Purcell: Dido & Aeneas / The Fairy Queen

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At the end of the 1980s, William Christie and Les Arts Florissants recorded galvanizing readings of two masterpieces of early English opera: Dido and Aeneas and The Fairy Queen by Purcell. These foundational recordings are now once again available, and brought together for the first time in a single box set.

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  • Album Purcell: Dido & Aeneas / The Fairy Queen
  • Artist Les Arts Florissants
  • Release date 2024-06-07
  • Label Harmonia Mundi
  • Distributor VIRGIN MUSIC GROUP
  • Format CD
  • EAN 3149020951637
  • Number of discs 3
  • Number of tracks 60

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Disc 1

  1. Ouverture - Acte 1
  2. Acte II, Scène 1
  3. Acte II, Scène 2
  4. Acte III... "Great Minds Against Themselves Conspire"
  5. Acte III, Monologue Et Mort De Didon

Disc 2

  1. 1. Prelude
  2. 2. Hornpipe
  3. 3. Air
  4. 4. Rondeau
  5. 5. Overture
  6. 6. Duet: "Come, Let Us Leave The Town"
  7. 7. Scene Of The Drunken Poet: "Fill Up The Bowl"
  8. 8. First Act Tune: Jig
  9. 9. "Come All Ye Songsters"
  10. 10. Prelude
  11. 11. Chorus: "May The God Of Wit Inspire" - 12. Echo
  12. 13. Chorus: "Now Join Your Warbling Voices All".
  13. 14. Entrance Of Night: "See, Even Night Herself Is Here"
  14. 15. Entrance Of Mystery: "I Am Come To Lock All Fast"
  15. 16. Entrance Of Secrecy: "One Charming Night Gives More Delight"
  16. 17. Entrance Of Sleep: "Hush, No More"
  17. 18. Dance For The Followers Of Night
  18. 19. Second Act Tune: Air
  19. 20. "If Love's A Sweet Passion"
  20. 21. Symphony While The Swans Come Forward
  21. 22. Dance For The Fairies
  22. 23. Dance For The Green Men
  23. 24. "Ye Gentile Spirits Of The Air"
  24. 25. Dialogue Between Coridon And Mopsa
  25. 26. "When I Have Often Heard Young Maids Complaining"
  26. 27. Dance For The Haymakers
  27. 28. "A Thousand, Thousand Ways"
  28. 29. Third Act Tune: Hornpipe

Disc 3

  1. 30. Symphony
  2. 31. "Now The Night Is Chased Away" - 32. "Let The Fifes And The Clarions"
  3. 33. Entry Of Phoebus
  4. 34. "When A Cruel Long Winter" - 35. Chorus: "Hail! Great Parent Of Us All"
  5. 36. Spring: "Thus The Ever Grateful Spring"
  6. 37. Summer: "Here's The Summer, Sprightly, Gay"
  7. 38. Autumn: "See, See My Many Colour'd Fields"
  8. 39. Winter: "Next Winter Comes Slowly"
  9. 40. Fourth Act Tune: Air
  10. 41. Prelude
  11. 42. Juno: "Thrice Happy Lovers"
  12. 43. The Plaint: "O Let Me Weep!"
  13. 44. Entry Dance
  14. 45. Symphony
  15. 46. A Chinese Man: "Thus The Gloomy World"
  16. 47. Chinese Woman: "Thus Happy And Free"
  17. 48. Chinese Man: "Yes, Daphne"
  18. 49. Monkeys' Dance
  19. 50. "Hark! How All Things With One Sound Rejoice"
  20. 51. "Hark! The Echoing Air A Triumph Sings"
  21. 52. "Sure The Dull God Of Marriage Does Not Hear"
  22. 53. Prelude - 54. Hymen: "See, I Obey"
  23. 55. "Turn Then Thine Eyes"
  24. 56. Hymen: "My Torch Indeed Will From Such Brightness Shine"
  25. 57. "They Shall Be As Happy As They Are Fair"
  26. 58. Chaconne
  27. 59. "They Shall Be As Happy As They Are Fair"