Purcell: Dido and Aeneas | 
| Creators: Henry Purcell, David Daniels, Le Concert D'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm, Susan Graham, Belinda Camilla Tilling, Cécile de Boever, Ian Bostridge, Paul Agnew
Label: Virgin Veritas
Category: Music
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 98472
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Running Time: 53 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 45605
UPC: 724354560521
EAN: 0724354560521
ASIN: B0000E6POJ
Release Date: November 3, 2003
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| Tracks:
| • | Overture | | • | Shake The Cloud From Off Your Brow | | • | Banish Sorrow, Banish Care | | • | Ah! Belinda, I Am Pressed With Torment | | • | Grief Increases By Concealing | | • | When Monarchs Unite, How Happy Their State | | • | Whence Could So Much Virtue Spring? | | • | Fear No Danger To Ensue | | • | See, Your Royal Guest Appears | | • | Cupid Only Throws The Dart | | • | If Not For Mine, For Empire's Sake | | • | To The Hills And The Vales | | • | The Triumphing Dance | | • | Wayward Sisters, You That Fright | | • | The Queen Of Carthage, Whom We Hate | | • | Ruined Ere The Set Of Sun? Ho Ho Ho! | | • | But Ere We This Perform | | • | In Our Deep Vaulted Cell | | • | Echo Dance Of Furies | | • | Ritornelle | | • | Thanks To These Lonesome Vales | | • | Oft She Visits This Lone Mountain | | • | Behold, Upon My Bending Spear | | • | Haste, Haste To Town | | • | Stay, Prince, And Hear Great Jove's Command | | • | Come Away, Fellow Sailors | | • | The Sailors' Dance | | • | See The Flags And Streamers Curling | | • | Our Next Motion | | • | Destruction's Our Delight | | • | The Witches' Dance | | • | Your Counsel All Is Urged In Vain | | • | Great Minds Against Themselves Conspire | | • | Thy Hand, Belinda; Darkness Shades Me | | • | When I Am Laid In Earth | | • | With Drooping Wings |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
This new, period instrument version of Purcell's wonderful, brief IDido and Aeneas/I shows up in a very crowded field. There are close to two dozen other versions available, many of them also historically informed. Here we have a dignified, beautifully sung reading, with instrumentalists performing with a similar sense of loveliness and reserve; indeed, the only time true overt emotionalism shows up is when the witches appear: Felicity Palmer is a nasty handful as the Sorceress. Susan Graham's Dido is elegant and, note-for-note, probably gives us among the best Didos on disc. Ian Bostridge's Aeneas is good without being outstanding; David Daniels and Paul Agnew make remarkable cameos. Many will prefer the performance led by René Jacobs or starring Janet Baker to this one for sheer drama, but you can't go wrong with Graham, et al, under Emmanuelle Haim's intensely musical leadership either. I--Robert Levine, Amazon.com /I
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| Customer Reviews:
 One of many good recordings... May 4, 2005
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
One does hardly lack options when shopping for a period performance Dido recording, and this one certainly has some fine qualities to distinguish itself in a field of many.pFirst of all, Emanuelle Haïm conducts (from the harpsichord) with so much passion and emotion, that one can almost picture her in a dreamlike trance in front of the orchestra. Le Concert d'Astree is a new name to me when it comes to baroque ensemles, but it follows nicely in the French tradition (Les Arts Florissants, Les Musiciens du Louvre et cetera), playing with much spirit and emotion, although lacking some of the godlike precision of, say, EBS under Gardiner or Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin. The choir, however, is definately at par with Gardiner's or McCreesh's in terms of diction and precision.pI think the constellation of orchestra and choir under this conductor is ideally suited for more passionate baroque music (like this), than, say, Bach cantatas. (...)pThe singers are fine without being outstanding. the major parts are sung by stable names as Susan Graham, Felicity Palmer (a sorceress veteran) and Ian Bostridge. Mr.Bostridge has a beautiful high tenor voice, and accordingly, some problems with the tessitura of Aeneas. (...) BRThe scenes with Susan Graham and Camilla Tilling as Dido and Belinda works very well on the other hand- the mix between the lyric voice of Tilling and the dramatic voice of Graham is exceptional.pThis is a great recording at a low price. It's the most recent Dido around (2003) and it's a pleasure to the ears. If you can live without a soprano Dido (...) and an Aeneas struggling in the low end of his register, this may very well be the best choice around.
 Lacking in warmth May 21, 2005
R. Clarke (St Leonards on Sea, England United Kingdom)
2 out of 9 found this review helpful
I bought this CD on spec, purely as there seem to be few recorded performances available. pThe singers are generally all good, but much of the orchestra's playing is a little on the thin sounding side. Emmanuelle Hain directs from the harpsichord, however you are left with a sense of a functional performance rather than any real warmth. This situation is at its worst during the Overture, which is a pity as it fails to set the stage for what is to come. In fairness things do improve during the aria's where the singers seem to give more sense of direction to the piece.pIf you are familier with this music and are looking for a modern recording I would look elsewhere.
 Purcell under glass - not for me. August 9, 2005
3 out of 11 found this review helpful
This is an academically correct performance, but the orchestra seems thin and all concerned lack the energy and drama this work deserves. In places the tempi can only be described as bizarre. Every trill and accent may perfect but unfortunately what we are ultimately left with is a poor sterile thing in comparison to the perhaps less "authentic" but certainly more vibrant recording of Janet Baker. I know which I'd rather have.
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