Dido & Aeneas
Album by Henry Purcell; Sarah Connolly, Gerald Finley, Lucy Crowe, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Choir and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Steven Devine, Elizabeth Kenny
Released 5 January 2009
Tracklist
- 1OvertureHenry Purcell2:03
- 2“Shake the cloud from off your brow”Henry Purcell1:08
- 3“Ah! Belinda, I am prest with torment”Henry Purcell6:40
- 4“Grief increases by concealing”Henry Purcell0:50
- 5“Whence could so much virtue spring?”Henry Purcell4:22
- 6“See, your royal guest appears”Henry Purcell0:53
- 7“Cupid only throws the dart”Henry Purcell0:40
- 8“If not for mine, for Empire’s sake” – “Pursue thy conquest, love”Henry Purcell1:09
- 9Gittars ChaconyHenry Purcell2:32
- 10“To the hills and vales”Henry Purcell1:03
- 11Triumphing DanceHenry Purcell1:27
- 12Prelude – “Wayward sisters” – “Harm’s our delight”Henry Purcell2:12
- 13“The Queen of Carthage” – “Ho ho ho!”Henry Purcell0:40
- 14“Ruin’d ’ere the set of sun?” – “Ho ho ho!”Henry Purcell2:26
- 15“In our deep vaulted cell, the charm we’ll prepare”Henry Purcell1:19
- 16Echo Dance of FuriesHenry Purcell1:16
- 17RitornelleHenry Purcell0:50
- 18“Thanks to these lonesome vales”Henry Purcell2:59
- 19Gittars PassacailleHenry Purcell3:05
- 20“Oft she visits this lone mountain”Henry Purcell1:47
- 21“Behold, upon my bending spear” – “Haste, haste to town”Henry Purcell1:22
- 22“Stay, Prince, and hear great Jove’s command”Henry Purcell2:38
- 23“Then since our charms have sped”Henry Purcell1:31
- 24Prelude – “Come away, fellow sailors” – The Sailors’ DanceHenry Purcell2:17
- 25“See the flags and streamers curling”Henry Purcell1:02
- 26“Our next motion”Henry Purcell1:16
- 27The Witches’ DanceHenry Purcell1:22
- 28Almand – “Your counsel all is urg’d in vain”Henry Purcell7:48
- 29“Great minds against themselves conspire”Henry Purcell1:00
- 30“Thy hand, Belinda, darkness shades me” – “When I am laid in earth”Henry Purcell5:05
- 31“With drooping wings ye cupids come”Henry Purcell4:53
More by Henry Purcell, Sarah Connolly, Gerald Finley, Lucy Crowe, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Choir, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Steven Devine, Elizabeth Kenny
Release credits
- soprano vocals [12, 14, 25]
- design
- choir vocals [2, 7, 10, 12-15, 18, 21, 23-24, 26, 29, 31]
- liner notes
- booklet editor
- translator
- baritone vocals [6, 8, 21-22, 28]
- tenor vocals [24]
- assistant
- soprano vocals [2, 4-6, 8, 18, 21, 28]
- concertmaster
- performing orchestra
- mezzo-soprano vocals [12-14, 25-26]
- editor, producer
- sound
- soprano vocals [12, 14, 25]
- liner notes, mezzo-soprano vocals [3-6, 21, 28, 30]
- soprano vocals [4-5, 20]
- liner notes
- countertenor vocals [22]
Issues
D- D5 January 2009