Purcell - Dido and Aeneas and Music for Plays & Masques / Maultsby · S. Waters · O'Keefe · S. Baker · L. Tucker · Ames · Clement · Braun · Boston Baroque · Pearlman

Henry Purcell (Artist), Martin Pearlman (Artist), Nancy Maultsby (Artist), Susannah Waters (Artist), Boston Baroque (Artist), Margaret O'Keefe (Artist), Sharon Baker (Artist), Laura Tucker (Artist), Donna Ames (Artist), Russell Braun Richard Clement (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 29, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Telarc
• ASIN: B000003D1R
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #401,220 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Overture

2. 'Shake The Cloud From Off Your Brow' 'Banish Sorrow'

3. 'Ah! Belinda, I Am Preset With Torment'

4. 'Grief Increases By Concealing' 'When Monarchs Unite'

5. 'Whence Could So Much Virtue Spring'

6. 'Fear No Danger To Ensue'

7. 'See Your Royal Guests Appears' 'Cupid Only Throws The Dart'

8. 'If Not For Mine, For Empire's Sake'

9. 'To The Hills And The Vales' The Triumphing Dance

10. Prelude For The Witches 'Wayward Sisters' - Laura Tucker

11. 'Ruin'd Ere The Set Of The Sun?' - Laura Tucker

12. 'But Ere We This Perform' - Margaret O'Keefe

13. 'In Our Deep Vaulted Cell' Echo Dance Of The Furies

14. Ritornelle - 'Thanks To These Lonesome Vales'

15. 'Oft She Visits This Lone Mountain'

16. 'Behold, Upon My Bending Spear' 'Haste, Haste To Town'

17. 'Stay, Prince, And Hear'

18. Ritornelle

19. Prelude - 'Come Away, Fellow Sailors' The Sailors Dance

20. 'See The Flags And Streamers Curling' - Laura Tucker

See all 38 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another excellent version in a crowded field, January 6, 2011

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Papageno (Marbella, Spain) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Purcell - Dido and Aeneas and Music for Plays & Masques / Maultsby · S. Waters · O'Keefe · S. Baker · L. Tucker · Ames · Clement · Braun · Boston Baroque · Pearlman (Audio CD)

Dido & Aeneas is my favourite opera: "Tristan und Isolde in a pint pot"; I have a dozen versions, and this one is up there with the best; the excerpts added as a bonus, the excellent recording and the presentation all add to the desirability of the CD. On the vocal side I agree with other reviewer in that Maultsby's vibrato bothers me too, although not terribly. The orchestral sound is that bit too solid, and continuo could be more varied. Bolton for Teldec Henry Purcell Dido and Aeneas leads the field in that respect, and can be bought at Marketplace for a couple bucks. In my humble opinion the field is led by Hogwood on L'Oiseau-Lyre Henry Purcell: Dido & Aeneas [United Kingdom]: presentation, orchestra an sound are great (although the Telarc sound for Pearlman is even better); Catherine Bott is a Dido to die for, in fact she always sings oto die for, her "Lament" moves to tears every time.
NOTE: Hogwood's version is cheaper at amazon's sister site, amazon.co.uk; don't know whether postage fees would still make it worth ordering from them.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Vibrant performance, April 16, 2003

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dolcissima2780 "dolcissima" (Pennsylvania, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Purcell - Dido and Aeneas and Music for Plays & Masques / Maultsby · S. Waters · O'Keefe · S. Baker · L. Tucker · Ames · Clement · Braun · Boston Baroque · Pearlman (Audio CD)

This is a lovely and vibrant performance of Dido and Aeneas. There are no boring moments! The singers convey the emotion of the tragedy while Martin Pearlman does not allow the music to drag as do some conductors. My only problem with the recording is that Nancy Maultsby uses a bit too much vibrato for Baroque singing.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Definitive Dido and Aeneas, July 5, 2001

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leukothea - See all my reviews

This review is from: Purcell - Dido and Aeneas and Music for Plays & Masques / Maultsby · S. Waters · O'Keefe · S. Baker · L. Tucker · Ames · Clement · Braun · Boston Baroque · Pearlman (Audio CD)

My CD came in a handsome box with an extensive, and multilingual, booklet telling me anything I wanted to know about the opera and the performers. The CD holds not only the entire body of Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas, but also some "Music for Plays and Masques" from various other Purcell works. I love this performance of the piece, and appreciate the small, clear sound director Martin Pearlman achieved with period instruments. The music itself is as powerful to me now as it was when I first bought it. This version has been one of my favorite CDs for over 5 years. and I recommend it highly.