Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Purcell: The Fairy Queen - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

On the strength on the immense success of Dido & Aeneas and King Arthur, in 1692 Purcell went on to produce The Fairy Queen, based on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The work is, in fact, a 'semi-opera', or 'opera with dialogue', in which only some of the crucial scenes are provided with music. But this version of A Midsummer Night's Dream by 'Orpheus Britannicus' became almost as famous as the play that inspired it due to it's love scenes, supernatural scenes and the innate sense of musical humor investing it with an irresistible savour and enchantment. Album Tracks 1. Vol.1 Purcell The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, First Musick Prelude 2. Purcell The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, First Musick Hornpipe 3. Purcell The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Second Musick Air 4. Purcell The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Second Musick Rondeau 5. Purcell The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Second Musick Ouverture 6. Purcell The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act I Duet InchCome, Let Us Leave the TownInch 7. Purcell The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act I Scene of the Drunken Poet InchFill Up the BowlInch 8. Purcell The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act I First Act Tune (Jig) 9. Purcell The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II InchCome All Ye SongstersInch 10. Purcell The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II Prelude 11. Purcell The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II Chorus InchMay the God of Wit InspireInch - Echo 12. Purcell The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II Chorus InchNow Join Your Warbling Voices All, Sing While We Trip ItInch - Dance of Fairies 13. Purcell The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II Entrance of Night InchSee, Even Night Herself Is HereInch 14. Purcell The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II Entrance of Mystery InchI Am Come to Lock All FastInch 15. Purcell The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II Entrance of Secrecy InchOne Charming Night Gives More DelightInch 16. Purcell The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II Entrance