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composer:Henry Purcell (Baroque composer) (in 1689)
librettist:Nahum Tate
part of:Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II (number) (order: 14)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1952-03-15 – 1952-03-28Act II Scene 2: Behold, upon my bended spear (Aeneas, Dido)Thomas Hemsley, Kirsten Flagstad0:36
1959-09-29 – 1959-09-30Dido and Aeneas: Act II: The GrovelivePatricia Clark, John Hahessy, Peter Pears, Purcell Singers, Jeannette Sinclair, Claire Watson, George Malcolm, English Opera Group Orchestra, Benjamin Britten11:12
1963-05-02 – 1963-05-09Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II. "Behold, upon my bending spear" (Aeneas, Dido)Maurice Bevan, Mary Thomas, Harold Lester, Alfred Deller0:34
1965-08-25 – 1965-08-27Dido and Aeneas, Z 626: Act II: A Grove during the middle of a Hunt. “Behold, upon my bending spear” (Aeneas, Dido)Peter Glossop, Victoria de los Ángeles, Raymond Leppard, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli0:33
1967-10Dido and Æneas: Act II. “Behold, upon my bending spear” / “Haste, haste to town”Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Charles Mackerras1:26
1975-12Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II. "Behold, upon my bending spear"Aldeburgh Festival Strings, Steuart Bedford1:20
1983-03Dido and Aeneas: Act II. "Oft she visits this lov'd mountain (2nd Woman, Aeneas, Dido, Belinda)Erwin Ortner, Arnold Schönberg Chor, Elisabeth von Magnus, Ann Murray, Anton Scharinger, Rachel Yakar, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt3:01
1985-05Dido and Aeneas: Act II, Scene 2. “Oft she visits” – “Behold, upon my bending spear”Elizabeth Gale, Thomas Allen, Jessye Norman, Marie McLaughlin, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard3:25
1985-07Dido & Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene 2Les Arts Florissants, William Christie9:59
1985-11-18 – 1985-11-22Dido and Aeneas, opera in three acts: Act 2, Scene 2. “Behold, upon my bending spear” (Aeneas, Dido) / “Haste, haste to town” (Belinda, chorus)René Falquet, Danielle Borst, Chœur duThéâtre Municipal de Lausanne, Per-Arne Wahlgren, Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne, Michel Corboz1:34
1988-07Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act 2: "Behold, upon my bending spear": "Haste, haste to town"Lynne Dawson, Choir of the English Concert, Anne Sofie von Otter, Stephen Varcoe, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock1:22
1989-06 – 1989-07Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II. "Behold, upon my bending spear" / Chorus "Haste, haste to town"Henry Purcell1:20
1992-09Dido and Aeneas: Act II. “Behold, upon my bending spear”John Mark Ainsley, Catherine Bott, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood0:32
1993-09Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II. “Behold, upon my bending spear” (Aeneas, Dido)Michael Dean, Lorraine Hunt, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan0:33
1994-09Behold, upon my bending spearTaverner Players, Andrew Parrott0:34
1995-03-27 – 1995-03-29Dido and Aeneas: Act II, Scene 2. "Behold upon my bending Spear" (Aeneas, Dido)Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox0:32
1995“Behold, upon”Michael Brown, Jennifer Lane, I Musici di San Cassiano, Bradley Brookshire1:27
1996-01-03 – 1996-01-05Dido and Aeneas: Act II. Scene II. The Grove: “Behold upon my bending spear” / “Haste, haste to town”Russell Braun, Nancy Maultsby, Susannah Waters, Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman1:20
2003-03-14 – 2003-03-16Dido and Aeneas: Act the Second, Scene 2: The Grove. “Behold, upon my bending spear” (Aeneas, Dido)Ian Bostridge, Susan Graham, Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm0:30
2004-09-13 – 2004-09-14Dido and Aeneas: Act 2. Behold! upon my bending spearMusica ad Rhenum, Jed Wentz1:22
2007-04Dido & Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II: Behold, Upon My Bending SpearTeodor Currentzis, MusicAeterna0:37
2008-06-23 – 2008-06-25“Behold, upon my bending spear” – “Haste, haste to town”Margaret Faultless, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment1:23
2021-09-07 – 2021-09-09Dido and Aeneas, Z.626, Act 2 Scene 2, The Grove: Behold, Upon My Bending Spear (Æneas, Dido)Renato Dolcini, Camille Allérat, Les Argonautes, Jonas Descotte0:33
2022-11-16 – 2022-11-18Dido and Aeneas, Act 2: Behold, apon my bending spear – The skies are coloured – Haste haste to townMatthew Brook, Giulia Semenzato, Fleur Barron, La Nuova Musica, David Bates1:17
Aeneas & Dido: 'Behold, upon my bended spear'Scholars Baroque Ensemble0:37
Behold, upon My Bending SpearHenry Purcell1:35
Dido & Aeneas Act II: Behold, upon my bending spear (Aeneas)Lynne Dawson, Gerald Finley, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, René Jacobs0:31
Dido & Aeneas, Z. 626, Act II Scene 2: Aeneas & Dido - “Behold, upon my bended spear”Henry Purcell0:27
Dido & Aeneas: Act II, Scene: The Grove. “Behold, Upon My Bending Spear” (Aeneas)Henry Purcell; Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet1:21
Dido and Aeneas, Act 2: "Behold, upon my bending spear"Ruth Holton (Belinda), Jonathan Peter Kenny (Spirit), Monteverdi Choir, George Mosley (Aeneas), Carolyn Watkinson (Dido), English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner4:25
Dido and Aeneas, Opera in three acts (Highlights): 'Behold, upon my bending spear'Taverner Choir, Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott0:34
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 2: “Behold, Upon My Bended Spear” (Aeneas, Dido)Joyce DiDonato, Michael Spyres, Il Pomo d’Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev0:34
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act 2. "Behold, upon my bending spear" / "Haste, haste to town"Jürgen Jürgens, Sheila Armstrong, Barry McDaniel, Tatiana Troyanos, Kammerorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Charles Mackerras1:22
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene II, 25. Recitative “Behold, upon my bending spear”Henry Purcell, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon, Tafelmusik Chamber Choir · Ivars Taurins0:31
Dido and Aeneas: Act 2: Behold, upon my bending spearHenry Purcell1:29
Dido and Aeneas: Act II Scene 2 (The Grove)Taverner Choir, Andrew Parrott, Taverner Players10:38
Dido and Aeneas: Act II, Scene II. "Behold upon my bending spear" (Aeneas, Dido) - "Haste, haste to town" (Belinda, chorus)Nathan Berg, Véronique Gens, Sophie Marin-Degor, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie1:13