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Harmonia Mundi Regular issue:
Label: Harmonia Mundi - Catalog #: HMC901683

René Jacobs Opera Edition:
Label: Harmonia Mundi - Catalog #: HMX2901683 - EAN: 79488170572

Annotation last modified on 2014-05-04 02:36 UTC.

Tracklist

CD 1
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1Dido & Aeneas: Ouverture
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
conductor:
René Jacobs (conductor)
recording of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Overture
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer) (in 1689)
part of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626
2:37
2Dido & Aeneas Act I: Shake the cloud (Belinda)0:59
3Dido & Aeneas Act I: Ah! Belinda, I am prest (Dido)3:49
4Dido & Aeneas Act I: Grief increase by concealing (Belinda)0:37
5Dido & Aeneas Act I: When monarchs unite (Chorus)0:15
6Dido & Aeneas Act I: Whence could so much virtue spring? (Dido)1:39
7Dido & Aeneas Act I: Fear no danger to ensue (Belinda, Second Woman)1:26
8Dido & Aeneas Act I: See, your Royal Guest appears (Belinda)
baritone vocals:
Gerald Finley (bass-baritone)
soprano vocals:
Lynne Dawson (soprano) and Rosemary Joshua (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
conductor:
René Jacobs (conductor)
recording of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I, 7. Recitative “See, your royal guest appears” (Belinda, Aeneas, Dido)
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer) (in 1689)
librettist:
Nahum Tate
part of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I
0:47
9Dido & Aeneas Act I: Cupid only throws the dart (Chorus)0:52
10Dido & Aeneas Act I: If not for mine (Aeneas)0:22
11Dido & Aeneas Act I: Pursue thy conquest (Belinda)0:47
12Dido & Aeneas Act I: To the hills and the vales (Chorus)1:13
13Dido & Aeneas Act I: The Triumphing Dance1:11
14Dido & Aeneas Act II: Prelude for the Witches
countertenor vocals:
Dominique Visse (countertenor)
soprano vocals:
Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
conductor:
René Jacobs (conductor)
recording of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene I, 13. Prelude for the Witches – “Wayward sisters” (Sorceress, First Witch)
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer) (in 1689)
librettist:
Nahum Tate
part of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II
2:05
15Dido & Aeneas Act II: Harm's our delight (Chorus)0:30
16Dido & Aeneas Act II: The Queen of Carthage (Sorceress)0:30
17Dido & Aeneas Act II: Ho, ho ho, ho ho ho! (Chorus)1:21
18Dido & Aeneas Act II: But ere we this perform (Two Witches)
countertenor vocals:
Dominique Visse (countertenor) and Stephen Wallace (countertenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
conductor:
René Jacobs (conductor)
recording of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene I, 19. “But ere we this perform” (Two Witches)
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer)
librettist:
Nahum Tate
part of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II
1:15
19Dido & Aeneas Act II: In our deep vaulted cell (Chorus)1:34
20Dido & Aeneas Act II: Echo Dance of Furies1:03
21Dido & Aeneas Act II: Ritornelle0:53
22Dido & Aeneas Act II: Thanks to these lovesome vales (Belinda)2:43
23Dido & Aeneas Act II: Oft she visits this lov'd mountain (Second Woman)2:19
24Dido & Aeneas Act II: Behold, upon my bending spear (Aeneas)
baritone vocals:
Gerald Finley (bass-baritone)
soprano vocals:
Lynne Dawson (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
conductor:
René Jacobs (conductor)
recording of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II, 25. Recitative “Behold, upon my bending spear” (Aeneas, Dido)
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer) (in 1689)
librettist:
Nahum Tate
part of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II
0:31
25Dido & Aeneas Act II: Haste, haste to town (Belinda)0:43
26Dido & Aeneas Act II: Stay, Prince and hear great Jove's command (Spirit)
baritone vocals:
Gerald Finley (bass-baritone)
countertenor vocals:
Robin Blaze (countertenor)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
conductor:
René Jacobs (conductor)
recording of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II, 27. Recitative “Stay, Prince, and hear great Jove’s command” (Spirit, Aeneas)
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer) (in 1689)
librettist:
Nahum Tate
part of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II
2:38
27Dido & Aeneas Act II: Then since our Charmes have sped (Chorus)0:36
28Dido & Aeneas Act II: The Grove's Dance
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
conductor:
René Jacobs (conductor)
recording of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II. The Groves Dance (unnumbered, end of Act II)
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer)
part of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II
0:56
29Dido & Aeneas Act III: Prelude1:34
30Dido & Aeneas Act III: Come away, fellow sailors (Chorus)0:58
31Dido & Aeneas Act III: See the flags and streamers curling (Sorceress)
countertenor vocals:
Dominique Visse (countertenor) and Stephen Wallace (countertenor)
soprano vocals:
Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
conductor:
René Jacobs (conductor)
recording of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 30. Recitative “See, the flags and streamers curling” (Sorceress, Witches)
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer) (in 1689)
librettist:
Nahum Tate
part of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III
0:55
32Dido & Aeneas Act III: Our next Motion (Sorceress)
soprano vocals:
Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
conductor:
René Jacobs (conductor)
recording of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III. Aria “Our next motion” (Sorceress) (interstitial, unnumbered)
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer)
librettist:
Nahum Tate
part of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III
0:57
33Dido & Aeneas Act III: Destruction's our delight (Chorus)1:03
34Dido & Aeneas Act III: The Witches' Dance2:30
35Dido & Aeneas Act III: Your counsel all is urged in vain (Dido)
baritone vocals:
Gerald Finley (bass-baritone)
soprano vocals:
Lynne Dawson (soprano) and Rosemary Joshua (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
conductor:
René Jacobs (conductor)
recording of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 33. Recitative “Your counsel all is urg’d in vain” (Dido, Belinda, Aeneas)
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer) (in 1689)
librettist:
Nahum Tate
part of:
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III
3:46
36Dido & Aeneas Act III: Great minds against themselves conspire (Chorus)1:23
37Dido & Aeneas Act III: Thy hand, Belinda (Dido)0:52
38Dido & Aeneas Act III: When I am laid in earth (Dido)4:04
39Dido & Aeneas Act III: With dropping wings ye Cupids come (Chorus)5:18

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