Tracklist

  • 1
    Dido and Aeneas: Overture
    Henry Purcell
    2:09
  • 2
    Dido and Aeneas: Act I. “Shake the cloud from off your brow”
    Henry Purcell
    1:12
  • 3
    Dido and Aeneas: Act I. “Ah! Belinda, I am prest with torment”
    Henry Purcell
    5:41
  • 4
    Dido and Aeneas: Act I. “Whence could so much virtue spring?” – “Fear no danger”
    Henry Purcell
    3:32
  • 5
    Dido and Aeneas: Act I. “See, your royal guest appears” – “If not for mine” – “To the hills and the vales” – The Triumphing Dance
    Henry Purcell
    5:21
  • 6
    Dido and Aeneas: Act II, Scene 1. Prelude for the Witches
    Henry Purcell
    1:01
  • 7
    Dido and Aeneas: Act II, Scene 1. “Wayward sisters” – “But ere we this perform”
    Henry Purcell
    4:58
  • 8
    Dido and Aeneas: Act II, Scene 1. “In our deep vaulted cell” – Echo Dance of the Furies
    Henry Purcell
    2:22
  • 9
    Dido and Aeneas: Act II, Scene 2. Ritornelle – “Thanks to these lonesome vales”
    Henry Purcell
    3:28
  • 10
    Dido and Aeneas: Act II, Scene 2. “Oft she visits” – “Behold, upon my bending spear”
    Henry Purcell
    3:25
  • 11
    Dido and Aeneas: Act II, Scene 2. “Stay, Prince” – “Jove’s commands shall be obey’d”
    Henry Purcell
    3:20
  • 12
    Dido and Aeneas: Act III, Scene 1. Prelude – “Come away, fellow sailors”
    Henry Purcell
    1:41
  • 13
    Dido and Aeneas: Act III, Scene 1. The Sailor’s Dance – “See the flags” – “Destruction’s our delight” – The Witches’ Dance
    Henry Purcell
    4:23
  • 14
    Dido and Aeneas: Act III, Scene 2. “Your counsel all is urged in vain” – “But death, alas!”
    Henry Purcell
    5:34
  • 15
    Dido and Aeneas: Act III, Scene 2. “Thy hand, Belinda … When I am laid in earth”
    Henry Purcell
    5:23
  • 16
    Dido and Aeneas: Act III, Scene 2. “With drooping wings”
    Henry Purcell
    4:45

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