Dido & Aeneas
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment · Lucy Crowe · Sarah Connolly · Gerald Finley · Patricia Bardon · John Mark Ainsley
Dido & Aeneas (2009), CD, on Chaconne. Music by Henry Purcell, performed by Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Lucy Crowe, Sarah Connolly, Gerald Finley; 31 tracks.
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“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)
“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)
“Grief increases by concealing”
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I, 3. Recitative “Grief increases by concealing” (Belinda, Dido, Second Woman)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Lucy Crowe, Sarah Connolly
“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)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Lucy Crowe, Sarah Connolly
“See, your royal guest appears”
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I, 7. Recitative “See, your royal guest appears” (Belinda, Aeneas, Dido)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Gerald Finley, Lucy Crowe
“If not for mine, for Empire’s sake” – “Pursue thy conquest, love”
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I, 9. Recitative “If not for mine, for empire’s sake” (Aeneas)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Gerald Finley, Lucy Crowe
Prelude – “Wayward sisters” – “Harm’s our delight”
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene I, 13. Prelude for the Witches – “Wayward sisters” (Sorceress, First Witch)
“The Queen of Carthage” – “Ho ho ho!”
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene I, 15. Recitative “The Queen of Carthage, whom we hate” (Sorceress)
“Ruin’d ’ere the set of sun?” – “Ho ho ho!”
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene I, 17. Recitative “Ruin’d ere the set of sun?” (Two Witches, Sorceress)
“In our deep vaulted cell, the charm we’ll prepare”
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene I, 20. “In our deep vaulted cell” (Chorus)
“Thanks to these lonesome vales”
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II, 23. Aria and Chorus “Thanks to these lonesome vales” (Belinda, Chorus)
“Oft she visits this lone mountain”
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II, 24. Aria “Oft she visits this lone mountain” (Second Woman) / Ritornelle
“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)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Gerald Finley, Lucy Crowe
“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)
“Then since our charms have sped”
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II. Chorus “Then since our charmes have sped” (Sorceress, Two Witches)
Prelude – “Come away, fellow sailors” – The Sailors’ Dance
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 28. Prelude “Come away, fellow sailors, your anchors be weighing” (First Sailor, Chorus)
“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)
Almand – “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)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Gerald Finley, Lucy Crowe
“Great minds against themselves conspire”
Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 35. “Great minds against themselves conspire” (Chorus)