Dido and Aeneas / Ode on St. Cecilia’s Day
Charles Mackerras · Jürgen Jürgens · Paul Esswood · Nigel Rogers · NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra · English Chamber Orchestra · Ambrosian Singers · Sheila Armstrong · Tatiana Troyanos · Barry McDaniel
Dido and Aeneas / Ode on St. Cecilia’s Day (2005), CD, on Archiv Produktion. Music by Henry Purcell, performed by Charles Mackerras, Jürgen Jürgens, Paul Esswood, Nigel Rogers; 39 tracks.
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Tracklist
Disc 1
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Overture
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Overture
Charles Mackerras, Jürgen Jürgens, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 1. "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)
Charles Mackerras, Jürgen Jürgens, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 1. "Ah! Belinda" / "Grief increases" / "When monarchs unite"
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I, 4. “When monarchs unite” (Chorus)
Charles Mackerras, Jürgen Jürgens, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 1. "Whence could so much virtue spring?" - "Fear no danger"
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I, 5. Recitative “Whence could so much virtue spring?” (Dido, Belinda, Second Woman)
Charles Mackerras, Jürgen Jürgens, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 1. "See, your royal guest appears" / "Cupid only throws…"
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I, 8. “Cupid only throws the dart” (Chorus)
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 1. "If not for mine, for empire's sake" … "To the hills and the vales"
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I, 9. Recitative “If not for mine, for empire’s sake” (Aeneas)
Charles Mackerras, Jürgen Jürgens, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 1. The Triumphing Dance
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I, 12. The Triumphing Dance
Charles Mackerras, Jürgen Jürgens, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 2. "Prelude for…" / "Harms our…" / "The Queen" / "Ho, ho, ho"
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene I, 14. “Harm’s our delight” (Witches chorus)
Charles Mackerras, Jürgen Jürgens, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 2. "Ruin'd ere the set of sun" … "But ere we this perform"
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene I, 19. “But ere we this perform” (Two Witches)
Charles Mackerras, Jürgen Jürgens, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 2. "In our deep vaulted cell"
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene I, 20. “In our deep vaulted cell” (Chorus)
Charles Mackerras, Jürgen Jürgens, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 2. Echo Dance of Furies
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene I, 21. Echo Dance of Furies
Charles Mackerras, Jürgen Jürgens, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II. Gittar Ground a Dance
Charles Mackerras, Jürgen Jürgens, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 2. "Oft she visits"
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II, 24. Aria “Oft she visits this lone mountain” (Second Woman) / Ritornelle
Charles Mackerras, Jürgen Jürgens, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 2. "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)
Charles Mackerras, Jürgen Jürgens, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 2. "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, Z. 626: Act 2. "Then since our charms have sped" - A Dance - The Groves Dance
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II. The Groves Dance
Charles Mackerras, Jürgen Jürgens, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 3. 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, Z. 626: Act 3. The Sailors' Dance - "See the flags and streamers curling"
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 29. The Sailors’ Dance
Charles Mackerras, Jürgen Jürgens, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 3. "Our next motion" - "Destruction's our delight"
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 31. “Destruction’s our delight” (Chorus)
Charles Mackerras, Jürgen Jürgens, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 3. The Witches' Dance
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 32. The Witches’ Dance
Charles Mackerras, Jürgen Jürgens, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 35. “Great minds against themselves conspire” (Chorus)
Charles Mackerras, Jürgen Jürgens, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Disc 2
Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day, Z. 328: Hail, bright Cecilia!
Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day, Z. 328: Hail, bright Cecilia!
Henry Purcell - “Hail! Bright Cecilia”, Z. 328
Charles Mackerras, English Chamber Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers
Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day, Z. 328: Hark, hark, each tree its silence breaks
Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day, Z. 328: Soul of the world
Henry Purcell - “Hail! Bright Cecilia”, Z. 328
Charles Mackerras, English Chamber Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers
Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day, Z. 328: Thou tun'st this world below, the spheres above
Henry Purcell - “Hail! Bright Cecilia”, Z. 328
Charles Mackerras, English Chamber Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers
Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day, Z. 328: With that sublime celestial lay
Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day, Z. 328: Wondrous machine!
Henry Purcell - “Hail! Bright Cecilia”, Z. 328
Charles Mackerras, English Chamber Orchestra, John Shirley-Quirk
Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day, Z. 328: In vain the am'rous flute and soft guitar
Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day, Z. 328: The fife, and all the harmony of war
Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day, Z. 328: Let these amongst themselves contest
Henry Purcell - “Hail! Bright Cecilia”, Z. 328
Charles Mackerras, English Chamber Orchestra, John Shirley-Quirk
Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day, Z. 328: Hail, bright Cecilia!
Henry Purcell - “Hail! Bright Cecilia”, Z. 328
Charles Mackerras, English Chamber Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers