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Dido and Aeneas Z 626

Libretto: Nahum Tate
Sir Charles Mackerras, Hamburger Rundfunkorchester, Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg, Sheila Armstrong (Soprano), Tatiana Troyanos (Mezzo Soprano), Margaret Baker (Soprano), Paul Esswood (Alto), Barry McDaniel (Baritone), Patricia Johnson (Alto), Margaret Rizza (Alto), Nigel Rogers (Tenor)
℗ 2005
23 Tracks, 1:02:51
    • Overture
      02:38

  • Act I

    • 1. "Shake the cloud from off your brow" (Belinda)
      01:14
    • 2. "Ah! Belinda" (Dido) – "Grief increases" – "When monarchs unite" (Belinda, Dido, Chorus)
      05:26
    • 3. "Whence could so much virtue spring?" (Dido, Belinda) – "Fear no danger" (Belinda, Second Woman, Chorus)
      03:51
    • 4. "See, your royal guest appears" (Belinda, Aeneas, Dido) – "Cupid only throws" (Chorus)
      01:29
    • 5. "If not for mine, for empire's sake" (Aeneas, Belinda) – "To the hills and the vales" (Chorus)
      03:05
    • 6. The Triumphing Dance
      01:03

  • Act II

    • 1. "Prelude for the Witches" (Sorceress, First Witch) – "Harms our delight" (Chorus) – "The Queen of Carthage" – "Ho,ho,ho" (Sorceress, Chorus)
      02:38
    • 2. "Ruin'd ere the set of sun" (First Witch, Second Witch, Sorceress, Chorus) – "But ere we this perform" (First Witch, Second Witch)
      02:44
    • 3. "In our deep vaulted cell" (Chorus)
      01:41
    • 4. Echo Dance Of Furies
      01:15
    • 5. Ritornelle – "Thanks to these lonesome vales" (Belinda, Chorus) – Gitter Ground a Dance
      03:24
    • 6. "Oft she visits" (Second Woman)
      02:45
    • 7. "Behold, upon my bending spear" (Aeneas, Dido) – "Haste, haste to town" (Belinda, Chorus)
      01:22
    • 8. "Stay, Prince" (Spirit, Aeneas)
      03:02
    • 9. "Then since our charms have sped" – "A Dance" (First Witch, Second Witch, Sorceress, Chorus) – The Groves Dance
      01:47

  • Act III

    • 1. Prelude – "Come away, fellow sailors" (A Sailor, Chorus)
      01:37
    • 2. The Sailors' Dance – "See the flags and streamers curling" (Sorceress, First Witch, Second Witch)
      01:53
    • 3. "Our next motion" (Sorceress) – "Destructions's our delight" (Chorus)
      01:21
    • 4. The Witches' Dance
      01:24
    • 5. "Your counsel all is urg'd in vain" (Dido, Belinda, Aeneas) – "Great minds against themselves conspire" (Chorus)
      05:22
    • 6. "Thy hand, Belinda" – "When I am laid in earth" (Dido)
      05:48
    • 7. "With drooping wings" (Chorus) – Cupids´ Dance
      06:02