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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas [Original recording reissued] [Original recording remastered]

~ Henry Purcell
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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Dido and Aeneas / Act 1 - OvertureEnglish Chamber Orchestra 2:17£0.79
Listen  2. Dido and Aeneas / Act 1 - "Shake the clouds from off your brow"Patricia Clarke 1:02£0.79
Listen  3. Dido and Aeneas / Act 1 - "Ah! Belinda, I am prest"Dame Janet Baker 4:40£0.79
Listen  4. Dido and Aeneas / Act 1 - "Whence could so much virtue spring?"Dame Janet Baker 2:00£0.79
Listen  5. Dido and Aeneas / Act 1 - "Fear no danger"Patricia Clarke 1:32£0.79
Listen  6. Dido and Aeneas / Act 1 - "See, your Royal Guest appears"Patricia Clarke 4:46£0.79
Listen  7. Dido and Aeneas / Act 2 - "Wayward sisters"Monica Sinclair 3:11£0.79
Listen  8. Dido and Aeneas / Act 2 - "Ruin'd ere the set of sun!"Rhianon James 4:55£0.79
Listen  9. Dido and Aeneas / Act 2 - Ritornelle - "Thanks to these lonesome vales"Patricia Clarke 3:33£0.79
Listen10. Dido and Aeneas / Act 2 - "Oft she visits"Eileen Poulter 2:22£0.79
Listen11. Dido and Aeneas / Act 2 - "Behold, upon my bending spear"Raimund Herincx 1:21£0.79
Listen12. Dido and Aeneas / Act 2 - "Stay, Prince" - "Jove's commands shall be obey'd"Dorothy Dorow 2:40£0.79
Listen13. Dido and Aeneas / Act 3 - Prelude - "Come away, fellow sailors" - Sailors' danceJohn Mitchinson 2:30£0.79
Listen14. Dido and Aeneas / Act 3 - "See the flags"-"Destruction's our delight-The Witches'Monica Sinclair 3:24£0.79
Listen15. Dido and Aeneas / Act 3 - "Your counsel all is urged in vain"Dame Janet Baker 3:26£0.79
Listen16. Dido and Aeneas / Act 3 - "But Death alas!".."When I am laid in earth"Dame Janet Baker 6:27£0.79
Listen17. Dido and Aeneas / Act 3 - "With drooping wings"The St. Anthony Singers 2:42£0.79



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5.0 out of 5 stars Sparkling, 25 Jun 2003
Dame Janet's portrayal of Dido is historically the most successful, and this is undoubtably the best recording of Purcell's masterpiece. What makes this set so brilliant is Baker's sensitive response to the music, her uncanny ability to seek out the emotional nuances of the score and expose them, raw and shining. This is true vocal acting, and she displays her skill most movingly, possibly one of the most emotive pieces of early English song. She is supported by a strong and talented Belinda and a satisfactory Aeneas. The Sorceress is also an incredible piece of theatre. An all round superior recording to any on the market.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Stunning Recording, 13 Feb 2007
By John S (Ireland) - See all my reviews
This is a true masterpiece. Of course Janet Baker is legendary as Dido, but everything else about this recording is wonderful too. Of particular interest is the recording quality, which shows what Decca could do back in 1962. Those old Neumann M50 microphones used by engineer Kenneth Wilkinson have arguably never been surpassed, or even equalled -just look at the used prices!

It's great that such a wonderful and historic performance was captured so beautifully.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Purcell's Immortal Opera, 3 Sep 2008
By Robin Friedman (Washington, D.C. United States) - See all my reviews
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Henry Purcell's (1659-1695) opera "Dido and Aeneas" tells, in approximately one hour, of the frustrated passion of Dido, queen of Carthage, for the Trojan hero Aeneas, whose destiny it is to found Rome. The opera is based upon Virgil's Aeneid with a highly compressed libretto by Nahum Tate. Purcell's opera includes three parts for women and only one, Aeneas, for a male. The brief opera is in three Acts. According to "The New Grove Book of Operas", Purcell based his work on an earlier English opera, "Venus and Adonis" by John Blow. With its heavy emphasis on dance and chorus, "Dido and Aeneas" also draws heavily on French baroque opera.

This reissue of a 1961 recording of a young Janet Baker in the role of Dido is an outstanding way to get to know Purcell's only opera. Baker performed "Dido and Aeneas" many times during her career. Her voice is glowing and rich. She sings with force of Dido's initially repressed love and her soon-to-be dashed love. Interestingly, Dame Baker's most famous role was another Dido -- in Berlioz' lengthy opera, "The Trojans". Anthony Lewis conducts the English Chamber Orchestra with a supporting cast of Patricia Clark as Dido's confidante Belinda, Raimund Herincx as Aeneas and Monica Sinclair as a snarling Sorceress. I greatly enjoyed the cello obligato which permeates this opera.

For all its brevity, the opera encompasses a wide variety of emotion and scenes. The opera makes great use of the chorus. In general, after an aria by one of the principals, the chorus comments extensively, much in the manner of a Greek tragedy. Sometimes the chorus repeats the music of the soloist, but at other times it takes themes of its own. In "Dido and Aeneas" the chorus appears in scenes involving the court at Carthage, as huntsmen, witches, and sailors. It also appears at the close of the opera, following the death of Dido, in elegaic music of comfort.

In addition to his use of the chorus, Purcell uses the dance as a key element of his story. In "Dido and Aeneas", there are dance scenes displaying the love of Dido, a dance of the furies, who plot to destroy her happiness, an erotic dance for Aeneas, performed by Dido's entourage, a sailors' hornpipe, and a witches' dance in which the sorceress and her compatriots celebrate their destruction of the couple.

In the concluding scene of the opera, Janet Baker powerfully sings Dido's
sad and stark lament for the loss of Aeneas and for her impending death accompanied to a dirge-like theme in the orchestra. This is music of great tragedy.

This CD includes a complete libretto and good program notes. It is an wonderful way to experience an early operatic masterpiece.

Robin Friedman
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