Purcell: Dido & Aeneas

Purcell: Dido & Aeneas

Purcell: Dido & Aeneas
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Composer: Henry Purcell
Conductor: Christopher Hogwood
Orchestra: The Academy of Ancient Music
Performer: Catherine Bott
Performer: Emma Kirkby
Performer: John Mark Ainsley
Performer: David Thomas
Performer: Michael Chance
Performer: Julianne Baird
Performer: Elizabeth Priday
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2005-12-12
Music Label: Decca
Soundtracks:
  1. Overture
  2. "Shake The Cloud From Off Your Brow"
  3. "Ah! Belinda. I Am Prest With Torment"
  4. "When Monarchs Unite"
  5. "Whence Could So Much Virtue Spring?"
  6. "Fear No Danger"
  7. "See, See, Your Royal Guest Appears"
  8. "Cupid Only Throws The Dart"
  9. "If Not For Mine"
  10. "Pursue Thy Conquest, Love"
  11. A Dance Gittars Chacony
  12. "To The Hills And The Vales"
  13. The Triumphing Dance
  14. Prelude For The Witches - "Wayward Sisters"
  15. "Harm's Our Delight"
  16. "The Queen Of Carthage, Whom We Hate"
  17. "In Our Deep Vaulted Cell"
  18. Echo Dance Of The Furies
  19. Ritornelle - "Thanks To These Lonesome Vales"
  20. Glitter Ground - A Dance
  21. "Oft She Visits" - Ritornelle
  22. "Behold Upon My Bending Spear"
  23. "Haste, Haste To Town"
  24. "Stay, Prince, Stay"
  25. Ritornelle
  26. Prelude - "Come Away, Fellow Sailors"
  27. The Sailors' Dance
  28. "See The Flags And Streamers Curling"
  29. "Destruction's Our Delight"
  30. The Witches' Dance
  31. "Your Councel All Is Urg'd In Vain"
  32. "Great Minds Against Themselves Conspire"
  33. "Thy Hand Belinda - When I Am Laid In Earth"
  34. "With Drooping Wings"

Music reviews of Purcell: Dido & Aeneas

Music Review: a v oice teacher and early music fan
Rating: 5 Stars

HOGWOOD PRODUCES THE BEST 'DIDO' EVER: SKILLED SOLOISTS, DELICIOUS DRAMA, INTELLIGENT INSTRUMENTAL ACCOMPANIMENT AND WELL-SCHOOLED CHORUS.

Joseph Kerman, in 1952,described this opera as a 'crystalline little opera' which attains 'dramatic perfection'. It was first performed at a girl's school in 1689. The librettist, Nahum Tate, was a playwright and poet with connections at the universities and with writers of educational books and works of moral instruction. The opera, from the moment the overture begins tells a story of tragedy and violence.

The desertion of Dido by Aeneas and her subsequent death is related in Book IV of Virgil's 'Aenid'. Aeneas's dalliance with Dido distracts him from what ought to be his purpose, the foundation of Rome. He sails from Carthage to fulfill his destiny and , by her own hand, Dido dies. Tate represents Aeneas' Roman objective as an illusion, his instructions to embark for Italy as a device by the Sorceress to achieve her malign objective: the destruction of Queen Dido and her Kingdom. Therefore, this is the tragedy of Dido; her feelings, not Aeneas' mechanical obedience to orders(which are false;he is as much misled as Othello),are what signify.

The Sorceress is sung by a bass and the chorus of witches contains tenors and basses as was usual at the time. The First Sailor is sung by a young boy who could be a midshipman in those days. The spirit of the Sorceress is given to a countertenor, a voice with traditional connotations of the supernatural. The 'alto' line of the choruses is given to countertenors and high tenors, which makes the low tessitura of, for example, the opening of 'Haste'haste to town','Destruction's our delight'and the final 'With drooping wings'more plausible.

This well-paced, well-cast performance is probably the best, all-around period instrument 'Dido' available. Tenor John Mark Ainsley copes well with the role of Aeneas. nicely balancing a war hero's strength and a suitor's courtliness. Catherine Bott, soprano, uses a nice variety of vocal colors and Emma Kirkby, soprano,makes a wondefully giddy Belinda.

This is an amazing rendition by Christopher Hogwood and the Academy of Music. The solo voices are skilled and all performers are dramatically perfect. The accompaniment, including the special sound effects. is tastefully done. I do have 2 other performances that are quite good, but I like this one the best.
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