Les Arts Florissants / William Christie - Purcell: Dido & Aeneas, Fairy Queen (Box) [CD]

Tracklist:

1. Dido and Aeneas~Overture
2. Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Solo and Chorus: Shake the cloud
3. Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Song: Ah! Belinda, I am prest
4. Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Recitative: Grief increases by concealing
5. Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Chorus: When monarchs unite
6. Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Recitative: Whence could so much virtue spring?
7. Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Duet and Chorus: Fear no danger to ensue
8. Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Recitative: See, your Royal Guest appears
9. Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Chorus: Cupid only throws the dart
10. Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Recitative: If not for mine
11. Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Air: Pursue thy conquest
12. Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Chorus: To the hills and the vales
13. Dido and Aeneas~Act I. The Triumphing Dance
14. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Prelude for the Witches: Wayward Sisters, you that fright
15. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Chorus: Harm's our delight
16. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Recitative: The Queen of Carthage
17. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Chorus: Ho! Ho! Ho! / Recitative: Ruin'd ere the set of sun
18. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Duet: But ere we this perform
19. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Chorus: In our deep vaulted cell
20. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Echo Dance of Furies
21. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Ritornelle
22. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Song and Chorus: Thanks to these lonesome vales
23. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Song: Oft she visits this lone mountain
24. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Recitative: Behold, upon my bending spear
25. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Song and Chorus: Haste, haste to town
26. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Recitative: Stay, Prince, and hear great Jove's command
27. Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Prelude
28. Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Solo and Chorus: Come away, fellow sailors
29. Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Recitative: See the flags and streamers curling
30. Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Song: Our next motion
31. Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Chorus: Destruction's our delight
32. Dido and Aeneas~Act III. The Witche's Dance
33. Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Recitative: Your counsel all is urged in vain
34. Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Chorus: Great minds against themselves conspire
35. Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Recitative: Thy hand, Belinda
36. Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Song: When I am laid in earth
37. Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Chorus: With drooping wings ye Cupids come
38. Fairy Queen~First Musick.
39. Prelude
40. Fairy Queen~First Musick.
41. Hornpipe
42. Fairy Queen~Second Musick.
43. Air
44. Fairy Queen~Second Musick.
45. Rondeau
46. Fairy Queen~Second Musick.
47. Overture
48. Fairy Queen~Act I.
49. Duet: Come, let us leave the town
50. Fairy Queen~Act I.
51. Scene of the Drunken Poet: Fill up the bowl
52. Fairy Queen~Act I.
53. First Act Tune: Jig
54. Fairy Queen~Act II.
55. Come all ye songsters
56. Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
57. Prelude
58. Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
59. Chorus: May the God of Wit inspire / 1
60. Echo
61. Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
62. Chorus: Now join your warbling voices all, Sing while we trip it
63. Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
64. Dance of Fairies. Entrance of Night: See, even Night herself is here
65. Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
66. Dance of Fairies. Entrance of Mystery: I am come to lack all fast
67. Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
68. Dance of Fairies. Entrance of Secrecy: One charming night gives move delight
69. Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
70. Dance of Fairies. Entrance of Sleep: Hush, no more
71. Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
72. Dance of Fairies: Dance for the followers of Night
73. Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
74. Dance of Fairies. Second Act Tune: Air
75. Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
76. If love's a sweet passion
77. Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
78. Symphony while the swans come forward
79. Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
80. Dance for the Fairies
81. Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
82. Dance for the Green Men
83. Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
84. Ye gentle spirits of the air
85. Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
86. Dialogue between Coridon and Mopsa
87. Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
88. When I have often heard young maids complaining
89. Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
90. Dance for the Haymakers
91. Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
92. A thousand, thousand ways
93. Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
94. Third Act Tune: Hornpipe
95. Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
96. Symphony
97. Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
98. Now the night is chased away / 3
99. Let the Fifes and the Clarions
100. Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
101. Entry of Phoebus
102. Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
103. When a cruel long winter / 3
104. Chorus: Hail! great parent of us all
105. Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
106. Spring: Thus the ever grateful Spring
107. Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
108. Summer: Here's the Summer, sprightly, gay
109. Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
110. Autumn: See, see my many colour'd fields
111. Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
112. Winter: Next Winter comes slowly
113. Fairy Queen~Act IV. 4
114. Fourth Act Tune: Air
115. Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
116. Prelude
117. Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
118. Juno: Thrice happy lovers
119. Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
120. The Plaint: O let me weep!
121. Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
122. Entry Dance
123. Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
124. Symphony
125. Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
126. A Chinese Man: Thus the gloomy world
127. Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
128. Chinese Woman: Thus happy and free
129. Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
130. Chinese Man: Yes, Daphne
131. Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
132. Monkey's Dance
133. Fairy Queen~Act V. 5
134. Hark! how all things with one sound rejoice
135. Fairy Queen~Act V. 5
136. Hark! the echoing air a triumph sings
137. Fairy Queen~Act V. 5
138. Sure the dull God of Marriage does nor hear
139. Fairy Queen~Act V. 5
140. Prelude / 5
141. Hymen: See, I obey
142. Fairy Queen~Act V. 5
143. Turn then thine eyes
144. Fairy Queen~Act V. 5
145. Hymen: My torch indeed will from such brightness shine
146. Fairy Queen~Act V. 5
147. They shall be as happy as they are fair
148. Fairy Queen~Act IV. 5
149. Chaconne
150. Fairy Queen~Act IV. 5
151. They shall be as happy as they are fair

UPC: 3149020951637
Label: HARMONIA MUNDI
Release Date: 6.21.24
Format: CD