Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas

1

Symphony [The Fairy Queen - Ed. Benjamin Britten, Imogen Holst and Peter Pears - Act 4]

01:25

English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten

Recording Producer: David Harvey - Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Conductor: Benjamin Britten - Recording Engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson - Recording Engineer: Peter van Biene - Composer: Henry Purcell

2

"Hark! Hark the Echoing Air" [The Fairy Queen - Ed. Benjamin Britten, Imogen Holst and Peter Pears - Act 4]

02:30

Jennifer Vyvyan, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten

Recording Producer: David Harvey - Soprano: Jennifer Vyvyan - Choir: Ambrosian Opera Chorus - Recording Engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson - Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Recording Engineer: Peter van Biene - Conductor: Benjamin Britten - Composer: Henry Purcell

3

"Sure the Dull God Of Marriage" [The Fairy Queen - Ed. Benjamin Britten, Imogen Holst and Peter Pears - Act 4]

02:27

Mary Wells, Alfreda Hodgson, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten

Recording Producer: David Harvey - Soprano: Mary Wells - Mezzo-Soprano: Alfreda Hodgson - Recording Engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson - Choir: Ambrosian Opera Chorus - Recording Engineer: Peter van Biene - Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Conductor: Benjamin Britten - Composer: Henry Purcell

4

"See, I Obey" [The Fairy Queen - Ed. Benjamin Britten, Imogen Holst and Peter Pears - Act 4]

01:49

Owen Brannigan, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten

Recording Producer: David Harvey - Bass (Vocal): Owen Brannigan - Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Recording Engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson - Conductor: Benjamin Britten - Recording Engineer: Peter van Biene - Composer: Henry Purcell

5

"Turn Then Thine Eyes" [The Fairy Queen - Ed. Benjamin Britten, Imogen Holst and Peter Pears - Act 4]

01:10

Jennifer Vyvyan, Mary Wells, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten

Recording Producer: David Harvey - Soprano: Jennifer Vyvyan - Recording Engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson - Soprano: Mary Wells - Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Recording Engineer: Peter van Biene - Conductor: Benjamin Britten - Composer: Henry Purcell

6

"My Torch Indeed...They Shall Be As Happy" [The Fairy Queen - Ed. Benjamin Britten, Imogen Holst and Peter Pears - Act 4]

02:57

Jennifer Vyvyan, Mary Wells, James Bowman, Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk, Owen Brannigan, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten

Recording Producer: David Harvey - Soprano: Jennifer Vyvyan - Recording Engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson - Soprano: Mary Wells - Counter-Tenor: James Bowman - Recording Engineer: Peter van Biene - Tenor: Peter Pears - Baritone: John Shirley-Quirk - Bass (Vocal): Owen Brannigan - Choir: Ambrosian Opera Chorus - Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Conductor: Benjamin Britten - Composer: Henry Purcell

7

Chaconne [The Fairy Queen - Ed. Benjamin Britten, Imogen Holst and Peter Pears - Act 4]

03:33

English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten

Recording Producer: David Harvey - Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Conductor: Benjamin Britten - Recording Engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson - Recording Engineer: Peter van Biene - Composer: Henry Purcell

8

"They Shall Be As Happy" [The Fairy Queen - Ed. Benjamin Britten, Imogen Holst and Peter Pears - Act 4]

00:53

Ambrosian Opera Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten

Choir: Ambrosian Opera Chorus - Recording Producer: David Harvey - Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra - Recording Engineer: Kenneth Wilkinson - Conductor: Benjamin Britten - Recording Engineer: Peter van Biene - Composer: Henry Purcell

9

Overture

02:17

Aldeburgh Festival Strings, Steuart Bedford

Ensemble: Aldeburgh Festival Strings - Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Conductor: Steuart Bedford - Composer: Henry Purcell

10

"Shake the cloud from off your brow"

01:09

Norma Burrowes, The London Opera Chorus, Aldeburgh Festival Strings, Steuart Bedford

Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Soprano: Norma Burrowes - Choir: The London Opera Chorus - Ensemble: Aldeburgh Festival Strings - Conductor: Steuart Bedford - Composer: Henry Purcell

11

"Ah! Belinda, I am prest"

05:15

Janet Baker, Norma Burrowes, The London Opera Chorus, Aldeburgh Festival Strings, Steuart Bedford

Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Mezzo-Soprano: Janet Baker - Soprano: Norma Burrowes - Choir: The London Opera Chorus - Ensemble: Aldeburgh Festival Strings - Conductor: Steuart Bedford - Composer: Henry Purcell

12

"Whence could so much virtue spring?"

02:06

Janet Baker, Norma Burrowes, Aldeburgh Festival Strings, Steuart Bedford

Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Mezzo-Soprano: Janet Baker - Soprano: Norma Burrowes - Ensemble: Aldeburgh Festival Strings - Conductor: Steuart Bedford - Composer: Henry Purcell

13

"Fear no danger to ensue"

01:36

Norma Burrowes, Felicity Lott, The London Opera Chorus, Aldeburgh Festival Strings, Steuart Bedford

Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Soprano: Norma Burrowes - Soprano: Felicity Lott - Choir: The London Opera Chorus - Ensemble: Aldeburgh Festival Strings - Conductor: Steuart Bedford - Composer: Henry Purcell

14

"See your royal guest appears"

05:13

Norma Burrowes, Peter Pears, Janet Baker, The London Opera Chorus, Aldeburgh Festival Strings, Steuart Bedford

Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Soprano: Norma Burrowes - Tenor: Peter Pears - Mezzo-Soprano: Janet Baker - Choir: The London Opera Chorus - Ensemble: Aldeburgh Festival Strings - Conductor: Steuart Bedford - Composer: Henry Purcell

15

Prelude for the Witches - "Wayward Sisters"

03:19

Peter Pears, Norma Burrowes, Aldeburgh Festival Strings, Steuart Bedford

Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Tenor: Peter Pears - Soprano: Norma Burrowes - Ensemble: Aldeburgh Festival Strings - Conductor: Steuart Bedford - Composer: Henry Purcell

16

"Ruin'd ere the set of sun?"

05:28

The London Opera Chorus, Aldeburgh Festival Strings, Steuart Bedford

Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Choir: The London Opera Chorus - Ensemble: Aldeburgh Festival Strings - Conductor: Steuart Bedford - Composer: Henry Purcell

17

Ritornelle - "Thanks to these lonesome dales"

03:44

Anna Reynolds, Felicity Palmer, Alfreda Hodgson, The London Opera Chorus, Aldeburgh Festival Strings, Steuart Bedford

Mezzo-Soprano: Anna Reynolds - Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Soprano: Felicity Palmer - Mezzo-Soprano: Alfreda Hodgson - Choir: The London Opera Chorus - Ensemble: Aldeburgh Festival Strings - Conductor: Steuart Bedford - Composer: Henry Purcell

18

"Oft she visits this lov'd mountain"

02:29

Felicity Palmer, Alfreda Hodgson, Aldeburgh Festival Strings, Steuart Bedford

Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Soprano: Felicity Palmer - Mezzo-Soprano: Alfreda Hodgson - Ensemble: Aldeburgh Festival Strings - Conductor: Steuart Bedford - Composer: Henry Purcell

19

"Behold, upon my bending spear"

01:20

The London Opera Chorus, Aldeburgh Festival Strings, Steuart Bedford

Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Choir: The London Opera Chorus - Ensemble: Aldeburgh Festival Strings - Conductor: Steuart Bedford - Composer: Henry Purcell

20

"Stay, Prince, and hear great Jove's command"

06:05

Norma Burrowes, The London Opera Chorus, Aldeburgh Festival Strings, Steuart Bedford

Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Soprano: Norma Burrowes - Choir: The London Opera Chorus - Ensemble: Aldeburgh Festival Strings - Conductor: Steuart Bedford - Composer: Henry Purcell

21

Prelude - "Come away, fellow sailors"

02:17

Felicity Lott, Aldeburgh Festival Strings, Steuart Bedford

Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Soprano: Felicity Lott - Ensemble: Aldeburgh Festival Strings - Conductor: Steuart Bedford - Composer: Henry Purcell

22

"See the flags and streamers curling"

03:19

Peter Pears, Janet Baker, Norma Burrowes, The London Opera Chorus, Aldeburgh Festival Strings, Steuart Bedford

Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Tenor: Peter Pears - Mezzo-Soprano: Janet Baker - Soprano: Norma Burrowes - Choir: The London Opera Chorus - Ensemble: Aldeburgh Festival Strings - Conductor: Steuart Bedford - Composer: Henry Purcell

23

"Your counsel all is urg'd in vain"

03:40

Timothy Everett, Peter Pears, Aldeburgh Festival Strings, Steuart Bedford

Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Singer: Timothy Everett - Tenor: Peter Pears - Ensemble: Aldeburgh Festival Strings - Conductor: Steuart Bedford - Composer: Henry Purcell

24

"But death, alas! ...When I am laid in earth"

06:29

Janet Baker, The London Opera Chorus, Aldeburgh Festival Strings, Steuart Bedford

Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Mezzo-Soprano: Janet Baker - Choir: The London Opera Chorus - Ensemble: Aldeburgh Festival Strings - Conductor: Steuart Bedford - Composer: Henry Purcell

25

"With drooping wings ye cupids come"

04:59

The London Opera Chorus, Aldeburgh Festival Strings, Steuart Bedford

Producer: Christopher Raeburn - Choir: The London Opera Chorus - Ensemble: Aldeburgh Festival Strings - Conductor: Steuart Bedford - Composer: Henry Purcell