‎Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (1952 Recording) by Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Overture

Geraint Jones, Mermaid Orchestra

3:07

Shake the Cloud from Off Your Brow (Belinda, Chorus)

Geraint Jones, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

1:09

Ah! Belinda, I Am Press'd With Torment (Dido)

Geraint Jones, Kirsten Flagstad

3:25

Grief Increases By Concealing (Belinda, Dido, Chorus)

Geraint Jones, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

0:57

Whence Could So Much Virtue Spring? (Dido, Belinda)

Kirsten Flagstad, Geraint Jones

2:11

Fear No Danger to Ensue (Belinda, 2nd Woman and Chorus)

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Geraint Jones

1:40

See, Your Royal Guest Appears (Belinda, Aeneas, Dido)

Geraint Jones, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

1:17

Cupid Only Throws the Dart (Chorus)

Geraint Jones, Mermaid Singers

0:35

If Not for Mine, for Empire's Sake (Aeneas)

Thomas Hemsley, Geraint Jones

0:24

Pursue Thy Conquest, Love (Belinda)

Geraint Jones, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

0:49

To the Hills and the Vales (Chorus)

Geraint Jones, Mermaid Singers

1:15

The Triumphing Dance

Geraint Jones, Mermaid Orchestra

1:19

Prelude for the Witches

Geraint Jones, Mermaid Orchestra

1:26

Wayward Sisters (Sorceress, 1st Witch)

Geraint Jones, Arda Mandikian

1:35

Harm's Our Delight (Chorus)

Geraint Jones, Mermaid Singers

0:18

The Queen of Carthage, Whom We Hate (Sorceress, Chorus)

Geraint Jones, Arda Mandikian

0:47

Ruin'd Ere the Set of Sun? (1st and 2nd Witches, Sorceress, Chorus)

Geraint Jones, Sheila Rex

1:29

But, Ere We This Perform (1st and 2nd Witches)

Geraint Jones, Sheila Rex

1:14

In Our Deep Vaulted Cell (Chorus)

Geraint Jones, Mermaid Singers

1:16

Echo Dance of Furies

Geraint Jones, Mermaid Orchestra

1:01

Ritornelle

Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones

0:28

Thanks to These Lonesome Vales (Belinda, Chorus)

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Geraint Jones

1:43

Oft She Visits This Lone Mountain (2nd Woman)

Geraint Jones, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

2:06

Behold, Upon My Bended Spear (Aeneas, Dido)

Thomas Hemsley, Geraint Jones

0:36

Haste to Town (Belinda, Chorus)

Geraint Jones, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

0:46

Stay, Prince! and Hear Great Jove's Command (Spirit, Aeneas)

Geraint Jones, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

2:43

Then Since Our Charm's Have Sped (Chorus)

Mermaid Singers, Geraint Jones

1:09

Prelude - Come Away, Fellow Sailors (Sailor, Chorus)

Geraint Jones, David Lloyd

1:45

The Sailor's Dance

Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones

0:43

See, the Flags and Streamers Curling (Sorceress, 1st and 2nd Witches)

Geraint Jones, Arda Mandikian

0:56

Our Next Motion (Sorceress)

Geraint Jones, Arda Mandikian

0:41

Destruction's Our Delight (Chorus)

Mermaid Singers, Geraint Jones

0:35

The Witches' Dance

Geraint Jones, Mermaid Orchestra

1:31

Your Counsel All Is Urg'd In Vain (Dido, Belinda, Aeneas)

Geraint Jones, Kirsten Flagstad

4:41

Great Minds Against Themselves Conspire (Chorus)

Geraint Jones, Mermaid Singers

1:12

Thy Hand, Belinda; Darkness Shades Me (Dido)

Geraint Jones, Kirsten Flagstad

1:07

When I Am Laid In Earth (Dido)

Kirsten Flagstad, Geraint Jones

3:58

With Drooping Wings Ye Cupids Come (Chorus)

Geraint Jones, Mermaid Singers

4:36

Aria: Erbarme Dich, Mein Gott

Walter Susskind, Kirsten Flagstad, Philharmonia Orchestra

8:44

Frondi Tenere e Belle… Ombra Mai Fu, "Largo"

Kirsten Flagstad, Philharmonia Orchestra

4:34

Thy Hand, Belinda … When I Am Laid In Earth

Kirsten Flagstad, Philharmonia Orchestra

4:57

Henry Purcell

Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach

Composer
George Frideric Handel

Composer
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Soprano
Geraint Jones

Artist

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (1952 Recording)

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