Dido & Aeneas / Henry Purcell.

Author/creator Purcell, Henry composer.
Format Audio (CD)
PublicationArles [France] : Harmonia Mundi, [2001]
Copyright Date℗2001
Description1 audio disc (59 min., 33 sec.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorDawson, Lynne, performer.
Other author/creatorJoshua, Rosemary, performer.
Other author/creatorFinley, Gerald, 1960- performer.
Other author/creatorBrown, Timothy, 1946- conductor.
Other author/creatorJacobs, René, conductor, editor.
Other author/creatorKhoury, Marielle D., 1969- editor.
Other author/creatorFritz, Heidi, translator.
Other author/creatorClare College (University of Cambridge). Choir, performer.
Other author/creatorOrchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, performer.
Uniform titleDido and Aeneas
Contents Overture (2:36) -- Act I. Belinda: Shake the cloud (0:59) -- Dido: Ah! Belinda, I am prest (3:49) -- Belinda: Grief increase by concealing (0:36) -- Chorus: When monarchs unite (0:14) -- Dido: Whence could so much virtue spring? (1:39) -- Belinda, Second Woman: Fear no danger to ensue (1:25) -- Belinda: See, your Royal Guest appears (0:47) -- Chorus: Cupid only throws the dart (0:51) -- Aeneas: If not for mine (0:23) -- Belinda: Pursue thy conquest (0:46) -- Chorus: To the hills and the vales (1:13) -- The triumphing dance (1:10) -- Act II. Prelude for the Witches (2:05) -- Chorus: Harm's our delight (0:29) -- Sorceress: The Queen of Carthage (0:30) -- Chorus: Ho ho ho, ho ho ho! (1:20) -- Two Witches: But ere we this perform (1:14) -- Chorus: In our deep vaulted cell (1:34) -- Echo dance of Furies (1:03) -- Ritournelle (0:53) -- Belinda: Thanks to these lovesome vales (2:43) -- Second Woman: Oft she visits this lov'd mountain (2:18) -- Aeneas: Behold, upon my bending spear (0:31) -- Belinda: Haste, haste to town (0:43) -- Spirit: Stay, Prince and hear great Jove's command (2:37) -- Chorus: Then since our Charmes have Sped (0:35) -- The Grove's dance (0:56) -- Act III. Prelude (1:33) -- Chorus: Come away, fellow sailors (0:57) -- Sorceress: See the flags and streamers curling (0:55) -- Sorceress: Our next motion (0:56) -- Chorus: Destruction's our delight (1:03) -- The Witches' dance (2:30) -- Dido: Your counsel all is urged in vain (3:46) -- Chorus: Great minds against themselves conspire (1:22) -- Dido: Thy hand, Belinda (0:51) -- Dido: When I am laid in earth (4:03) -- Chorus: With dropping wings ye Cupids come (5:19).
General noteProgram notes in French by Marielle D. Khoury and René Jacobs, English translation by Derek Yeld, German translation by Heidi Fritz, with lyrics in French, English, and German (39 pages : illustrations) inserted in container.
Performer Lynne Dawson, soprano ; Rosemary Joshua, soprano ; Gerald Finley, baritone ; Clare College Chapel Choir ; Timothy Brown, choir director ; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment ; René Jacobs, director.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded October 1998 at Henry Wood Hall, London.
LanguageSung in English.
Publisher numberHMC 901683 Harmonia Mundi

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