Purcell: Dido & Aeneas / King Arthur / Dioclesian / Timon of Athens / 3 Odes [Box set, Collector's Edition, Import]

Henry Purcell (Composer), Trevor Pinnock (Conductor), The English Concert (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: The English Concert
• Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
• Composer: Henry Purcell
• Audio CD (September 23, 2003)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 5
• Format: Box set, Collector's Edition, Import
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Archiv Produktion
• ASIN: B0000B09Z6
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #296,398 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #81 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Vocal Non-Opera > Odes

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fine Purcell from Pinnock and EC, July 7, 2008

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This review is from: Purcell: Dido & Aeneas / King Arthur / Dioclesian / Timon of Athens / 3 Odes (Audio CD)

I greatly enjoyed this reissue of several Purcell stage works and choral
odes originally released on Archiv Produktion some years back. As is ty-
pical of Pinnock/English Concert the performances and intepretations are
refined and elegant but certainly not without being lively and even fiery
when needed (Listen to King Arthur in particular). My only minor complaint
is that the Performance of Dido and Aeneas could have been a bit more fiery and involved (others may find this approach to their liking) but the
playing and singing are nonetheless glorious esp. Anne Sophie von Otter's
Dido. The other stage works and the odes are given brilliant, extroverted
interpretations (Ex. Come, Ye Sons of Art). My only complaint was the lack of sung texts in the booklet - maybe they assumed it was not needed because of the English texts? Still,this is a shortcoming that betrays the
otherwise fine presenatation. Despite this,however, I heartily recommend
snapping up this issue before it disappears.