Dido & Aeneas

Tracklist

Henry Purcell · Dido And Aeneas
1	Overture	3:11
Act I, The Palace
2	Shake The Cloud From Off Your Brow (Belinda, Chorus)	1:09
3	Ah! Belinda, I Am Prest (Dido, Belinda, Chorus)	4:22
4	Whence Could So Much Virtue Spring? (Dido, Belinda)	2:11
5	Fear No Danger To Ensue (Belins, 2nd Woman, Chorus)	1:40
6	See, Your Royal Guest Appears (Belinda, Aeneas, Dido, Chorus)	4:20
7	The Triumphing Dance	1:16
Act II Scene 1, The Cave
8	Prelude For the Witches	1:26
9	Wayward Sisters, You That Fright (Sorceress, Witches, Chorus)	5:25
10	In Our Deep Vaulted Cell (Chorus)	1:16
11	Echo Dance	0:59
Act II Scene 2, The Grove
12	Ritornelle	0:28
13	Thanks To These Lonesome Vales (Belinda, Chorus)	1:42
14	Oft She Visits This Lov'd Mountain (2nd Woman)	2:05
15	Behold, Upon My Bending Spear (Aeneas, Dido Belinda, Chorus)	1:22
16	Stay, Prince (Spirit, Aeneas)	2:43
17	Then Since Our Charmes Have Sped (Chorus)	0:33
18	The Groves Dance	0:37
Act III, The Ships
19	Prelude	0:36
20	Come Away, Fellow Sailors (First Sailor)	1:08
21	The Sailors' Dance	0:42
22	See The Flags And Steamers Curling (Sorceress, Witches, Chorus)	2:12
23	A Dance	1:30
24	Your Counsel All Is Urged In Vain (Dido, Belinda, Aeneas)	4:07
25	But Death, Alas! I Cannot Shun (Dido, Chorus)	1:47
26	Thy Hand Belinda (Dido)	1:06
27	When I Am Laid In Earth (Dido)	4:00
28	With Drooping Wings Ye Cupids Come (Chorus)	2:37
Richard Wagner · Götterdämmerung
Act III, Scene 3
29	Starke Scheite Schichten Mir Dort (Brunnhilde's Immolation)	19:48

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Wyastone Estate Limited
• Copyright (c) – Wyastone Estate Limited
• Made By – Nimbus Records
• Recorded At – No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Credits

• Cello – Raymond Clark (tracks: 1-28)
• Chorus, Orchestra – The Mermaid Singers And Orchestra (tracks: 1-28)
• Conductor – Geraint Jones (tracks: 1-28), Wilhelm Furtwängler (tracks: 29)
• Libretto By – Nahum Tate (tracks: 1-28)
• Liner Notes – Alan Bilgora
• Orchestra – Philharmonia Orchestra (tracks: 29)
• Performer [Aeneas] – Thomas Hemsley (tracks: 1-28)
• Performer [Belinda, Spirit, Second lady] – Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (tracks: 1-28)
• Performer [Dido] – Kirsten Flagstad (tracks: 1-28)
• Performer [First Witch] – Sheila Rex (tracks: 1-28)
• Performer [Sailor] – David Lloyd (tracks: 1-28)
• Performer [Second Witch] – Anna Pollak (tracks: 1-28)
• Performer [Sorceress] – Arda Mandikian (tracks: 1-28)
• Soprano Vocals – Kirsten Flagstad (tracks: 29)

Notes

Digital recording from original LP disks. 1-28 recorded March 1952; 29 recorded 1949.
Original LP Release Catalogue ALP 1026

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0710357795626
• Rights Society: mcps
• Label Code: LC 5871
• SPARS Code: ADD
• Matrix / Runout (lasered): T80FD-D0027 9 106
• Matrix / Runout (stamped): ATC700T-1/0.0-FS 47 1
• Matrix / Runout (printed): 8D1 7N4CD61B081476