2001 | Decca Music Group Ltd.

Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas

Jennifer Vyvyan, Henry Purcell, Janet Baker, Peter Pears, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten, Aldeburgh Festival Strings, Steuart Bedford | 01-01-2001

Composers: Henry Purcell

Total duration:2 h 36 min
01
The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 1 : Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 1: Symphony
English Chamber Orchestra
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
06:53
Writer: Elkanah Settle / Composers: Henry Purcell
02
The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 1 : Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 1: "Now the Night Is Chas'd Away"
Jennifer Vyvyan
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
02:40
Writer: Elkanah Settle / Composers: Henry Purcell
03
The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 1 : Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 1: "Let the Fifes and the Clarions....Dance"
James Bowman
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
02:08
Writer: Elkanah Settle / Composers: Henry Purcell
04
The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 1 : Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 1: "When a Cruel Long Winter"
Peter Pears
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
02:48
Writer: Elkanah Settle / Composers: Henry Purcell
05
The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 1 : Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 1: "Hail! Great Parent Of Us All" (Reprise)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
02:15
Writer: Elkanah Settle / Composers: Henry Purcell
06
The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 1 : Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 1: "Thus the Ever Grateful Spring"
Mary Wells
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
02:47
Writer: Elkanah Settle / Composers: Henry Purcell
07
The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 1 : Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 1: "Here's the Summer, Sprightly Gay"
James Bowman
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
01:14
Writer: Elkanah Settle / Composers: Henry Purcell
08
The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 1 : Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 1: "See, My Many-Coloured Fields"
Ian Partridge
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
03:04
Writer: Elkanah Settle / Composers: Henry Purcell
09
The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 1 : Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 1: "Next, Winter Comes Slowly, Pale"
John Shirley-Quirk
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
02:55
Writer: Elkanah Settle / Composers: Henry Purcell
10
The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 1 : Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 1: "Hail! Great Parent Of Us All"
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
02:21
Writer: Elkanah Settle / Composers: Henry Purcell
11
The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 2 : Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 2: Prelude..."Come, All Ye Songsters Of the Sky"
Charles Brett
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
02:31
Writer: Elkanah Settle / Composers: Henry Purcell
12
The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 2 : Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 2: "The Songsters...May the God Of Wit Inspire"
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
01:57
Writer: Elkanah Settle / Composers: Henry Purcell
13
The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 2 : Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 2: "Echo...Now Join Your Warbling Voices All"
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
02:15
Writer: Elkanah Settle / Composers: Henry Purcell
14
The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II : Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act II: Fill Up the Bowl (Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears)
Owen Brannigan
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
06:35
Writer: Elkanah Settle / Composers: Henry Purcell
15
The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 2 : Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 2: "See, Even Night Herself Is Here"
Norma Burrowes
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
05:22
Writer: Elkanah Settle / Composers: Henry Purcell
16
The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 2 : Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 2: "I Am Come To Lock All Fast"
Jennifer Vyvyan
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
00:43
Writer: Elkanah Settle / Composers: Henry Purcell
17
The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 2 : Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 2: "One Charming Night"
James Bowman
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
02:16
Writer: Elkanah Settle / Composers: Henry Purcell
18
The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 2 : Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 2: "Hush, No More"
John Shirley-Quirk
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
04:04
Writer: Elkanah Settle / Composers: Henry Purcell
19
The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 2 : Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 2: Dance For the Followers Of Night
English Chamber Orchestra
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
01:30
Writer: Elkanah Settle / Composers: Henry Purcell
20
The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 3 : Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 3: Overture
English Chamber Orchestra
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
01:44
Writer: Elkanah Settle / Composers: Henry Purcell
21
The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 3 : Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 3: "If Love's a Sweet Passion...I Press Her Hand"
Peter Pears
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
02:40
Writer: Elkanah Settle / Composers: Henry Purcell
22
The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 3 : Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 3: "O Let Me Weep, For Ever Weep"
Jennifer Vyvyan
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
07:49
Writer: Elkanah Settle / Composers: Henry Purcell
23
The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 3 : Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 3: "Now the Maids and the Men Are Making Of Hay"
Alfreda Hodgson
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
03:42
Writer: Elkanah Settle / Composers: Henry Purcell
24
The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 3 : Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 3: A Dance Of Haymakers
English Chamber Orchestra
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
00:56
Writer: Elkanah Settle / Composers: Henry Purcell
25
The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 3 : Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 3: "A Thousand, Thousand Ways"
James Bowman
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
03:06
Writer: Elkanah Settle / Composers: Henry Purcell
26
The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 3 : Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 3: Hornpipe and Rondeau
English Chamber Orchestra
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
02:26
Writer: Elkanah Settle / Composers: Henry Purcell
01
The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 4 : Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 4: Symphony
English Chamber Orchestra
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
01:25
Writer: Elkanah Settle / Composers: Henry Purcell
02
The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 4 : Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 4: "Hark! Hark the Echoing Air"
Jennifer Vyvyan
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
02:30
Writer: Elkanah Settle / Composers: Henry Purcell
03
The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 4 : Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 4: "Sure the Dull God Of Marriage"
Mary Wells
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
02:27
Writer: Elkanah Settle / Composers: Henry Purcell
04
The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 4 : Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 4: "See, I Obey"
Owen Brannigan
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
01:49
Writer: Elkanah Settle / Composers: Henry Purcell
05
The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 4 : Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 4: "Turn Then Thine Eyes"
Jennifer Vyvyan
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
01:10
Writer: Elkanah Settle / Composers: Henry Purcell
06
The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 4 : Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 4: "My Torch Indeed...They Shall Be As Happy"
Jennifer Vyvyan
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
02:57
Writer: Elkanah Settle / Composers: Henry Purcell
07
The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 4 : Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 4: Chaconne
English Chamber Orchestra
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
03:33
Writer: Elkanah Settle / Composers: Henry Purcell
08
The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 4 : Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z.629 - Ed. Britten, Holst, Pears / Act 4: "They Shall Be As Happy"
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
00:53
Writer: Elkanah Settle / Composers: Henry Purcell
09
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626 - Realised: Imogen Holst & Benjamin Britten / Act 1 : Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626 - Realised: Imogen Holst & Benjamin Britten / Act 1: Overture
Aldeburgh Festival Strings
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
02:17
Writer: Nahum Tate / Composers: Henry Purcell
10
Dido and Aeneas - Realised: Imogen Holst & Benjamin Britten / Act 1 : Purcell: Dido and Aeneas - Realised: Imogen Holst & Benjamin Britten / Act 1: "Shake the cloud from off your brow"
Norma Burrowes
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
01:09
Writer: Nahum Tate / Composers: Henry Purcell
11
Dido and Aeneas - Realised: Imogen Holst & Benjamin Britten - Act 1 : Purcell: Dido and Aeneas - Realised: Imogen Holst & Benjamin Britten - Act 1: "Ah! Belinda, I am prest"
Janet Baker
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
05:15
Writer: Nahum Tate / Composers: Henry Purcell
12
Dido and Aeneas - Realised: Imogen Holst & Benjamin Britten - Act 1 : Purcell: Dido and Aeneas - Realised: Imogen Holst & Benjamin Britten - Act 1: "Whence could so much virtue spring?"
Janet Baker
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
02:06
Writer: Nahum Tate / Composers: Henry Purcell
13
Dido and Aeneas - Realised: Imogen Holst & Benjamin Britten - Act 1 : Purcell: Dido and Aeneas - Realised: Imogen Holst & Benjamin Britten - Act 1: "Fear no danger to ensue"
Norma Burrowes
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
01:36
Writer: Nahum Tate / Composers: Henry Purcell
14
Dido and Aeneas - Realised: Imogen Holst & Benjamin Britten - Act 1 : Purcell: Dido and Aeneas - Realised: Imogen Holst & Benjamin Britten - Act 1: "See your royal guest appears"
Norma Burrowes
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
05:13
Writer: Nahum Tate / Composers: Henry Purcell
15
Dido and Aeneas - Realised: Imogen Holst & Benjamin Britten - Act 1 : Purcell: Dido and Aeneas - Realised: Imogen Holst & Benjamin Britten - Act 1: Prelude for the Witches - "Wayward Sisters"
Peter Pears
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
03:19
Writer: Nahum Tate / Composers: Henry Purcell
16
Dido and Aeneas - Realised: Imogen Holst & Benjamin Britten - Act 1 : Purcell: Dido and Aeneas - Realised: Imogen Holst & Benjamin Britten - Act 1: "Ruin'd ere the set of sun?"
The London Opera Chorus
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
05:28
Writer: Nahum Tate / Composers: Henry Purcell
17
Dido and Aeneas - Realised: Imogen Holst & Benjamin Britten - Act 2 : Purcell: Dido and Aeneas - Realised: Imogen Holst & Benjamin Britten - Act 2: Ritornelle - "Thanks to these lonesome dales"
Anna Reynolds
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
03:44
Writer: Nahum Tate / Composers: Henry Purcell
18
Dido and Aeneas - Realised: Imogen Holst & Benjamin Britten - Act 2 : Purcell: Dido and Aeneas - Realised: Imogen Holst & Benjamin Britten - Act 2: "Oft she visits this lov'd mountain"
Felicity Palmer
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
02:29
Writer: Nahum Tate / Composers: Henry Purcell
19
Dido and Aeneas - Realised: Imogen Holst & Benjamin Britten - Act 2 : Purcell: Dido and Aeneas - Realised: Imogen Holst & Benjamin Britten - Act 2: "Behold, upon my bending spear"
The London Opera Chorus
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
01:20
Writer: Nahum Tate / Composers: Henry Purcell
20
Dido and Aeneas - Realised: Imogen Holst & Benjamin Britten - Act 2 : Purcell: Dido and Aeneas - Realised: Imogen Holst & Benjamin Britten - Act 2: "Stay, Prince, and hear great Jove's command"
Norma Burrowes
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
06:05
Writer: Nahum Tate / Composers: Henry Purcell
21
Dido and Aeneas - Realised: Imogen Holst & Benjamin Britten - Act 3 : Purcell: Dido and Aeneas - Realised: Imogen Holst & Benjamin Britten - Act 3: Prelude - "Come away, fellow sailors"
Felicity Lott
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
02:17
Writer: Nahum Tate / Composers: Henry Purcell
22
Dido and Aeneas - Realised: Imogen Holst & Benjamin Britten - Act 3 : Purcell: Dido and Aeneas - Realised: Imogen Holst & Benjamin Britten - Act 3: "See the flags and streamers curling"
Peter Pears
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
03:19
Writer: Nahum Tate / Composers: Henry Purcell
23
Dido and Aeneas - Realised: Imogen Holst & Benjamin Britten - Act 3 : Purcell: Dido and Aeneas - Realised: Imogen Holst & Benjamin Britten - Act 3: "Your counsel all is urg'd in vain"
Timothy Everett
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
03:40
Writer: Nahum Tate / Composers: Henry Purcell
24
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626 - Realised: Imogen Holst & Benjamin Britten / Act 3 : Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626 - Realised: Imogen Holst & Benjamin Britten / Act 3: "But death, alas!...When I am laid in earth"
Janet Baker
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
06:29
Writer: Nahum Tate / Composers: Henry Purcell
25
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626 - Realised: Imogen Holst & Benjamin Britten / Act 3 : Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626 - Realised: Imogen Holst & Benjamin Britten / Act 3: "With drooping wings ye cupids come"
The London Opera Chorus
Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Dido & Aeneas
04:59
Writer: Nahum Tate / Composers: Henry Purcell
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