tracks

Overture
Belinda & Chorus: "Shake The Cloud From Off Your Brow"
Dido: "Ah! Belinda, I Am Press'd With Torment"
Belinda & Dido: "Grief Increases By Concealing"
Chorus: "When Monarchs Unite How Happy Their State"
Dido & Belinda: "Whence Could So Much Virtue Spring"
Belinda, 2nd Woman & Chorus: "Fear No Danger To Ensue"
Belinda, Aeneas, Dido: "See, Your Royal Guest Appears"
Chorus: "Cupid Only Throws The Dart"
Aeneas & Belinda: "If Not For Mine, For Empire's Sake"
Guitars' Chaconne
Chorus: "To The Hills And The Vales"
The Triumphing Dance
Prelude For The Witches (Sorceress & 1st Witch): Wayward Sisters"
Chorus: "Harm's Our Delight"
Sorceress: "The Queen Of Carthage, Whom We Hate"
Chorus: "Ho Ho Ho, Ho Ho Ho!"
1st And 2nd Witches, Sorceress: "Ruin'd Ere The Set Of Sun?"
Chorus: "Ho Ho HO, Ho Ho Ho!"
Sailors' Dance
1st & 2nd Witches: "But, Ere We This Perform"
Chorus: "In Our Deep Vaulted Cell"
Echo Dance Of Furies
Ritornelle
Belinda & Chorus: "Thanks To These Lonesome Vales"
Guitar Dance, 2nd Woman: "Oft She Visits This Lone Mountain"
Aeneas & Dido: "Behold, Upon My Bended Spear"
Belinda & Chorus: "Haste To Town"
Spirit & Aeneas: "Stay, Prince! And Hear Great Jove's Command"
Ritornelle
1st Sailor & Chorus: "Come Away, Fellow Sailors"
The Sailor's Dance
Sorceress, 1st & 2nd Witches: "See, The Flags And Streamers Curling"
Sorceress: "Our Next Motion"
Chorus: "Destruction's Our Delight"
The Witches' Dance
Dido, Belinda & Aeneas: "Your Counsel All Is Urg'd In Vain"
Chorus: "Great Minds Against Themselves Conspire"
Dido: "Thy Hand, Belinda; Darkness Shades Me"
Dido: "When I Am Laid In Earth"
Chorus: "With Drooping Wings Ye Cupids Come"

notes

Recorded at All Saints Church, East Finchley from 16th to 18th October, 1994. Additional text on the rear tray insert (lower - right).

Made in Germany

credits

Bass Vocals – Colin Campbell (3)
Bass Vocals [Aeneas] – David Van Asch
Composed By – Henry Purcell
Coordinator – David Van Asch
Countertenor Vocals – David Gould (5)
Countertenor Vocals [Spirit] – Angus Davidson (2)
Ensemble – The Scholars Baroque Ensemble
Harpsichord, Organ – Terence Charlston
Libretto By – Nahum Tate
Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Sorceress] – Sarah Connolly
Producer – Chris Craker
Soprano Vocals [Belinda] – Anna Crookes
Soprano Vocals [Dido] – Kym Amps
Soprano Vocals [First Witch] – Ghislaine Morgan
Soprano Vocals [Second Witch] – Anna Crookes
Soprano Vocals [Second Woman] – Ghislaine Morgan
Tenor Vocals – Julian Podger
Tenor Vocals [First Sailor] – Robin Doveton
Theorbo, Guitar – Robin Jeffrey, William Carter
Viola – Trevor Jones (4)
Violin [1] – Pauline Nobes
Violin [2] – William Thorp
Violin [Bass] – Jan Spencer
Composed By – Purcell,
Orchestra – The Scholars Baroque Ensemble

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – HNH International Ltd.
Copyright (c) – HNH International Ltd.
Distributed By – MVD Music And Video Distribution GmbH
Manufactured By – P+O Pallas

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