Purcell: Dido and Aeneas. Greatest Opera Collection

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Overture

The Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones & Henry Purcell

3:07

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act I: "Shake the Cloud from Off Your Brow" (Belinda, Chorus)

The Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones, Echo Chorus & Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

1:10

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act I: "Ah! Belinda, I am Pressed With Torment" (Dido)

The Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones, Kirsten Flagstad & Henry Purcell

3:27

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act I: "Grief Increases by Concealing" (Belinda, Dido)

The Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Kirsten Flagstad

0:57

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act I: "Whence Could So Much Virtue Spring?" (Dido, Belinda)

The Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones, Kirsten Flagstad & Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

2:13

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act I: "Fear No Danger to Ensue" (Belinda, Chorus)

The Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Echo Chorus

1:41

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act I: "See, Our Royal Guest Appears" (Belinda, Aeneas)

The Mermaid Orchestra, The Mermaid Singers, Geraint Jones & Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

1:18

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act I: "Cupid Only Throws the Dart" (Chorus)

The Mermaid Orchestra, The Mermaid Singers, Geraint Jones & Henry Purcell

0:36

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act I: "If Not for Mine, for Empire's Sake" (Aeneas)

The Mermaid Orchestra, The Mermaid Singers, Geraint Jones & Thomas Hemsley

0:25

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act I: "Pursue Thy Conquest, Love" (Belinda)

The Mermaid Orchestra, The Mermaid Singers, Geraint Jones & Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

0:50

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act I: "To the Hills and the Vales" (Chorus)

The Mermaid Orchestra, The Mermaid Singers, Geraint Jones & Henry Purcell

1:16

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act I: "The Triumphing Dance"

The Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones & Henry Purcell

1:17

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act II, Scene 1: Prelude for the Witches (Sorceress, First Witch, Chorus)

The Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones, Arda Mandikian & Sheila Rex

1:27

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act II, Scene 1: "Wayward Sisters, You That Fright" (Sorceress, First Witch, Chorus)

The Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones, Arda Mandikian & The Mermaid Singers

1:36

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act II, Scene 1: "Harms our Delight" (Chorus)

The Mermaid Orchestra, The Mermaid Singers, Geraint Jones & Henry Purcell

0:19

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act II, Scene 1: "The Queen of Carthage" (Sorceress)

The Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones, Arda Mandikian & Henry Purcell

0:49

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act II, Scene 1: "Ruin'd Ere the Set of Sun?" (Witches, Sorceress)

The Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones, Sheila Rex & Anna Pollak

1:30

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act II, Scene 1: "But Ere We This Perform" (First Witch, Second Witch)

The Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones, Sheila Rex & Anna Pollak

1:16

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act II, Scene 1: "In Our Deep Vaulted Cell" (Chorus)

The Mermaid Orchestra, The Mermaid Singers, Geraint Jones & Henry Purcell

1:17

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act II, Scene 1: "Echo Dance of Furies"

The Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones & Henry Purcell

1:04

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act II, Scene 2: "Ritornelle"

The Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones & Henry Purcell

0:29

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act II, Scene 2: "Thanks to the Lonesome Vales" (Belinda, Chorus)

The Mermaid Orchestra, The Mermaid Singers, Geraint Jones & Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

1:43

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act II, Scene 2: "Off She Visits This Lone Mountain" (Second Woman)

The Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Henry Purcell

2:07

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act II, Scene 2: "Behold, Upon My Bending Spear" (Dido, Aeneas)

The Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones, Thomas Hemsley & Kirsten Flagstad

0:37

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act II, Scene 2: "Haste, Haste to Town" (Belinda, Chorus)

The Mermaid Orchestra, The Mermaid Singers, Geraint Jones & Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

0:48

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act II, Scene 2: "Stay. Prince (Spirit, Aeneas)

The Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones, Kirsten Flagstad & Henry Purcell

2:44

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act II, Scene 2: "Then Since Our Charm's Have Sped" (Chorus)

The Mermaid Orchestra, The Mermaid Singers, Geraint Jones & Henry Purcell

1:11

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III, Scene 1: Prelude: Come Away, Fellow sailors (First Sailor, Chorus)

The Mermaid Orchestra, The Mermaid Singers, Geraint Jones & David Lloyd

1:46

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III, Scene 1: "The Sailors' Dance"

The Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones & Henry Purcell

0:44

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III, Scene 1: "See the Flags and Streamers Curling" (Sorceress, Witches)

The Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones, Sheila Rex & Anna Pollak

0:57

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III, Scene 1: "Our Next motion" (Sorceress, Witches)

The Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones, Sheila Rex & Anna Pollak

0:42

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III, Scene 1: "Destruction's Our delight" (Chorus)

The Mermaid Orchestra, The Mermaid Singers, Geraint Jones & Henry Purcell

0:36

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III, Scene 1: "The Witches Dance"

The Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones & Henry Purcell

1:33

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III, Scene 2: "Your Counsel All Is urged in vain" (Dido, Belinda, Aeneas)

The Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones, Kirsten Flagstad & Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

4:42

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III, Scene 2: "Great Minds Against Themselves Conspire" (Chorus)

The Mermaid Orchestra, The Mermaid Singers, Geraint Jones & Henry Purcell

1:16

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III, Scene 2: "Thy Hand Belinda" (Dido)

The Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones, Kirsten Flagstad & Henry Purcell

1:06

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III, Scene 2: "When I am Laid in Earth" (Dido)

The Mermaid Orchestra, Geraint Jones, Kirsten Flagstad & Henry Purcell

4:01

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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III, Scene 2: "With Drooping Wings" (Chorus)

The Mermaid Orchestra, The Mermaid Singers, Geraint Jones & Henry Purcell

4:28