Les Arts Florissants / William Christie- Purcell: Dido & Aeneas, Fairy Queen (Box)
In 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.
Tracklist:
- Dido and Aeneas~Overture
- Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Solo and Chorus: Shake the cloud
- Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Song: Ah! Belinda, I am prest
- Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Recitative: Grief increases by concealing
- Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Chorus: When monarchs unite
- Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Recitative: Whence could so much virtue spring?
- Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Duet and Chorus: Fear no danger to ensue
- Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Recitative: See, your Royal Guest appears
- Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Chorus: Cupid only throws the dart
- Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Recitative: If not for mine
- Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Air: Pursue thy conquest
- Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Chorus: To the hills and the vales
- Dido and Aeneas~Act I. The Triumphing Dance
- Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Prelude for the Witches: Wayward Sisters, you that fright
- Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Chorus: Harm's our delight
- Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Recitative: The Queen of Carthage
- Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Chorus: Ho! Ho! Ho! / Recitative: Ruin'd ere the set of sun
- Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Duet: But ere we this perform
- Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Chorus: In our deep vaulted cell
- Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Echo Dance of Furies
- Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Ritornelle
- Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Song and Chorus: Thanks to these lonesome vales
- Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Song: Oft she visits this lone mountain
- Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Recitative: Behold, upon my bending spear
- Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Song and Chorus: Haste, haste to town
- Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Recitative: Stay, Prince, and hear great Jove's command
- Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Prelude
- Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Solo and Chorus: Come away, fellow sailors
- Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Recitative: See the flags and streamers curling
- Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Song: Our next motion
- Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Chorus: Destruction's our delight
- Dido and Aeneas~Act III. The Witche's Dance
- Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Recitative: Your counsel all is urged in vain
- Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Chorus: Great minds against themselves conspire
- Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Recitative: Thy hand, Belinda
- Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Song: When I am laid in earth
- Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Chorus: With drooping wings ye Cupids come
- Fairy Queen~First Musick.
- Prelude
- Fairy Queen~First Musick.
- Hornpipe
- Fairy Queen~Second Musick.
- Air
- Fairy Queen~Second Musick.
- Rondeau
- Fairy Queen~Second Musick.
- Overture
- Fairy Queen~Act I.
- Duet: Come, let us leave the town
- Fairy Queen~Act I.
- Scene of the Drunken Poet: Fill up the bowl
- Fairy Queen~Act I.
- First Act Tune: Jig
- Fairy Queen~Act II.
- Come all ye songsters
- Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
- Prelude
- Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
- Chorus: May the God of Wit inspire / 1
- Echo
- Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
- Chorus: Now join your warbling voices all, Sing while we trip it
- Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
- Dance of Fairies. Entrance of Night: See, even Night herself is here
- Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
- Dance of Fairies. Entrance of Mystery: I am come to lack all fast
- Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
- Dance of Fairies. Entrance of Secrecy: One charming night gives move delight
- Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
- Dance of Fairies. Entrance of Sleep: Hush, no more
- Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
- Dance of Fairies: Dance for the followers of Night
- Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
- Dance of Fairies. Second Act Tune: Air
- Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
- If love's a sweet passion
- Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
- Symphony while the swans come forward
- Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
- Dance for the Fairies
- Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
- Dance for the Green Men
- Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
- Ye gentle spirits of the air
- Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
- Dialogue between Coridon and Mopsa
- Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
- When I have often heard young maids complaining
- Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
- Dance for the Haymakers
- Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
- A thousand, thousand ways
- Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
- Third Act Tune: Hornpipe
- Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
- Symphony
- Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
- Now the night is chased away / 3
- Let the Fifes and the Clarions
- Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
- Entry of Phoebus
- Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
- When a cruel long winter / 3
- Chorus: Hail! great parent of us all
- Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
- Spring: Thus the ever grateful Spring
- Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
- Summer: Here's the Summer, sprightly, gay
- Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
- Autumn: See, see my many colour'd fields
- Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
- Winter: Next Winter comes slowly
- Fairy Queen~Act IV. 4
- Fourth Act Tune: Air
- Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
- Prelude
- Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
- Juno: Thrice happy lovers
- Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
- The Plaint: O let me weep!
- Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
- Entry Dance
- Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
- Symphony
- Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
- A Chinese Man: Thus the gloomy world
- Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
- Chinese Woman: Thus happy and free
- Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
- Chinese Man: Yes, Daphne
- Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
- Monkey's Dance
- Fairy Queen~Act V. 5
- Hark! how all things with one sound rejoice
- Fairy Queen~Act V. 5
- Hark! the echoing air a triumph sings
- Fairy Queen~Act V. 5
- Sure the dull God of Marriage does nor hear
- Fairy Queen~Act V. 5
- Prelude / 5
- Hymen: See, I obey
- Fairy Queen~Act V. 5
- Turn then thine eyes
- Fairy Queen~Act V. 5
- Hymen: My torch indeed will from such brightness shine
- Fairy Queen~Act V. 5
- They shall be as happy as they are fair
- Fairy Queen~Act IV. 5
- Chaconne
- Fairy Queen~Act IV. 5
- They shall be as happy as they are fair
In 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.
Tracklist:
- Dido and Aeneas~Overture
- Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Solo and Chorus: Shake the cloud
- Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Song: Ah! Belinda, I am prest
- Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Recitative: Grief increases by concealing
- Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Chorus: When monarchs unite
- Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Recitative: Whence could so much virtue spring?
- Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Duet and Chorus: Fear no danger to ensue
- Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Recitative: See, your Royal Guest appears
- Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Chorus: Cupid only throws the dart
- Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Recitative: If not for mine
- Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Air: Pursue thy conquest
- Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Chorus: To the hills and the vales
- Dido and Aeneas~Act I. The Triumphing Dance
- Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Prelude for the Witches: Wayward Sisters, you that fright
- Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Chorus: Harm's our delight
- Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Recitative: The Queen of Carthage
- Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Chorus: Ho! Ho! Ho! / Recitative: Ruin'd ere the set of sun
- Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Duet: But ere we this perform
- Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Chorus: In our deep vaulted cell
- Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Echo Dance of Furies
- Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Ritornelle
- Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Song and Chorus: Thanks to these lonesome vales
- Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Song: Oft she visits this lone mountain
- Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Recitative: Behold, upon my bending spear
- Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Song and Chorus: Haste, haste to town
- Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Recitative: Stay, Prince, and hear great Jove's command
- Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Prelude
- Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Solo and Chorus: Come away, fellow sailors
- Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Recitative: See the flags and streamers curling
- Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Song: Our next motion
- Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Chorus: Destruction's our delight
- Dido and Aeneas~Act III. The Witche's Dance
- Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Recitative: Your counsel all is urged in vain
- Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Chorus: Great minds against themselves conspire
- Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Recitative: Thy hand, Belinda
- Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Song: When I am laid in earth
- Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Chorus: With drooping wings ye Cupids come
- Fairy Queen~First Musick.
- Prelude
- Fairy Queen~First Musick.
- Hornpipe
- Fairy Queen~Second Musick.
- Air
- Fairy Queen~Second Musick.
- Rondeau
- Fairy Queen~Second Musick.
- Overture
- Fairy Queen~Act I.
- Duet: Come, let us leave the town
- Fairy Queen~Act I.
- Scene of the Drunken Poet: Fill up the bowl
- Fairy Queen~Act I.
- First Act Tune: Jig
- Fairy Queen~Act II.
- Come all ye songsters
- Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
- Prelude
- Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
- Chorus: May the God of Wit inspire / 1
- Echo
- Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
- Chorus: Now join your warbling voices all, Sing while we trip it
- Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
- Dance of Fairies. Entrance of Night: See, even Night herself is here
- Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
- Dance of Fairies. Entrance of Mystery: I am come to lack all fast
- Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
- Dance of Fairies. Entrance of Secrecy: One charming night gives move delight
- Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
- Dance of Fairies. Entrance of Sleep: Hush, no more
- Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
- Dance of Fairies: Dance for the followers of Night
- Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
- Dance of Fairies. Second Act Tune: Air
- Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
- If love's a sweet passion
- Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
- Symphony while the swans come forward
- Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
- Dance for the Fairies
- Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
- Dance for the Green Men
- Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
- Ye gentle spirits of the air
- Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
- Dialogue between Coridon and Mopsa
- Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
- When I have often heard young maids complaining
- Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
- Dance for the Haymakers
- Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
- A thousand, thousand ways
- Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
- Third Act Tune: Hornpipe
- Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
- Symphony
- Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
- Now the night is chased away / 3
- Let the Fifes and the Clarions
- Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
- Entry of Phoebus
- Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
- When a cruel long winter / 3
- Chorus: Hail! great parent of us all
- Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
- Spring: Thus the ever grateful Spring
- Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
- Summer: Here's the Summer, sprightly, gay
- Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
- Autumn: See, see my many colour'd fields
- Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
- Winter: Next Winter comes slowly
- Fairy Queen~Act IV. 4
- Fourth Act Tune: Air
- Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
- Prelude
- Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
- Juno: Thrice happy lovers
- Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
- The Plaint: O let me weep!
- Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
- Entry Dance
- Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
- Symphony
- Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
- A Chinese Man: Thus the gloomy world
- Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
- Chinese Woman: Thus happy and free
- Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
- Chinese Man: Yes, Daphne
- Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
- Monkey's Dance
- Fairy Queen~Act V. 5
- Hark! how all things with one sound rejoice
- Fairy Queen~Act V. 5
- Hark! the echoing air a triumph sings
- Fairy Queen~Act V. 5
- Sure the dull God of Marriage does nor hear
- Fairy Queen~Act V. 5
- Prelude / 5
- Hymen: See, I obey
- Fairy Queen~Act V. 5
- Turn then thine eyes
- Fairy Queen~Act V. 5
- Hymen: My torch indeed will from such brightness shine
- Fairy Queen~Act V. 5
- They shall be as happy as they are fair
- Fairy Queen~Act IV. 5
- Chaconne
- Fairy Queen~Act IV. 5
- They shall be as happy as they are fair