Dido and Aeneas

Dido and Aeneas

Henry Purcell; Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Lisa Saffer, Paul Elliott, Michael Dean, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan

Album
Label harmonia mundi Release date Format CD Country 🇩🇪 Germany Discogs https://www.discogs.com/release/6565675

Tracklist 60:13

1 Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Overture Henry Purcell 1:51
2 Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. “Shake the cloud from off your brow” (Belinda) – “Banish sorrow, banish care” (Chorus) Henry Purcell 0:57
3 Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. “Ah! Belinda, I am prest with torment” (Dido) Henry Purcell 3:26
4 Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. “Grief increases by concealing” (Belinda, Dido, Second Woman) - “When monarchs unite” (Chorus) Henry Purcell 2:30
5 Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. “Fear no danger to ensue” (Belinda, Second Woman, Chorus) Henry Purcell 1:32
6 Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. “See, your royal guest appears” (Belinda, Aeneas, Dido) – “Cupid only throws the dart” (Chorus) Henry Purcell 1:39
7 Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. “Pursue thy conquest, love” (Belinda) Henry Purcell 0:45
8 Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. “To the hills and the vales” (Chorus) – The Triumphing Dance Henry Purcell 2:14
9 Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene I. Prelude for the Witches – “Wayward sisters” (Sorceress, First Witch) – “Harm’s our delight” (Witches chorus) Henry Purcell 2:19
10 Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene I. “Ruin’d ere the set of sun?” (Two Witches, Sorceress) Henry Purcell 0:58
11 Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene I. “But ere we this perform” (Two Witches) Henry Purcell 1:09
12 Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene I. “In our deep vaulted cell” (Chorus) – Echo Dance of Furies Henry Purcell 2:00
13 Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II. Ritornelle Henry Purcell 0:37
14 Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II. “Thanks to these lonesome vales” (Belinda, Chorus) Henry Purcell 2:25
15 Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II. “Oft she visits this lov’d mountain” (Second Woman) Henry Purcell 2:26
16 Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II. “Behold, upon my bending spear” (Aeneas, Dido) Henry Purcell 0:33
17 Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II. “Haste, haste to town” (Belinda, Chorus) Henry Purcell 0:42
18 Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II. “Stay, Prince, and hear great Jove’s command” (Spirit, Aeneas) Henry Purcell 2:34
19 Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II. Ritornelle Henry Purcell 0:48
20 Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, Scene I. Prelude – “Come away, fellow sailors, your anchors be weighing” (First Sailor, Chorus) Henry Purcell 1:28
21 Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, Scene I. The Sailors’ Dance Henry Purcell 0:45
22 Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, Scene I. “See, the flags and streamers curling” (Sorceress, Witches) Henry Purcell 1:02
23 Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, Scene I. “Our next motion” (Sorceress) – “Destruction’s our delight” (Chorus) Henry Purcell 1:03
24 Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, Scene I. The Witches’ Dance Henry Purcell 1:09
25 Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, Scene II. “Your counsel all is urg’d in vain” (Dido, Belinda, Aeneas) Henry Purcell 3:50
26 Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, Scene II. “Great minds against themselves conspire” (Chorus) Henry Purcell 0:43
27 Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, Scene II. “Thy hand, Belinda; darkness shades me” (Dido) – “When I am laid in earth” (Dido) Henry Purcell 3:59
28 Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, Scene II. “With drooping wings ye cupids come” (Chorus) Henry Purcell 4:32
29 Music for “The Gordian Knot Unty’d”: I. Overture Henry Purcell 2:19
30 Music for “The Gordian Knot Unty’d”: II. Air Henry Purcell 0:42
31 Music for “The Gordian Knot Unty’d”: III. Rondeau minuet Henry Purcell 1:09
32 Music for “The Gordian Knot Unty’d”: IV. Air Henry Purcell 1:07
33 Music for “The Gordian Knot Unty’d”: V. Jig Henry Purcell 0:40
34 Music for “The Gordian Knot Unty’d”: VI. Chaconne Henry Purcell 1:53
35 Music for “The Gordian Knot Unty’d”: VII. Air Henry Purcell 0:41
36 Music for “The Gordian Knot Unty’d”: VIII. Minuet Henry Purcell 1:30