Purcell / Norman / Eco / Leppard Dido & Aeneas CD

This famous recording of Purcell's opera starring the incomparable Jessye Norman as Dido and Thomas Allen as Aeneas, was made over twenty years ago and has retained a firm foothold in the catalogue since it first appeared.

1. Overture - English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard 2. "Shake the Cloud from Off Your Brow" - Marie McLaughlin, English Chamber Orchestra Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard 3. "Ah! Belinda, I Am Prest with Torment" - Jessye Norman, Marie McLaughlin, English Chamber Orchestra Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard 4. "Whence Could So Much Virtue Spring?" - "Fear No Danger" - Jessye Norman, Marie McLaughlin, Elizabeth Gale, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard 5. "See, Your Royal Guest" - "If Not for Mine" - "To the Hills and the Vales" - the Triumphing Dance - Marie McLaughlin, Jessye Norman, Thomas Allen, English Chamber Orchestra Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard 6. Prelude for the Witches - English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard 7. "Wayward Sisters" - "But Ere We This Perform" - Patricia Kern, Helen Walker, Della Jones, English Chamber Orchestra Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard 8. "In Our Deep Vaulted Cell" - Echo Dance of the Furies - English Chamber Orchestra Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard 9. Ritornelle - "Thanks to These Lonesome Vales" - Marie McLaughlin, English Chamber Orchestra Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard 10. "Oft She Visits" - "Behold, Upon My Bending Spear" - Elizabeth Gale, Thomas Allen, Jessye Norman, Marie McLaughlin, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard 11. "Stay, Prince" - "Jove's Commands Shall Be Obey'd" - Derek Lee Ragin, Thomas Allen, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard 12. Prelude - "Come Away, Fellow Sailors" - Patrick Power, English Chamber Orchestra Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard 13. The Sailor's Dance - "See the Flags" - "Destruction'sour Delight" - the Witches' Dance - Patricia Kern, Helen Walker, Della Jones, English Chamber Orchestra Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard 14. "Your Counsel All Is Urged in Vain" - "But Death, Alas" - Jessye Norman, Marie McLaughlin, Thomas Allen, English Chamber Orchestra Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard 15. "Thy Hand, Belinda... When I Am Laid in Earth" - Jessye Norman, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard 16. "With Drooping Wings" - English Chamber Orchestra Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard