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Dido And Aeneas (Z. 626)
Overture
Act I / Erster Akt / Acte I
Scene: The Palace / Der Palast / Le Palais
Shake The Cloud From Off Your Brow (Belinda, Chorus)
Ah Belinda, I Am Press'd With Torment (Dido, Belinda, Chorus)
Whence Could So Much Virtue Spring? (Dido, Belinda, Second Woman, Chorus) · Dance This Chorus: The Baske
See Your Royal Guest Appears (Belinda, Aeneas, Dido)
If Not For Mine, For Empire's Sake (Aeneas)
The Triumphing Dance
Act II / Zweiter Akt / Acte II
Scene: The Cave / Der Höhle / La Grotte
Prelude For The Witches
Ruin'd Ere The Set Of Sun (Witches, Sorceress, Chorus)
In Our Deep Vaulted Cell The Charm We'll Prepare (Chorus)
Echo Dance Of Furies
Scene: The Grove / Der Hain / Les Bosquet
Ritornelle / Thanks To These Lonesome Vales (Belinda, Chorus)
Oft She Visits This Lone Mountain (Second Woman)
Behold, Upon My Bending Spear (Aeneas, Dido)
Stay, Prince, And Hear Great Jove's Command (Spirit, Aeneas)
Then Since Our Charms Have Sped (Sorceress, Witches)
Act III / Dritter Akt / Acte III
Scene: The Ships / Die Schiffe / Les Navires
Prelude / Come Away, Fellow Sailors, Your Anchors Be Weighing (First Sailor, Chorus)
The Sailors' Dance / See, See The Flags And Streamers Curling (Sorceress, Chorus)
Our Next Motion (Sorceress, Chorus)
The Witches Dance
[ Scene: The Palace / Der Palast / Le Palais ]
Your Counsel All Is Urg'd In Vain (Dido, Belinda, Aeneas, Chorus)
Thy Hand, Belinda, Darkness Shades Me (Dido)
With Drooping Wings Ye Cupids Come (Chorus)
Ode On St. Cecilia's Day (Z. 328)
Overture – Canzona
"Hail! Bright Cecilia" (Bass I)
"Hail! Bright Cecilia" (Chorus With Solos)
"Hark, Each Tree" (Treble & Bass II)
"Tis Nature's Voice" (Countertenor I)
"Soul Of The World" (Chorus)
"Thou Tun'st This World" (Treble & Chorus)
"With That Sublime Celestial Lay" (Countertenor I & II, Bass I)
"Wondrous Machine" (Bass II)
"The Airy Violin" (Countertenor I)
"In Vain The Am'rous Flute" (Countertenor I & Tenor)
"The Fife And All The Harmony Of War" (Countertenor I)
"Let These Among Themselves Contest" (Bass I & II)
"Hail! Bright Cecilia" (Chorus)
"With Rapture Of Delight" (Countertenor I & II, Tenor & Bass I)
"Hail! Bright Cecilia" (Chorus)
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Recording: Hamburg-Harburg, Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, 9 & 10/1967 (Dido)
Recording: London, Wembley Town Hall, 1/1969 (Ode)
? 1968 (Dido) / 1970 (Ode) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg
© 2005 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg
Printed in the EU. Made in the EU.
Slim double jewel case, 36-page booklet.
Dido and Aeneas originally released as
Archiv Produktion 198 424, 1968.
Ode on St Cecilia's Day originally released as
Archiv Produktion 2533 042, 1970.
Baritone Vocals [Aeneas] – - Barry McDaniel (tracks: 1-1 to 1-23)Bass Vocals – - John Shirley-Quirk (tracks: 2-1 to 2-16), - Michael Rippon (tracks: 2-1 to 2-16)Choir – - Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg (tracks: 1-1 to 1-23), - The Ambrosian Singers (tracks: 2-1 to 2-16), - Tiffin Choir * (tracks: 2-1 to 2-16)Chorus Master – - Jürgen Jürgens (tracks: 1-1 to 1-23)Composed By – - Henry Purcell
Conductor – - Charles Mackerras *
Countertenor Vocals – - Paul Esswood (tracks: 2-1 to 2-16), - Roland Tatnell (tracks: 2-1 to 2-16)Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Dido] – - Tatiana Troyanos (tracks: 1-1 to 1-23)Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Sorceress] – - Patricia Johnson (3) (tracks: 1-1 to 1-23)Orchestra – - English Chamber Orchestra (tracks: 2-1 to 2-16), - Kammerorchester Des Norddeutschen Rundfunks (tracks: 1-1 to 1-23)Solo Vocal [First Witch / Second Woman] – - Margaret Baker (tracks: 1-1 to 1-23)Solo Vocal [Second Witch] – - Margaret Lensky (tracks: 1-1 to 1-23)Solo Vocal [Spirit] – - Paul Esswood (tracks: 1-1 to 1-23)Soprano Vocals [Belinda] – - Sheila Armstrong (tracks: 1-1 to 1-23)Tenor Vocals – - Alexander Young (tracks: 2-1 to 2-16)Tenor Vocals [First Sailor] – - Nigel Rogers (2) (tracks: 1-1 to 1-23)Treble Vocals – - Simon Woolf (tracks: 2-1 to 2-16)
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Recorded At FriedrichEbertHalle, Hamburg
Recorded At Wembley Town Hall
Remastered At Emil Berliner Studios
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