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Purcell: Dido & Aeneas - Emma Kirkby, David Thomas, Judith Nelson, Taverner Choir, Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott (conductor) / Chaconne / Chandos Audio CD 1991 / CHAN 0521
UPC 095115052129
Dido and Aeneas (Z. 626) is an opera in a prologue and three acts, written by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell with a libretto by Nahum Tate. The dates of the composition and first performance of the opera are uncertain. It was composed no later than July 1688, and had been performed at Josias Priest's girls' school in London by the end of 1689. Some scholars argue for a date of composition as early as 1683. The story is based on Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid. It recounts the love of Dido, Queen of Carthage, for the Trojan hero Aeneas, and her despair when he abandons her. A monumental work in Baroque opera, Dido and Aeneas is remembered as one of Purcell's foremost theatrical works. It was also Purcell's only true opera, as well as his only all-sung dramatic work. One of the earliest known English operas, it owes much to John Blow's Venus and Adonis, both in structure and in overall effect.
| Label: | Chandos – CHAN 0521 |
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| Series: | Chaconne |
| Format: |
CD, Album
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| Country: | UK |
| Released: |
1991 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Baroque |
Tracklist:
| Overture And Act I (The Palace) | |||
| 1 | Overture | ||
| 2 | Song (Belinda) & Chorus, Shake The Cloud From Off Your Brow | ||
| 3 | Song (Dido), Ah! Belinda | ||
| 4 | Recitative & Song (Belinda, Dido & Second Woman), Grief Increases By Concealing | ||
| 5 | Chorus, When Monarchs Unite | ||
| 7 | Duet (Belinda & Second Woman) & Chorus, Fear No Danger To Ensue | ||
| 8 | Dance | ||
| 9 | Recitative (Belinda, Aeneas & Dido), See, Your Royal Guest Appears | ||
| 10 | Chorus, Cupid Only Throws The Dart | ||
| 11 | Recitative (Aeneas), If Not For Mine, For Empire's Sake | ||
| 12 | Song (Belinda), Pursue Thy Conquest, Love | ||
| 13 | Dance (Guitar's Chacony) | ||
| 14 | Chorus, To The Hills And The Vales | ||
| 15 | The Triumphing Dance | ||
|
Act II Scene 1 (The Cave) |
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| 16 | Prelude For The Witches | ||
| 17 | Recitative (Sorceress), Wayward Sisters | ||
| 18 | Chorus, Harm's Our Delight | ||
| 19 | Recitative (Sorceress), The Queen Of Cartaghe, Whom We Hate | ||
| 20 | Chorus, Ho Ho Ho | ||
| 21 | Recitative (Enchantresses & Sorceress), Ruin'd Ere The Set Of Sun? | ||
| 22 | Chorus, Ho Ho Ho | ||
| 23 | Duet (Enchantresses), But Ere We This Perform | ||
| 24 | Chorus, In Our Deep Vaulted Cell | ||
| 25 | Echo Dance (Enchantresses & Furies) | ||
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Act II Scene 2 (The Grove) |
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| 26 | (Ritornelle) | ||
| 27 | Song (Belinda) & Chorus, Thanks To These Lonesome Vales | ||
| 28 | Dance (Guitar Ground) | ||
| 29 | Song (Second Woman), Oft She Visits This Lone Mountain | ||
| 30 | A Dance To Entertain Aeneas (Dido's Women) | ||
| 31 | Recitative (Aeneas & Dido), Behold, Upon My Bending Spear | ||
| 32 | Song (Belinda) & Chorus, Haste, Haste To Town | ||
| 33 | Recitative (Spirit & Aeneas), Stay, Prince | ||
| 34 | Chorus | ||
| 35 | Dance | ||
|
Act III (The Ships) |
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| 36 | (Prelude) | ||
| 37 | Song (Sailor) & Chorus, Come Away, Fellow Sailors | ||
| 38 | The Sailor's Dance | ||
| 39 | Recitative & Duet (Sorceress & Enchantresses), See The Flags And Streamers Curling | ||
| 40 | Song (Sorceress), Our Next Motion | ||
| 41 | Chorus, Destruction's Our Delight | ||
| 42 | Dance (The Witches' Dance) | ||
| 43 | Recitative (Dido, Belinda & Aeneas), Your Counsel All Is Urg'd In Vain | ||
| 44 | Chorus, Great Minds Against Themselves Conspire | ||
| 45 | Recitative (Dido), Thy Hand, Belinda | ||
| 46 | Song (Dido), When I Am Laid In Earth | ||
| 47 | Chorus, With Drooping Wings Ye Cupids Come | ||
| 48 | Dance (Cupids) |
- Artwork By [Front Cover Painting: Detail Of Aeneas And Dido At Carthage] – Claude Gelée (Lorraine)
- Artwork By [Sleeve Design] – Gary Thorpe
- Bass [-baritone] Vocals [Aeneas] – David Thomas (9)
- Choir – Taverner Choir
- Composed By – Henry Purcell
- Conductor – Andrew Parrott
- Engineer – Ralph Couzens
- Libretto By – Nahum Tate
- Liner Notes – Richard Luckett
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Sorceress] – Jantina Noorman
- Orchestra – Taverner Players
- Producer – Brian Couzens
- Soprano Vocals [Belinda] – Judith Nelson
- Soprano Vocals [Dido] – Emma Kirkby
- Soprano Vocals [Enchantress, Sailor] – Rachel Bevan
- Soprano Vocals [Enchantress] – Emily Van Evera
- Soprano Vocals [Second Woman] – Judith Rees
- Soprano Vocals [Spirit] – Tessa Bonner
- Violin [Leader] – John Holloway
