Dido and Aeneas

Album by Henry Purcell & St. James's Singers & St. James’ Baroque & Ivor Bolton

Dido and Aeneas is a baroque opera by English composer Henry Purcell, first performed around 1689. The work features concise orchestration, expressive vocal writing and recurring ground-bass passages typical of the late 17th century, and it occupies a central place in Purcell's contribution to early English opera.
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  1. 1.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. Overture
    2:10
  2. 2.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. "Shake the cloud from off your brow" / Chorus "Banish sorrow"
    1:07
  3. 3.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. "Ah! Belinda" - Ritornelle
    3:34
  4. 4.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. "Grief increases by concealing" / Chorus "When monarchs unite"
    2:35
  5. 5.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. "Fear no danger"
    2:22
  6. 6.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. "See, your royal guest appears" / Chorus "Cupid only throws the dart" / "If not for mine..." / "Pursue thy conquest, love"
    2:28
  7. 7.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. A Dance Gittars Chacony
    2:02
  8. 8.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. Chorus "To the hills and the vales"
    1:08
  9. 9.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. The Triumphing Dance
    1:17
  10. 10.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene I. Prelude - "Wayward sisters" / Chorus "Harm's our delight"
    2:08
  11. 11.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene I. "The Queen of Carthage" / Chorus "Ho ho ho" / "Ruin'd ere the set of sun?" / Chorus "Ho ho ho"
    1:49
  12. 12.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene I. "But ere we this perform"
    1:11
  13. 13.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene I. Chorus "In our deep vaulted cell"
    1:28
  14. 14.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene I. Echo dance of furies
    1:05
  15. 15.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II. Ritornelle
    0:48
  16. 16.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II. Chorus "Thanks to these lonesome vales"
    3:03
  17. 17.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II. Dance - Gitter ground
    1:40
  18. 18.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II. "Oft she visits" - Ritornelle
    2:02
  19. 19.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II. "Behold, upon my bending spear" / Chorus "Haste, haste to town"
    1:19
  20. 20.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II. "Stay, Prince"
    2:43
  21. 21.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, Scene I. Prelude / Chorus "Come away, fellow sailors" - The Sailor's Dance
    2:15
  22. 22.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, Scene I. "See the flags and streamers curling" / "Our next motion" / Chorus "Destruction's our delight" - The Witches' Dance
    3:19
  23. 23.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, Scene II. "Your counsel all is urg'd in vain"
    3:54
  24. 24.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, Scene II. Chorus "Great minds against themselves conspire"
    0:57
  25. 25.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, Scene II. "Thy hand, Belinda" / "When I am laid in earth"
    4:25
  26. 26.
    Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, Scene II. Chorus "With drooping wings" - Cupid's Dance
    5:10

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