The Fairy Queen

Tracklist

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Disc 1

• 1 The Fairy Queen, First Musick: Prelude 1:34
• 2 The Fairy Queen, First Musick: Hornpipe 0:50
• 3 The Fairy Queen, Second Musick: Air 1:00
• 4 The Fairy Queen, Second Musick: Rondo 1:42
• 5 The Fairy Queen, Second Musick: Overture 1:30
• 6 The Fairy Queen, Act I: Duet: "Come, let us leave the town" 1:43
• 7 The Fairy Queen, Act I: Scene of the Drunken Poet: "Fill up the bowl" 6:01
• 8 The Fairy Queen, Act I: First Act Tune: Jig 1:09
• 9 The Fairy Queen, Act II: "Come all ye songsters" 2:32
• 10 The Fairy Queen, Act II: Prelude 1:19
• 11 The Fairy Queen, Act II: Chorus: "May the God of Wit inspire" / Echo 2:25
• 12 The Fairy Queen, Act II: Chorus: "Now join your warbling voices all" / "Sing while we trip it" / Dance of Fairies 2:55
• 13 The Fairy Queen, Act II: Entrance of Night: "See, even Night herself is here" 4:51
• 14 The Fairy Queen, Act II: Entrance of Mystery: "I am come to lock all fast" 0:52
• 15 The Fairy Queen, Act II: Entrance of Secrecy: "One charming night gives more delight" 2:24
• 16 The Fairy Queen, Act II: Entrance of Sleep: "Hush, no more" 5:02
• 17 The Fairy Queen, Act II: Dance for the followers of Night 1:23
• 18 The Fairy Queen, Act II: Second Act Tune: Air 1:32
• 19 The Fairy Queen, Act III: "If Love's a sweet passion" 5:16
• 20 The Fairy Queen, Act III: Symphony while the Swans come forward 1:31
• 21 The Fairy Queen, Act III: Dance for the Fairies 0:43
• 22 The Fairy Queen, Act III: Dance for the Green Men 1:46
• 23 The Fairy Queen, Act III: "Ye gentle Spirits of the Air" 5:01
• 24 The Fairy Queen, Act III: Dialogue between Coridon and Mopsa 3:33
• 25 The Fairy Queen, Act III: "When I have often heard young maids complaining" 2:01
• 26 The Fairy Queen, Act III: Dance for the Haymakers 0:51
• 27 The Fairy Queen, Act III: "A thousand, thousand ways" 2:14
• 28 The Fairy Queen, Act III: Third Act Tune: Hornpipe 0:56

Disc 2

• 1 The Fairy Queen, Act IV: Symphony 6:20
• 2 The Fairy Queen, Act IV: "Now the Night is chased away" / "Let the Fifes and the Clarions" 3:19
• 3 The Fairy Queen, Act IV: Entry of Phoebus 0:33
• 4 The Fairy Queen, Act IV: "When a cruel long winter" / Chorus: "Hail! great parent of us all" 4:27
• 5 The Fairy Queen, Act IV: Spring: "Thus the ever grateful Spring" 2:13
• 6 The Fairy Queen, Act IV: Summer: "Here's the Summer, sprightly, gay" 1:32
• 7 The Fairy Queen, Act IV: Autumn: "See, see my many colour'd fields" 2:43
• 8 The Fairy Queen, Act IV: Winter: "Next Winter comes slowly" 3:32
• 9 The Fairy Queen, Act IV: Fourth Act Tune: Air 1:09
• 10 The Fairy Queen, Act V: Prelude 1:12
• 11 The Fairy Queen, Act V: Juno: "Thrice happy lovers" 2:50
• 12 The Fairy Queen, Act V: The Plaint: "O let me weep!" 8:18
• 13 The Fairy Queen, Act V: Entry Dance 1:25
• 14 The Fairy Queen, Act V: Symphony 0:59
• 15 The Fairy Queen, Act V: Chinese Man: "Thus the gloomy world" 4:05
• 16 The Fairy Queen, Act V: Chinese Woman: "Thus happy and free" 0:46
• 17 The Fairy Queen, Act V: Chinese Man: "Yes, Daphne" 1:50
• 18 The Fairy Queen, Act V: Monkeys' Dance 0:53
• 19 The Fairy Queen, Act V: "Hark! how all things with one sound rejoice" 2:05
• 20 The Fairy Queen, Act V: "Hark! the echoing air a triumph sings" 2:27
• 21 The Fairy Queen, Act V: "Sure the dull God of Marriage does not hear" 2:28
• 22 The Fairy Queen, Act V: Prelude / Hymen: "See, I obey" 1:48
• 23 The Fairy Queen, Act V: "Turn then thine eyes" 0:41
• 24 The Fairy Queen, Act V: Hymen: "My torch indeed will from such brightness shine" 0:47
• 25 The Fairy Queen, Act V: "They shall be as happy as they are fair" 0:50
• 26 The Fairy Queen, Act V: Chaconne 2:39
• 27 The Fairy Queen, Act V: "They shall be as happy as they are fair" 0:53

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