Purcell: Dido and Aeneas; Ode for St. Cecilia's Day

Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg English Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras

1 Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626: Overture Sir Charles Mackerras 2:38

2 Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 1: "Shake the cloud from off your brow" Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Sir Charles Mackerras 1:14

3 Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 1: "Ah! Belinda"/"Grief increases"/"When monarchs unite" Tatiana Troyanos Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Sir Charles Mackerras Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg 5:26

4 Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 1: "Whence could so much virtue spring?" - "Fear no danger" Margaret Baker Tatiana Troyanos Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Sir Charles Mackerras Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg 3:51

5 Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 1: "See, your royal guest appears"/"Cupid only throws.." Tatiana Troyanos Paul Esswood Barry McDaniel Sir Charles Mackerras Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg 1:29

6 Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 1: "If not for mine, for empire's sake" ... "To the hills and the vales" Barry McDaniel Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Sir Charles Mackerras Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg 3:05

7 Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 1: The Triumphing Dance Sir Charles Mackerras 1:03

8 Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 2: "Prelude for..."/"Harms our..."/"The Queen"/"Ho,ho,ho" Patricia Johnson Sir Charles Mackerras Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg 2:38

9 Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 2: "Ruin'd ere the set of sun" ... "But ere we this perform" Patricia Johnson Margaret Lensky Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Sir Charles Mackerras Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg 2:44

10 Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 2: "In our deep vaulted cell" Sir Charles Mackerras Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg 1:41

11 Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 2: Echo Dance Of Furies Sir Charles Mackerras 1:15

12 Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 2: Ritornelle - "Thanks to these lonesome vales" - Gitter Ground a Dance Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Sir Charles Mackerras Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg 3:24

13 Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 2: "Oft she visits" Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Sir Charles Mackerras 2:45

14 Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 2: "Behold, upon my bending spear"/"Haste, haste to town" Tatiana Troyanos Barry McDaniel Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Sir Charles Mackerras Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg 1:22

15 Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 2: "Stay, Prince" Barry McDaniel Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Sir Charles Mackerras 3:02

16 Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 2: "Then since our charms have sped" - "A Dance" - The Groves Dance Patricia Johnson Margaret Lensky Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Sir Charles Mackerras Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg 1:47

17 Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 3: Prelude - "Come away, fellow sailors" Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Sir Charles Mackerras Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg 1:37

18 Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 3: The Sailors' Dance "See the flags and streamers curling" Patricia Johnson Margaret Lensky Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Sir Charles Mackerras 1:53

19 Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 3: "Our next motion" - "Destructions's our delight" Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Sir Charles Mackerras Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg 1:21

20 Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 3: The Witches' Dance Sir Charles Mackerras 1:24

21 Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 3: "Your counsel all is urg'd in vain" - "Great minds against themselves conspire" Tatiana Troyanos Barry McDaniel Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Sir Charles Mackerras Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg 5:22

22 Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 3: "Thy hand, Belinda"/"When I am laid in earth" Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Sir Charles Mackerras 5:48

23 Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 3: "With drooping wings..." - Cupids´ Dance Sir Charles Mackerras Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg 6:02

1 Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia!, Z. 328 Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Symphony Sir Charles Mackerras 11:50

2 Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia!, Z. 328 Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Hail, bright Cecilia! (I) English Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras 0:28

3 Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia!, Z. 328 Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Hail, bright Cecilia! (II) Sir Charles Mackerras Tiffin Choir Ambrosian Singers 3:27

4 Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia!, Z. 328 Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Hark, hark, each tree its silence breaks John Shirley-Quirk Sir Charles Mackerras 4:55

5 Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia!, Z. 328 Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Tis Nature's voice Sir Charles Mackerras English Chamber Orchestra 3:44

6 Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia!, Z. 328 Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Soul of the world Tiffin Choir Ambrosian Singers English Chamber Orchestra 2:57

7 Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia!, Z. 328 Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Thou tun'st this world below, the spheres above Simon Woolf Tiffin Choir Ambrosian Singers English Chamber Orchestra 3:38

8 Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia!, Z. 328 Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: With that sublime celestial lay Roland Tatnell Michael Rippon Sir Charles Mackerras English Chamber Orchestra 2:52

9 Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia!, Z. 328 Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Wondrous machine! Sir Charles Mackerras English Chamber Orchestra 3:22

10 Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia!, Z. 328 Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: The airy violin Sir Charles Mackerras English Chamber Orchestra 1:38

11 Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia!, Z. 328 Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: In vain the am'rous flute and soft guitar Alexander Young English Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras 5:39

12 Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia!, Z. 328 Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: The fife, and all the harmony of war English Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras 3:06

13 Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia!, Z. 328 Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Let these amongst themselves contest John Shirley-Quirk English Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras 3:16

14 Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia!, Z. 328 Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Hail, bright Cecilia! (III) Sir Charles Mackerras Tiffin Choir Ambrosian Singers 2:09

15 Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia!, Z. 328 Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: With rapture of delight Roland Tatnell Alexander Young Michael Rippon English Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras 0:57

16 Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia!, Z. 328 Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Hail, bright Cecilia! (IV) Sir Charles Mackerras Tiffin Choir Ambrosian Singers 1:18