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Dido and Aeneas Z 626

Libretto: Nahum Tate
Raymond Leppard, English Chamber Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra Chorus, Jessye Norman (Soprano), Thomas Allen (Baritone), Marie McLaughlin (Soprano), Elizabeth Gale (Soprano), Patricia Kern (Mezzo Soprano), Helen Walker (Soprano), Della Jones (Mezzo Soprano), Derek Lee Ragin (Countertenor), Patrick Power (Tenor)
1985, London
16 Tracks, 58:10
    • Overture
      02:10

  • Act I

    • 1. 'Shake the cloud from off your brow' (Belinda, Chorus)
      01:13
    • 2. 'Ah! Belinda, I am prest with torment' (Belinda, Dido, Chorus)
      05:41
    • 3. 'Whence could so much virtue spring?' - 'Fear no danger' (Dido, Belinda, Second Woman)
      03:33
    • 4. 'See, your Royal Guest' - 'If not for mine' - 'To the hills and the vales' (Dido, Aeneas, Belinda, Chorus) - The Triumphing Dance
      05:18

  • Act II

    • 1. Prelude for the witches
      01:01
    • 2. 'Wayward sisters' - 'But ere we this perform' (Sorceress/Sorcerer, First Witch, Second Witch, Chorus)
      04:59
    • 3. 'In our deep vaulted cell' (Chorus) - Echo Dance of the Furies
      02:18
    • 4. Ritornelle - 'Thanks to these lonesome vales' (Belinda, Chorus)
      03:28
    • 5. 'Oft she visits' - 'Behold, upon my bending spear' (Dido, Aeneas, Belinda, Second Woman)
      03:25
    • 6. 'Stay, Prince' - 'Jove's commands shall be obey'd' (Aeneas, Spirit)
      03:17

  • Act III

    • 1. Prelude - 'Come away, fellow sailors' (A Sailor, Chorus)
      01:41
    • 2. The sailor's Dance - 'See the flags' - 'Destruction'sour delight' (Sorceress/Sorcerer, First Witch, Second Witch, Chorus) - The Witches' Dance
      04:23
    • 3. 'Your counsel all is urged in vain' - 'But death, alas' (Dido, Aeneas, Belinda, Chorus)
      05:34
    • 4. 'Thy hand, Belinda' - ' When I am laid in earth' (Dido)
      05:23
    • 5. 'With drooping wings' (Chorus)
      04:46