H. Purcell - Dido & Aeneas

The classic baroque chamber opera by British composer Henry Purcell, first performed in Chelsea in 1689, has since become one of the most beloved and revered baroque operas of all time. Conducted by the great Valentin Radu, with Philadelphia's renowned Ama Deus Ensemble, this Dido features some of the top baroque vocal soloists performing in America today, including sopranos Julianne Baird (Dido), Andrea Lauren Brown (Belinda), tenor Timothy Bentch (Aeneas), as well as Jennifer Graf, Kemper Florin, Patricia Conrad, Dennis Kallup, Fran Bjorneby Kraemer, and full chorus. The instrumentalists perform on period instruments, making this a truly authentic recreation of Purcell's operatic masterpiece. Produced by John Ostendorf.

1) Overture
2) Air: 'Shake the Cloud'
3) Air: 'Ah Belinda'
4) See See Your Royal Guest Appears
5) Pursue Thy Conquest Love
6) Wayward Sisters
7) Thanks to These Lonesome Vales
8) Air: 'Oft She Visits'
9) Behold Upon My Bending Spear
10) Stay Prince and Hear
11) Come Away Fellow Sailors
12) See See the Flags
13) Your Counsel All
14) Chorus: 'Great Minds'
15) Air: 'Thy Hand Belinda'
16) Chorus: 'With Drooping Wings'
17) Prelude
18) Hornpipe
19) Overture
20) Air
21) Rondeau
22) Prelude
23) Entry Dance
24) Hornpipe
25) Dance for the Fairies
26) Chaconne