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The Fairy Queen / Dido and Aeneas — Benjamin Britten, Steuart Bedford / Henry Purcell | Classikal

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The Fairy Queen / Dido and Aeneas

Benjamin Britten · Steuart Bedford · English Chamber Orchestra

Decca Classics2001Cat. 468 561-22h 36m51 tracks

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Disc 1

01

The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": Symphony

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": Symphony

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

6:51

02

The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": "Now the night is chas'd away"

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": "Now the night is chas'd away"

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

2:42

03

The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": "Let the fifes and the clarions...Dance"

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": "Let the fifes and the clarions...Dance"

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

2:08

04

The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": "When a cruel long Winter"

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": "When a cruel long Winter"

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

2:48

05

The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": "Hail! great parent of us all"

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": "Hail! great parent of us all"

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

2:15

06

The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": "Thus the ever grateful Spring"

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": "Thus the ever grateful Spring"

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

2:47

07

The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": "Here's the Summer, springly, gay"

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": "Here's the Summer, springly, gay"

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

1:14

08

The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": "See, my many-coloured fields"

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": "See, my many-coloured fields"

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

3:04

09

The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": "Next, Winter comes slowly"

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": "Next, Winter comes slowly"

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

2:55

10

The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": "Hail! great parent of us all"

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part I "Oberon's birthday": "Hail! great parent of us all"

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

2:17

11

The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part II "Night and silence": Prelude - "Come, all ye songsters of the sky"

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part II "Night and silence": "One charming night"

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

2:31

12

The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part II "Night and silence": "The Songsters... May the god of wit inspire"

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part II "Night and silence": "The Songsters... May the god of wit inspire"

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

1:57

13

The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part II "Night and silence": "Echo... Now join your warbling voices all"

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part II "Night and silence": "Echo... Now join your warbling voices all"

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

2:14

14

The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part II "Night and silence": "Fill up the bowl, then"

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part II "Night and silence": "Fill up the bowl, then"

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

6:35

15

The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part II "Night and silence": "See, even Night herself is here"

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part II "Night and silence": "See, even Night herself is here"

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

5:22

16

The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part II "Night and silence": "I am come to lock all fast"

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part II "Night and silence": "I am come to lock all fast"

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

0:43

17

The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part II "Night and silence": "One charming night"

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part II "Night and silence": "One charming night"

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

2:16

18

The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part II "Night and silence": "Hush, no more"

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part II "Night and silence": "Hush, no more"

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

4:04

19

The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part II "Night and silence": "Dance for the followers of night"

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part II "Night and silence": "Dance for the followers of night"

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

1:30

20

The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part III "The sweet passion": Overture

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part III "The sweet passion": Overture

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

1:44

21

The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part III "The sweet passion": "If love's a sweet passion"

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part III "The sweet passion": "If love's a sweet passion"

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

2:43

22

The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part III "The sweet passion": "The Plaint: O let me weep, for ever weep!"

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part III "The sweet passion": "The Plaint: O let me weep, for ever weep!"

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

7:52

23

The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part III "The sweet passion": "Now the maids and the men are making of hay"

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part III "The sweet passion": "Now the maids and the men are making of hay"

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

3:42

24

The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part III "The sweet passion": "A dance of haymakers"

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part III "The sweet passion": "A dance of haymakers"

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

0:56

25

The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part III "The sweet passion": "A thousand, thousand ways"

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part III "The sweet passion": "A thousand, thousand ways"

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

3:06

26

The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part III "The sweet passion": "Hornpipe and rondeau"

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part III "The sweet passion": "Hornpipe and rondeau"

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

2:33

Disc 2

01

The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": Symphony

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": Symphony

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

1:25

02

The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": "Hark! hark! the echoing air"

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": "Hark! hark! the echoing air"

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

2:30

03

The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": "Sure the dull God of Marriage"

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": "Sure the dull God of Marriage"

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

2:27

04

The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": "See, I obey"

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": "See, I obey"

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

1:49

05

The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": "Turn then thine eyes"

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": "Turn then thine eyes"

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

1:10

06

The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": "My torch indeed... They shall be as happy"

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": "My torch indeed... They shall be as happy"

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

2:57

07

The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": "Chaconne"

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": "Chaconne"

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

3:33

08

The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": "They shall be as happy"

Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part IV "Epithalamium": "They shall be as happy"

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

0:52

09

Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. Overture

Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Overture

Steuart Bedford

2:17

10

Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: 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)

Steuart Bedford

1:09

11

Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: 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)

Steuart Bedford

5:15

12

Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: 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)

Steuart Bedford

2:06

13

Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. "Fear no danger to ensue"

Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I, 6. “Fear no danger to ensue” (Belinda, Second Woman, Chorus)

Steuart Bedford

1:36

14

Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: 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)

Steuart Bedford

5:13

15

Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. 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)

Steuart Bedford

3:19

16

Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. "Ruin'd ere the set of sun"

Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. "Ruin'd ere the set of sun"

Steuart Bedford

5:28

17

Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II. Ritornelle - "Thanks to these lonesome dales"

Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II. Ritornelle - "Thanks to these lonesome dales"

Steuart Bedford

3:44

18

Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II. "Oft she visits this lov'd mountain"

Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II, 24. Aria “Oft she visits this lone mountain” (Second Woman) / Ritornelle

Steuart Bedford

2:29

19

Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: 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)

Steuart Bedford

1:20

20

Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II. "Stay, Prince, and hear great Jove's command"

Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II, 27. Recitative “Stay, Prince, and hear great Jove’s command” (Spirit, Aeneas)

Steuart Bedford

6:05

21

Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: 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)

Steuart Bedford

2:17

22

Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: 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)

Steuart Bedford

3:19

23

Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: 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)

Steuart Bedford

3:40

24

Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III. "But Death, alas! ... When I am laid in earth"

Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 34. Recitative “But death, alas! I cannot shun” (Dido)

Steuart Bedford

6:29

25

Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III. "With drooping wings ye Cupids come"

Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 38. “With drooping wings” (Chorus)

Steuart Bedford

4:59