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Purcell: The Fairy Queen [Original recording reissued]

~ David Wilson-Johnson (Bass), Richard Wistreich (Bass), Henry Purcell (Composer), Roger Norrington (Conductor), Susan Bickley (Mezzo Soprano), et al.
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  • Orchestra: London Classical Players
  • Conductor: Roger Norrington
  • Composer: Henry Purcell
  • Audio CD (11 Feb 2002)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Original recording reissued
  • Label: Virgin Veritas
  • ASIN: B00005IA24
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Disc 1:

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Listen  1. The Fairy Queen Z629, First Musick: PreludeLorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 1:51£0.69
Listen  2. The Fairy Queen Z629, First Musick: HornpipeLorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 1:11£0.69
Listen  3. The Fairy Queen Z629, Second Musick: AirLorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington0:47£0.69
Listen  4. The Fairy Queen Z629, Second Musick: RondeauLorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 1:43£0.69
Listen  5. The Fairy Queen Z629: OvertureLorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 1:32£0.69
Listen  6. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 1: Song in Two Parts: Come let us leave the town (LH/RW)Lorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 2:39£0.69
Listen  7. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 1: Scene of the Drunken Poet: Fill up the bowlLorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 5:33£0.69
Listen  8. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 1: First Act Tune: JigLorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 1:04£0.69
Listen  9. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 2: Song: Come all ye songsters of the sky (HC)Lorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 2:03£0.69
Listen10. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 2: PreludeLorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington0:49£0.69
Listen11. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 2: Trio: May the God of Wit imspire (HC/MP/RW)Lorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington0:46£0.69
Listen12. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 2: Echo (trumpet)Lorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 1:02£0.69
Listen13. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 2: Chorus: Now join your Warbling Voices all (Chorus)Lorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington0:34£0.69
Listen14. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 2: Song and Chorus & Fairies Dance: Sing while we trip it (CP/Chorus)Lorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 2:21£0.69
Listen15. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 2: Song: See, even Night herself is here (SB)Lorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 3:37£0.69
Listen16. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 2: Song: I am come to lock all fast (LH)Lorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington0:49£0.69
Listen17. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 2: Song: One charming Night (MP)Lorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 1:50£0.69
Listen18. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 2: Song and Chorus: Hush, no more (RW/Chorus)Lorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 2:31£0.69
Listen19. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 2: Dance of the Followers of NightLorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 1:27£0.69
Listen20. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 2: Second Act Tune: AirLorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 1:16£0.69
Listen21. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 3: Song in Two Parts and Chorus: If Love's a Sweet Passion (CP/Chorus)Lorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 2:04£0.69
Listen22. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 3: Overture: Symphony while the Swans come forwardLorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 1:35£0.69
Listen23. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 3: Dance of the FairiesLorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington0:59£0.69
Listen24. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 3: Dance of the Green MenLorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 1:28£0.69
Listen25. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 3: Song: Ye Gentle Spirits of the Air (LH)Lorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 4:54£0.69
Listen26. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 3: Coridon and Mopsa Dialogue: Now the maids and the men (MP/RW)Lorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 3:20£0.69
Listen27. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 3: Dance of the HaymakersLorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington0:46£0.69
Listen28. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 3: Song: When I have often heard (CP)Lorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 3:41£0.69
Listen29. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 3: Song and Chorus: A Thousand, Thousand ways (HC/RW/Chorus)Lorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 2:36£0.69
Listen30. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 3: Third Act Tune: HornpipeLorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 1:13£0.69


Disc 2:

Extraits
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 4: SymphonyLorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 6:04£0.69
Listen  2. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 4: Solo and Chorus: Now the Night is chased away (CP/Chorus)Lorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 2:07£0.69
Listen  3. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 4: Duet: Let the Fifes, and the Clarions (HC/MP)Lorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 1:18£0.69
Listen  4. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 4: Entry of PhoebusLorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington0:37£0.69
Listen  5. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 4: Song: When a cruel long Winter (MP)Lorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 2:59£0.69
Listen  6. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 4: Chorus: Hail! Great Parent of us all (Chorus)Lorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 1:53£0.69
Listen  7. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 4: Song: Thus the ever Grateful Spring (LH)Lorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 2:16£0.69
Listen  8. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 4: Song: Here's the Summer (HC)Lorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 1:32£0.69
Listen  9. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 4: Song: See my many Colour'd Fields (MP)Lorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 2:57£0.69
Listen10. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 4: Song: Next Winter comes Slowly (DWJ)Lorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 2:17£0.69
Listen11. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 4: Chorus: Hail! Great Parent (Chorus) (reprise)Lorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 1:02£0.69
Listen12. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 4: Fourth Act Tune: AirLorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 1:07£0.69
Listen13. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 5: PreludeLorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 1:24£0.69
Listen14. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 5: Epithalamium: Thrice happy Lovers (SB)Lorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 2:47£0.69
Listen15. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 5: Song: The Plaint: O let me weep (LH)Lorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 5:54£0.69
Listen16. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 5: Entry DanceLorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 1:32£0.69
Listen17. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 5: SymphonyLorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 1:13£0.69
Listen18. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 5: Song: Thus the gloomy World (MP)Lorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 4:13£0.69
Listen19. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 5: Solo and Chorus: Thus Happy and Free (CP/Chorus)Lorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington0:43£0.69
Listen20. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 5: Song: Yes, Daphne (HC)Lorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 2:14£0.69
Listen21. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 5: Monkeys' DanceLorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 1:21£0.69
Listen22. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 5: Song: Hark! how all things (SB)Lorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 2:01£0.69
Listen23. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 5: Song and Chorus: Hark! now the Echoing air (LH/Chorus)Lorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 2:20£0.69
Listen24. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 5: Solos and Chorus: Sure the dull God of Marriage (CP/SB/Chorus)Lorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 2:09£0.69
Listen25. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 5: PreludeLorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington0:17£0.69
Listen26. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 5: Solo: See, see, I obey (DWJ)Lorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 1:35£0.69
Listen27. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 5: Duet: Turn then thine eyes (CP/SB)Lorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 1:26£0.69
Listen28. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 5: Solo: My Torch, indeed (DWJ)Lorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington0:47£0.69
Listen29. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 5: Trio and Chorus: They shall be as happy as they're fair (CP/SB/DWJ/Chorus)Lorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 2:18£0.69
Listen30. The Fairy Queen Z629, ACT 5: Chaconne: Dance of the Chinese Man and WomanLorraine Hunt/Catherine Pierard/Susan Bickley/Howard Crook/Mark Padmore/David Wilson-Johnson/Richard Wistreich/Schütz Choir Of London/London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington 3:07£0.69

On this CD:
  1. (The) Fairy Queen
    Composed by Henry Purcell
    Performed by London Schütz Choir, London Classical Players
    with Catherine Pierard, Howard Crook, Lorraine Hunt, Mark Padmore, Richard Wistreich, Susan Bickley, David Wilson-Johnson
    Conducted by Sir Roger Norrington

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Purcell worked immensely hard on his score for The Fairy Queen, but the original was lost; the version on which this performance is based arrived at London's Royal Academy of Music by devious routes a century and a half later. But in Roger Norrington's hands it emerges in its pristine beauty: you could not wish for a better introduction to Purcell's greatest stage work. Only a "semi-opera", maybe, but one studded with exquisite songs and majestic choruses. The anonymous libretto is loosely based on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, but its inexhaustible melodic invention is imbued with Shakespearean magic. Some songs have become concert favourites, most notably "O let me weep", but the joy of this double CD is that you discover dozens more, and of comparable quality. Purcell's music breathes in perfect tandem with the words and Norrington creates out of this a riveting symbiosis. The singing is pure Baroque--instrumental clarity of tone, unsullied by any vibrato--and the playing is immaculate. Comedy and pathos are both here in spades; vast space is evoked through the pairing of flutes and the echoing of trumpets. And so are all the colours of nature: Purcell's music foreshadows Vivaldi. --Michael Church

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