‎Purcell: Dido and Aeneas by Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Overture

Geraint Jones, Mermaid Orchestra, Mermaid Singers, Kirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Sheila Rex, David Lloyd, Anna Pollak, Thomas Hemsley, Eilidh McNab, Arda Mandikian

3:08

Song. "Shake the Cloud from off Your Brow" - Chorus. "Banish Sorrow, Banish Care" (Belinda, Chorus)

Geraint Jones, Mermaid Orchestra, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Mermaid Singers

1:09

Song. "Ah Belinda, I Am Press'd with Torment" (Dido)

Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones, Kirsten Flagstad

3:28

Duet. "Grief Increases by Concealing" - Chorus. "When Monarchs Unite, How Happy Their State" (Belinda, Dido, Chorus)

Geraint Jones, Mermaid Singers, Kirsten Flagstad, Mermaid Orchestra, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

0:55

Duet. "Whence Could so Much Virtue Spring?" (Dido, Belinda)

Geraint Jones, Kirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Mermaid Orchestra

2:11

Duet and Chorus. "Fear no Danger to Ensue" (Belinda, Chorus)

Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones, Mermaid Singers, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

1:40

Trio. "See Your Royal Guest Appears" (Belinda, Aeneas, Dido)

Kirsten Flagstad, Thomas Hemsley, Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

1:17

Chorus. "Cupid Only Throws the Dart" (Chorus)

Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones, Mermaid Singers

0:34

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

Thomas Hemsley, Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones

0:25

Song. "Pursue Thy Conquest, Love" (Belinda)

Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

0:48

Chorus. "To the Hills and the Vales" (Chorus)

Mermaid Singers, Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones

1:15

The Triumphing Dance

Geraint Jones, Mermaid Orchestra

1:20

Prelude for the Witches

Geraint Jones, Mermaid Orchestra

1:30

Song. "Wayward Sisters, You That Fright" (Sorceress)

Geraint Jones, Mermaid Orchestra, Arda Mandikian

1:35

Chorus. "Harm's Our Delight" (Chorus)

Mermaid Orchestra, Mermaid Singers, Geraint Jones

0:18

Song and Chorus. "The Queen of Carthage" (Sorceress)

Geraint Jones, Mermaid Orchestra, Arda Mandikian, Mermaid Singers

0:48

Trio. "Ruin'd E're the Set of Sun?" - "Ho Ho Ho" (First Witch, Second Witch, Sorceress, Chorus)

Mermaid Singers, Arda Mandikian, Geraint Jones, Sheila Rex, Mermaid Orchestra, Anna Pollak

1:29

Duet. "But Ere We This Perform" (First Witch, Second Witch)

Geraint Jones, Mermaid Orchestra, Sheila Rex, Anna Pollak

1:14

Chorus. "In Our Deep Vaulted Cell" (Chorus)

Geraint Jones, Mermaid Singers, Mermaid Orchestra

1:16

Echo Dance of Furies

Geraint Jones, Mermaid Orchestra

1:03

Ritornello

Geraint Jones, Mermaid Orchestra

0:28

Song and Chorus. "Thanks to These Lonesome Vales" (Belinda, Chorus)

Mermaid Orchestra, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Mermaid Singers, Geraint Jones

1:43

Song. "Oft She Visits This Lone Mountain" (Second Woman)

Geraint Jones, Mermaid Orchestra, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

2:06

Duet. "Behold Upon My Bending Spear" (Aeneas, Dido)

Kirsten Flagstad, Geraint Jones, Thomas Hemsley, Mermaid Orchestra

0:36

Song and Chorus. "Haste, Haste to Town" (Belinda, Chorus)

Geraint Jones, Mermaid Singers, Mermaid Orchestra, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

0:46

Duet. "Stay Prince" (Spirit, Aeneas)

Geraint Jones, Thomas Hemsley, Mermaid Orchestra, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

2:43

Chorus. "Then Since Our Chorus Have Sped" (Chorus)

Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones, Mermaid Singers

1:13

Song and Chorus. "Come Away" (Sailor, Chorus)

Mermaid Singers, Geraint Jones, David Lloyd, Mermaid Orchestra, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Thomas Hemsley, Eilidh McNab, Arda Mandikian, Kirsten Flagstad, Anna Pollak, Sheila Rex

1:49

The Sailors' Dance

Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones

0:43

Duet. "See, See the Flags" (Sorceress, First Witch, Second Witch)

Geraint Jones, Sheila Rex, Anna Pollak, Arda Mandikian

0:56

Song. "Our Next Motion" (Sorceress)

Arda Mandikian, Geraint Jones, Mermaid Orchestra

0:41

Chorus. "Destruction's Our Delight" (Chorus)

Mermaid Singers, Geraint Jones, Mermaid Orchestra

0:35

The Witches' Dance

Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones, Eilidh McNab, Arda Mandikian, Mermaid Singers, Kirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, David Lloyd, Thomas Hemsley, Anna Pollak, Sheila Rex

1:31

Trio. "Your Counsel All Is Urged in Vain" (Dido, Belinda, Aeneas)

Thomas Hemsley, Kirsten Flagstad, Geraint Jones, Mermaid Orchestra, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

4:41

Chorus. "Great Minds Against Themselves Conspire" (Chorus)

Mermaid Orchestra, Mermaid Singers, Geraint Jones

1:15

Recitative. "Thy Hand, Belinda" (Dido)

Mermaid Orchestra, Kirsten Flagstad, Geraint Jones

1:05

Song. "When I Am Laid in Earth" (Dido)

Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones, Kirsten Flagstad, Anna Pollak, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, David Lloyd, Mermaid Singers, Eilidh McNab, Arda Mandikian, Sheila Rex, Thomas Hemsley

4:00

Chorus. "With Drooping Wings" (Chorus)

Geraint Jones, Mermaid Singers, Mermaid Orchestra

4:37

Recitative. "Thy Hand, Belinda"

Kirsten Flagstad, Philharmonia Orchestra, Warwick Braithwaite

0:55

Song. "When I Am Laid in Earth"

Kirsten Flagstad, Philharmonia Orchestra, Warwick Braithwaite

3:57

Henry Purcell

Composer
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Soprano
Kirsten Flagstad

Soprano
Geraint Jones

Conductor
Sheila Rex

Soprano

Walter Legge

Producer
Geraint Jones

Editing Engineer

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas

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Henry Purcell

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Kirsten Flagstad

Geraint Jones

Sheila Rex

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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas

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