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DISCID=370ca416
DTITLE=Henry Purcell / Dido and Aeneas  (Pinnock - Otter - Varcoe - Da
DTITLE=wson - Rogers)
DYEAR=1989
DGENRE=Classical
TTITLE0=Overture
TTITLE1=I : Shake the cloud from off your brow
TTITLE2=I : Ah! Belinda, I am press'd with torment
TTITLE3=I : Whence could so much virtue spring
TTITLE4=I : See, your royal guest appears
TTITLE5=I : If not for mine, for empire's sake
TTITLE6=I : The Triumphing Dance
TTITLE7=II : Prelude for the Witches
TTITLE8=II : Ruin'd ere the set of sun
TTITLE9=II : In our deep-vaulted cell the charm we'll prepare
TTITLE10=II : Echo Dance of Furies
TTITLE11=II : Ritornelle; Thanks to these lonesome vales
TTITLE12=II : Oft she visits this lone mountain
TTITLE13=II : Behold, upon my bending spear
TTITLE14=II : Stay, Prince, and hear great Jove's command
TTITLE15=III : Prelude
TTITLE16=III : The Sailors' Dance
TTITLE17=III : Our next motion
TTITLE18=III : The Witches' Dance
TTITLE19=III : Your counsel all is urg'd in vain
TTITLE20=III : Thy hand, Belinda, darkness shades me
TTITLE21=III : With drooping wings ye Cupids come
EXTD=Dido - Anne Sofie von Otter\nAeneas - Stephen Varcoe\nBelinda - L
EXTD=ynne Dawson\nSorceress, First Sailor - Nigel Rogers\nFirst Witch 
EXTD=- Elisabeth Priday\nSecond Witch - Carol Hall\nSecond Woman - Sar
EXTD=ah Leonard\nSpirit - Kym Amps\n\nChoir of the English Concert\nTh
EXTD=e English Concert\n(Leader/Konzermeister/Premier violon/Primo vio
EXTD=lino: Simon Standage)\n\nOn authentic instruments  Mit Originali
EXTD=strumenten  Sur instruments oringinaux  Con strumenti originali
EXTD=\n\nDirected from the harpsichord by / Cembalo und Leitung / Clav
EXTD=ecin et direction musicale / Clavicembalo e direzione musicale:\n
EXTD=Trevor Pinnock\n\nDDD\nArchiv Produktion\nRecording: London, Henr
EXTD=y Wood Hall, 7/1988\n(P) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg\n 198
EXTD=9 Prof. Curtis Price\n\n427 642-2 AH\n\nID3G: 32
EXTT0=
EXTT1=Scene: the Palace / Der Palast / Scne: le palais / Scena: Il pa
EXTT1=lazzo\n\n"Shake the cloud from off your brow" (Belinda)\n"Banish
EXTT1= sorrow, banish care" (Chorus)\n\n-----\n\n[enter Dido, Belinda 
EXTT1=and train]\n\nBELINDA\nShake the cloud from off your brow,\nFate
EXTT1= your wishes does allow;\n   Empire growing,\n   Pleasures flowi
EXTT1=ng,\nFortune smiles and so should you.\n\nCHORUS\nBanish sorrow,
EXTT1= banish care,\nGrief should ne'er approach the fair.
EXTT2="Ah! Belinda, I am press'd with torment" (Dido)\n"Grief increase
EXTT2=s by concealing..." (Belinda, Dido)\n"When monarchs unite, how h
EXTT2=appy their state" (Chorus)\n\n-----\n\nDIDO\nAh! Belinda, I am p
EXTT2=rest\nWith torment not to be Confest,\nPeace and I are strangers
EXTT2= grown.\nI languish till my grief is known,\nYet would not have 
EXTT2=it guest.\n\nBELINDA\nGrief increases by concealing,\n\nDIDO\nMi
EXTT2=ne admits of no revealing.\n\nBELINDA\nThen let me speak; the Tr
EXTT2=ojan guest\nInto your tender thoughts has prest;\nThe greatest b
EXTT2=lessing Fate can give\nOur Carthage to secure and Troy revive.\n
EXTT2=\nCHORUS\nWhen monarchs unite, how happy their state,\nThey triu
EXTT2=mph at once o'er their foes and their fate.
EXTT3="Whence could so much virtue spring" (Dido, Belinda)\n"Fear no d
EXTT3=anger to ensue" (Belinda, Second Woman; Chorus)\n\n-----\n\nDIDO
EXTT3=\nWhence could so much virtue spring?\nWhat storms, what battles
EXTT3= did he sing?\nAnchises' valour mixt with Venus' charms\nHow sof
EXTT3=t in peace, and yet how fierce in arms!\n\nBELINDA\nA tale so st
EXTT3=rong and full of woe\nMight melt the rocks as well as you.\nWhat
EXTT3= stubborn heart unmov'd could see\nSuch distress, such piety?\n\n
EXTT3=DIDO\nMine with storms of care opprest\nIs taught to pity the di
EXTT3=strest.\nMean wretches' grief can touch,\nSo soft, so sensible m
EXTT3=y breast,\nBut ah! I fear, I pity his too much.\n\nBELINDA AND S
EXTT3=ECOND WOMAN\n[Repeated by Chorus]\nFear no danger to ensue,\nThe
EXTT3= Hero Loves as well as you,\nEver gentle, ever smiling,\nAnd the
EXTT3= cares of life beguiling,\nCupid strew your path with flowers\nG
EXTT3=ather'd from Elysian bowers.\n\nDANCE THIS CHORUS\n\nTHE BASKE\n
EXTT3=[Aeneas enters with his train]
EXTT4="See, your royal guest appears" (Belinda, Aeneas, Dido)\n"Cupid 
EXTT4=only throws the dart" (Chorus)\n\n-----\n\nBELINDA\nSee, your Ro
EXTT4=yal Guest appears,\nHow Godlike is the form he bears!\n\nAENEAS\n
EXTT4=When, Royal Fair, shall I be blest\nWith cares of love and state
EXTT4= distrest?\n\nDIDO\nFate forbids what you pursue.\n\nAENEAS\nAen
EXTT4=eas has no fate but you!\nLet Dido smile and I'll defy\nThe feeb
EXTT4=le stroke of Destiny.\n\nCHORUS\nCupid only throws the dart\nTha
EXTT4=t's dreadful to a warrior's heart,\nAnd she that wounds can only
EXTT4= cure the smart.
EXTT5="If not for mine, for empire's sake" (Aeneas)\n"Pursue thy conqu
EXTT5=est, Love" (Belinda)\n"To the hills and the vales, to the rocks 
EXTT5=and the mountains" (Chorus)\n\n-----\n\nAENEAS\nIf not for mine,
EXTT5= for Empire's sake,\nSome pity on your lover take;\nAh! make not
EXTT5=, in a hopeless fire\nA hero fall, and Troy once more expire.\n\n
EXTT5=BELINDA\nPursue thy conquest, Love; her eyes\nConfess the flame 
EXTT5=her tongue denies.\n\nA DANCE. GITTARS CHACONY.\n\nCHORUS\nTo th
EXTT5=e hills and the vales, to the rocks and the mountains\nTo the mu
EXTT5=sical groves and the cool shady fountains.\nLet the triumphs of 
EXTT5=love and of beauty be shown,\nGo revel, ye Cupids, the day is yo
EXTT5=ur own.
EXTT6=
EXTT7=Prelude for the Witches\n"Wayward sister, you that fright" (Sorc
EXTT7=eress, First Witch)\n"Harm's our delight and mischief all our sk
EXTT7=ill" (Chorus)\n"The Queen of Carthage, whom we hate" (Sorceress)
EXTT7=\n"Ho, ho, ho" (Chorus)\n\n-----\n\nACT THE SECOND\n\nScene [I]:
EXTT7= The Cave\n[enter Sorceress]\n\n[PRELUDE FOR THE WITCHES]\n\nSOR
EXTT7=CERESS\nWayward sisters, you that fright\nThe lonely traveller b
EXTT7=y night\nWho, like dismal ravens crying,\nBeat the windows of th
EXTT7=e dying,\nAppear! Appear at my call, and share in the fame\nOf a
EXTT7= mischief shall make all Carthage flame.\nAppear!\n[enter Enchan
EXTT7=tresses]\n\nFIRST WITCH\nSay, Beldam, say what's thy will.\n\nCH
EXTT7=ORUS\nHarm's our delight and mischief all our skill.\n\nSORCERES
EXTT7=S\nThe Queen of Carthage, whom we hate,\nAs we do all in prosp'r
EXTT7=ous state,\nEre sunset, shall most wretched prove,\nDepriv'd of 
EXTT7=fame, of life and love!\n\nCHORUS\nHo, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho! [etc.
EXTT7=]
EXTT8="Ruin'd ere the set of sun" (Witches, Sorceress)\n"Ho, ho, ho" (
EXTT8=Chorus)\n"But ere we this perform" (Witches)\n\n-----\n\nTWO WIT
EXTT8=CHES\nRuin'd ere the set of sun?\nTell us, how shall this be don
EXTT8=e?\n\nSORCERESS\nThe Trojan Prince, you know, is bound\nBy Fate 
EXTT8=to seek Italian ground;\nThe Queen and he are now in chase.\n\nF
EXTT8=IRST WITCH\nHark! Hark! the cry comes on apace.\n\nSORCERESS\nBu
EXTT8=t, when they've done, my trusty Elf\nIn form of Mercury himself\n
EXTT8=As sent from Jove shall chide his stay,\nAnd charge him sail ton
EXTT8=ight with all his fleet away.\n\nCHORUS\nHo, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho!
EXTT8= [etc.]\n[Enter a Drunken Sailor; a dance]\n\nTWO WITCHES\nBut e
EXTT8=re we this perform,\nWe'll conjure for a storm\nTo mar their hun
EXTT8=ting sport\nAnd drive 'em back to court.
EXTT9="In our deep-vaulted cell the charm we'll prepare" (Chorus)\n\n-
EXTT9=----\n\nCHORUS [in the manner of an echo.]\nIn our deep vaulted 
EXTT9=cell the charm we'll prepare, \nToo dreadful a practice for this
EXTT9= open air.
EXTT10=Echo Dance of Furies\nScene: the Grove / Der Hain / Scne: le b
EXTT10=osquet / Scena: Il boschetto
EXTT11=Ritornelle\n"Thanks to these lonesome vales" (Belinda; Chorus)\n
EXTT11=\n-----\n\nScene [II]: The Grove\n[enter Aeneas, Dido, Belinda,
EXTT11= and their train]\n\nRITORNELLE [Orchestra]\n\nBELINDA [Repeate
EXTT11=d by Chorus]\nThanks to these lovesome vales,\nThese desert hil
EXTT11=ls and dales, \nSo fair the game, so rich the sport, \nDiana's 
EXTT11=self might to these woods resort.\n\nGITTER GROUND A DANCE
EXTT12="Oft she visits this lone mountain" (Second Woman)\nRitornelle\n
EXTT12=\n-----\n\nSECOND WOMAN\nOft she visits this lov'd mountain,\nO
EXTT12=ft she bathes her in this fountain; \n   Here Actaeon met his f
EXTT12=ate, \nPursued by his own hounds, \nAnd after mortal wounds \n 
EXTT12=  Discover'd, discover'd too late.\n\n[A Dance to entertain Aen
EXTT12=eas by Dido's women]
EXTT13="Behold, upon my bending spear" (Aeneas, Dido)\n"Haste, haste t
EXTT13=o town" (Belinda; Chorus)\n\n-----\n\nAENEAS\nBehold, upon my b
EXTT13=ending spear\nA monster's head stands bleeding, \nWith tushes f
EXTT13=ar exceeding \nThose did Venus' huntsman tear.\n\nDIDO\nThe ski
EXTT13=es are clouded, hark! how thunder\nRends the mountain oaks a su
EXTT13=nder.\n\nBELINDA [Repeated by Chorus]\nHaste, haste to town, th
EXTT13=is open field \nNo shelter from the storm can yield.\n\n[exeunt
EXTT13= Dido and Belinda and train]
EXTT14="Stay, Prince, and hear great Jove's command" (Spirit, Aeneas)\n
EXTT14=\n-----\n\n[The Spirit of the Sorceress descends to Aeneas in t
EXTT14=he \nlikeness of Mercury] \n\nSPIRIT\nStay, Prince and hear gre
EXTT14=at Jove's command; \nHe summons thee this Night away.\n\nAENEAS
EXTT14=\nTonight?\n\nSPIRIT\nTonight thou must forsake this land, \nTh
EXTT14=e Angry God will brook no longer stay. \nJove commands thee, wa
EXTT14=ste no more \nIn Love's delights, those precious hours, \nAllow
EXTT14='d by th'Almighty Powers \nTo gain th' Hesperian shore \nAnd ru
EXTT14=ined Troy restore.\n\nAENEAS\nJove's commands shall be obey'd,\n
EXTT14=Tonight our anchors shall be weighed.\n[Exit Spirit.]\nBut ah! 
EXTT14=what language can I try \nMy injur'd Queen to Pacify: \nNo soon
EXTT14=er she resigns her heart,\nBut from her arms I'm forc'd to part
EXTT14=. \nHow can so hard a fate be took?\nOne night enjoy'd, the nex
EXTT14=t forsook. \nYours be the blame, ye gods! For I \nObey your wil
EXTT14=l, but with more ease could die.\n\n{The following isn't includ
EXTT14=ed in this production}\n\nTHE SORCERESS AND HER ENCHANTRESSES (
EXTT14=CHORUS)\nThen since our Charmes have sped, \nA Merry Dance be l
EXTT14=ed \nBy the Nymphs of Carthage to please us. \nThey shall all D
EXTT14=ance to ease us,\nA Dance that shall make the Spheres to wonder
EXTT14=,\nRending those fair Groves asunder.\n\nTHE GROVES DANCE
EXTT15=Scene: the Shipps / Die Schiffe / Scne: les navires / Scena: L
EXTT15=e navi\n\nPrelude\n"Come away, fellow sailors, your anchors be 
EXTT15=weighing" (First Sailor; Chorus)\n\n-----\n\nACT THE THIRD\n\nS
EXTT15=cene: The Ships\n[enter the Sailors, the Sorceress, and her Enc
EXTT15=hantresses]\n\nPRELUDE\n\nFIRST SAILOR [Repeated by Chorus]\nCo
EXTT15=me away, fellow sailors, your anchors be weighing.\nTime and ti
EXTT15=de will admit no delaying.\nTake a bouzy short leave of your ny
EXTT15=mphs on the shore,\nAnd silence their mourning\nWith vows of re
EXTT15=turning\nBut never intending to visit them more.
EXTT16=The Sailors' Dance\n"See the flags and streamers curling" (Sorc
EXTT16=eress; Witches)\n\n-----\n\nTHE SAILORS' DANCE\n\nSORCERESS\nSe
EXTT16=e the flags and streamers curling\nAnchors weighing, sails unfu
EXTT16=rling.\n\nFIRST WITCH\nPhoebe's pale deluding beams\nGuilding m
EXTT16=ore deceitful streams.\n\nSECOND WITCH\nOur plot has took,\nThe
EXTT16= Queen's forsook.\n\nTWO WITCHES\nElissa's ruin'd, ho, ho!\nOur
EXTT16= plot has took,\nThe Queen's forsook, ho, ho!
EXTT17="Our next motion" (Sorceress)\n"Destruction's our delight" (Cho
EXTT17=rus)\n\n-----\n\nSORCERESS\nOur next Motion\nMust be to storme 
EXTT17=her Lover on the Ocean!\nFrom the ruin of others our pleasures 
EXTT17=we borrow,\nElissa bleeds tonight, and Carthage flames tomorrow
EXTT17=.\n\nCHORUS\nDestruction's our delight\nDelight our greatest so
EXTT17=rrow!\nElissa dies tonight and Carthage flames tomorrow.
EXTT18=
EXTT19=Scene: the Palace / Der Palast / Scne: le palais / Scena: Il p
EXTT19=alazzo\n\n"Your counsel all is urg'd in vain" (Dido, Belinda, A
EXTT19=eneas)\n"Great minds against themselves conspire" (Chorus)\n\n-
EXTT19=----\n\n[Enter Dido, Belinda and train]\n\nDIDO\nYour counsel a
EXTT19=ll is urged in vain\nTo Earth and Heav'n I will complain!\nTo E
EXTT19=arth and Heav'n why do I call?\nEarth and Heav'n conspire my fa
EXTT19=ll.\nTo Fate I sue, of other means bereft\nThe only refuge for 
EXTT19=the wretched left.\n\nBELINDA\nSee, Madam, see where the Prince
EXTT19= appears;\nSuch Sorrow in his looks he bears\nAs would convince
EXTT19= you still he's true.\n[enter Aeneas]\n\nAENEAS\nWhat shall los
EXTT19=t Aeneas do?\nHow, Royal Fair, shall I impart\nThe God's decree
EXTT19=, and tell you we must part?\n\nDIDO\nThus on the fatal Banks o
EXTT19=f Nile,\nWeeps the deceitful crocodile\nThus hypocrites, that m
EXTT19=urder act,\nMake Heaven and Gods the authors of the Fact.\n\nAE
EXTT19=NEAS\nBy all that's good ...\n\nDIDO\nBy all that's good, no mo
EXTT19=re!\nAll that's good you have forswore.\nTo your promis'd empir
EXTT19=e fly\nAnd let forsaken Dido die.\n\nAENEAS\nIn spite of Jove's
EXTT19= command, I'll stay.\nOffend the Gods, and Love obey.\n\nDIDO\n
EXTT19=No, faithless man, thy course pursue;\nI'm now resolv'd as well
EXTT19= as you.\nNo repentance shall reclaim\nThe injur'd Dido's sligh
EXTT19=ted flame.\nFor 'tis enough, whate'er you now decree,\nThat you
EXTT19= had once a thought of leaving me.\n\nAENEAS\nLet Jove say what
EXTT19= he will: I'll stay!\n\nDIDO\nAway, away! No, no, away!\n\nAENE
EXTT19=AS\nNo, no, I'll stay, and Love obey!\n\nDIDO\nTo Death I'll fl
EXTT19=y\nIf longer you delay;\nAway, away!.....\n[Exit Aeneas]\nBut D
EXTT19=eath, alas! I cannot shun;\nDeath must come when he is gone.\n\n
EXTT19=CHORUS\nGreat minds against themselves conspire\nAnd shun the c
EXTT19=ure they most desire.
EXTT20="Thy hand, Belinda, darkness shades me" (Dido)\n"When I am laid
EXTT20= in earth" (Dido)\n\n-----\n\nDIDO\n[Cupids appear in the cloud
EXTT20=s o're her tomb]\nThy hand, Belinda, darkness shades me,\n     
EXTT20= On thy bosom let me rest,\n   More I would, but Death invades 
EXTT20=me;\nDeath is now a welcome guest.\nWhen I am laid in earth, Ma
EXTT20=y my wrongs create\n            No trouble in thy breast;\n    
EXTT20=        Remember me, but ah! forget my fate.
EXTT21="With drooping wings ye Cupids come" (Chorus)\n\n-----\n\nCHORU
EXTT21=S\nWith drooping wings you Cupids come,\nTo scatter roses on he
EXTT21=r tomb.\nSoft and Gentle as her Heart\nKeep here your watch, an
EXTT21=d never part.\n\nCUPIDS DANCE\n\nFINIS
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