{"product_id":"les-arts-florissants-william-christie-purcell-dido-aeneas-fairy-queen-box-cd","title":"Les Arts Florissants \/ William Christie - Purcell: Dido \u0026 Aeneas, Fairy Queen (Box) [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the late 1980s, William Christie and Les Arts Florissants recorded galvanizing versions of two masterpieces of early English opera: Purcell's Dido and Aeneas and The Fairy Queen. These two seminal interpretations are now available again, coupled for the first time in a single boxed set.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Overture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Act I. Solo and Chorus: Shake the cloud\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Act I. Song: Ah! Belinda, I am prest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Act I. Recitative: Grief increases by concealing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Act I. Chorus: When monarchs unite\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Act I. Recitative: Whence could so much virtue spring?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Act I. Duet and Chorus: Fear no danger to ensue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Act I. Recitative: See, your Royal Guest appears\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Act I. Chorus: Cupid only throws the dart\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Act I. Recitative: If not for mine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Act I. Air: Pursue thy conquest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Act I. Chorus: To the hills and the vales\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Act I. The Triumphing Dance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Act II. Prelude for the Witches: Wayward Sisters, you that fright\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Act II. Chorus: Harm's our delight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Act II. Recitative: The Queen of Carthage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Act II. Chorus: Ho! Ho! Ho! \/ Recitative: Ruin'd ere the set of sun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Act II. Duet: But ere we this perform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Act II. Chorus: In our deep vaulted cell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Act II. Echo Dance of Furies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Act II. Ritornelle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Act II. Song and Chorus: Thanks to these lonesome vales\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Act II. Song: Oft she visits this lone mountain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Act II. Recitative: Behold, upon my bending spear\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Act II. Song and Chorus: Haste, haste to town\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Act II. Recitative: Stay, Prince, and hear great Jove's command\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Act III. Prelude\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Act III. Solo and Chorus: Come away, fellow sailors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Act III. Recitative: See the flags and streamers curling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Act III. Song: Our next motion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Act III. Chorus: Destruction's our delight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Act III. The Witche's Dance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Act III. Recitative: Your counsel all is urged in vain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Act III. Chorus: Great minds against themselves conspire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Act III. Recitative: Thy hand, Belinda\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Act III. Song: When I am laid in earth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDido and Aeneas~Act III. Chorus: With drooping wings ye Cupids come\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~First Musick.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrelude\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~First Musick.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHornpipe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Second Musick.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAir\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Second Musick.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRondeau\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Second Musick.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOverture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act I.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDuet: Come, let us leave the town\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act I.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScene of the Drunken Poet: Fill up the bowl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act I.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst Act Tune: Jig\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act II.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCome all ye songsters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act II. 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrelude\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act II. 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChorus: May the God of Wit inspire \/ 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEcho\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act II. 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChorus: Now join your warbling voices all, Sing while we trip it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act II. 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDance of Fairies. Entrance of Night: See, even Night herself is here\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act II. 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDance of Fairies. Entrance of Mystery: I am come to lack all fast\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act II. 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDance of Fairies. Entrance of Secrecy: One charming night gives move delight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act II. 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDance of Fairies. Entrance of Sleep: Hush, no more\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act II. 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDance of Fairies: Dance for the followers of Night\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act II. 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDance of Fairies. Second Act Tune: Air\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act III. 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIf love's a sweet passion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act III. 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSymphony while the swans come forward\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act III. 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDance for the Fairies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act III. 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDance for the Green Men\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act III. 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYe gentle spirits of the air\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act III. 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDialogue between Coridon and Mopsa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act III. 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhen I have often heard young maids complaining\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act III. 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDance for the Haymakers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act III. 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA thousand, thousand ways\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act III. 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThird Act Tune: Hornpipe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act IV. 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSymphony\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act IV. 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNow the night is chased away \/ 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLet the Fifes and the Clarions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act IV. 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntry of Phoebus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act IV. 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhen a cruel long winter \/ 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChorus: Hail! great parent of us all\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act IV. 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpring: Thus the ever grateful Spring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act IV. 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSummer: Here's the Summer, sprightly, gay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act IV. 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAutumn: See, see my many colour'd fields\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act IV. 3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWinter: Next Winter comes slowly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act IV. 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFourth Act Tune: Air\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act V. 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrelude\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act V. 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJuno: Thrice happy lovers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act V. 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Plaint: O let me weep!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act V. 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntry Dance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act V. 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSymphony\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act V. 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Chinese Man: Thus the gloomy world\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act V. 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChinese Woman: Thus happy and free\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act V. 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChinese Man: Yes, Daphne\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act V. 4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMonkey's Dance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFairy Queen~Act V. 5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHark! 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