Dido and Aeneas

by Henry Purcell; Tatiana Troyanos, Barry McDaniel, Sheila Armstrong, Monteverdi‐Chor Hamburg, Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Charles Mackerras

Tracklist

  1. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Overture2:38
  2. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 1. "Shake the cloud from off your brow"1:13
  3. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 1. "Ah! Belinda" / "Grief increases" / "When monarchs unite"5:26
  4. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 1. "Whence could so much virtue spring?" - "Fear no danger"3:51
  5. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 1. "See, your royal guest appears" / "Cupid only throws..."1:28
  6. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 1. "If not for mine, for empire's sake" ... "To the hills and the vales"3:05
  7. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 1. The Triumphing Dance1:02
  8. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 2. "Prelude for..." / "Harms our..." / "The Queen" / "Ho, ho, ho"2:38
  9. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 2. "Ruin'd ere the set of sun" ... "But ere we this perform"2:43
  10. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 2. "In our deep vaulted cell"1:40
  11. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 2. Echo Dance of Furies1:15
  12. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 2. Ritornelle - "Thanks to these lonesome vales" - Gitter Ground a Dance3:23
  13. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 2. "Oft she visits"2:45
  14. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 2. "Behold, upon my bending spear" / "Haste, haste to town"1:21
  15. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 2. "Stay, Prince"3:01
  16. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 2. "Then since our charms have sped" - A Dance - The Groves Dance1:47
  17. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 3. Prelude - "Come away, fellow sailors"1:36
  18. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 3. The Sailors' Dance - "See the flags and streamers curling"1:53
  19. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 3. "Our next motion" - "Destruction's our delight"1:20
  20. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 3. The Witches' Dance1:23
  21. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 3. "Your counsel all is urg'd in vain" - "Great minds against themselves conspire"5:22
  22. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 3. "Thy hand, Belinda" ... "When I am laid in earth"5:47
  23. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 3. "With drooping wings..." - Cupids' Dance6:01