Henry Purcell, Jessye Norman, Marie McLaughlin, Elizabeth Gale, English Chamber Orchestra & Raymond Leppard -
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Dido and Aeneas / Act 1: "Whence could so much virtue spring?" - "Fear no danger"
Whence could so much virtue spring?
What storms, what battles did he sing?
Anchises' valour mixed with Venus charms
How soft, how soft in peace
And yet how fierce, how fierce in arms
A tale so strong and full of woe
Might melt the rocks as well as you
What stubborn heart unmoved could see
Such distress, such piety
Mine with storms of care oppressed
Is taught to pity the distressed
Mean wretches' grief can touch
So soft, so sensible my breast
But ah, but ah, I fear, I pity his too much
Fear no danger to ensue
The hero loves as well as you
Fear no danger to ensue
The hero loves as well as you
Ever gentle, ever smiling
And the cares of life beguiling
Fear no danger to ensue
The hero loves as well as you
Cupid strew your path with flowers
Gathered from Elysian bowers
Fear no danger to ensue
The hero loves as well as you
Fear no danger to ensue
The hero loves as well as you
Fear no danger to ensue
The hero loves as well as you
Ever gentle, ever smiling
And the cares of life beguiling
Fear no danger to ensue
The hero loves as well as you
Cupid strew your path with flowers
Gathered from Elysian bowers
Fear no danger to ensue
The hero loves as well as you
What storms, what battles did he sing?
Anchises' valour mixed with Venus charms
How soft, how soft in peace
And yet how fierce, how fierce in arms
A tale so strong and full of woe
Might melt the rocks as well as you
What stubborn heart unmoved could see
Such distress, such piety
Mine with storms of care oppressed
Is taught to pity the distressed
Mean wretches' grief can touch
So soft, so sensible my breast
But ah, but ah, I fear, I pity his too much
Fear no danger to ensue
The hero loves as well as you
Fear no danger to ensue
The hero loves as well as you
Ever gentle, ever smiling
And the cares of life beguiling
Fear no danger to ensue
The hero loves as well as you
Cupid strew your path with flowers
Gathered from Elysian bowers
Fear no danger to ensue
The hero loves as well as you
Fear no danger to ensue
The hero loves as well as you
Fear no danger to ensue
The hero loves as well as you
Ever gentle, ever smiling
And the cares of life beguiling
Fear no danger to ensue
The hero loves as well as you
Cupid strew your path with flowers
Gathered from Elysian bowers
Fear no danger to ensue
The hero loves as well as you
Credits
Writer(s): Harris, Henry Purcell
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Other Album Tracks
- Dido and Aeneas: Overture
- Dido and Aeneas / Act 1: "Shake the cloud from off your brow"
- Dido and Aeneas / Act 1: "Ah! Belinda, I am prest with torment"
- Dido and Aeneas / Act 1: "Whence could so much virtue spring?" - "Fear no danger"
- Dido and Aeneas / Act 1: "See, your Royal Guest" - "If not for mine" - "To the hills and the vales" - The Triumphing Dance
- Dido and Aeneas / Act 2: Prelude for the witches
- Dido and Aeneas / Act 2: "Wayward sisters" - "But ere we this perform"
- Dido and Aeneas / Act 2: "In our deep vaulted cell" - Echo Dance of the Furies
- Dido and Aeneas / Act 2: Ritornelle - "Thanks to these lonesome vales"
- Dido and Aeneas / Act 2: "Oft she visits" - "Behold, upon my bending spear"
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