Purcell: Dido and Aeneas; Ode for St. Cecilia's Day by Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg on TIDAL

Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626: Overture

Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Sir Charles Mackerras

Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 1: "Shake the cloud from off your brow"

Sheila Armstrong Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Sir Charles Mackerras

Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 1: "Ah! Belinda"/"Grief increases"/"When monarchs unite"

Sheila Armstrong Tatiana Troyanos Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Sir Charles Mackerras Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg

Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 1: "Whence could so much virtue spring?" - "Fear no danger"

Sheila Armstrong Margaret Baker Tatiana Troyanos Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Sir Charles Mackerras Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg

Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 1: "See, your royal guest appears"/"Cupid only throws.."

Sheila Armstrong Tatiana Troyanos Paul Esswood Barry McDaniel Sir Charles Mackerras Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg

Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 1: "If not for mine, for empire's sake" ... "To the hills and the vales"

Sheila Armstrong Barry McDaniel Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Sir Charles Mackerras Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg

Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 1: The Triumphing Dance

Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Sir Charles Mackerras

Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 2: "Prelude for..."/"Harms our..."/"The Queen"/"Ho,ho,ho"

Margaret Baker Patricia Johnson Sir Charles Mackerras Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg

Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 2: "Ruin'd ere the set of sun" ... "But ere we this perform"

Margaret Baker Patricia Johnson Margaret Lensky Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Sir Charles Mackerras Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg

Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 2: "In our deep vaulted cell"

Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Sir Charles Mackerras Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg

Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 2: Echo Dance Of Furies

Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Sir Charles Mackerras

Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 2: Ritornelle - "Thanks to these lonesome vales" - Gitter Ground a Dance

Sheila Armstrong Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Sir Charles Mackerras Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg

Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 2: "Oft she visits"

Margaret Baker Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Sir Charles Mackerras

Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 2: "Behold, upon my bending spear"/"Haste, haste to town"

Sheila Armstrong Tatiana Troyanos Barry McDaniel Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Sir Charles Mackerras Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg

Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 2: "Stay, Prince"

Paul Esswood Barry McDaniel Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Sir Charles Mackerras

Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 2: "Then since our charms have sped" - "A Dance" - The Groves Dance

Margaret Baker Patricia Johnson Margaret Lensky Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Sir Charles Mackerras Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg

Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 3: Prelude - "Come away, fellow sailors"

Nigel Rogers Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Sir Charles Mackerras Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg

Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 3: The Sailors' Dance "See the flags and streamers curling"

Margaret Baker Patricia Johnson Margaret Lensky Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Sir Charles Mackerras

Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 3: "Our next motion" - "Destructions's our delight"

Patricia Johnson Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Sir Charles Mackerras Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg

Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 3: The Witches' Dance

Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Sir Charles Mackerras

Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 3: "Your counsel all is urg'd in vain" - "Great minds against themselves conspire"

Sheila Armstrong Tatiana Troyanos Barry McDaniel Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Sir Charles Mackerras Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg

Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 3: "Thy hand, Belinda"/"When I am laid in earth"

Tatiana Troyanos Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Sir Charles Mackerras

Purcell: Dido And Aeneas, Z.626 / Act 3: "With drooping wings..." - Cupids´ Dance

Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hamburg Sir Charles Mackerras Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg

Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia!, Z. 328 Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Symphony

English Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras

Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia!, Z. 328 Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Hail, bright Cecilia! (I)

Michael Rippon English Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras

Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia!, Z. 328 Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Hail, bright Cecilia! (II)

English Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras Tiffin Choir Ambrosian Singers

Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia!, Z. 328 Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Hark, hark, each tree its silence breaks

Simon Woolf John Shirley-Quirk Sir Charles Mackerras

Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia!, Z. 328 Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Tis Nature's voice

Paul Esswood Sir Charles Mackerras English Chamber Orchestra

Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia!, Z. 328 Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Soul of the world

Sir Charles Mackerras Tiffin Choir Ambrosian Singers English Chamber Orchestra

Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia!, Z. 328 Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Thou tun'st this world below, the spheres above

Sir Charles Mackerras Simon Woolf Tiffin Choir Ambrosian Singers English Chamber Orchestra

Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia!, Z. 328 Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: With that sublime celestial lay

Paul Esswood Roland Tatnell Michael Rippon Sir Charles Mackerras English Chamber Orchestra

Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia!, Z. 328 Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Wondrous machine!

John Shirley-Quirk Sir Charles Mackerras English Chamber Orchestra

Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia!, Z. 328 Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: The airy violin

Paul Esswood Sir Charles Mackerras English Chamber Orchestra

Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia!, Z. 328 Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: In vain the am'rous flute and soft guitar

Paul Esswood Alexander Young English Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras

Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia!, Z. 328 Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: The fife, and all the harmony of war

Paul Esswood English Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras

Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia!, Z. 328 Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Let these amongst themselves contest

Michael Rippon John Shirley-Quirk English Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras

Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia!, Z. 328 Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Hail, bright Cecilia! (III)

English Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras Tiffin Choir Ambrosian Singers

Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia!, Z. 328 Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: With rapture of delight

Paul Esswood Roland Tatnell Alexander Young Michael Rippon English Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras

Purcell: Hail, bright Cecilia!, Z. 328 Ode for St. Cecilia's Day: Hail, bright Cecilia! (IV)

English Chamber Orchestra Sir Charles Mackerras Tiffin Choir Ambrosian Singers