Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Ode for St. Cecilia's Day
"Welcome to all the pleasures"
Text : Christopher Fishburn
Ruth Holton : Soprano I
Nicola Jenkin : Soprano II
Michael Chance : Alto
Paul Tinball : Tenor
George Mosley : Bass
Dido and Aeneas
Tragic Opera in Three Acts
Libretto : Nahum Tate
Carolyn Watkinson : Dido, Queen of Carthage
Ruth Holton : Belinda, her Confidante
George Mosley : Aeneas, a Trojan Prince
Teresa Shaw : Sorceress
Paul Tindall : First Sailor
Donna Deam : First Witch
Shauna Beesley : Second Witch
Elisabeth Priday : Second Woman
Jonathan Peter Kenny : Spirit
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner

Track List:

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01. Ode for St Cecilia's Day : I. Symphony - Welcome to all the pleasures that delight [0:03:35.00]
02. II. Here the deities approve [0:03:44.66]
03. III. While joys celestial their bright souls invade [0:02:56.33]
04. IV. Beauty thou scene of love [0:04:12.00]
05. Dido and Aeneas : Overture [0:02:01.84]
06. Act One : Shake the cloud from off your brow [0:01:01.00]
07. Ah! Belinda, I am prest with torment [0:04:12.49]
08. Whence could so much virtue spring? [0:03:30.00]
09. See, your royal guest appears [0:02:32.66]
10. Francesco Corbetta : Ciaccona [0:00:59.66]
11. To the hills and the dales [0:02:21.33]
12. Act Two : Prelude for the Witches : Wayward sisters, youu that fright [0:05:04.00]
13. In our deep vaulted cell [0:02:03.00]
14. Ritornelle, Thanks to these lonesome vales [0:03:15.00]
15. Gaspar Sanz : Folias [0:00:58.33]
16. Oft she visits this lone mountain [0:02:06.66]
17. Behold, on my bending spear [0:04:30.00]
18. Act : Prelude : Come away fellow sailors [0:02:13.66]
19. See the flags and streamers curling [0:03:16.33]
20. Your counsel all is urged in vain [0:03:17.17]
21. But death, alas, I cannot shun [0:01:15.82]
22. Thy hand Belinda - When I am laid in earth [0:04:05.66]
23. With drooping wings ye Cupids come [0:04:14.33]

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