Henry Purcell : The Fairy Queen (Les Arts Florissants / William Christie)

Na základě obrovského úspěchu Dido & Aeneas a krále Artuše složil Purcell v roce 1692 Královnu víl, inspirovanou Shakespearovým Snem noci svatojánské. Dílo je ve skutečnosti „poloperou“ neboli „operou s dialogem“, v níž jsou zhudebněny pouze některé zásadní scény. Verze Snu noci svatojánské od 'Orphea Britannica' se stala téměř stejně slavnou jako hra, která ji inspirovala - díky milostným a magickým scénám a vrozenému smyslu pro hudební humor, který jí dodává neodolatelné kouzlo.

Tracklist:
01 - Prelude
02 - Hornpipe
03 - Air
04 - Rondeau
05 - Ouverture
06 - Come, Let Us Leave the Town
07 - Fill Up the Bowl
08 - First Act Tune (Jig)
09 - Come All Ye Songsters
10 - Prelude
11 - May the God of Wit Inspire - Echo
12 - Now Join Your Warbling Voices All, Sing While We Trip It - Dance of Fairies
13 - See, Even Night Herself Is Here
14 - I Am Come to Lock All Fast
15 - One Charming Night Gives More Delight
16 - Hush, No More
17 - Dance for the Followers of Night
18 - Second Act Tune (Air)
19 - If Love's a Sweet Passion
20 - Symphony While the Swans Come Forward
21 - Dance for the Fairies
22 - Dance for the Green Men
23 - Ye Gentle Spirits of the Air
24 - Dialogue Between Coridon and Mopsa
25 - When I Have Often Heard Young Maids Complaining
26 - Dance for the Haymakers
27 - A Thousand, Thousand Ways
28 - Third Act Tune (Hornpipe)
29 - Now the Night Is Chased Away - Let the Fifes and the Clarions
30 - Entry of Phoebus
31 - When a Cruel Long Winter - Hail! Great Parent of Us All
32 - Thus the Ever Grateful Spring
33 - Here's the Summer, Sprightly, Gay
34 - See, See My Many Colour'd Fields
35 - Next Winter Comes Slowly
36 - Fourth Act Tune (Air)
37 - Prelude
38 - Thrice Happy Lovers
39 - O Let Me Weep!
40 - Entry Dance
41 - Symphony
42 - Thus the Gloomy World
43 - Thus Happy and Free
44 - Yes, Daphne
45 - Monkeys' Dance
46 - Hark! How All Things With One Sound Rejoice
47 - Hark! The Echoing Air a Triumph Sings
48 - Sure the Dull God of Marriage Does Not Hear
49 - Prelude - See, I Obey
50 - Turn Then Thine Eyes
51 - My Torch Indeed Will from Such Brightness Shine
52 - They Shall Be As Happy As They Are Fair
53 - Chaconne
54 - They Shall Be As Happy As They Are Fair