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Les Arts Florissants / William Christie- Purcell: Dido & Aeneas, Fairy Queen (Box)

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the album cover for Les Arts Florissants / William Christie - Purcell: Dido & Aeneas, Fairy Queen (Box)
the album cover for 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:

  1. Dido and Aeneas~Overture
  2. Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Solo and Chorus: Shake the cloud
  3. Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Song: Ah! Belinda, I am prest
  4. Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Recitative: Grief increases by concealing
  5. Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Chorus: When monarchs unite
  6. Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Recitative: Whence could so much virtue spring?
  7. Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Duet and Chorus: Fear no danger to ensue
  8. Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Recitative: See, your Royal Guest appears
  9. Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Chorus: Cupid only throws the dart
  10. Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Recitative: If not for mine
  11. Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Air: Pursue thy conquest
  12. Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Chorus: To the hills and the vales
  13. Dido and Aeneas~Act I. The Triumphing Dance
  14. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Prelude for the Witches: Wayward Sisters, you that fright
  15. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Chorus: Harm's our delight
  16. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Recitative: The Queen of Carthage
  17. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Chorus: Ho! Ho! Ho! / Recitative: Ruin'd ere the set of sun
  18. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Duet: But ere we this perform
  19. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Chorus: In our deep vaulted cell
  20. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Echo Dance of Furies
  21. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Ritornelle
  22. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Song and Chorus: Thanks to these lonesome vales
  23. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Song: Oft she visits this lone mountain
  24. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Recitative: Behold, upon my bending spear
  25. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Song and Chorus: Haste, haste to town
  26. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Recitative: Stay, Prince, and hear great Jove's command
  27. Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Prelude
  28. Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Solo and Chorus: Come away, fellow sailors
  29. Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Recitative: See the flags and streamers curling
  30. Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Song: Our next motion
  31. Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Chorus: Destruction's our delight
  32. Dido and Aeneas~Act III. The Witche's Dance
  33. Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Recitative: Your counsel all is urged in vain
  34. Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Chorus: Great minds against themselves conspire
  35. Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Recitative: Thy hand, Belinda
  36. Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Song: When I am laid in earth
  37. Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Chorus: With drooping wings ye Cupids come
  38. Fairy Queen~First Musick.
  39. Prelude
  40. Fairy Queen~First Musick.
  41. Hornpipe
  42. Fairy Queen~Second Musick.
  43. Air
  44. Fairy Queen~Second Musick.
  45. Rondeau
  46. Fairy Queen~Second Musick.
  47. Overture
  48. Fairy Queen~Act I.
  49. Duet: Come, let us leave the town
  50. Fairy Queen~Act I.
  51. Scene of the Drunken Poet: Fill up the bowl
  52. Fairy Queen~Act I.
  53. First Act Tune: Jig
  54. Fairy Queen~Act II.
  55. Come all ye songsters
  56. Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
  57. Prelude
  58. Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
  59. Chorus: May the God of Wit inspire / 1
  60. Echo
  61. Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
  62. Chorus: Now join your warbling voices all, Sing while we trip it
  63. Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
  64. Dance of Fairies. Entrance of Night: See, even Night herself is here
  65. Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
  66. Dance of Fairies. Entrance of Mystery: I am come to lack all fast
  67. Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
  68. Dance of Fairies. Entrance of Secrecy: One charming night gives move delight
  69. Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
  70. Dance of Fairies. Entrance of Sleep: Hush, no more
  71. Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
  72. Dance of Fairies: Dance for the followers of Night
  73. Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
  74. Dance of Fairies. Second Act Tune: Air
  75. Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
  76. If love's a sweet passion
  77. Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
  78. Symphony while the swans come forward
  79. Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
  80. Dance for the Fairies
  81. Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
  82. Dance for the Green Men
  83. Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
  84. Ye gentle spirits of the air
  85. Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
  86. Dialogue between Coridon and Mopsa
  87. Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
  88. When I have often heard young maids complaining
  89. Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
  90. Dance for the Haymakers
  91. Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
  92. A thousand, thousand ways
  93. Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
  94. Third Act Tune: Hornpipe
  95. Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
  96. Symphony
  97. Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
  98. Now the night is chased away / 3
  99. Let the Fifes and the Clarions
  100. Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
  101. Entry of Phoebus
  102. Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
  103. When a cruel long winter / 3
  104. Chorus: Hail! great parent of us all
  105. Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
  106. Spring: Thus the ever grateful Spring
  107. Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
  108. Summer: Here's the Summer, sprightly, gay
  109. Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
  110. Autumn: See, see my many colour'd fields
  111. Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
  112. Winter: Next Winter comes slowly
  113. Fairy Queen~Act IV. 4
  114. Fourth Act Tune: Air
  115. Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
  116. Prelude
  117. Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
  118. Juno: Thrice happy lovers
  119. Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
  120. The Plaint: O let me weep!
  121. Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
  122. Entry Dance
  123. Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
  124. Symphony
  125. Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
  126. A Chinese Man: Thus the gloomy world
  127. Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
  128. Chinese Woman: Thus happy and free
  129. Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
  130. Chinese Man: Yes, Daphne
  131. Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
  132. Monkey's Dance
  133. Fairy Queen~Act V. 5
  134. Hark! how all things with one sound rejoice
  135. Fairy Queen~Act V. 5
  136. Hark! the echoing air a triumph sings
  137. Fairy Queen~Act V. 5
  138. Sure the dull God of Marriage does nor hear
  139. Fairy Queen~Act V. 5
  140. Prelude / 5
  141. Hymen: See, I obey
  142. Fairy Queen~Act V. 5
  143. Turn then thine eyes
  144. Fairy Queen~Act V. 5
  145. Hymen: My torch indeed will from such brightness shine
  146. Fairy Queen~Act V. 5
  147. They shall be as happy as they are fair
  148. Fairy Queen~Act IV. 5
  149. Chaconne
  150. Fairy Queen~Act IV. 5
  151. They shall be as happy as they are fair
Format: New CD/Classical

Les Arts Florissants / William Christie- Purcell: Dido & Aeneas, Fairy Queen (Box)

SKU: 3149020951637
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Release Date: 06.21.2024

 
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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:

  1. Dido and Aeneas~Overture
  2. Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Solo and Chorus: Shake the cloud
  3. Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Song: Ah! Belinda, I am prest
  4. Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Recitative: Grief increases by concealing
  5. Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Chorus: When monarchs unite
  6. Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Recitative: Whence could so much virtue spring?
  7. Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Duet and Chorus: Fear no danger to ensue
  8. Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Recitative: See, your Royal Guest appears
  9. Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Chorus: Cupid only throws the dart
  10. Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Recitative: If not for mine
  11. Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Air: Pursue thy conquest
  12. Dido and Aeneas~Act I. Chorus: To the hills and the vales
  13. Dido and Aeneas~Act I. The Triumphing Dance
  14. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Prelude for the Witches: Wayward Sisters, you that fright
  15. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Chorus: Harm's our delight
  16. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Recitative: The Queen of Carthage
  17. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Chorus: Ho! Ho! Ho! / Recitative: Ruin'd ere the set of sun
  18. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Duet: But ere we this perform
  19. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Chorus: In our deep vaulted cell
  20. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Echo Dance of Furies
  21. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Ritornelle
  22. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Song and Chorus: Thanks to these lonesome vales
  23. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Song: Oft she visits this lone mountain
  24. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Recitative: Behold, upon my bending spear
  25. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Song and Chorus: Haste, haste to town
  26. Dido and Aeneas~Act II. Recitative: Stay, Prince, and hear great Jove's command
  27. Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Prelude
  28. Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Solo and Chorus: Come away, fellow sailors
  29. Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Recitative: See the flags and streamers curling
  30. Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Song: Our next motion
  31. Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Chorus: Destruction's our delight
  32. Dido and Aeneas~Act III. The Witche's Dance
  33. Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Recitative: Your counsel all is urged in vain
  34. Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Chorus: Great minds against themselves conspire
  35. Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Recitative: Thy hand, Belinda
  36. Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Song: When I am laid in earth
  37. Dido and Aeneas~Act III. Chorus: With drooping wings ye Cupids come
  38. Fairy Queen~First Musick.
  39. Prelude
  40. Fairy Queen~First Musick.
  41. Hornpipe
  42. Fairy Queen~Second Musick.
  43. Air
  44. Fairy Queen~Second Musick.
  45. Rondeau
  46. Fairy Queen~Second Musick.
  47. Overture
  48. Fairy Queen~Act I.
  49. Duet: Come, let us leave the town
  50. Fairy Queen~Act I.
  51. Scene of the Drunken Poet: Fill up the bowl
  52. Fairy Queen~Act I.
  53. First Act Tune: Jig
  54. Fairy Queen~Act II.
  55. Come all ye songsters
  56. Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
  57. Prelude
  58. Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
  59. Chorus: May the God of Wit inspire / 1
  60. Echo
  61. Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
  62. Chorus: Now join your warbling voices all, Sing while we trip it
  63. Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
  64. Dance of Fairies. Entrance of Night: See, even Night herself is here
  65. Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
  66. Dance of Fairies. Entrance of Mystery: I am come to lack all fast
  67. Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
  68. Dance of Fairies. Entrance of Secrecy: One charming night gives move delight
  69. Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
  70. Dance of Fairies. Entrance of Sleep: Hush, no more
  71. Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
  72. Dance of Fairies: Dance for the followers of Night
  73. Fairy Queen~Act II. 1
  74. Dance of Fairies. Second Act Tune: Air
  75. Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
  76. If love's a sweet passion
  77. Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
  78. Symphony while the swans come forward
  79. Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
  80. Dance for the Fairies
  81. Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
  82. Dance for the Green Men
  83. Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
  84. Ye gentle spirits of the air
  85. Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
  86. Dialogue between Coridon and Mopsa
  87. Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
  88. When I have often heard young maids complaining
  89. Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
  90. Dance for the Haymakers
  91. Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
  92. A thousand, thousand ways
  93. Fairy Queen~Act III. 2
  94. Third Act Tune: Hornpipe
  95. Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
  96. Symphony
  97. Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
  98. Now the night is chased away / 3
  99. Let the Fifes and the Clarions
  100. Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
  101. Entry of Phoebus
  102. Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
  103. When a cruel long winter / 3
  104. Chorus: Hail! great parent of us all
  105. Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
  106. Spring: Thus the ever grateful Spring
  107. Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
  108. Summer: Here's the Summer, sprightly, gay
  109. Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
  110. Autumn: See, see my many colour'd fields
  111. Fairy Queen~Act IV. 3
  112. Winter: Next Winter comes slowly
  113. Fairy Queen~Act IV. 4
  114. Fourth Act Tune: Air
  115. Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
  116. Prelude
  117. Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
  118. Juno: Thrice happy lovers
  119. Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
  120. The Plaint: O let me weep!
  121. Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
  122. Entry Dance
  123. Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
  124. Symphony
  125. Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
  126. A Chinese Man: Thus the gloomy world
  127. Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
  128. Chinese Woman: Thus happy and free
  129. Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
  130. Chinese Man: Yes, Daphne
  131. Fairy Queen~Act V. 4
  132. Monkey's Dance
  133. Fairy Queen~Act V. 5
  134. Hark! how all things with one sound rejoice
  135. Fairy Queen~Act V. 5
  136. Hark! the echoing air a triumph sings
  137. Fairy Queen~Act V. 5
  138. Sure the dull God of Marriage does nor hear
  139. Fairy Queen~Act V. 5
  140. Prelude / 5
  141. Hymen: See, I obey
  142. Fairy Queen~Act V. 5
  143. Turn then thine eyes
  144. Fairy Queen~Act V. 5
  145. Hymen: My torch indeed will from such brightness shine
  146. Fairy Queen~Act V. 5
  147. They shall be as happy as they are fair
  148. Fairy Queen~Act IV. 5
  149. Chaconne
  150. Fairy Queen~Act IV. 5
  151. They shall be as happy as they are fair