Henry Purcell (1659-1695) - Dido and Aeneas (2000) Cover Front Album Composer Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Conductor Anthony Lewis Orchestra / Ensemble I English Chamber Orchestra Length 52:45 Format CD Genre Vocal; Opera Chorus I The St. Anthony Singers Chorus Master John McCarthy Index 412 Out of Print No Musicians Soloist Baker; Clark; Poulter; Herincx; Sinlcair; James; Wilson; Dorow; Mitchinson; Dart Credits Producer Ray Minshull Label Decca Catalog Line Legends Track List 01 Overture 02:15 02 Act I: "Shake the cloud from off your brow" 01:02 03 Act I: "Ah! Belinda I am prest with torment" 04:40 04 Act I: "Whence could so much virtue spring?" 02:00 05 Act I: "Fear no danger to ensue" 01:32 06 Act I: "See, your royal guest appears" 04:52 07 Act II: Prelude for the Witches; "Wayward sisters" 03:05 08 Act II: "Ruin'd ere the set of sun?" 05:02 09 Act II: Ritornelle; "Thanks to these lonesome vales" 03:26 10 Act II: "Oft she visits this lone mountain" 02:22 11 Act II: "Behold, upon my bending spear" 01:21 12 Act II: "Stay, Prince, and hear great Jove's command" 02:45 13 Act III: Prelude; "Come away, fellow sailors" 02:24 14 Act III: "See the flags and streamers curling" 03:24 15 Act III: "Your counsel all is urg'd in vain" 03:26 16 Act III: "But Death, alas!... When I am laid in earth" 06:27 17 Act III: "With drooping wings ye Cupids come" 02:42 Personal Purchase Date 7/3/2002 Value $13.50 Store mdt.co.uk Condition 100% Librettist Nahum Tate Nationality English "Form" Opera in Three Acts Language English Period Baroque Details Studio Walthamstow Town Hall, London Catalog Number 466 387-2 Live No Recording Date 10/1/1961 Spars ADD Reissue Yes Sound Stereo Notes Dido: Jenet Baker Aeneas: Raimund Herincx Belinda: Patricia Clark Second Woman: Eileen Poulter Sorceress: Monica Sinclair First Witch: Rhianon James Second Witch: Catherine Wilson Spirit: Dorothy Dorow First Sailor: John Mitchinson Thurston Dart: Harpsichord Notes, illustrations and text Essay: "Janet Baker as Dido" by Alan Blyth