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Dido and Aeneas Z 626

Libretto: Nahum Tate
Richard Hickox, Collegium Musicum 90 Chorus, Collegium Musicum 90, Maria Ewing (Soprano), Karl Morgan Daymond (Baritone), Rebecca Evans (Soprano), Sally Burgess (Mezzo Soprano), Jamie MacDougall (Tenor), James Bowman (Countertenor), Mary Plazas (Soprano), Pamela Helen Stephen (Mezzo Soprano), Patricia Rozario (Soprano)
1995, London, Church of St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb
39 Tracks, 55:08
    • Overture
      01:54

  • Act I

    • 1. Shake the cloud from off your brow (Belinda, Chorus)
      01:03
    • 2. Ah! Belinda I am prest (Dido)
      04:25
    • 3. Grief increases by concealing (Belinda, Dido)
      00:35
    • 4. When monarchs unite (Chorus)
      00:15
    • 5. Whence could so much virtue spring (Dido, Belinda)
      02:02
    • 6. Fear no danger to ensue (Belinda, Second Woman, Chorus)
      01:36
    • 7. See, your royal guest appears (Belinda, Aeneas, Dido)
      00:59
    • 8. Cupid only throws the dart (Chorus)
      00:32
    • 9. If not for mine (Aeneas)
      00:26
    • 10. Pursue thy conquest, Love (Belinda)
      00:47
    • 11. To the hills and the vales (Chorus)
      01:07
    • 12. Triumphing Dance
      01:18

  • Act II

    • 1. Wayward sisters (Sorceress)
      01:59
    • 2. Harm's our delight (Chorus)
      00:15
    • 3. The Queen of Carthage (Sorceress)
      00:29
    • 4. Ha ha ha! (Chorus)
      00:10
    • 5. Ruin'd ere the set of sun? (Witches)
      00:57
    • 6. Ha ha ha ha! (Chorus)
      00:09
    • 7. But ere we this perform (Witches)
      01:08
    • 8. In our deep vaulted cell (Chorus)
      01:22
    • 9. Echo Dance of Furies
      01:06
    • 10. Ritornelle
      00:39
    • 11. Thanks to these lonesome vales (Belinda, Chorus)
      02:38
    • 12. Oft she visits this lov'd mountain (Second Woman)
      01:53
    • 13. Behold upon my bending spear (Aeneas, Dido)
      00:32
    • 14. Haste, haste to town (Belinda, Chorus)
      00:45
    • 15. Stay, Prince (Spirit, Aeneas)
      02:46

  • Act III

    • 1. Prelude – Come away (First Sailor, Chorus)
      01:35
    • 2. The Sailors' Dance
      00:44
    • 3. See the flags and streamers curling (Sorceress, Witches)
      00:54
    • 4. Our next motion (Sorceress)
      00:38
    • 5. Destruction's our delight (Chorus)
      00:33
    • 6. The Witches' Dance
      01:15
    • 7. Your consel all is urg'd in vain (Dido, Belinda, Aeneas)
      04:17
    • 8. Great minds against themselves conspire (Chorus)
      01:02
    • 9. Thy hand, Belinda (Dido)
      01:02
    • 10. When I am laid in earth (Dido)
      03:53
    • 11. With drooping wings ye Cupids come (Chorus)
      05:28