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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I, 11. “To the hills and the vales” (Chorus)

To the Hills and the Vales
First released 1968English32 recordingson 59 releases

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Dido and Aeneas: Act I. “See, your royal guest appears” – “If not for mine” – “To the hills and the vales” – The Triumphing DanceMarie McLaughlin, Thomas Allen, Jessye Norman, English Chamber Orchestra Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard5:22
To the hills and the valesTaverner Players, Andrew Parrott1:14
Dido & Aeneas Act I: To the hills and the vales (Chorus)Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs1:13
Dido and Aeneas: Act I. "If not for mine, for Empire's sake" (Aeneas) - "Pursue thy conquest, Love" (Belinda) - "To the hills and the vales" (Chorus)Nathan Berg, Sophie Marin-Degor, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie2:15
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. Chorus "To the hills and the vales"Henry Purcell1:08
Dido and Aeneas: Act I. "See, your royal guest appears" (Belinda, Aeneas, Dido, Chorus)Erwin Ortner, Arnold Schönberg Chor, Ann Murray, Anton Scharinger, Rachel Yakar, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt4:04
Dido and Aeneas: Act the First, Scene: The Palace. “To the hills and the vales” (Chorus)Simon Halsey, David Lowe, European Voices, Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm1:03
Dido and Aeneas: Act I. “To the hills and the vales”Academy of Ancient Music Chorus, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood1:10
Chorus: 'To the hills and the vales'Scholars Baroque Ensemble1:04
“To the hills and vales”Margaret Faultless, Choir of the Age of Enlightenment, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment1:04
Act I: To the hills and the vales (Chorus)The Mermaid Singers1:15
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. "To the hills and the vales" (Chorus)Oriana Concert Choir, Harold Lester, Oriana Concert Orchestra, Alfred Deller1:26
Dido & Aeneas: To The Hills and The ValesHervé Niquet, Le Concert Spirituel2:08
Chorus: To the hills & the vales / The Triumphing DancePhilharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan2:19
Dido and Aeneas: Act I. The Palace: “To the hills and the vales” / The Triumphing DanceBoston Baroque, Martin Pearlman2:08
Dido and Aeneas, Act 1: "To the hills and the vales" - The Triumphing DanceMonteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner2:15
Dido and Aeneas: Act I. "To the Hills and the Vales" (Belinda, Aeneas, Dido)Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox1:07
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 1. "If not for mine, for empire's sake" … "To the hills and the vales"Jürgen Jürgens, Sheila Armstrong, Barry McDaniel, Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Charles Mackerras3:05
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I. “To the hills and the vales” (Chorus) – The Triumphing DanceChoir of Clare College, Cambridge, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan2:14
Dido & Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I: Chorus “To the Hills”Teodor Currentzis, MusicAeterna2:32
To the Hills and the ValesVoces8, Les Inventions2:30
“To the hills”I Musici di San Cassiano, Bradley Brookshire2:30
Dido and Aeneas, Opera in three acts (Highlights): 'To the hills and the vales'Taverner Choir, Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott1:14
Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act 1: "If not for mine, for empire's sake" ... "To the hills and the vales"Lynne Dawson, Choir of the English Concert, Stephen Varcoe, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock2:19
Dido & Aeneas, Z. 626, Act I: Chorus - “To the hills and the vales”Henry Purcell1:09
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act I, 11. “To the hills and the vales”Henry Purcell, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon, Tafelmusik Chamber Choir · Ivars Taurins1:15
Dido and Aeneas, Z 626: Act I, Scene 1: Dido's Court. “The the hills and the vales” (Chorus)John McCarthy, Ambrosian Singers, Raymond Leppard, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli1:24
Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act 1 Scene, The Palace: To the Hills and the Vales (Chorus)Les Argonautes, Jonas Descotte1:12
Dido and Aeneas, opera in three acts: Act 1. “If not for mine, for empire's sake” (Aeneas) / “Pursue thy conquest, Love” (Belinda) / “To the hills and the vales” (chorus)René Falquet, Danielle Borst, Chœur duThéâtre Municipal de Lausanne, Per-Arne Wahlgren, Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne, Michel Corboz2:31
Dido and Aeneas, Act 1: To the hills and the vales – The Triumphing DanceLa Nuova Musica, David Bates2:28
Dido & Aeneas: Act I, Scene: The Palace. “To the Hills and the Vales” (Chorus)Henry Purcell; Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet2:07
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 1: “To the Hills and the Vales” (Chorus)Il Pomo d’Oro Choir, Il Pomo d’Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev1:23

On these albums

Dido and Aeneas
Dido and AeneasPurcell; Mary Thomas, Honor Sheppard, Helen Watts, Maurice Bevan, Ellen Dales, Robert Tear, Harold Lester, Oriana Concert Choir and Orchestra, Alfred Deller · 1964
Dido and Aeneas
Dido and AeneasHenry Purcell; Tatiana Troyanos, Barry McDaniel, Sheila Armstrong, Monteverdi‐Chor Hamburg, Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Charles Mackerras · 1968
Dido and Aeneas
Dido and AeneasHenry Purcell; Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Concentus Musicus Vienna, Nikolaus Harnoncourt · 1984
Dido and Aeneas
Dido and AeneasPurcell; Jessye Norman, Thomas Allen, Marie McLaughlin, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard · 1986
Dido and Aeneas
Dido and AeneasPurcell; Kirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, The Mermaid Singers and Orchestra, Geraint Jones · 1987
Dido and Aeneas
Dido and AeneasHenry Purcell; Anne Sofie von Otter, Stephen Varcoe, Lynne Dawson, Nigel Rogers, The English Concert & Choir, Trevor Pinnock · 1989
Dido & Aeneas / Ode for St. Cecilia's Day
Dido & Aeneas / Ode for St. Cecilia's DayHenry Purcell; John Eliot Gardiner · 1993
Dido and Aeneas
Dido and AeneasHenry Purcell; St. James's Singers, St. James’ Baroque, Ivor Bolton · 1993
Dido & Aeneas
Dido & AeneasHenry Purcell; Bott, Kirkby, Ainsley, Thomas, Chance, Baird, Priday, Stowe, Lochmann, Chorus and Orchestra of The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood · 1994
New Release Sampler August - Deccember 1994
New Release Sampler August - Deccember 1994Various Artists · 1994
Dido and Aeneas
Dido and AeneasPurcell; Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Lisa Saffer, Paul Elliott, Michael Dean, The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan · 1994
The All-Baroque Box From Monteverdi to Bach
The All-Baroque Box From Monteverdi to BachVarious Artists · 1995
BBC Music, Volume 3, Number 5: Dido and Aeneas
BBC Music, Volume 3, Number 5: Dido and AeneasPurcell; Taverner Choir & Players, Emily Van Evera, Ben Parry, Andrew Parrott · 1995
Dido & Æneas
Dido & ÆneasPurcell; Les Arts Florissants, William Christie · 1995
Dido and Aeneas
Dido and AeneasHenry Purcell; Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox, Maria Ewing, Karl Daymond · 1995
Dido & Aeneas
Dido & AeneasPurcell; Jennifer Lane, Michael Brown, I Musici di San Cassiano, Bradley Brookshire · 1995
Dido and Aeneas and Music for Plays & Masques
Dido and Aeneas and Music for Plays & MasquesPurcell; Nancy Maultsby, Susannah Waters, Russell Braun, Laura Tucker, Richard Clement, Sharon Baker, Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman · 1996
Dido and Aeneas
Dido and AeneasHenry Purcell; Scholars Baroque Ensemble · 1997
Scène pour l’art 2001
Scène pour l’art 2001Various Artists · 2001
Dido & Aeneas
Dido & AeneasHenry Purcell; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs · 2001
Dido & Aeneas / King Arthur / Dioclesian / Timon of Athens / 3 Odes
Dido & Aeneas / King Arthur / Dioclesian / Timon of Athens / 3 OdesPurcell; Choir of the English Concert, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock · 2003
Dido and Aeneas
Dido and AeneasPurcell; Susan Graham, Ian Bostridge, Camilla Tilling, Felicity Palmer, David Daniels, Cecile De Boever, Paul Agnew, European Voices, Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm · 2003
Dido and Aeneas / Ode on St. Cecilia’s Day
Dido and Aeneas / Ode on St. Cecilia’s DayHenry Purcell; Tatiana Troyanos, Barry McDaniel, Simon Woolf, Paul Esswood, Alexander Young, Michael Rippon, John Shirley‐Quirk, Sir Charles Mackerras · 2005
Dido & Aeneas
Dido & AeneasHenry Purcell; Simone Kermes, Dimitris Tiliakos, Deborah York, New Siberian Singers, MusicAeterna, Teodor Currentzis · 2008
The Complete Vanguard Recordings, Volume 2: Music of Henry Purcell
The Complete Vanguard Recordings, Volume 2: Music of Henry PurcellHenry Purcell; Alfred Deller, The Deller Consort · 2008
Baroque Masterpieces
Baroque MasterpiecesVarious Artists · 2008
Dido & Aeneas
Dido & AeneasHenry Purcell; Sarah Connolly, Gerald Finley, Lucy Crowe, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Choir and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Steven Devine, Elizabeth Kenny · 2009
Edition I: Dido and Aeneas / King Arthur / The Fairy Queen
Edition I: Dido and Aeneas / King Arthur / The Fairy QueenPurcell; William Christie, Nikolaus Harnoncourt · 2009
The Decca Sound
The Decca SoundVarious Artists · 2011
Dido & Aeneas
Dido & AeneasHenry Purcell; Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet · 2013
Opéra baroque
Opéra baroqueVarious Artists · 2013
Das Alte Werk - 50 CD Collection
Das Alte Werk - 50 CD CollectionVarious Artists · 2013
A Purcell Collection
A Purcell CollectionPurcell; Voces8, Les Inventions · 2014
Dido & Aeneas
Dido & AeneasHenry Purcell; Armonico Consort, Christopher Monks, Rachael Lloyd, Robert Davies, Elin Manahan Thomas · 2015
English Music
English MusicHenry Purcell, Thomas Arne, William Boyce, William Byrd; Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood · 2015
Archiv Produktion Analogue Stereo Recordings 1959–1981
Archiv Produktion Analogue Stereo Recordings 1959–1981Various Artists · 2016
Les Maîtres du Baroque
Les Maîtres du BaroqueVarious Artists · 2017
The Complete Warner Recordings
The Complete Warner RecordingsSir John Barbirolli · 2020
Dido & Æneas / Circe
Dido & Æneas / CircePurcell; Les Argonautes, Jonas Descotte, Allérat, Dolcini, Roset, Pichanick, Vieira Leite · 2022
The Complete Erato Recordings: Baroque & Renaissance Eras
The Complete Erato Recordings: Baroque & Renaissance ErasMichel Corboz · 2022
Dido & Aeneas
Dido & AeneasPurcell; Fleur Barron, Matthew Brook, Giulia Semenzato, Tim Mead, Nicky Spence, La Nuova Musica, David Bates · 2023
Complete Recordings on Archiv Produktion
Complete Recordings on Archiv ProduktionThe English Concert, Trevor Pinnock · 2023
William Christie: The Complete Erato Recordings
William Christie: The Complete Erato RecordingsLes Arts Florissants, William Christie · 2024
Dido & Aeneas
Dido & AeneasHenry Purcell; Joyce DiDonato, Michael Spyres, Fatma Said, Beth Taylor, Hugh Cutting, Laurence Kilsby, Il Pomo d’Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev · 2025

Source: MusicBrainz work c14bb072-bbdc-38b5-862a-40f39db1ab8a (CC0).