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composer:Henry Purcell (baroque composer)
librettist:Nahum Tate
part of:Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III (number) (order: 9)
is the basis for:Great Minds Against Themselves Conspire

Recordings

DateTitleArtistLength
recordings
1952-03-15 – 1952-03-28Act III Scene 2: Great minds against themselves conspire (Chorus)The Mermaid Singers1:13
1965-08-25 – 1965-08-27Dido and Aeneas, Z 626: Act III: The Palace. “Great minds against themselves conspire” (Chorus)Henry Purcell1:26
1975-12Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III. “But Death, alas! … When I am laid in earth”Aldeburgh Festival Strings, Steuart Bedford6:29
1981-01-03 – 1981-01-05Dido and Aeneas: Act III (The Ships)Taverner Choir, Andrew Parrott, Taverner Players18:51
1983-03Dido and Aeneas: Act III. "Your counsel all is urg'd in vain" (Dido, Belinda, Aeneas, Chorus)Erwin Ortner, Arnold Schönberg Chor, Ann Murray, Anton Scharinger, Rachel Yakar, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt5:47
1985-05Dido and Aeneas: Act III, Scene 2. “Your counsel all is urged in vain” – “But death, alas!”Jessye Norman, Marie McLaughlin, Thomas Allen, English Chamber Orchestra Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard5:34
1985-07Dido & Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III. … “Great minds against themselves conspire”Les Arts Florissants, William Christie11:18
1985-11-18 – 1985-11-22Dido and Aeneas, opera in three acts: Act 3. “Your counsel all is urg'd in vain” (Dido, Belinda, Aeneas) / “Great minds against themselves conspire” (chorus)René Falquet, Teresa Berganza, Danielle Borst, Chœur duThéâtre Municipal de Lausanne, Per-Arne Wahlgren, Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne, Michel Corboz5:46
1988-07Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act 3: "Your counsel all is urg'd in vain": "Great minds against themselves conspire"Lynne Dawson, The English Concert Choir, Anne Sofie von Otter, Nigel Rogers, Stephen Varcoe, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock5:02
1988-07Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act 3: "Your counsel all is urg'd in vain": "Great minds against themselves conspire"Lynne Dawson, The English Concert Choir, Anne Sofie von Otter, Nigel Rogers, Stephen Varcoe, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock5:02
1989-06 – 1989-07Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, Scene II. Chorus "Great minds against themselves conspire"Henry Purcell0:57
1992-09Dido and Aeneas: Act III. “Great minds against themselves conspire”Academy of Ancient Music Chorus, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood0:58
1993-09Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, Scene II. “Great minds against themselves conspire” (Chorus)Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan0:43
1994-09Great minds against themselvesTaverner Players, Andrew Parrott1:04
1995-03-27 – 1995-03-29Dido and Aeneas: Act III, Scene 2. "Great Minds against themselves conspire" (Chorus)Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox1:02
1996-01-03 – 1996-01-05Dido and Aeneas: Act III. Scene II. The Palace: “But death, alas, I cannot shun” / “Great minds against themselves conspire”Nancy Maultsby, Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman1:18
2003-03-14 – 2003-03-16Dido and Aeneas: Act the Third, Scene 2. “Great minds against themselves conspire” (Chorus)Simon Halsey, David Lowe, European Voices, Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm0:51
2007-04Dido & Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III: Chorus “Great Minds”Teodor Currentzis, MusicAeterna1:02
2008-06-23 – 2008-06-25“Great minds against themselves conspire”Margaret Faultless, Choir of the Age of Enlightenment, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment1:01
2021-09-07 – 2021-09-09Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act 3 Scene 2: Great Minds Against Themselves Conspire (Chorus)Les Argonautes, Jonas Descotte1:02
2022-11-16 – 2022-11-18Dido and Aeneas, Act 3: Your counsel all is urged in vain – Great mindsFleur Barron, Matthew Brook, Giulia Semenzato, La Nuova Musica, David Bates4:59
Chorus: 'Great minds against themselves conspire'Scholars Baroque Ensemble0:55
Dido & Aeneas Act III: Great minds against themselves conspire (Chorus)Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs1:23
Dido & Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III Scene 2: Chorus - “Great minds against themselves conspire”Henry Purcell1:20
Dido and Aeneas, Opera in three acts (Highlights): 'Great minds against themselves conspire'Henry Purcell0:58
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 3. "Your counsel all is urg'd in vain" - "Great minds against themselves conspire"Jürgen Jürgens, Sheila Armstrong, Barry McDaniel, Tatiana Troyanos, Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Charles Mackerras5:22
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III. "Great minds against themselves conspire" (Chorus)Harold Lester, Oriana Concert Choir and Orchestra, Alfred Deller1:15
Dido and Aeneas: Act III, Scene II. "Great minds against themselves conspire" (Chorus) - "Thy hand, Belinda" (Dido)Véronique Gens, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie2:03
Great mindsI Musici di San Cassiano, Bradley Brookshire0:45
Your Counsel All - Great Minds - Thy Hand, Belinda - When I Am Laid Down in Earth - With Drooping WingsSusan Graham, European Voices, Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm7:00