Dido and Aeneas: Act III, Scene 2. “Your counsel all is urged in vain” – “But death, alas!”

~ Recording by Jessye Norman, Marie McLaughlin, Thomas Allen, English Chamber Orchestra Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard

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Official
1.14Dido and Aeneas: Act III, Scene 2. “Your counsel all is urged in vain” – “But death, alas!”5:34Henry PurcellDido and AeneasPurcell; Jessye Norman, Thomas Allen, Marie McLaughlin, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond LeppardAlbum
Philips416 299-2

Relationships

recorded in:London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1985-05)
cello:Charles Tunnell (in 1985-05)
double bass:Adrian Beers (double bass player) (in 1985-05)
harpsichord:Raymond Leppard (conductor and harpsichordist) (in 1985-05)
Robert Aldwinkle (in 1985-05)
baritone vocals [Aeneas]:Thomas Allen (baritone) (in 1985-05)
choir vocals:English Chamber Orchestra Chorus (in 1985-05)
soprano vocals [Belinda]:Marie McLaughlin (soprano) (in 1985-05)
soprano vocals [Dido]:Jessye Norman (soprano) (in 1985-05)
orchestra:English Chamber Orchestra (in 1985-05)
conductor:Raymond Leppard (conductor and harpsichordist) (in 1985-05)
chorus master:Jane Glover (conductor and music scholar) (in 1985-05)
concertmaster:José‐Luis García (violinist & conductor) (in 1985-05)
recording of:1. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 33. Recitative “Your counsel all is urg’d in vain” (Dido, Belinda, Aeneas) (in 1985-05)
2. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 34. Recitative “But death, alas! I cannot shun” (Dido) (in 1985-05)
3. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 35. “Great minds against themselves conspire” (Chorus) (in 1985-05)

Related works

Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 33. Recitative “Your counsel all is urg’d in vain” (Dido, Belinda, Aeneas)

composer:Henry Purcell (Baroque composer) (in 1689)
librettist:Nahum Tate
part of:Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III (number) (order: 7)

Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 34. Recitative “But death, alas! I cannot shun” (Dido)

composer:Henry Purcell (Baroque composer) (in 1689)
part of:Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III (number) (order: 8)

Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 35. “Great minds against themselves conspire” (Chorus)

composer:Henry Purcell (Baroque composer)
librettist:Nahum Tate
part of:Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III (number) (order: 9)
is the basis for:Great Minds Against Themselves Conspire