Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Susan Graham (Dido), Ian Bostridge (Aeneas), Camilla Tilling (Belinda), Cécile de Boever (Second Woman), Felicity Palmer (Sorceress), David Daniels (Spirit), Paul Agnew (Sailor) & Emmanuelle Haïm (harpsichord & direction)
Le Concert d’Astrée & European Voices
Haïm's continuo group plays a vital role in the vibrancy of the performance: six of em...constantly changing colour in an organic tapestry that's continually evolving, improvised in response... — More…
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas: Overture
- Le Concert d'Astrée
- Emmanuelle Haïm
- Recorded: 2003-03-16
- Recording Venue: 14-16th March, 2003. Arsenal de Metz.
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, ACT 1
- Emmanuelle Haïm/Susan Graham/Ian Bostridge/Camilla Tilling/Le Concert d`Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm/Camilla Tilling/Le Concert d`Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm/Ian Bostridge/Camilla Tilling/Le Concert d`Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm/Le Concert d`Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm/Le Concert d`Astrée/European Voices, Emmanuelle Haïm/Susan Graham/Le Concert d`Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm/Susan Graham/Camilla Tilling/Le Concert d`Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm/Camilla Tilling/Cécile de Boever/Le Concert d`Astrée/European Voices, Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), Simon Halsey (director), Camilla Tilling (soprano), Cécile De Boever (soprano), Ian Bostridge (tenor)
- Le Concert d'Astrée, European Voices
- Emmanuelle Haïm
- Recorded: 2003-03-16
- Recording Venue: 14-16th March, 2003. Arsenal de Metz.
Scene: The Palast: Shake the Clouds from off your Brow (Belinda)
Scene: The Palast: Banish Sorrow, banish care (Chorus)
Scene: The Palast: Ah! Belinda, I am press'd with torment (Dido)
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, ACT 2, Scene 1
- Emmanuelle Haïm/Felicity Palmer/Le Concert d`Astrée/European Voices, Emmanuelle Haïm/Le Concert d`Astrée/European Voices, Emmanuelle Haïm/Le Concert d`Astrée, Simon Halsey (director), Felicity Palmer (mezzo-soprano)
- Le Concert d'Astrée, European Voices
- Emmanuelle Haïm
- Recorded: 2003-03-16
- Recording Venue: 14-16th March, 2003. Arsenal de Metz.
The Cave: Wayward sisters, you that fright (Sorceress) / Harm's our Delight (Chorus)
The Cave: The Queen of Carthage, whom we hate (Sorceress) / Ho Ho Ho (Chorus)
The Cave: Ruin'd ere the set of sun? (Two Witches-Sorceress) / Ho Ho Ho (Chorus)
The Cave: But ere we this perform (Two Witches)
The Cave: In our deep vaulted cell (Echo Chorus)
The Cave: Echo Dance of Furies
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, ACT 2, Scene 2
- Emmanuelle Haïm/Camilla Tilling/Le Concert d`Astrée/European Voices, Emmanuelle Haïm/Cécile de Boever/Le Concert d`Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm/Susan Graham/Ian Bostridge/Le Concert d`Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm/Ian Bostridge/David Daniels/Le Concert d`Astrée, Simon Halsey (director), Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Cécile De Boever (soprano), Camilla Tilling (soprano), David Daniels (countertenor), Felicity Palmer (mezzo-soprano)
- Le Concert d'Astrée, European Voices
- Emmanuelle Haïm
- Recorded: 2003-03-16
- Recording Venue: 14-16th March, 2003. Arsenal de Metz.
The Grove: Ritornelle
The Grove: Thanks to these lonesome vales (Belinda-Chorus)
The Grove: Oft she visits this lone mountain (Second Woman)
The Grove: Behold, upon my bending spear (Aeneas-Dido)
The Grove: Haste, haste to town (Belinda-Chorus)
The Grove: Stay, Prince, and hear Great Jove's Command (Spirit-Aeneas)
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, ACT 3, Scene 1
- Emmanuelle Haïm/Paul Agnew/Le Concert d`Astrée/European Voices, Emmanuelle Haïm/Le Concert d`Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm/Felicity Palmer/Le Concert d`Astrée/European Voices, Emmanuelle Haïm/Felicity Palmer/Le Concert d`Astrée, Paul Agnew (tenor), Simon Halsey (director), Felicity Palmer (mezzo-soprano)
- Le Concert d'Astrée, European Voices
- Emmanuelle Haïm
- Recorded: 2003-03-16
- Recording Venue: 14-16th March, 2003. Arsenal de Metz.
The Ships: Come away fellow Sailors (First Sailor-Chorus)
The Ships: The Sailors' Dance
The Ships: See the flags and streamers curling (Sorceress-Two Witches)
The Ships: Our next Motion (Sorceress)
The Ships: Destruction's our delight (Chorus)
The Ships: The Witches' Dance
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, ACT 3, Scene 2
- Emmanuelle Haïm/Susan Graham/Ian Bostridge/Camilla Tilling/Le Concert d`Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm/Le Concert d`Astrée/European Voices, Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), Simon Halsey (director), Camilla Tilling (soprano), Ian Bostridge (tenor)
- Le Concert d'Astrée, European Voices
- Emmanuelle Haïm
- Recorded: 2003-03-16
- Recording Venue: 14-16th March, 2003. Arsenal de Metz.
Your Counsel all is urg'd in vain (Dido-Belinda-Aeneas)
Great minds against themselves conspire (Chorus)
Thy hand Belinda; Darkness shades me (Dido)
Purcell: When I am laid in earth (from Dido and Aeneas)
- Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano)
- Le Concert d'Astrée
- Emmanuelle Haïm
- Recorded: 2003-03-16
- Recording Venue: 14-16th March, 2003. Arsenal de Metz.
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, ACT 3, Scene 2: With drooping wings (Chorus)
- Emmanuelle Haïm/Le Concert d`Astrée, Simon Halsey (director)
- Le Concert d'Astrée, European Voices
- Emmanuelle Haïm
- Recorded: 2003-03-16
- Recording Venue: 14-16th March, 2003. Arsenal de Metz.