Purcell: Dido and Aeneas - CD

Henry Purcell

Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626 (1689)

 

1. Overture

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2. Act I: Belinda, Chorus: Shake the cloud from off your brow

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3. Act I: Dido: Ah! Belinda, I am press'd with torment

00:03:50

 

4. Act I: Belinda, Dido: Grief increases by concealing

00:00:36

 

5. Act I: Chorus: When monarchs unite how happy their state

00:00:15

 

6. Act I: Dido, Belinda: Whence could so much virtue spring?

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7. Act I: Belinda, 2nd Woman and Chorus: Fear no danger to ensue

00:01:39

 

8. Act I: Belinda, Aeneas, Dido: See, your Royal guest appears

00:00:55

 

9. Act I: Chorus: Cupid only throws the dart

00:00:32

 

10. Act I: Aeneas, Belinda: If not for mine, for Empire's sake

00:01:15

 

11. Act I: Guitars' Chaconne

00:00:40

 

12. Act I: Chorus: To the hills and the vales

00:01:05

 

13. Act I: The Triumphing Dance

00:01:27

 

14. Act II: Prelude for the Witches (Sorceress and 1st Witch): Wayward sisters

00:01:51

 

15. Act II: Chorus: Harm's our delight

00:00:12

 

16. Act II: Sorceress: The Queen of Carthage, whom we hate

00:00:32

 

17. Act II: Chorus: Ho Ho Ho, Ho Ho Ho!

00:00:11

 

18. Act II: 1st and 2nd Witches, Sorceress: Ruin'd ere the set of sun?

00:01:08

 

19. Act II: Chorus: Ho Ho Ho, Ho Ho Ho!

00:00:10

 

20. Act II: Sailors' Dance

00:00:35

 

21. Act II: 1st and 2nd Witches: But, ere we this perform

00:01:08

 

22. Act II: Chorus: In our deep vaulted cell

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23. Act II: Echo Dance of Furies

00:01:21

 

24. Act II: Ritornelle

00:00:46

 

25. Act II: Belinda, Chorus: Thanks to these lonesome vales

00:03:08

 

26. Act II: Guitar Dance, 2nd Woman: Oft she visits this lone mountain

00:02:29

 

27. Act II: Aeneas, Dido: Behold, upon my bended spear

00:00:37

 

28. Act II: Belinda, Chorus: Haste to town

00:00:46

 

29. Act II: Spirit, Aeneas: Stay, Prince! and hear great Jove's command

00:02:53

 

30. Act II: Ritornelle

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31. Act III: 1st Sailor and Chorus: Come away, fellow sailors

00:01:32

 

32. Act III: The Sailor's Dance

00:00:48

 

33. Act III: Sorceress, 1st and 2nd Witches: See, the flags and streamers curling

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34. Act III: Sorceress: Our next motion

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35. Act III: Chorus: Destruction's our delight

00:00:32

 

36. Act III: The Witches' Dance

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37. Act III: Belinda, Aeneas: Your counsel all is urg'd in vain

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38. Act III: Chorus: Great minds against themselves conspire

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39. Act III: Dido: Thy hand, Belinda; darkness shades me

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40. Act III: Dido: When I am laid in earth

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41. Act III: Chorus: With drooping wings ye cupids come

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