Purcell - Dido's lament

Emma Kirkby video ; libreto Dido & Eneas

(Take my hand)
Thy hand, Belinda, darkness shades me,
On thy bosom let me rest,
More I would, but Death invades me;
Death is now a welcome guest.
When I am laid in earth, May my wrongs create
No trouble in thy breast;
Remember me, but ah! forget my fate.

versión de Maria Ewing (tristísimo)

Emma Kirkby otra vez, York 2007 with the Yorkshire Baroque Soloists conducted by Peter Seymour.

Versión de Jessye Norman