Purcell / English Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Lewis , Janet Baker - Dido And Aeneas
Purcell / English Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Lewis , Janet Baker - Dido And Aeneas Singer: Purcell
Title: Dido And Aeneas
Label: Decca ‎– 289 466 387-2
Series: Decca Legends –
Type: CD, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
Country: US
Date of released: 2000
Category: Classical
Style: Opera, Baroque
Size MP3 zip: 1419 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1537 mb
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Tracklist

1 Overture 2:14
Act One
2 Shake The Cloud From Off Your Brow 1:03
3 Ah! Belinda, I Am Prest With Torment 4:39
4 Whence Could So Much Virtue Spring? 2:00
5 Fear No Danger To Ensue 1:32
6 See, Your Royal Guest Appears 4:52
Act Two
7 Prelude For The Witches — Wayward Sisters 3:05
8 Ruin'd Ere The Set Of Sun? 4:54
9 Ritornelle — Thanks To These Lonesome Vales 3:26
10 Oft She Visits This Lone Mountain 2:22
11 Behold, Upon My Bending Spear 1:20
12 Stay, Prince, And Hear Great Jove's Command 2:40
Act Three
13 Prelude — Come Away, Fellow Sailors 2:24
14 See The Flags And Streamers Curling 3:24
15 Your Counsel All Is Urg'd In Vain 3:26
16 But Death, Alas! ... When I Am Laid In Earth 6:27
17 With Drooping Wings Ye Cupids Come 2:42

Companies, etc.

  • Copyright (c) – The Decca Record Company Limited
  • Recorded At – Walthamstow Assembly Hall
  • Made By – UML
  • Manufactured By – Universal Classics Group
  • Marketed By – Universal Classics Group

Credits

  • Chorus – The St. Anthony Singers*
  • Chorus Master – John McCarthy
  • Composed By – Henry Purcell
  • Conductor – Anthony Lewis
  • Engineer – Kenneth Wilkinson
  • Harpsichord [Continuo], Liner Notes – Thurston Dart
  • Leader – Emanuel Hurwitz
  • Libretto By – Nahum Tate
  • Liner Notes – Alan Blyth
  • Orchestra – English Chamber Orchestra
  • Producer – Ray Minshull
  • Remastered By – Andrew Wedman
  • Violoncello [Continuo] – Terence Weil
  • Vocals [Aeneas] – Raimund Herincx
  • Vocals [Belinda] – Patricia Clark
  • Vocals [Dido] – Janet Baker
  • Vocals [First Sailor] – John Mitchinson
  • Vocals [First Witch] – Rhianon Jones
  • Vocals [Second Witch] – Catherine Wilson
  • Vocals [Second Woman] – Eileen Poulter
  • Vocals [Sorceress] – Monica Sinclair
  • Vocals [Spirit] – Dorothy Dorow

Notes

Recording: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London, October 1961

℗ 1962
© 2000 The Decca Record Company Limited, London

CD is made in USA.
Printed in USA. Made in USA.

Includes booklet (18 p.) with libretto.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 0 28946 63872 9
  • Matrix / Runout: 289 466 3872 01$
  • Mould SID Code: IFPI 0341
  • Label Code: LC 00171
  • SPARS Code: ADD

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
SOL 60047 Henry Purcell Dido And Aeneas ‎(LP) L'Oiseau-Lyre SOL 60047 UK 1962
OL 50216 Henry Purcell, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Lewis Henry Purcell, St. Anthony Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Lewis - Dido and Aeneas ‎(LP, Mono) L'Oiseau-Lyre, London Records OL 50216 UK 1962
SAWO 9935-A Henry Purcell Dido And Aeneas 1689 ‎(LP, Gat) L'Oiseau-Lyre SAWO 9935-A Germany Unknown
425 720-2 Purcell*, Baker*, Clark*, Sinclair*, Herincx*, English Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Lewis Purcell*, Baker*, Clark*, Sinclair*, Herincx*, English Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Lewis - Dido And Aeneas ‎(CD, RM) Decca 425 720-2 Europe 1990
6.41620 Henry Purcell Dido And Aeneas ‎(LP) Decca 6.41620 Germany 1962