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Dido and Aeneas Z 626

Libretto: Nahum Tate
William Christie, Les Arts Florissants, Chorus, Sophie Marin-Degor (Soprano), Véronique Gens (Soprano), Nathan Berg (Baritone), Claire Brua (Mezzo Soprano), Sophie Daneman (Soprano), Gaëlle Méchaly (Soprano), Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (Tenor)
1994
26 Tracks, 51:40
    • Overture
      01:53

  • Act I

    • 1. "Shake the cloud from off your brow" (Belinda, Chorus)
      01:03
    • 2. "Ah Belinda, I am press'd with torment" (Dido)
      03:38
    • 3. "Grief increases by concealing" (Belinda, Dido) - "When monarchs unite, how happy their state" (Chorus)
      00:42
    • 4. "Whence could so much virtue spring?" (Dido, Belinda)
      01:55
    • 5. "Fear no danger to ensue" (Belinda, Chorus)
      01:33
    • 6. "See our royal guest appears" (Belinda, Aeneas) - "Cupid only throws the dart" (Chorus)
      01:10
    • 7. "If not for mine, for Empire's sake" (Aeneas) - "Pursue thy conquest, Love" (Belinda) - "To the hills and the vales" (Chorus)
      02:15
    • 8. "The Triumphing Dance"
      01:10

  • Act II

    • 1. Prelude for the Witches - "Wayward sisters, you that fright" (Sorceress/Sorcerer) - "Harm's our delight" (Chorus)
      02:15
    • 2. "The Queen of Carthage" -"Ho! ho! ho!" (Sorceress/Sorcerer, First Witch, Chorus)
      01:53
    • 3. "But ere we this perform" (First Witch, Second Witch)
      01:11
    • 4. "In our deep vaulted cell - Echo Dance of Furies" (Chorus)
      02:23
    • 5. Ritornelle - "Thanks to these lonesome vales" (Belinda, Chorus)
      03:36
    • 6. "Oft she visits this lone mountain" (Second Woman)
      01:56
    • 7. "Behold upon my bending spear" (Aeneas, Dido) - "Haste, haste to town" (Belinda, Chorus)
      01:14
    • 8. "Stay Prince" (Spirit, Aeneas)
      02:04
    • 9. "Then since our chorus have sped" (Chorus) - The Grove's Dance
      01:24

  • Act III

    • 1. "Come away" (Sailor, Chorus) - The Sailors' Dance
      02:24
    • 2. "See, see the flags" (Sorceress/Sorcerer, First Witch) - "Our next motion" (Sorceress/Sorcerer)
      01:41
    • 3. "Destruction's our delight" (Chorus)
      00:31
    • 4. "The Witches' Dance
      01:35
    • 5. "Your counsel all is urged in vain" (Dido, Belinda, Aeneas)
      03:35
    • 6. "Great minds against themselves conspire" (Chorus) - "Thy hand, Belinda" (Dido)
      02:03
    • 7. "When I am laid in earth" (Dido)
      03:54
    • 8. "With drooping wings" (Chorus)
      02:42