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Dido and Aeneas Z 626

Libretto: Nahum Tate
René Jacobs, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Lynne Dawson (Soprano), Rosemary Joshua (Soprano), Gerald Finley (Baritone), Dominique Visse (Countertenor), Robin Blaze (Countertenor), Stephen Wallace (Countertenor), John Bowen (Tenor), María Cristina Kiehr (Soprano), Susan Bickley (Soprano)
1998, London, Henry Wood Hall
39 Tracks, 59:36
    • Overture
      02:37

  • Act I

    • 1. 'Shake the cloud' (Belinda)
      00:59
    • 2. 'Ah! Belinda, I am prest' (Dido)
      03:49
    • 3. 'Grief increase by concealing' (Belinda)
      00:37
    • 4. 'When monarchs unite' (Belinda, Dido, Chorus)
      00:15
    • 5. 'Whence could so much virtue spring?' (Dido)
      01:39
    • 6. 'Fear no danger to ensue' (Belinda, Second Woman)
      01:26
    • 7. 'See, your Royal Guest appears' (Belinda)
      00:47
    • 8. 'Cupid only throws the dart' (Chorus)
      00:52
    • 9. 'If not for mine' (Aeneas)
      00:22
    • 10. 'Pursue thy conquest' (Belinda)
      00:47
    • 11. 'To the hills and the vales' (Chorus)
      01:13
    • 12. The Triumphing Dance
      01:11

  • Act II

    • 1. Prelude for the Witches
      02:05
    • 2. 'Harm's our delight' (Chorus)
      00:30
    • 3. 'The Queen of Carthage' (Sorceress/Sorcerer)
      00:30
    • 4. 'Ho ho ho, ho ho ho!' (Chorus)
      01:21
    • 5. 'But ere we this perform' (First Witch, Second Witch)
      01:15
    • 6. 'In our deep vaulted cell' (Chorus)
      01:34
    • 7. Echo Dance of Furies
      01:03
    • 8. Ritornelle
      00:53
    • 9. 'Thanks to these lovesome vales' (Belinda)
      02:43
    • 10. 'Oft she visits this lov'd mountain' (Second Woman)
      02:19
    • 11. 'Behold, upon my bending spear' (Aeneas)
      00:31
    • 12. 'Haste, haste to town' (Belinda)
      00:43
    • 13. 'Stay, Prince and hear great Jove's command' (Spirit)
      02:38
    • 14. 'Then since our Charmse have Sped' (Chorus)
      00:36
    • 15. The Groves Dance
      00:56

  • Act III

    • 1. Prelude
      01:34
    • 2. 'Come away, fellow sailors' (Chorus)
      00:58
    • 3. 'See the flags and streamers curling' (Sorceress/Sorcerer)
      00:55
    • 4. 'Our next Motion' (Sorceress/Sorcerer)
      00:57
    • 5. 'Destruction's our delight' (Chorus)
      01:03
    • 6. The Witches's Dance
      02:30
    • 7. 'Your counsel all is urged in vain' (Dido)
      03:46
    • 8. 'Great minds against themselves conspire' (Chorus)
      01:23
    • 9. 'Thy hand, Belinda' (Dido)
      00:52
    • 10. 'When I am laid in earth' (Dido)
      04:09
    • 11. 'With dropping wings ye Cupids come' (Chorus)
      05:18