Purcell - Dido & Aeneas / Pudwell · Harvey · Haller · Le Concert Sprituel · Niquet [Import]

Henry Purcell (Artist), Hervé Niquet (Artist), Laura Pudwell (Artist), Marie-Louise Duthoit (Artist), Le Concert Spirituel (Artist), Nicolas Maire (Artist), Peter Harvey (Artist), Salomé Haller (Artist), Matthew White (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 22, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Glossa
• ASIN: B00005K2CS
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #755,585 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Dido and Aeneas, opera, Z. 626: Overture

2. Dido and Aeneas, opera, Z. 626: Act 1, The Palace: 'Shake the cloud off your brow'

3. Dido and Aeneas, opera, Z. 626: Act 1, The Palace: 'Ah! Belinda'

4. Dido and Aeneas, opera, Z. 626: Act 1, The Palace: 'Whence could so much virtue spring'

5. Dido and Aeneas, opera, Z. 626: Act 1, The Palace: 'See, your royal guest appears'

6. Dido and Aeneas, opera, Z. 626: Act 1, The Palace: 'If not for mine'

7. Dido and Aeneas, opera, Z. 626: Act 1, The Palace: 'To the hills and the vales'

8. Dido and Aeneas, opera, Z. 626: Act 2, The Cave: Prelude for the Witches 'Wayward sisters'

9. Dido and Aeneas, opera, Z. 626: Act 2, The Cave: 'But ere we this perform'

10. Dido and Aeneas, opera, Z. 626: Act 2, The Cave: 'In our deep-vaulted cell'

11. Dido and Aeneas, opera, Z. 626: Act 2, The Grove: Ritornelle 'Thanks to these lonesome vales'

12. Dido and Aeneas, opera, Z. 626: Act 2, The Grove: 'Oft she visits'

13. Dido and Aeneas, opera, Z. 626: Act 2, The Grove: 'Behold, upon my bending spear'

14. Dido and Aeneas, opera, Z. 626: Act 2, The Grove: 'Stay, Prince'

15. Dido and Aeneas, opera, Z. 626: Act 3, The Ships: Prelude 'Come away, fellow sailors'

16. Dido and Aeneas, opera, Z. 626: Act 3, The Ships: 'See the flags'

17. Dido and Aeneas, opera, Z. 626: Act 3, The Ships: The Witches Dance

18. Dido and Aeneas, opera, Z. 626: Act 3, The Palace: 'Your counsel all is urg'd in vain'

19. Dido and Aeneas, opera, Z. 626: Act 3, The Palace: 'Great minds'

20. Dido and Aeneas, opera, Z. 626: Act 3, The Palace: 'Thy hand, Belinda'

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Customer Reviews

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2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent find, February 1, 2005

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This review is from: Purcell - Dido & Aeneas / Pudwell · Harvey · Haller · Le Concert Sprituel · Niquet (Audio CD)

I was very pleased with this recording and listen to it often. Purcell was a great composer and Niquet has the right touch to bring the musicalitiy of Purcell's work to the fore. Aside from the excellent recording and musicianship, the opera itself is short and entertaining, full of bigger than life heroes, lovers, and bad guys and a coven of witches to boot! The opera ends on a sorrowful tune from the chorus, evoking a melancholy and lovely sadness only known to the late Renaissance and early baroque period.