Purcell: Dido and Aeneas

1

Overture [Dido and Aeneas]

02:10

English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard

Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Conductor: Raymond Leppard - Composer: Henry Purcell

2

"Shake the cloud from off your brow" [Dido and Aeneas / Act 1]

01:13

Marie McLaughlin, English Chamber Orchestra Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard

Soprano: Marie McLaughlin - Chorus: English Chamber Orchestra Chorus - Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Conductor: Raymond Leppard - Composer: Henry Purcell

3

"Ah! Belinda, I am prest with torment" [Dido and Aeneas / Act 1]

05:41

Jessye Norman, Marie McLaughlin, English Chamber Orchestra Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard

Soprano: Jessye Norman - Soprano: Marie McLaughlin - Chorus: English Chamber Orchestra Chorus - Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Conductor: Raymond Leppard - Composer: Henry Purcell

4

"Whence could so much virtue spring?" - "Fear no danger" [Dido and Aeneas / Act 1]

03:33

Jessye Norman, Marie McLaughlin, Elizabeth Gale, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard

Soprano: Jessye Norman - Soprano: Marie McLaughlin - Soprano: Elizabeth Gale - Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Conductor: Raymond Leppard - Composer: Henry Purcell

5

"See, your Royal Guest" - "If not for mine" - "To the hills and the vales" - The Triumphing Dance [Dido and Aeneas / Act 1]

05:18

Marie McLaughlin, Jessye Norman, Thomas Allen, English Chamber Orchestra Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard

Soprano: Marie McLaughlin - Soprano: Jessye Norman - Baritone: Thomas Allen - Chorus: English Chamber Orchestra Chorus - Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Conductor: Raymond Leppard - Composer: Henry Purcell

6

Prelude for the witches [Dido and Aeneas / Act 2]

01:01

English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard

Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Conductor: Raymond Leppard - Composer: Henry Purcell

7

"Wayward sisters" - "But ere we this perform" [Dido and Aeneas / Act 2]

04:59

Patricia Kern, Helen Walker, Della Jones, English Chamber Orchestra Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard

Mezzo-Soprano: Patricia Kern - Soprano: Helen Walker - Mezzo-Soprano: Della Jones - Chorus: English Chamber Orchestra Chorus - Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Conductor: Raymond Leppard - Composer: Henry Purcell

8

"In our deep vaulted cell" - Echo Dance of the Furies [Dido and Aeneas / Act 2]

02:18

English Chamber Orchestra Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard

Chorus: English Chamber Orchestra Chorus - Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Conductor: Raymond Leppard - Composer: Henry Purcell

9

Ritornelle - "Thanks to these lonesome vales" [Dido and Aeneas / Act 2]

03:28

Marie McLaughlin, English Chamber Orchestra Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard

Soprano: Marie McLaughlin - Chorus: English Chamber Orchestra Chorus - Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Conductor: Raymond Leppard - Composer: Henry Purcell

10

"Oft she visits" - "Behold, upon my bending spear" [Dido and Aeneas / Act 2]

03:25

Elizabeth Gale, Thomas Allen, Jessye Norman, Marie McLaughlin, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard

Soprano: Elizabeth Gale - Baritone: Thomas Allen - Soprano: Jessye Norman - Soprano: Marie McLaughlin - Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Conductor: Raymond Leppard - Composer: Henry Purcell

11

"Stay, Prince" - "Jove's commands shall be obey'd" [Dido and Aeneas / Act 2]

03:17

Derek Lee Ragin, Thomas Allen, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard

Counter-Tenor: Derek Lee Ragin - Baritone: Thomas Allen - Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Conductor: Raymond Leppard - Composer: Henry Purcell

12

Prelude - "Come away, fellow sailors" [Dido and Aeneas / Act 3]

01:41

Patrick Power, English Chamber Orchestra Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard

Tenor: Patrick Power - Chorus: English Chamber Orchestra Chorus - Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Conductor: Raymond Leppard - Composer: Henry Purcell

13

The sailor's Dance - "See the flags" - "Destruction'sour delight" - The Witches' Dance [Dido and Aeneas / Act 3]

04:23

Patricia Kern, Helen Walker, Della Jones, English Chamber Orchestra Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard

Mezzo-Soprano: Patricia Kern - Soprano: Helen Walker - Mezzo-Soprano: Della Jones - Chorus: English Chamber Orchestra Chorus - Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Conductor: Raymond Leppard - Composer: Henry Purcell

14

"Your counsel all is urged in vain" - "But death, alas" [Dido and Aeneas / Act 3]

05:34

Jessye Norman, Marie McLaughlin, Thomas Allen, English Chamber Orchestra Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard

Soprano: Jessye Norman - Soprano: Marie McLaughlin - Baritone: Thomas Allen - Chorus: English Chamber Orchestra Chorus - Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Conductor: Raymond Leppard - Composer: Henry Purcell

15

"Thy hand, Belinda...When I am laid in earth"

05:28

Jessye Norman, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard

Soprano: Jessye Norman - Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Conductor: Raymond Leppard - Composer: Henry Purcell

16

"With drooping wings" [Dido and Aeneas / Act 3]

04:46

English Chamber Orchestra Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard

Chorus: English Chamber Orchestra Chorus - Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Conductor: Raymond Leppard - Composer: Henry Purcell