau
  5. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, The Second Musick: III. Overture
  6. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act I: "Come let us leave" (Two Fairies)
  7. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act I: Scene of the drunken poet
  8. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act I: First Act tune
  9. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: Prelude. "Come all ye songsters" (A Fairy)
  10. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: Prelude.
  11. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: "May the God of wit" (Three Fairies)
  12. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: Echo. Now join your warbling voices
  13. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: "Sing while we trip" (A Fairy). Fairy Dance
  14. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: "See, even night" (Night)
  15. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: "I am come to lock" (Mistery)
  16. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: "One charming night" (Secret)
  17. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: "Hush, no more" (Sleep)
  18. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: Dance for the followers of Night
  19. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: Second Act tune
  20. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: "If love's a sweet passion" (A Nymph)
  21. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: Symphony while the swans come forward
  22. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: Dance for the Fairies
  23. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: Dance for the Green Men

Disc 2

  1. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: "Ye gentle spirits of the air" (A Nymph)
  2. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: Dialogue between Corydon and Mopsa
  3. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: "When I have often heard" (A Nymph)
  4. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: Dance for the Haymakers
  5. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: "A thousand, thousand ways" (Corydon, Mopsa)
  6. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act III: Third Act tune
  7. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: Symphony
  8. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: "Now the night" (Attendants)
  9. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: "Let the fifes and the clarions" (Attendants)
  10. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: Entry of Phoebus
  11. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: "When a cruel long winter" (Phoebus)
  12. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: "Hail! Great parent" (Fairies)
  13. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: "Thus the ever grateful Spring" (Spring)
  14. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: "Here's the summer" (Summer)
  15. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: "See, see my many colour'd fields" (Automn)
  16. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: "Now winter comes slowly" (Winter)
  17. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: "Hail! Great parent!" (Fairies)
  18. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act IV: Fourth Act tune

Disc 3

  1. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: Prelude
  2. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: "Thrice happy lovers" (Juno)
  3. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: The Plaint
  4. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: Entry Dance
  5. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: Symphony
  6. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: "Thus the gloomy world" (The Chinese Man)
  7. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: "Thus happy and free" (A Chinese Woman)
  8. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: "Yes Xansi" (The Chinese Man)
  9. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: Monkey's Dance
  10. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: "Hark how all things" (A Chinese Woman)
  11. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: "Hark! The choing air" (A Chinese Woman)
  12. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: "Sure the dull God" (A Chinese Woman)
  13. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: Prelude. "See, I obey" (Hymen)
  14. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: "Turn then thine eyes" (Chinese Woman)
  15. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: "My torch indeed" (Hymen)
  16. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: "They shall be as happy"
  17. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: Chaconne
  18. The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: "They shall be as happy"