Gabrieli CONSORT, Paul McCreesh – Purcell – The Fairy Queen, 1692 (2020) [FLAC 24bit/192kHz]

Purcell’s The Fairy Queen is based on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a play not frequently performed in the late 17th century, nor very well regarded (“the most insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life” – Samuel Pepys’ diary, 1662). Despite this, the play would go on to work well within an opera, as the characters of Pyramus and Thisbe could conjure up singing and dancing accomplices. Purcell’s masterful composition, Gabrieli’s first-class performance, and McCreesh’s superb interpretation demonstrate why their recordings are seen as some of the best in classical music today.

Tracklist

1. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition): Prelude
2. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition): Hornpipe
3. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition): Air
4. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition): Rondeau
5. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition): Overture
6. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act I: Prelude & Song – Come, Let Us Leave the Town
7. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act I: Scene of the Drunken Poet
8. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act I: First Act Tune – Jig
9. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act II: Prelude & Song – Come All Ye Songsters
10. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act II: Symphony in Imitation of Birds
11. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act II: Song – May the God of Wit Inspire
12. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act II: Symphony in Imitation of an Echo
13. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act II: Chorus – Now Join Your Warbling Voices All
14. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act II: Song, Chorus & Dance – Sing While We Trip It
15. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act II: Prelude & Song – See, Even Night Herself is Here
16. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act II: Song – I Am Come to Lock All Fast
17. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act II: Prelude & Song – One Charming Night
18. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act II: Song & Chorus – Hush, No More
19. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act II: Dance for the Followers of Night
20. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act II: Second Act Tune – Air
21. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act III: Prelude, Song & Chorus – If Love’s a Sweet Passion
22. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act III: Symphony While the Swans Come Forward
23. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act III: Dance for the Fairies
24. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act III: Dance for the Green Men
25. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act III: Song – Ye Gentle Spirits of the Air
26. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act III: Prelude & Dialogue – Now the Maids and the Men are Making of Hay
27. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act III: Dance for the Haymakers
28. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act III: Prelude & Song – When I Have Often Heard Young Maids Complaining
29. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act III: Song & Chorus – A Thousand, Thousand Ways
30. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act III: Third Act Tune – Hornpipe
31. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act IV: Symphony – Prelude / Canzona / Largo / Allegro / Adagio / Allegro
32. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act IV: Song & Chorus – Now the Night is Chas’d Away
33. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act IV: Song – Let the Fifes and the Clarions
34. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act IV: Symphony for the Entry of Phoebus
35. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act IV: Prelude & Song – When a Cruel Long Winter
36. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act IV: Chorus – Hail! Great Parent of Us All
37. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act IV: Prelude & Song – Thus the Ever Grateful Spring
38. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act IV: Prelude & Song – Here’s the Summer
39. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act IV: Prelude & Song – See My Many Colour’d Fields
40. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act IV: Song – Next, Winter Comes Slowly
41. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act IV: Chorus – Hail! Great Parent of Us All (2)
42. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act IV: Fourth Act Tune – Air
43. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Interlude: The Plaint – O Let Me Weep
44. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act V: Prelude & Song – Thrice Happy Lovers
45. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act V: Entry Dance
46. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act V: Symphony
47. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act V: Song – Thus the Gloomy World
48. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act V: Prelude, Song & Chorus – Thus Happy and Free
49. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act V: Song – Yes, Daphne
50. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act V: Dance for the Monkeys
51. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act V: Song – Hark How All Things with One Sound Rejoice
52. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act V: Song & Chorus – Hark the Echoing Air a Triumph Sings
53. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act V: Song & Chorus – Sure the Dull God of Marriage / Hymen Appear
54. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act V: Prelude as Hymen Enters
55. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act V: Song – See, I Obey / Turn Then Thine Eyes / My Torch, Indeed
56. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act V: Song & Chorus – They Shall Be As Happy As They’re Fair
57. Gabrieli – The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act V: Dance for Chinese Man & Woman – Chaconne

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