Dido & Aeneas: G.jones / Mermaid O Flagstad Schwarzkopf

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Classical

Catalogue Number

5096912

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Emi Great Recordings

Release Country

USA

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Other

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Purcell: Dido & Aeneas
2008 Digital Remaster

Kirsten Flagstad
ElisabethSchwarzkopf
Geraint Jones, conductor

Monoural Recording: 1952

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Track List

Purcell: Dido & Aeneas

01． Overture (Orchestra)
02． Shake The Clod From Off Your Brow (Belinda) - Act 1
03． Ah! Belinda, I Am Press'd With Torment (Dido)
04． Grief Increases By Concealing (Belinda)
05． Whence Could So Much Virtue Spring? (Dido)
06． Fear No Danger To Ensue (Belinda)
07． See, Your Royal Guest Appears (Belinda)
08． Cupid Only Throws The Dart (Chorus)
09． If Not For Mine, For Empire's Sake (Aeneas)
10． Pursue Thy Conquest, Love (Belinda)
11． To The Hills And The Vales (Chorus)
12． The Triumphing Dance (Orchestra)
13． Prelude For The Witches (Orchestra) - Act 2, Scene 1
14． Wayward Sisters, You That Fright (Sorceress)
15． Harms Our Delight And Mischief All Our Skill (Chorus)
16． The Queen Of Carthage, Whom We Hate (Sorceress)
17． Ruin'd Ere The Set Of Sun? (Two Witches)
18． But, Ere We This Perform (Two Witches)
19． In Our Deep Vaulted Cell (Echo Chorus)
20． Echo Dance Of The Furies (Orchestra)
21． Ritornelle (Orchestra) - Scene 2
22． Thanks To These Lonesome Vales (Belinda)
23． Oft She Visits This Lone Mountain (Second Woman)
24． Behold, Upon My Bending Spear (Aeneas)
25． Haste, Haste To Town (Belinda)
26． Stay, Prince! And Hear Great Jove's Command (Spirit)
27． Then Since Our Charms Have Sped (Chorus)
28． Come Away, Fellow Sailors, Your Anchors Be Weighing (First Sailor) - Act 3, Scene 1, Prelude
29． The Sailors' Dance (Orchestra)
30． See, See The Flags And Streamers Curling (Sorceress)
31． Our Next Motion Must Be To Storm Her Lover (Sorceress)
32． Destruction's Our Delight (Chorus)
33． The Witches' Dance (Orchestra)
34． Your Counsel All Is Urg'd In Vain (Dido) - Scene 2
35． Great Minds Against Themselves Conspire (Chorus)
36． Thy Hand, Belinda; Darkness Shades Me (Dido)
37． When I Am Laid In Earth (Dido)
38． With Drooping Wings Ye Cupids Come (Chorus)

Flagstad sings Purcell

39． Thy Hand, Belinda; Darkness Shades Me
40． When I Am Laid In Earth

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