Dido & Aeneas
Album by Henry Purcell; Joyce DiDonato, Michael Spyres, Fatma Said, Beth Taylor, Hugh Cutting, Laurence Kilsby, Il Pomo d’Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
Released 2025
Tracklist
- 1Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: OvertureHenry Purcell1:45
- 2Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 1: “Shake the Cloud from off Your Brow” (Belinda)Henry Purcell0:34
- 3Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 1: “Banish Sorrow, Banish Care” (Chorus)Henry Purcell0:30
- 4Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 1: “Ah! Belinda, I Am Pressed with Torment” (Dido)Henry Purcell4:00
- 5Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 1: “Grief Increases by Concealing” (Belinda, Dido)Henry Purcell0:32
- 6Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 1: “When Monarchs Unite, How Happy Their State” (Chorus)Henry Purcell0:13
- 7Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 1: “Whence Could so Much Virtue Spring” (Dido, Belinda)Henry Purcell1:43
- 8Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 1: “Fear No Danger to Ensue” (Belinda, Attendant, Chorus)Henry Purcell1:28
- 9Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 1: “See, See Your Royal Guest Appears” (Belinda, Aeneas, Dido)Henry Purcell0:50
- 10Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 1: “Cupid Only Throws the Dart” (Chorus)Henry Purcell0:33
- 11Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 1: “If Not for Mine, for Empire’s Sake” – “Pursue Thy Conquest, Love” (Aeneas, Belinda)Henry Purcell1:13
- 12Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 1: “To the Hills and the Vales” (Chorus)Henry Purcell1:23
- 13Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 1: The Triumphing DanceHenry Purcell1:09
- 14Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 2: Prelude for the Witches – “Wayward Sisters” – “Harm’s Our Delight” – (Sorceress, First Witch, Chorus)Henry Purcell2:28
- 15Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 2: “The Queen of Carthage” – “Ho Ho Ho” (Sorceress, Chorus)Henry Purcell0:39
- 16Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 2: “Ruin’d Ere the Set of Sun” – “Ho Ho Ho” (First Witch, Second Witch, Sorceress, Chorus)Henry Purcell1:08
- 17Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 2: “But, Ere We This Perform” (First Witch, Second Witch)Henry Purcell1:08
- 18Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 2: “In Our Deep Vaulted Cell” (Chorus)Henry Purcell1:18
- 19Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 2: Echo Dance of the FuriesHenry Purcell1:07
- 20Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 2: RitornelleHenry Purcell0:33
- 21Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 2: “Thanks to These Lonesome Vales” (Belinda, Chorus)Henry Purcell2:47
- 22Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 2: “Oft She Visits This Loved Mountain” (Attendant)Henry Purcell1:50
- 23Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 2: “Behold, Upon My Bended Spear” (Aeneas, Dido)Henry Purcell0:33
- 24Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 2: “Haste, Haste to Town” (Belinda, Chorus)Henry Purcell0:42
- 25Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 2: “Stay, Prince!” (Spirit, Aeneas)Henry Purcell2:36
- 26Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3: “Come Away, Fellow Sailors” (Sailor, Chorus)Henry Purcell1:22
- 27Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3: The Sailors’ DanceHenry Purcell0:51
- 28Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3: “See, See, the Flags and Streamers Curling” (Sorceress, First Witch, Second Witch)Henry Purcell0:59
- 29Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3: “Our Next Motion Must Be to Storm” (Sorceress)Henry Purcell0:35
- 30Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3: “Destruction’s Our Delight” (Chorus)Henry Purcell0:30
- 31Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3: The Witches’ DanceHenry Purcell1:46
- 32Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3: “Your Counsel, All Is Urg’d in Vain” (Dido, Belinda, Aeneas)Henry Purcell3:36
- 33Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3: “But Death, Alas! I Cannot Shun” (Dido)Henry Purcell0:23
- 34Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3: “Great Minds Against Themselves Conspire” (Chorus)Henry Purcell0:54
- 35Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3: “Thy Hand, Belinda” (Dido)Henry Purcell0:58
- 36Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3: Dido’s Lament. “When I Am Laid In Earth” (Dido)Henry Purcell3:30
- 37Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3: “With Drooping Wings” (Chorus)Henry Purcell4:18
More by Henry Purcell, Joyce DiDonato, Michael Spyres, Fatma Said, Beth Taylor, Hugh Cutting, Laurence Kilsby, Il Pomo d’Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
Release credits
- soprano vocals [14, 16-17, 28]
- soprano vocals [16-17, 28]
- mezzo-soprano vocals [14-16, 28-29]
- soprano vocals [8, 22]
- soprano vocals [2, 5, 7-9, 11, 21, 24, 32]
- countertenor vocals [25]
- performing orchestra
- choir vocals [3, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15-16, 18, 21, 24, 26, 30, 34, 37]
- mezzo-soprano vocals [4-5, 7, 9, 23, 32-33, 35-36]
- tenor vocals [26]
- conductor
- tenor vocals [9, 11, 23, 25, 32]
Issues
D2025




