Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Dido & Aeneas
Opera in three acts
Libretto by Nahum Tate
Dido, Queen of Carthage : Sara Connolly : Mezzo-Soprano
Aeneas, Trojan Prince : Gerald Finley : Baritone
Belinda, Dido's sister and handmaid : Lucy Crowe : Soprano
Sorceress : Patricia Bardon : Mezzo-Soprano
Spirit : William Purefoy : Countertenor
Second Woman, a handmaid : Sarah Tyan : Soprano
Sailor : John Mark Ainsley : Tenor
First Witch and Chorus : Garys Lane : Soprano
Second Witch and Chorus : Rebecca Outram : Soprano
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Margarert Fautles : Leader
Choir of the Enlightenment
Music Directors:
Elizabeth Kenny
Steven Devine
Recording : St Silas the Martyr, Kentish Town, London; 23-25 June 2008
Total Time : 69:49
Year : 2009

Track List:

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01. Overture [0:02:03.05]
02. Act I : 'Shake the cloud from off your brow' (Belinda, Chorus) [0:01:08.42]
03. 'Ah! Belinda I am Prest with torment' (Dido) [0:06:40.10]
04. 'Grief increases by concealing' (Belinda, Dido, Chorus) [0:00:50.90]
05. 'Whence could so much virtyue spring?' (Dido, Belinda, Second Woman, Chorus) [0:04:22.12]
06. 'See, your royal guest appears' (Belinda, Aeneas, Dido, Chorus) [0:00:53.16]
07. 'Cupid only throuws the dart' (Chorus) [0:00:40.49]
08. 'If not for mine, for Empire's sake - 'Pursue thy conquest, Love (Aeneas, Belinda) [0:01:09.72]
09. Gittars Chacony [0:02:32.70]
10. 'To the hills and vales' (Chorus) [0:01:03.66]
11. Triumphing Dance [0:01:27.37]
12. Act II : Prelude - 'Wayward sisters' - 'Harms our delight' (Sorceress, Withces) [0:02:12.61]
13. 'The Queen of Carthage' - 'Ho ho ho!' (Sorceress, Chorus) [0:00:40.89]
14. 'Ruin'd 'ere the set of sun?' - 'Ho, ho, ho' (Withces, Sorcerss, Chorus) [0:02:26.68]
15. 'In our deep vaulted cell the charm we'll prepare' (Chorus) [0:01:19.38]
16. Echo Dance of Furies [0:01:16.85]
17. Ritornelle [0:00:50.25]
18. 'Thanks to these lonesome vales' (Belinda, Chorus) [0:02:59.54]
19. Gittars Passacaille [0:03:05.56]
20. 'Oft she visits this lone mountain' (Second Woman) [0:01:47.92]
21. 'Belold, upon my bending spear' - 'Haste, haste to town' (Aeneas, Belinda, Chorus, Dido) [0:01:22.50]
22. 'Stay, Prince, and hear great Jove's command' (Spirit, Aeneas) [0:02:38.73]
23. 'Then since our charms have sped' - The Groves' Dance (Chorus) [0:01:31.80]
24. Act III : Prelude - 'Come away, fellow..' - The Sailor's Dance (First Sailor, Chorus) [0:02:17.45]
25. 'See the flags and streamers curling' (Sorceress, Witches) [0:01:02.30]
26. 'Our next motion' (Sorceress, Chorus) [0:01:16.42]
27. The Witches' Dance [0:01:22.38]
28. Almand - 'Your counsel all is urg'd in vain' (Dido, Belinda, Aeneas) [0:07:48.24]
29. 'Great minds against themselves conspire' (Chorus) [0:01:00.56]
30. 'Thy hand, Belinda, darkness shades me' - 'When I am laid in earth' (Dido) [0:05:05.12]
31. 'With drooping wings ye Cupids come' (Chorus) [0:04:53.32]
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