Dido and Aeneas: Dido’s Lament

~ Recording by Dame Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Anthony Lewis

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
2.19Dido's Lament (Dido and Aeneas)4:08Henry PurcellBaroque AdagiosVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Decca Classics (“DECCA” in white uppercase on a blue-over-red rectangular block; until 1999, for use outside of North America only)470 460-2
2.19Dido's Lament (Dido and Aeneas)4:08Henry PurcellBaroque AdagiosVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Decca Classics (“DECCA” in white uppercase on a blue-over-red rectangular block; until 1999, for use outside of North America only)289 470 460-2
1.73Dido and Aeneas "Dido's Lament"4:08Henry PurcellMusic: An Appreciation, Sixth Brief EditionRoger KamienOther + Compilation
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc
1.70Dido and Aeneas: Dido's Lament4:12Henry PurcellMusic: An Appreciation, Fourth Brief Edition (disc 1)Roger KamienOther

Relationships

soprano vocals:Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano and alto)
orchestra:English Chamber Orchestra
conductor:Sir Anthony Lewis (conductor and composer)
recording of:Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 37. Ground, Aria and Ritornello “When I am laid in earth” (Dido) (partial)

Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 37. Ground, Aria and Ritornello “When I am laid in earth” (Dido)

composer:Henry Purcell (baroque composer) (in 1689)
librettist:Nahum Tate
referred to in medleys:Suite
part of:Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III (number) (order: 11)
orchestrations:Dido’s Lament
Suite of Five Pieces: IV. When I am Laid in Earth
arrangements:Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III “Thy Hand Belinda” / Dido’s Lament “When I am Laid in Earth” (arr. Henry Wood)
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III, 37. Ground, Aria and Ritornello “When I am laid in earth” (Dido) (catch-all for arrangements)
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