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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas

~ Henry Purcell (Composer), Andrew Parrott (Conductor), Taverner Choir (Orchestra), Taverner Players (Orchestra), Emma Kirkby (Performer), et al.
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  • Performer: Emma Kirkby, David Thomas, Judith Nelson, Jantina Noorman
  • Orchestra: Taverner Choir, Taverner Players
  • Conductor: Andrew Parrott
  • Composer: Henry Purcell
  • Audio CD (18 Sep 2000)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Chaconne
  • ASIN: B000000A4P
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 53,108 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Overture. Act I (The Palace)19:03Album Only
Listen  2. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II Scene 1 (The Cave) 7:37£0.59
Listen  3. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II Scene 2 (The Grove)10:38Album Only
Listen  4. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III (The Ships)18:51Album Only

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  1. Dido and Aeneas
    Composed by Henry Purcell
    Performed by Taverner Choir, Taverner Players
    with Emma Kirkby, David Thomas, Judith Nelson, Jantina Noorman, Judith Rees, Emily Van Evera, Rachel Bevan, Tessa Bonner
    Conducted by Andrew Parrott

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5.0 out of 5 stars sombre but charmed, 13 Jun 2009
This is a somewhat sombre and sober account of Purcell's great opera. It certainly has nothing of the rustic oomph of Haim's account. But in its own way it is effective and affecting. Emma Kirkby's voice is of course beautiful and the whole performance is extremely musical. The sombreness is occasionally magically lit so that this "night time" Dido is truly set on a charmed night. My preference is for Haim but this account is certainly worthwhile.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Pleasant enough but lacking a little in vivacity, 23 Sep 2009
By C. Dixon "Uomo universale" (Devon, UK) - See all my reviews
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After purchasing the magnificent Hogwood production with Catherine Bott as Dido and Emma Kirkby as Belinda, I was itching to hear and compare this performance with Kirkby 'promoted' to the title role.

It all moves along pleasantly enough and Kirkby sings beautifully of course, but overall it lacks a little bit of passion, emotion and vivacity, and the pace is generally a little plodding. Judith Nelson as Belinda occasionally attempts to inject a bit more liveliness into it in what should be the more up tempo parts ("Pursue thy conquest...", "Haste haste..") but is a bit constrained by Parrott's slow direction.

You can certainly do a lot worse than purchasing this edition. For example: the Haim edition, which many rave about, is a bit all over the place; the "classic" Dame Janet B performance is, as one reviewer says, pompous and ponderous; the Sarah Connolly interpretation tends to follow Dame J somewhat in this regard.

As for the better alternatives: the Christie production is excellent; however I advise picking Hogwood if you are only going to get the one version.
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