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Dido and Aeneas Z 626

Libretto: Nahum Tate
Sir Anthony Lewis, English Chamber Orchestra, St. Anthony Singers, Catherine Wilson (Mezzo Soprano), Dame Janet Baker (Soprano), Dorothy Dorow (Soprano), Eileen Poulter (Soprano), John Mitchinson (Tenor), Monica Sinclair (Mezzo Soprano), Patricia Clark (Soprano), Raimund Herincx (Baritone), Rhianon James (Mezzo Soprano)
1961, London, Walthamstow Assembly Hall
17 Tracks, 52:50
    • Overture
      02:16

  • Act I

    • 1. 'Shake the Cloud from off Your Brow' (Belinda, Chorus)
      01:03
    • 2. 'Ah! Belinda, I Am Prest, with Torment Not to Be Confest' (Dido, Belinda, Chorus) – 3. Recitative 'Grief Increasing by Concealing' (Belinda, Dido) – No. 4. Chorus 'When Monarchs Unite How Happy Their State'
      04:40
    • 5. Recitative 'Whence Could So Much Virtue Spring?' (Dido, Belinda, Second Woman)
      02:00
    • 6. Duet and Chorus 'Fear No Danger to Ensue' (Belinda, Second Woman, Chorus)
      01:33
    • 7. Recitative 'See, your Royal Guest' (Belinda, Aeneas, Dido) – 8. Chorus 'Cupid Only' - 9. Recitative 'If Not' – 10. Air 'Pursue Thy Conquest' (Aeneas, Belinda) – 11. Chorus 'To the Hills' 12. Triumphing Dance
      04:52

  • Act II

    • 13. Prelude for the Witches 'Wayward Sisters' (Sorceress, First Witch) – 14. Chorus 'Harm's Our Delight' – 15. Recitative 'The Queen of Carthage, Whom We Hate' (Sorceress) – 16. Chorus 'Ho ho'
      03:06
    • 17. Recitative 'Ruin'd E're the Set of Sun?' (Witches, Sorceress) – 18. Chorus 'Ho ho' – 19. Duet 'But E're We this Perform' (Witches) – 20. Chorus 'In our deep' – 21. Echo Dance of Furies
      05:02
    • 22. Ritornelle – 23. Song and Chorus 'Thanks to These Lonesome Vales' (Belinda, Chorus) – Dance
      03:27
    • 24. Song 'Oft She Visits This Lone Mountain' (Second Woman) – A Dance to Entertain Aeneas
      02:22
    • 25. Recitative 'Behold upon My Bending Spear' (Aeneas, Dido) – 26. Song and Chorus 'Haste to Town This Open Field' (Belinda, Chorus)
      01:22
    • 27. Recitative 'Stay, Prince, and Hear Great Jove's Command' (Spirit, Aeneas, Sorceress, First Witch, Second Witch) – The Groves Dance
      02:46
    • 28. Prelude, Song and Chorus 'Come Away, Fellow Sailors' (First Sailor, Chorus) – 29. The Sailors' Dance
      02:25
    • 30. Recitative and Song 'See the Flags and Streamers Curling' (Sorceress, First Witch, Second Witch) – 31. Chorus 'Destruction's Our Delight' – 32. The Witches' Dance
      03:24
    • 33. Recitative 'Your Counsel All Is Urg'd in Vain' (Dido, Belinda, Aeneas)
      03:26
    • 34. Recitative 'But Death, Alas!' (Dido) – 35. Chorus 'Great Minds Against Themselves Conspire' – 36. Recitative 'Thy Hand, Belinda' (Dido) – 37. Song 'When I Am Laid in Earth' (Dido)
      06:27
    • No. 38. Chorus 'With Drooping Wings'
      02:39