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Dido and Aeneas Z 626

Libretto: Nahum Tate
Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert, The Choir of the English Concert, Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano), Lynne Dawson (Soprano), Stephen Varcoe (Baritone), Nigel Rogers (Tenor), Elisabeth Priday (Soprano), Carol Hall (Soprano), Sarah Leonard (Soprano), Kym Amps (Soprano)
1988, London, Henry Wood Hall
22 Tracks, 53:41
    • Overture
      02:19

  • Act I

    • 1. "Shake the cloud from off your brow" - "Banish sorrow, banish care"
      01:02
    • 2. "Ah! Belinda, I am press'd" ... "When monarchs unite, how happy"
      04:44
    • 3. "Whence could so much virtue spring?" - "Fear no danger"
      03:32
    • 4. "See, your royal guest appears" - "Cupid only throws the dart"
      01:27
    • 5. "If not for mine, for empire's sake" ... "To the hills and the vales"
      02:19
    • 6. The Triumphing Dance
      01:11

  • Act II

    • 1. Prelude for the Witches "Wayward sisters" ... "Ho, ho, ho"
      02:33
    • 2. "Ruin'd ere the set of sun" ... "But ere we this perform"
      02:22
    • 3. "In our deep vaulted cell"
      01:41
    • 4. Echo Dance of Furies
      00:54
    • 5. Ritornelle - "Thanks to these lonesome vales"
      03:19
    • 6. "Oft she visits"
      02:17
    • 7. "Behold, upon my bending spear" - "Haste, haste to town"
      01:22
    • 8. "Stay, Prince"
      02:40

  • Act III

    • 1. Prelude - "Come away, fellow sailors"
      01:33
    • 2. The Sailors' Dance "See the flags and streamers curling"
      01:43
    • 3. "Our next motion" - "Destructions's our delight"
      01:13
    • 4. The Witches' Dance
      01:12
    • 5. "Your counsel all is urg'd in vain" - "Great minds against themselves conspire"
      05:02
    • 6. "Thy Hand, Belinda...When I Am Laid In Earth"
      04:22
    • 7. "With drooping wings"
      04:54