Album 2009 on Nimbus Records label
Classical (Opera)
Digital recording from original LP disks. 1-28 recorded March 1952; 29 recorded 1949. Original LP Release Catalogue ALP 1026
Kirsten Flagstad voc, 1895-1962 NO performer, dido, soprano vocals, album by | |
Raymond Clark vc, cello | |
The Mermaid Singers And Orchestra , chorus, orchestra | |
Geraint Jones org, hps, 1917-1998 GB conductor | |
Wilhelm Furtwängler p, 1886-1954 DE conductor | |
Nahum Tate , 1652-1715 IE libretto by | |
Philharmonia Orchestra , orchestra | |
Thomas Hemsley voc, b, 1927-2013 GB performer, aeneas | |
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf voc, 1915-2006 DE performer, belinda, spirit, second lady | |
Sheila Rex voc, performer, first witch | |
David Lloyd voc, US performer, sailor | |
Anna Pollak voc, 1912-1996 GB performer, second witch | |
Arda Mandikian voc, 1924-2009 TR performer, sorceress |
Alan Bilgora liner notes |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration | |
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1 | Henry Purcell · Dido And Aeneas | Kirsten Flagstad | |||
2 | Overture | Kirsten Flagstad | 3:11 | ||
3 | Act I, The Palace | Kirsten Flagstad | |||
4 | Shake The Cloud From Off Your Brow (Belinda, Chorus) | Kirsten Flagstad | 1:09 | ||
5 | Ah! Belinda, I Am Prest (Dido, Belinda, Chorus) | Kirsten Flagstad | 4:22 | ||
6 | Whence Could So Much Virtue Spring? (Dido, Belinda) | Kirsten Flagstad | 2:11 | ||
7 | Fear No Danger To Ensue (Belins, 2nd Woman, Chorus) | Kirsten Flagstad | 1:40 | ||
8 | See, Your Royal Guest Appears (Belinda, Aeneas, Dido, Chorus) | Kirsten Flagstad | 4:20 | ||
9 | The Triumphing Dance | Kirsten Flagstad | 1:16 | ||
10 | Act II Scene 1, The Cave | Kirsten Flagstad | |||
11 | Prelude For the Witches | Kirsten Flagstad | 1:26 | ||
12 | Wayward Sisters, You That Fright (Sorceress, Witches, Chorus) | Kirsten Flagstad | 5:25 | ||
13 | In Our Deep Vaulted Cell (Chorus) | Kirsten Flagstad | 1:16 | ||
14 | Echo Dance | Kirsten Flagstad | 0:59 | ||
15 | Act II Scene 2, The Grove | Kirsten Flagstad | |||
16 | Ritornelle | Kirsten Flagstad | 0:28 | ||
17 | Thanks To These Lonesome Vales (Belinda, Chorus) | Kirsten Flagstad | 1:42 | ||
18 | Oft She Visits This Lov'd Mountain (2nd Woman) | Kirsten Flagstad | 2:05 | ||
19 | Behold, Upon My Bending Spear (Aeneas, Dido Belinda, Chorus) | Kirsten Flagstad | 1:22 | ||
20 | Stay, Prince (Spirit, Aeneas) | Kirsten Flagstad | 2:43 | ||
21 | Then Since Our Charmes Have Sped (Chorus) | Kirsten Flagstad | 0:33 | ||
22 | The Groves Dance | Kirsten Flagstad | 0:37 | ||
23 | Act III, The Ships | Kirsten Flagstad | |||
24 | Prelude | Kirsten Flagstad | 0:36 | ||
25 | Come Away, Fellow Sailors (First Sailor) | Kirsten Flagstad | 1:08 | ||
26 | The Sailors' Dance | Kirsten Flagstad | 0:42 | ||
27 | See The Flags And Steamers Curling (Sorceress, Witches, Chorus) | Kirsten Flagstad | 2:12 | ||
28 | A Dance | Kirsten Flagstad | 1:30 | ||
29 | Your Counsel All Is Urged In Vain (Dido, Belinda, Aeneas) | Kirsten Flagstad | 4:07 | ||
30 | But Death, Alas! I Cannot Shun (Dido, Chorus) | Kirsten Flagstad | 1:47 | ||
31 | Thy Hand Belinda (Dido) | Kirsten Flagstad | 1:06 | ||
32 | When I Am Laid In Earth (Dido) | Kirsten Flagstad | 4:00 | ||
33 | With Drooping Wings Ye Cupids Come (Chorus) | Kirsten Flagstad | 2:37 | ||
34 | Richard Wagner · Götterdämmerung | Kirsten Flagstad | |||
35 | Act III, Scene 3 | Kirsten Flagstad | |||
36 | Starke Scheite Schichten Mir Dort (Brunnhilde's Immolation) | Kirsten Flagstad | 19:48 |
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