Offer,Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Jessye Norman, Thomas Allen, Marie McLaughlin, Patricia Kern, Helen Walker, Della Jones, Elizabeth Gale, Patrick Power & Derek Lee Ragin
English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
Contents
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / Act 1
- Jessye Norman (soprano), Marie McLaughlin (soprano), Elizabeth Gale (soprano), Thomas Allen (baritone)
- English Chamber Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra Chorus
- Raymond Leppard
- Recorded: 1985-05
- Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London
Overture
"Shake the cloud from off your brow"
"Ah! Belinda, I am prest with torment"
"Whence could so much virtue spring?...Fear no danger"
"See, your Royal Guest...If not for mine...To the hills and the vales...The Triumphing Dance
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / Act 2
- Derek Lee Ragin (countertenor), Patricia Kern (mezzo-soprano), Marie McLaughlin (soprano), Elizabeth Gale (soprano), Helen Walker (soprano), Thomas Allen (baritone), Della Jones (mezzo-soprano), Jessye Norman (soprano)
- English Chamber Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra Chorus
- Raymond Leppard
- Recorded: 1985-05
- Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London
Prelude for the witches
"Wayward sisters...But ere we this perform"
"In our deep vaulted cell" - Echo Dance of the Furies
Ritornelle - "Thanks to these lonesome vales"
"Oft she visits...Behold, upon my bending spear"
"Stay, Prince...Jove's commands shall be obey'd"
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / Act 3
- Patrick Power (tenor), Patricia Kern (mezzo-soprano), Jessye Norman (soprano), Helen Walker (soprano), Marie McLaughlin (soprano), Della Jones (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Allen (baritone)
- English Chamber Orchestra Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra
- Raymond Leppard
- Recorded: 1985-05
- Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London
Prelude - "Come away, fellow sailors"
The sailor's Dance..."See the flags...Destruction'sour delight" - The Witches' Dance
"Your counsel all is urged in vain...But death, alas"
"Thy hand, Belinda...When I am laid in earth"
"With drooping wings"
