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Joyce El-Khoury|Donizetti: Les Martyrs

Donizetti: Les Martyrs

Joyce El-Khoury, Michael Spyres, David Kempster, Brindley Sherratt, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Mark Elder

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Gaetano Donizetti's Les Martyrs began life as an Italian-language opera called Poliuto, dealing with the life of the martyred early Christian saint Polyeuctus, a Roman soldier whose head was sliced off after he converted to Christianity, disregarding the protests of his wife and children. Italian censors, backed by the Neapolitan king, forbade the performance of the work on the grounds that the sacred subject matter was unsuitable for opera. The outraged Donizetti took the work to more liberal Paris, where it underwent wholesale revision into a French grand opera; new text was added by the king of French dramatists, Eugène Scribe, and Donizetti supplied choruses and instrumental interludes to fill out the four-act structure. The original Italian version was later revived, and the work is more often performed in that version than in the hybrid French form. Recordings of Les Martyrs are not common, but Donizetti fans will be interested to discover the nimble ways in which he revised the work. The big new ensembles with multiple characters and chorus are quite effective, partly because they form a sharp contrast with the ravishing Donizetti melodies that are still in abundant supply. The performers, including Michael Spyres as Polyeucte and Joyce El-Khoury as his despairing wife, Pauline, are solid, and the whole is nicely held together by Mark Elder, leading the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. The booklet, with a detailed investigation into the work and, among other things, a really delightful caricature of Donizetti, is a major attraction in itself. Strong recommendation for Donizetti fans.

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1
Les Martyrs, Act 1: Overture
Mark Elder
00:09:19

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

2
Les Martyrs, Act 1: "Amis ... silence ... Du silence !" (Chorus)
Mark Elder
00:04:01

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

3
Les Martyrs, Act 1: "Arretons-nous, Polyeucte" (Nearque, Polyeucte)
Mark Elder
00:05:05

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Wynne Evans, Tenor Vocals - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

4
Les Martyrs, Act 1: "Que l'onde salutaire, S'epanche sur mon front!" (Polyeucte)
Mark Elder
00:02:03

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Wynne Evans, Tenor Vocals - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

5
Les Martyrs, Act 1: "Viens, suis-moi ..." (Nearque)
Mark Elder
00:00:17

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Wynne Evans, Tenor Vocals - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

6
Les Martyrs, Act 1: "Que viens-tu nous apprendre?" (Nearque, The Christian, Polyeucte)
Mark Elder
00:01:50

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Wynne Evans, Tenor Vocals - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

7
Les Martyrs, Act 1: "Eloignez de ces lieux, Ce garde, que Felix nous donna pour escorte!" (Pauline)
Mark Elder
00:03:52

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

8
Les Martyrs, Act 1: "Jeune souveraine, O puissante reine" (Chorus)
Mark Elder
00:03:24

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

9
Les Martyrs, Act 1: "Allez ! laissez-moi maintenant" (Pauline)
Mark Elder
00:01:04

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

10
Les Martyrs, Act 1: "Toi qui lis dans mon coeur, o ma mere!" (Pauline)
Mark Elder
00:01:57

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

11
Les Martyrs, Act 1: "Qu'ici ta main glacee, Benisse ton enfant!" (Pauline)
Mark Elder
00:02:57

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

12
Les Martyrs, Act 1: "O Dieu tutelaire! O toi, notre pere!" (Chorus, Pauline)
Mark Elder
00:02:15

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

13
Les Martyrs, Act 1: "Pauline! ... avec effroi et ne pouvant en croire ses yeux Mon epoux!" (Polyeucte, Pauline, Chorus, Nearque, The Christian)
Mark Elder
00:04:40

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Wynne Evans, Tenor Vocals - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

14
Les Martyrs, Act 1: "Quel danger nous menace, et d'ou vient ta terreur?" (Nearque, The Christian, Polyeucte)
Mark Elder
00:01:40

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Wynne Evans, Tenor Vocals - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

15
Les Martyrs, Act 1: "Objet de ma constance, Amour de ton epoux" (Polyeucte, Pauline, Nearque, Chorus)
Mark Elder
00:03:30

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Wynne Evans, Tenor Vocals - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

16
Les Martyrs, Act 2: "Achevez ! Pollion, transcrivez ces edits" (Felix)
Mark Elder
00:01:36

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Clive Bayley, Bass Vocals - Brindley Sherratt, Bass Vocals - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

17
Les Martyrs, Act 2: "Dieux des Romains, dieux de nos peres, Je servirai votre courroux!" (Felix)
Mark Elder
00:03:42

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Clive Bayley, Bass Vocals - Brindley Sherratt, Bass Vocals - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

18
Les Martyrs, Act 2: "Viens, ma fille; je sais que ta pieuse haine" (Felix, Pauline)
Mark Elder
00:02:26

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Clive Bayley, Bass Vocals - Brindley Sherratt, Bass Vocals - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

19
Les Martyrs, Act 2: "Mort a ces infames, Livrez aux flammes" (Felix, Chorus)
Mark Elder
00:01:31

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Clive Bayley, Bass Vocals - Brindley Sherratt, Bass Vocals - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

20
Les Martyrs, Act 2: "Tout mon sang se glace, La mort le menace!" (Pauline, Felix, Chorus)
Mark Elder
00:02:07

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Clive Bayley, Bass Vocals - Brindley Sherratt, Bass Vocals - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

21
Les Martyrs, Act 2: "D'ou te vient, mon enfant, cette sombre tristess" (Felix, Pauline)
Mark Elder
00:01:35

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Clive Bayley, Bass Vocals - Brindley Sherratt, Bass Vocals - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

22
Les Martyrs, Act 2: "Deja l'on voit au loin, dans nos immenses plaines" (Callisthenes, Felix)
Mark Elder
00:01:41

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Clive Bayley, Bass Vocals - Brindley Sherratt, Bass Vocals - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

23
Les Martyrs, Act 2: "Severe existe! ... Un dieu sauveur, Des sombres bords un dieu l'envoie!" (Pauline)
Mark Elder
00:03:10

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Clive Bayley, Bass Vocals - Brindley Sherratt, Bass Vocals - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

24
Les Martyrs, Act 2: "Gloire a vous, Mars et Bellonne!" (Chorus)
Mark Elder
00:05:26

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Brindley Sherratt, Bass Vocals - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - David Kempster, Baritone Vocals - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

25
Les Martyrs, Act 2: "Valeureux habitants de l'antique Armenie, Je viens dans vos cites, au nom de l'empereur" (Severe)
Mark Elder
00:01:30

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Brindley Sherratt, Bass Vocals - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - David Kempster, Baritone Vocals - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

26
Les Martyrs, Act 2: "Amour de mon jeune age, Toi dont la douce image" (Severe)
Mark Elder
00:02:43

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Brindley Sherratt, Bass Vocals - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - David Kempster, Baritone Vocals - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

27
Les Martyrs, Act 2: "C'est son pere!" (Severe)
Mark Elder
00:00:27

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Brindley Sherratt, Bass Vocals - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - David Kempster, Baritone Vocals - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

28
Les Martyrs, Act 2: "Les dieux ont conserve des jours si precieux!" (Felix)
Mark Elder
00:01:14

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Brindley Sherratt, Bass Vocals - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - David Kempster, Baritone Vocals - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

DISC 2

1
Les Martyrs, Act 2: Danses
Mark Elder
00:03:40

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

2
Les Martyrs, Act 2: Danses (Pas de deux)
Mark Elder
00:05:02

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

3
Les Martyrs, Act 2: Danses (Danse Militaire)
Mark Elder
00:08:44

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

4
Les Martyrs, Act 2: "De Decius, notre souverain maitre" (Felix, Severe)
Mark Elder
00:02:19

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Clive Bayley, Bass Vocals - Wynne Evans, Tenor Vocals - Brindley Sherratt, Bass Vocals - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - David Kempster, Baritone Vocals - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

5
Les Martyrs, Act 2: "Soutenez-moi! Divinite supreme!" (Pauline, Severe)
Mark Elder
00:01:54

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Clive Bayley, Bass Vocals - Wynne Evans, Tenor Vocals - Brindley Sherratt, Bass Vocals - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - David Kempster, Baritone Vocals - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

6
Les Martyrs, Act 2: "Voila le proconsul, ce guerrier magnanime" (Polyeucte, Severe, Pauline)
Mark Elder
00:01:15

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Clive Bayley, Bass Vocals - Wynne Evans, Tenor Vocals - Brindley Sherratt, Bass Vocals - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - David Kempster, Baritone Vocals - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

7
Les Martyrs, Act 2: "O blasphemes nouveaux!" (Callisthenes, Polyeucte, Severe, Pauline)
Mark Elder
00:01:24

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Clive Bayley, Bass Vocals - Wynne Evans, Tenor Vocals - Brindley Sherratt, Bass Vocals - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - David Kempster, Baritone Vocals - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

8
Les Martyrs, Act 2: "Dieu puissant qui voit mon zele, Que ta foi regne en son coeur" (Polyeucte, Pauline, Severe, Callisthenes, Felix, Chorus)
Mark Elder
00:04:37

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Clive Bayley, Bass Vocals - Wynne Evans, Tenor Vocals - Brindley Sherratt, Bass Vocals - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - David Kempster, Baritone Vocals - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

9
Les Martyrs, Act 3: "Dieux immortels, temoins de mes justes alarmes" (Pauline, Severe)
Mark Elder
00:04:36

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - David Kempster, Baritone Vocals - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

10
Les Martyrs, Act 3: "En touchant a ce rivage, Tout m'offrait la douce image" (Severe, Pauline)
Mark Elder
00:05:22

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - David Kempster, Baritone Vocals - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

11
Les Martyrs, Act 3: "Ne vois-tu pas, qu'helas ! mon coeur Succombe et cede a sa douleur!" (Pauline, Severe)
Mark Elder
00:03:59

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - David Kempster, Baritone Vocals - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

12
Les Martyrs, Act 3: "C'est Polyeucte! ... mon epoux!" (Pauline, Polyeucte)
Mark Elder
00:02:11

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Brindley Sherratt, Bass Vocals - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

13
Les Martyrs, Act 3: "Mon seul tresor, mon bien supreme" (Polyeucte)
Mark Elder
00:04:17

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Brindley Sherratt, Bass Vocals - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

14
Les Martyrs, Act 3: "O mon fils! ... ce guerrier, cet ami si fidele" (Felix, Polyeucte, Pauline)
Mark Elder
00:02:17

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Brindley Sherratt, Bass Vocals - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

15
Les Martyrs, Act 3: "Oui, j'irai dans leurs temples! Bientot tu m'y verras" (Polyeucte)
Mark Elder
00:02:54

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Brindley Sherratt, Bass Vocals - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

16
Les Martyrs, Act 3: "Dieu du tonnerre, Ton front severe Emeut la terre" (Callisthenes, Chorus)
Mark Elder
00:05:11

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Clive Bayley, Bass Vocals - Wynne Evans, Tenor Vocals - Brindley Sherratt, Bass Vocals - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - David Kempster, Baritone Vocals - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

17
Les Martyrs, Act 3: "A tes pieds, proconsul, on traine la victime!" (Callisthenes, Severe, Nearque, Pauline)
Mark Elder
00:01:37

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Clive Bayley, Bass Vocals - Wynne Evans, Tenor Vocals - Brindley Sherratt, Bass Vocals - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - David Kempster, Baritone Vocals - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

18
Les Martyrs, Act 3: "Quoi! des dieux la voix sainte" (Severe, Callisthenes, The Priest, Pauline, Polyeucte, All)
Mark Elder
00:02:08

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Clive Bayley, Bass Vocals - Wynne Evans, Tenor Vocals - Brindley Sherratt, Bass Vocals - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - David Kempster, Baritone Vocals - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

19
Les Martyrs, Act 3: "Jusqu'au sein du sanctuaire, Le parjure qu'il profere" (Severe, Callisthenes, Felix, Chorus, Pauline, Polyeucte, Nearque)
Mark Elder
00:04:34

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Clive Bayley, Bass Vocals - Wynne Evans, Tenor Vocals - Brindley Sherratt, Bass Vocals - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - David Kempster, Baritone Vocals - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

20
Les Martyrs, Act 3: "Lui-meme a voulu son supplice" (Felix, Pauline, Callisthenes, Chorus, Polyeucte, Severe, Nearque)
Mark Elder
00:02:08

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Clive Bayley, Bass Vocals - Wynne Evans, Tenor Vocals - Brindley Sherratt, Bass Vocals - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - David Kempster, Baritone Vocals - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

21
Les Martyrs, Act 3: "Je crois en Dieu, roi du ciel et de la terre" (Polyeucte, Pauline, Severe, Felix, Callisthenes, Chorus)
Mark Elder
00:03:38

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Clive Bayley, Bass Vocals - Wynne Evans, Tenor Vocals - Brindley Sherratt, Bass Vocals - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - David Kempster, Baritone Vocals - Michael Spyres, Tenor Vocals - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

DISC 3

1
Les Martyrs, Act 4: "L'arret est prononce, tous chretiens" (Severe, Felix, Pauline)
Mark Elder
00:02:04

Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Orchestra - Gaetano Donizetti, Composer - Brindley Sherratt, Bass Vocals - Mark Elder, Conductor, MainArtist - David Kempster, Baritone Vocals - Opera Rara Chorus, Chorus - Joyce El-Khoury, Soprano Vocals

© 2015 Opera Rara ℗ 2015 Opera Rara

Album review

Gaetano Donizetti's Les Martyrs began life as an Italian-language opera called Poliuto, dealing with the life of the martyred early Christian saint Polyeuctus, a Roman soldier whose head was sliced off after he converted to Christianity, disregarding the protests of his wife and children. Italian censors, backed by the Neapolitan king, forbade the performance of the work on the grounds that the sacred subject matter was unsuitable for opera. The outraged Donizetti took the work to more liberal Paris, where it underwent wholesale revision into a French grand opera; new text was added by the king of French dramatists, Eugène Scribe, and Donizetti supplied choruses and instrumental interludes to fill out the four-act structure. The original Italian version was later revived, and the work is more often performed in that version than in the hybrid French form. Recordings of Les Martyrs are not common, but Donizetti fans will be interested to discover the nimble ways in which he revised the work. The big new ensembles with multiple characters and chorus are quite effective, partly because they form a sharp contrast with the ravishing Donizetti melodies that are still in abundant supply. The performers, including Michael Spyres as Polyeucte and Joyce El-Khoury as his despairing wife, Pauline, are solid, and the whole is nicely held together by Mark Elder, leading the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. The booklet, with a detailed investigation into the work and, among other things, a really delightful caricature of Donizetti, is a major attraction in itself. Strong recommendation for Donizetti fans.

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