Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (The Scholars Baroque Ensemble, David van Asch / Naxos 1994)

TRACKLIST

Henry PURCELL (1659-1695)

DIDO AND AENEAS

Opera in Three Acts (about 1689)

Libretto by Nahum Tate


01. Overture [01:56]

ACT I

02. Belinda & Chorus: "Shake the cloud from off your brow" [01:04]
03. Dido: "Ah! Belinda, I am press'd with torment" [03:49]
04. Belinda & Dido: "Grief increases by concealing" [00:36]
05. Chorus: "When monarchs unite how happy their state" [00:15]
06. Dido & Belinda: "Whence could so much virtue spring?" [01:59]
07. Belinda, 2nd Woman & Chorus: "Fear no danger to ensue" [01:39]
08. Belinda, Aeneas, Dido: "See, your Royal guest appears" [00:54]
09. Chorus: "Cupid only throws the dart" [00:31]
10. Aeneas & Belinda: "If not for mine, for Empire's sake" [01:15]
11. Guitar's Chaconne [00:39]
12. Chorus: "To the hills and the vales" [01:04]
13. The Triumphing Dance [01:27]

ACT II

14. Prelude for the Witches (Sorceress & 1st Witch):
"Wayward sisters" [01:50]
15. Chorus: "Harm's our delight" [00:12]
16. Sorceress: "The Queen of Carthage, whom we hate" [00:31]
17. Chorus: "Ho ho ho, ho ho ho!" [00:11]
18. 1st & 2nd Witches, Sorceress: "Ruin'd ere the set of sun?"[01:07]
19. Chorus: "Ho ho ho, ho ho ho!" (2) [00:10]
20. Sailors' Dance [00:34]
21. 1st & 2nd Witches: "But, ere we this perform" [01:08]
22. Chorus: "In our deep vaulted cell" [01:29]
23. Echo Dance of Furies [01:21]

Scene II:

24. Ritornelle [00:45]
25. Belinda & Chorus: "Thanks to these lonesome vales" [03:07]
26. Guitar Dance, 2nd Woman: "Oft she visits this lone
mountain" [02:28]
27. Aeneas & Dido: "Behold, upon my bended spear" [00:37]
28. Belinda & Chorus: "Haste to town" [00:46]
29. Spirit & Aeneas: "Stay, Prince! and hear great Jove's
command" [02:52]
30. Ritornelle (2) [00:59]

ACT III

31. 1st Sailor & Chorus: "Come away, fellow sailors" [01:32]
32. The Sailor's Dance [00:47]
33. Sorceress, 1st & 2nd Witches: "See, the flags and
streamers curling" [01:02]
34. Sorceress: "Our next motion" [00:40]
35. Chorus: "Destruction's our delight" [00:31]
36. The Witches' Dance [01:15]

Scene II:

37. Dido, Belinda & Aeneas: "Your counsel all is urg'd
in vain" [04:01]
38. Chorus: "Great minds against themselves conspire" [00:54]
39. Dido: "Thy hand, Belinda; darkness shades me" [00:58]
40. Dido: "When I am laid in earth" [03:41]
41. Chorus: "With drooping wings ye Cupids come" [04:47]


TOTAL TIME: [57:48]



THE SCHOLARS BAROQUE ENSEMBLE
Artistic Coordinator: David van Asch


Dido, Queen of Carthage Kym Amps (soprano)
Belinda, her sister Anna Crookes (soprano)
Second Woman Ghislaine Morgan (soprano)
Sorceress Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano)
First Witch Ghislaine Morgan (soprano)
Second Witch Anna Crookes (soprano)
Spirit Angus Davidson (countertenor)
Aeneas, a Trojan prince David van Asch (bass)
First Sailor Robin Doveton (tenor)
David Gould (countertenor), Julian Podger (tenor),
Colin Campbell (bass)

Violin I Pauline Nobes
Violin II William Thorp
Viola Trevor Jones
Bass Violin Jan Spencer
Theorbo/Guitar William Carter, Robin Jeffrey
Harpsichord/Organ Terence Charlston



Recorded at All Saints Church, East Finchley,
from 16th to 18th October, 1994
Producer: Chris Craker
Engineers: Chris Craker & Simon Rhodes
Cover Painting: Death of Dido by Simon Vouet

DDD
(P) & (C) 1997 HNH International Ltd.
Naxos www.hnh.com
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