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Tracklist
Dido and Aeneas: Act I. "Shake the cloud from off your brow"
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I, 1. Aria “Shake the cloud from off your brow” (Belinda) – “Banish sorrow, banish care” (Chorus)
Dido and Aeneas: Act I. "Ah! Belinda, I am prest with torment"
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I, 2. “Ah! Belinda, I am prest with torment” (Dido)
Dido and Aeneas: Act I. "When monarchs unite"
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I, 4. “When monarchs unite” (Chorus)
Dido and Aeneas: Act I. "Whence could so much virtue spring?"
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I, 5. Recitative “Whence could so much virtue spring?” (Dido, Belinda, Second Woman)
Dido and Aeneas: Act I. "Fear no danger" / Dance
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I, VII. "Fear no danger" / Dance
Dido and Aeneas: Act I. "See, your royal guest appears"
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I, 7. Recitative “See, your royal guest appears” (Belinda, Aeneas, Dido)
Dido and Aeneas: Act I. "Cupid only throws the dart"
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I, 8. “Cupid only throws the dart” (Chorus)
Dido and Aeneas: Act I. "If not for mine"
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I, 9. Recitative “If not for mine, for empire’s sake” (Aeneas)
Dido and Aeneas: Act I. "Pursue thy conquest, Love"
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I, 10. Aria “Pursue thy conquest, love” (Belinda)
Dido and Aeneas: Act I. A Dance Gittars Chacony
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. Guitar Dance
Dido and Aeneas: Act I. "To the hills and the vales"
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I, 11. “To the hills and the vales” (Chorus)
Dido and Aeneas: Act I. The triumphing Dance
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I, 12. The Triumphing Dance
Dido and Aeneas: Act II. Prelude for the Witches / "Wayward sisters"
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene I, 13. Prelude for the Witches – “Wayward sisters” (Sorceress, First Witch)
Dido and Aeneas: Act II. "Harm's our delight"
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene I, 14. “Harm’s our delight” (Witches chorus)
Dido and Aeneas: Act II. "The Queen of Carthage, whom we hate"
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene I, 15. Recitative “The Queen of Carthage, whom we hate” (Sorceress)
Dido and Aeneas: Act II. "In our deep vaulted cell"
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene I, 20. “In our deep vaulted cell” (Chorus)
Dido and Aeneas: Act II. Echo Dance of Furies
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene I, 21. Echo Dance of Furies
Dido and Aeneas: Act II. Ritornelle / "Thanks to these lonesome vales"
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas: Act II. Ritornelle / "Thanks to these lonesome vales"
Dido and Aeneas: Act II. Gitter ground / a dance
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II. Gittar Ground a Dance
Dido and Aeneas: Act II. "Oft she visits" / Ritornelle
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II, 24. Aria “Oft she visits this lone mountain” (Second Woman) / Ritornelle
Dido and Aeneas: Act II. "Behold, upon my bending spear"
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II, 25. Recitative “Behold, upon my bending spear” (Aeneas, Dido)
Dido and Aeneas: Act II. "Haste, haste to town"
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II, 26. Aria and Chorus “Haste, haste to town” (Belinda, Chorus)
Dido and Aeneas: Act II. "Stay, Prince"
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II, 27. Recitative “Stay, Prince, and hear great Jove’s command” (Spirit, Aeneas)
Dido and Aeneas: Act II. Ritornelle
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II, 22. Ritornelle
Dido and Aeneas: Act III. Prelude / "Come away, fellow sailors"
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 28. Prelude “Come away, fellow sailors, your anchors be weighing” (First Sailor, Chorus)
Dido and Aeneas: Act III. The Sailors' Dance
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 29. The Sailors’ Dance
Dido and Aeneas: Act III. "See the flags and streamers curling"
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 30. Recitative “See, the flags and streamers curling” (Sorceress, Witches)
Dido and Aeneas: Act III. "Destruction's our delight"
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 31. “Destruction’s our delight” (Chorus)
Dido and Aeneas: Act III. The Witches' Dance
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 32. The Witches’ Dance
Dido and Aeneas: Act III. "Your counsel all is urg'd in vain"
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 33. Recitative “Your counsel all is urg’d in vain” (Dido, Belinda, Aeneas)
Dido and Aeneas: Act III. "Great minds against themselves conspire"
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 35. “Great minds against themselves conspire” (Chorus)