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Dido And Aeneas - Purcell / Victoria De Los Angeles, Heather Harper, Patricia Johnson, Peter Glossop, Raymond Leppard (Harpsichord), Ambrosian Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli / His Master's Voice LP Stereo / SXLP 30275

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Dido And Aeneas - Purcell / Victoria De Los Angeles, Heather Harper, Patricia Johnson, Peter Glossop, Raymond Leppard (Harpsichord), Ambrosian Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli / His Master's Voice LP Stereo

SXLP 30275

 

Dido and Aeneas (Z. 626) is an opera in a prologue and three acts, written by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell with a libretto by Nahum Tate. The dates of the composition and first performance of the opera are uncertain. It was composed no later than July 1688, and had been performed at Josias Priest's girls' school in London by the end of 1689. Some scholars argue for a date of composition as early as 1683. The story is based on Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid. It recounts the love of Dido, Queen of Carthage, for the Trojan hero Aeneas, and her despair when he abandons her. A monumental work in Baroque opera, Dido and Aeneas is remembered as one of Purcell's foremost theatrical works. It was also Purcell's only true opera, as well as his only all-sung dramatic work. One of the earliest known English operas, it owes much to John Blow's Venus and Adonis, both in structure and in overall effect.

The influence of Cavalli's opera Didone is also apparent. Both works use the prologue/three acts format and there are similarities between, for instance, Mercury's solo in Didone and the solo "Come away fellow sailors" in Purcell's work.

 

Label: His Master's Voice – SXLP 30275
Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo
Country: UK
Genre: Classical
Style: Baroque
 
 
 

Tracklist:

    Dido And Aeneas  
 
A1   Act I, Scene I (The Palace)  
 
A2   Act I, Scene II (The Cave)  
 
B1   Act II (The Grove)  
 
B2   Act III (The Ships)  

 

 

  • Baritone Vocals [Aeneas]Peter Glossop
  • ChorusThe Ambrosian Singers
  • Chorus Master John McCarthy
  • Composed By Purcell
  • ConductorSir John Barbirolli
  • Contralto Vocals [Sorceress]Patricia Johnson (3)
  • Engineer [Balance]Neville Boyling
  • HarpsichordRaymond Leppard
  • Libretto ByTate
  • Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Second Witch]Sybil Michelow
  • Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Spirit]Sybil Michelow
  • OrchestraEnglish Chamber Orchestra
  • ProducerRonald Kinloch Anderson
  • Sleeve NotesN.D. Boyling
  • Soprano Vocals [Belinda]Heather Harper
  • Soprano Vocals [Dido]Victoria De Los Angeles
  • Soprano Vocals [First Witch]Clare Walmesley
  • Soprano Vocals [Second Woman]Elizabeth Robson
  • Tenor Vocals [Sailor]Robert Tear

 

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