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Dido and Aeneas Z 626

Libretto: Nahum Tate
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Pauline Tinsley (Soprano), George Mosley (Bass), Ruth Holton (Soprano), Carolyn Watkinson (Alto), Elisabeth Priday (Soprano), Teresa Shaw (Mezzo Soprano), Donna Deam (Soprano), Shauna Beesley (Soprano), Jonathan Peter Kenny (Alto)
℗ 1993
17 Tracks, 50:48
    • Overture
      02:02

  • Act I

    • 1. "Shake the cloud from off your brow" (Belinda, Chorus)
      01:01
    • 2. "Ah! Belinda, I am prest with torment" (Dido, Belinda, Chorus)
      04:12
    • 3. "Whence could so much virtue spring?" – "Fear no danger" (Dido, Second Woman, Belinda, Chorus)
      03:30
    • 4. "See, your Royal Guest appears" – "If not for mine" (Dido, Aeneas, Belinda, Chorus)
      02:33
    • 5. "To the hills and the vales" – The Triumphing Dance (Chorus)
      02:15

  • Act II

    • 1. Prelude for the Witches – "Wayward sisters" (Sorceress, First Witch, Second Witch, Chorus)
      05:04
    • 2. "In our deep vaulted cell" – Echo Dance of the Furies (Chorus)
      02:01
    • 3. Ritornelle – "Thanks to these lonesome vales" (Belinda, Chorus)
      03:15
    • 4. "Oft she visits" (Second Woman)
      02:07
    • 5. "Behold, upon my bending spear" (Dido, Aeneas, Belinda, Spirit, Chorus)
      04:25

  • Act III

    • 1. Prelude – "Come away, fellow sailors" – Sailor's Dance (A Sailor, Chorus)
      02:14
    • 2. "See the flags" – Destruction's our delight – The Witches' Dance (Sorceress, First Witch, Second Witch, Chorus)
      03:16
    • 3. "Your counsel all is urged in vain" (Dido, Aeneas, Belinda)
      03:17
    • 4. "But death, alas!" (Dido, Chorus))
      01:16
    • 5. "Thy hand, Belinda" – "When I am laid in earth" (Dido)
      04:06
    • 6. "With drooping wings" (Chorus)
      04:14