Purcell: The Fairy Queen

Henry Purcell (Composer), Ottavio Dantone (Conductor), William Towers (Performer), Accademia Bizantina (Orchestra), Rebecca Outram (Performer), Carolyn Sampson (Performer), Gillian Keith (Performer), Andrew Carwood (Performer), Robert Murray (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: William Towers, Rebecca Outram, Carolyn Sampson, Gillian Keith, Andrew Carwood, et al.
• Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina
• Conductor: Ottavio Dantone
• Composer: Henry Purcell
• Audio CD (February 24, 2004)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Arts Music
• ASIN: B0000E5P9A
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #758,050 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A reference for Baroque music interpretation, July 15, 2005

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Leonardo A. (Italy) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Purcell: The Fairy Queen (Audio CD)

Dantone is first a cembalo player, then a conductor.
This performance demonstrates how a good baroque orchestra, professional soloists, and a precise chorus can play true baroque music with intensity and expression, under the conduction of a real "maestro".
Listen, enjoy, keep your breath when the group start playing fast but light, precise but relaxed...
The last track is playing, the opera ends, but - what happens? Handclaps?? This perfection was not built in a studio, it is live music!!
Compare it to another beautiful interpretation, Chritophers' one(ASIN: B000063TRK).