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Purcell: Dido & Aeneas, King Arthur

Anne Sofie von Otter (Dido), Stephen Varcoe (Aeneas), Lynne Dawson (Belinda), Nigel Rogers (Sorceress/Sailor), Sarah Leonard (Second Woman), Kym Amps (Spirit), Carol Hall, Elisabeth Priday (Witches)

The English Concert and Choir, Trevor Pinnock

Release Date: 10th Nov 2003
Catalogue No: 4746722
Label: DG Archiv
Series: Collectors Edition
Length: 5 hours 38 minutes

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas

Work length53:34

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Kym Amps (soprano), Lynne Dawson (soprano), Carol Hall (soprano), Stephen Varcoe (baritone), Elisabeth Priday (soprano), Nigel Rogers (tenor), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Sarah Leonard (soprano)
The English Concert, The English Concert Choir
Trevor Pinnock
Recorded: 1988-07-21
Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London

Overture

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"Shake the cloud from off your brow" - "Banish sorrow, banish care"

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"Ah! Belinda, I am press'd" ... "When monarchs unite, how happy"

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"Whence could so much virtue spring?" - "Fear no danger"

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"See, your royal guest appears" - "Cupid only throws the dart"

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"If not for mine, for empire's sake" ... "To the hills and the vales"

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The Triumphing Dance

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Prelude for the Witches "Wayward sisters" ... "Ho, ho, ho"

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"Ruin'd ere the set of sun" ... "But ere we this perform"

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"In our deep vaulted cell"

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Echo Dance of Furies

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Ritornelle - "Thanks to these lonesome vales"

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"Oft she visits"

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"Behold, upon my bending spear" - "Haste, haste to town"

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"Stay, Prince"

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Prelude - "Come away, fellow sailors"

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The Sailors' Dance "See the flags and streamers curling"

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"Our next motion" - "Destructions's our delight"

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The Witches' Dance

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"Your counsel all is urg'd in vain" - "Great minds against themselves conspire"

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"Thy Hand, Belinda...When I Am Laid In Earth"

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"With drooping wings"

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Purcell: King Arthur, Z628

Work length1:33:05

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Angus Davidson (countertenor), Julia Gooding (soprano), Linda Perillo (soprano), James Oxley (tenor), Nancy Argenta (soprano), Gerald Finley (bass), Brian Bannatyne-Scott (bass), Jeremy Birchall (bass), Stephen Alder (bass), Mark Tucker (tenor), Jamie MacDougall (tenor), Carol Hall (soprano), Rachel Bevan (soprano), Nigel Short (countertenor), Caroline Ashton (soprano), Simon Davies (tenor), Simon Birchall (bass)
The English Concert, The English Concert Choir
Trevor Pinnock
Recorded: 1991-06-04
Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London

First Music: Chaconne

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Second Music: 1. Overture

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2. Air

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"Woden, first to thee" / "We have sacrific'd"

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"The white horse neigh'd aloud" / "To Woden thanks we render"

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The Lot is cast (soprano)

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Brave souls

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I call ye all (Tenor)

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'Come if you dare' (tenor)

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Hither this way (Philidel)

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Let not a Moon-born Elf (Grimbald)

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Hither, this way bend

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Come follow, follow, follow me (Philidel)

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How blest are Shepherds (Shepherd)

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Shepherd, shepherd, leave Decoying (Shepherdesses)

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Come, shepherds

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Second Act Tune: Air

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Prelude

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What ho (Cupid)

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What Power Art Thou (Genius)

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Thou Doting Fool (Cupid)

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Great Love, I know thee now

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No part of my Dominium (Cupid)

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Prelude

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See, See, We Assemble

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'Tis I that have warm'd ye (Cupid)

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"Sound a parley" / "'Tis Love, 'tis Love, 'tis Love that has warm'd us"

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Third Act Tune: Hornpipe

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Two Daughters (Syrens)

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Passacaglia - "How happy the lover" - Ritornello - "For love ev'ry creature" - "No joys are above" - "In vain are our graces" - "Then use the sweet blessing"

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Fourth Act Tune: Air

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Trumpet Tune

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Ye blust'ring brethren

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Symphony

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Round thy coast

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For Folded Flocks (Countertenor, Tenor and Bass)

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Your Hay it is Mow'd (Comus)

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Fairest Isle (Venus)

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Dialogue: You say, 'Tis Love (Soprano and bass)

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Trumpet tune

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"Saint George, the patron of our Isle" - "Our natives not alone appear"

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Purcell: Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian, Z627

Work length54:35

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Ann Monoyios (soprano), Stephen Gadd (bass), Nancy Argenta (soprano), Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor), Paul Agnew (tenor)
The English Concert, The English Concert Choir
Trevor Pinnock
Recorded: 1994-01-19
Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London

First Music

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Second Music

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Overture

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First Act Tune

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Prelude - "Great Diocles the Boar has kill'd" - "Sing Iô's! praise the thund'ring Jove"

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"Charon the peaceful Shade invites"

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Symphony

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"Let all mankind the pleasure share" - "Sound all your instruments"

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"Let all mankind the pleasure share"

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Prelude - "Let the soldiers rejoice" - "Rejoice, rejoice, with a general voice"

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Ritornello

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"To Mars let 'em raise" - "Rejoice, rejoice, with a general voice"

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Ritornello

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Symphony - "Since the toils and the hazards" - "All sing great Diocles' story"

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Dances Of Furies

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Second Act Tune

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Chaconne

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"When first I saw"

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The Chair Dance

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Prelude - "What shall I do"

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Third Act Tune

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Butterfly Dance

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Trumpet Tune

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"Sound, Fame, thy brazen trumpet sound!" - "Let all rehearse"

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Fourth Act Tune

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Country Dance

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Purcell: Dioclesian, Z.627 - The Masque

Work length43:02

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Nancy Argenta (soprano), Lawrence Wallington (bass), Ann Monoyios (soprano), Paul Agnew (tenor), Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor), Stephen Gadd (bass), Simon Birchall (bass), Brian Bannatyne-Scott (bass)
The English Concert, The English Concert Choir
Trevor Pinnock
Recorded: 1994-01-19
Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London

Prelude - "Call the Nymphs"

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"Let the Graces and Pleasures repair"

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"Come, come away"

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Prelude - "Behold, O mightiest of Gods"

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Paspe

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"Oh the sweet delights of love!"

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"Let monarchs fight" - "Hear, mighty Love!"

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"Since from my dear Astraea's sight"

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"Make room, make room"

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"I'm here, I'm here, with my jolly crew" - "We'll rejoice as well as you" - "The mighty Jove"

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Dance Of Bacchanals

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"Still I'm wishing, still desiring"

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Canaries

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"Tell me why"

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Dance

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"All our days and our nights" - "Begone, begone, importunate reason"

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"Let us dance, let us sing"

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Dance

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"Triumph, triumph victorious Love" - "Then all rehearse"

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Purcell: Timon of Athens, Z632

Work length26:20

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Ann Monoyios (soprano), Christopher Foster (bass), Brian Bannatyne-Scott (bass), Paul Agnew (tenor), Nancy Argenta (soprano)
The English Concert, The English Concert Choir
Trevor Pinnock
Recorded: 1994-11-25
Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London

Overture

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No.1 Duet "Hark! How the songsters of the grove"

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No.2 Solo "Love in their little veins inspires"

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No.3 Trio "But ah! how much are our delights"

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Nos.4&5 Solo&Chorus "Hence with your trifling deity" - "But over us no griefs prevail"

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Nos.6&7 Solo&Chorus "Come all, come all to me" - "Who can resist such mighty charms?"

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No.8 Solo "Return, revolting rebels"

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No.9 Solo "The cares of lovers"

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No.10 Solo "Love quickly is pall'd"

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No.11&12 Duet&Chorus "Come, let us agree"

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Curtain Tune On A Ground

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Purcell: Come ye sons of art (Ode for Queen Mary's birthday, 1694), Z 323

Work length23:55

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Michael Chance (countertenor), Stephen Richardson (bass), Jennifer Smith (soprano), Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord), Timothy Wilson (countertenor)
The English Concert, The English Concert Choir
Trevor Pinnock
Recorded: 1988-07-22
Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London

Overture

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Come, ye sons of art, away

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Sound the trumpet, sound

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Come, ye sons of art

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Strike the viol, touch the lute

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The day that such a blessing gave

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Bid the Virtues, bid the Graces

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These are the sacred charms

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See Nature, rejoicing

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Purcell: Welcome to all the pleasures (1683) Ode for St. Cecilia's Day

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Michael Chance (countertenor), Kym Amps (soprano), Michael George (bass), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Elisabeth Priday (soprano)
The English Concert, The English Concert Choir
Trevor Pinnock
Recorded: 1988-10-31
Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London

Overture

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Welcome to all the pleasures

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"Here the deities approve" - "While joys celestial"

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"Then lift up your voices" - "The pow'r shall divert us a pleasanter way"

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Beauty, thou scene of love

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In a consort of voices

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Purcell: Of old, when heroes thought it base (The Yorkshire Feast Song, 1690)

Work length28:35

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Michael George (bass), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Michael Chance (countertenor), Stephen Richardson (bass)
The English Concert, The English Concert Choir
Trevor Pinnock
Recorded: 1988-10-31
Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London

Symphony

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"Of old, when heroes thought it base" - "Brigantium, honour'd with a race divine"

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The bashful Thames, for beauty so renowned

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The pale and the purple rose

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And in each track of glory since

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Symphony

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And now when the renown'd Nassau

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They did no storms, nor threat'nings fear

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So when the glitt'ring Queen of Night

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Let music join

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Sound, trumpets, sound!

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Sound all to him

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Purcell: Dido & Aeneas, King Arthur

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