Dido and Aeneas / The Fairy Queen / Te Deum & Jubilate (excerpts)
Charles Mackerras · John Eliot Gardiner · Simon Preston · Trevor Pinnock · English Baroque Soloists · The English Concert · Francis Grier
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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 Æneas: Act I. “Ah! Belinda” / “Grief increases” / “When monarchs unite”
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I, 2. “Ah! Belinda, I am prest with torment” (Dido)
Dido and Æneas: Act I. “See, your royal guest appears” / “Cupid only throws.”
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I, 7. Recitative “See, your royal guest appears” (Belinda, Aeneas, Dido)
Dido and Æneas: “If not for mine” / “Pursue thy conquest, Love”
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I, 9. Recitative “If not for mine, for empire’s sake” (Aeneas)
Dido and Æneas: Act II. “Prelude for.” / “Harms our.” / “The Queen” / “Ho,ho,ho”
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene I, 13. Prelude for the Witches – “Wayward sisters” (Sorceress, First Witch)
Dido and Æneas: “Ruinnd ere” / “Ho,ho,ho” / “But ere.” / “In our deep.”
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene I, 17. Recitative “Ruin’d ere the set of sun?” (Two Witches, Sorceress)
Dido and Æneas: Act II. “Behold, upon my bending spear” / “Haste, haste to town”
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II, 25. Recitative “Behold, upon my bending spear” (Aeneas, Dido)
Dido and Æneas: Act III. “Thy hand, Belinda” / “When I am laid in earth”
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 37. Ground, Aria and Ritornello “When I am laid in earth” (Dido)
The Fairy Queen: Act I. Scene of the Drunken Poet: “Fill up the Bowl”
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part II "Night and silence": "Fill up the bowl, then"
The Fairy Queen: Act II no. 17. “Hush, no more”
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part II "Night and silence": "Hush, no more"
The Fairy Queen: Act III. Dialog: “Now the Maids and the Men”
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part III "The sweet passion": "Now the maids and the men are making of hay"
The Fairy Queen: Act V. The Plaint
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Part III "The sweet passion": "The Plaint: O let me weep, for ever weep!"
The Fairy Queen: Act V. Monkey’s Dance
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act V, no. 49. Monkeys' Dance
The Fairy Queen: Act V. Hark! The Ech’ing Air
Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen, Z. 629: Act V, no. 51. Song and Chorus: "Hark! The Ech'ing Air" (2nd Woman)