Purcell - Dido & Aeneas
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Label: Pentatone
Cat No: PTC5187032
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 22nd September 2023
Contents
Artists
Fleur BarronMatthew Rose
Giulia Semenzato
Tim Mead
Nicky Spence
La Nuova Musica
Conductor
David BatesWorks
Dido and AeneasArtists
Fleur BarronMatthew Rose
Giulia Semenzato
Tim Mead
Nicky Spence
La Nuova Musica
Conductor
David BatesAbout
Constantly juxtaposing different moods, colours, orchestrations, this semi-opera enjoys the popularity for its “tunefulness, evocative power, and […] its conciseness”. The guiding star that David Bates wants to follow for this recording is making sure that Purcell’s Italian, French, and English musical influences are all emphasised – by adding a typically Italian harp to the continuo or by doubling the strings with winds in the French tradition. Dido and Aeneas includes one of the most touching operatic laments “When I am laid in earth”.
A cast of first-class singers with strong musical personalities offer an eclectic interpretation together with a chorus that creates a visceral and intrinsically dramatic soundworld. Dido and Aeneas is David Bates and La Nuova Musica’s fourth release, after the acclaimed Gluck Orfeo and Euridice (2019) and Handel’s Unsung Heroes (2021), as well as Beauteous Softness (2023) where they joined forces with Tim Mead.
Countertenor Tim Mead previously released Pentatone’s Handel Messiah (2020) with Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin. Star tenor Nicky Spence, Fleur Barron, Matthew Brook and Giulia Semenzato all make their Pentatone debut.
Cast:
- Dido: Fleur Barron
- Aeneas: Matthew Rose
- Belinda: Giulia Semenzato
- Spirit: Tim Mead
- Sailor: Nicky Spence
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