Dido and Aeneas
Donald Macleod examines Purcell's revolutionary first opera Dido and Aeneas, and the influence and power it still holds over us.
Donald Macleod examines Purcell's revolutionary first opera, "Dido and Aeneas", and the influence and power it still holds over us more than three centuries on after its composition in 1689. He introduces excerpts from each of the opera's three acts, in a trio of celebrated recordings. Part of BBC Radio 3's "Baroque Spring": a month long season of baroque music and culture.
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Henry Purcell
Dido s Lament from the film The Man Who Cried
Performers: Iva Bittova (vocalist); Taraf De Haidouks
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Henry Purcell
Dido And Aeneas: Act 1 - complete
Performers: Dame Janet Baker (Dido); Patricia Clarke (Belinda); Anthony Singers (Aeneas) English Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Lewis
- DECCA:CD 0289 466 3872.
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Henry Purcell
Dido And Aeneas: Act 2, Scenes 1 and 2
Performers: Felicity Palmer (Sorceress); Carys Lane, Rebecca Outram (Witches) Camilla Tilling (Belinda); Cécile De Boever (Second Woman, A Handmaid), European Voices & Le Concert D’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm
- EMI: CD 66821.
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Henry Purcell
Dido And Aeneas (Act 3 finale)
Performers: Sarah Connolly (Dido); Gerald Finley (Aeneas); Lucy Crowe (Belinda) Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Choir Of The Enlightenment, Elizabeth Kenny, Steven Devine
- CHANDOS: CHAN0757.
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Henry Purcell
Dido s Lament from the film The Man Who Cried
Performers: Iva Bittova (vocalist); Taraf De Haidouks
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Henry Purcell
Dido And Aeneas: Act 1 - complete
Performers: Dame Janet Baker (Dido); Patricia Clarke (Belinda); Anthony Singers (Aeneas) English Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Lewis
- DECCA:CD 0289 466 3872.
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Henry Purcell
Dido And Aeneas: Act 2, Scenes 1 and 2
Performers: Felicity Palmer (Sorceress); Carys Lane, Rebecca Outram (Witches) Camilla Tilling (Belinda); Cécile De Boever (Second Woman, A Handmaid), European Voices & Le Concert D’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm
- EMI: CD 66821.
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Henry Purcell
Dido And Aeneas (Act 3 finale)
Performers: Sarah Connolly (Dido); Gerald Finley (Aeneas); Lucy Crowe (Belinda) Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Choir Of The Enlightenment, Elizabeth Kenny, Steven Devine
- CHANDOS: CHAN0757.
Broadcasts
- Wed 13 Mar 201312:00BBC Radio 3
- Wed 13 Mar 201318:30BBC Radio 3
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