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Dido and Aeneas Z 626

Libretto: Nahum Tate
William Christie, Les Arts Florissants, Chorus, Guillemette Laurens (Mezzo Soprano), Jill Feldman (Soprano), Philippe Cantor (Baritone), Dominique Visse (Countertenor), Agnès Mellon (Soprano), Barbara Borden (Soprano), Étienne Lestringant (Tenor), Michel Laplénie (Tenor)
1985, Arles, Église Saint-Martin du Méjan
37 Tracks, 53:54
    • Overture
      02:02

  • Act I

    • 1. Solo and Chorus. "Shake the Cloud"(Belinda)
      01:06
    • 2. Song. "Ah! Belinda, I am prest" (Dido)
      03:49
    • 3. Recitative. "Grief Increases by concealing" (Belinda)
      00:36
    • 4. Chorus. "When Monarchs Unite"
      00:15
    • 5. Recitative. "Whence Could so Much Virtue Spring" (Dido)
      02:08
    • 6. Duet and Chorus." Fear No Danger to Ensue" (Belinda, Second Woman)
      01:35
    • 7. Recitative. "See Your Royal Guest Appears" (Belinda)
      00:48
    • 8. Chorus. "Cupid Only Throws the Dart"
      00:28
    • 9. Recitative. "If Not for Mine" (Aeneas)
      00:22
    • 10. Air. "Persue Thy Conquest" (Belinda)
      00:50
    • 11. Chorus. "To the Hills and the Vales"
      01:09
    • The Triumphing Dance
      01:18

  • Act II

    • 1. Prelude for the Witches. "Wayward Sisters, You that Fright" (Sorceress, First Witch)
      01:57
    • 2. Chorus. "Harm's Our Delight"
      00:17
    • 3. Recitative. "The Queen of Carthage" (Sorceress)
      00:30
    • 4. "Ruin'd Ere the Set of Sun" (Two Witches, Sorceress)
      01:25
    • 5. Duet. "But, Ere we This Perform" (Two Witches)
      01:09
    • 6. Chorus. "In Our Deep Vaulted Cell"
      01:37
    • 7. Echo Dance of Furies
      01:00
    • 8. Ritornelle
      00:31
    • 9. Song and Chorus. "Thanks to These Lonesome Vales" (Belinda)
      03:29
    • 10. Song. "Oft She Visits this Lone Mountain" (Second Woman) – Ritornelle
      01:57
    • 11. Recitative. "Behold, Upon My Bending Spear" (Aeneas)
      00:32
    • 12. Song and Chorus. "Haste to Town" (Belinda)
      00:51
    • 13. Recitative. "Stay, Prince, and Hear Great Jove's Command" (Spirit)
      02:40

  • Act III

    • 1. Prelude
      01:36
    • 2. Solo and Chorus. "Come Away, Fellow Sailors" (First Sailor)
      00:47
    • 3. Recitative. "See the Flags and Streamers Curling" (Sorceress)
      01:12
    • 4. Song. "Our Next Motion Must Be to Storm" (Sorceress)
      00:38
    • 5. Chorus. "Destruction's Our Delight"
      00:34
    • 6. The Witches' Dance
      01:28
    • 7. Recitative. "Your Counsel All is Urged in Vain" (Dido)
      04:01
    • 8. Chorus. "Great Minds Against Themsleves Conspire"
      01:02
    • 9. Recitative. "Thy Hand, Belinda" (Dido)
      01:10
    • 10. Song. "When I am Laid in Earth" (Dido's Lament)
      04:08
    • 11. Chorus. "With Drooping Wings Ye Cupids Come"
      02:57