Elizabeth Kenny, Steven Devine, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Henry Purcell: Dido & Aeneas (2009)
Elizabeth Kenny, Steven Devine, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Henry Purcell: Dido & Aeneas (2009)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 345 Mb | Total time: 69:49 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Chandos | CHAN 0757 | Recorded: 2009
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 345 Mb | Total time: 69:49 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Chandos | CHAN 0757 | Recorded: 2009
Chandos’ featured release is a new recording of the first English operatic masterpiece, Purcell’s tragedy Dido and Aeneas. Starring Sarah Connolly, Gerald Finley, with the Orchestra and Choir of the Age of Enlightenment, it is released to commemorate the 350th anniversary of Purcell’s birth.
Directed from the keyboard by Steven Devine and Elizabeth Kenny as in recent concert performances, the ensemble presents the opera in a version that incorporates other dance works by Purcell.
There have been two revolutions in scholarly thinking about Dido and Aeneas and both had serious implications for historically inclined performers, and demand a creative response today. The musicological backdrop to this recording results in a performance closer to the court entertainment of Purcell’s day, in which musical dramas evolved from the English theatre tradition.
Sarah Connolly, the quintessential Dido of the early twenty-first century, has been the driving force behind this recording. She writes of the project, ‘It seems I have known Purcell’s Dido all my life and feel able to express myself in this music like no other… As a character, Dido fascinates me to the point of obsession’.
Connolly has performed with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment on many occasions, including two productions at Glyndebourne – Giulio Cesare and St Matthew Passion – as well as Dido and Aeneas at the Proms, the South Bank Centre and Tetbury Festival. One recent review of Connolly’s Dido had the following to say: ‘It was the sheer depth of emotion Connolly infused in her portrayal of Dido that was truly remarkable. Emotion flowed off the stage from the intensity in her voice and through her actions. Her final aria, one of the most beautiful in English baroque music, brought a tear to the eye in a hall so quiet you could hear a pin drop… a moving portrayal of this tragic heroine’ (MusicalCriticism.com).
This impressive performance by an extraordinary group of musicians makes for a significant addition to the catalogue.
Performer:
Dido - Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano
Aeneas - Gerald Finley, baritone
Belinda - Lucy Crowe, soprano
Sorceress - Patricia Bardon, mezzo-soprano
Spirit - William Purefoy, countertenor
Second Woman - Sarah Tynan, soprano
Sailor - John Mark Ainsley, tenor
First Witch and Chorus - Carys Lane, soprano
Second Witch and Chorus - Rebecca Outram, soprano
Choir of the Enlightenment
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Elizabeth Kenny, Steven Devine, music directors
Tracklist:
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Dido & Aeneas
01. Overture
Act 1
02. Shake The Cloud From Off Your Brow (Belinda, Chorus)
03. Ah! Belinda, I Am Press'd With Torment (Dido)
04. Grief Increases By Concealing (Belinda, Dido, Chorus)
05. Whence Could So Much Virtue Spring? (Dido, Belinda, 2nd Woman, Chorus)
06. See, Your Royal Guest Appears (Belinda, Aeneas, Dido, Chorus)
07. Cupid Only Throws The Dart (Chorus)
08. If Not For Mine, For Empire's Sake (Aeneas, Belinda)
09. Guitar Chaconne
10. To The Hills And The Vales (Chorus)
11. The Triumphing Dance
Act II
12. Wayward Sisters (Sorceress, 1st Witch, Witches)
13. The Queen Of Carthage, Whom We Hate (Sorceress, Chorus)
14. Ruin'd Ere The Set Of Sun? (Witches, Sorceress, Chorus)
15. In Our Deep Vaulted Cell (Chorus)
16. Echo Dance Of Furies
17. Ritornelle
18. Thanks To These Lonesome Vales (Belinda, Chorus)
19. Guitar Passacaille
20. Guitar Dance: Oft She Visits This Lone Mountain (2nd Woman)
21. Behold, Upon My Bended Spear (Aeneas, Dido) - Haste, Haste To Town (Belinda, Chorus)
22. Stay, Prince! And Hear Great Jove's Command (Spirit, Aeneas)
23. Groves' Dance: Then Since Our Charms Have Sped (Chorus)
Act III
24. Come Away, Fellow Sailors (1st Sailor, Chorus)
25. See, The Flags And Streamers Curling (Sorceress, 1st And 2nd Witches)
26. Our Next Motion (Sorceress)
27. The Witches' Dance
28. Your Counsel All Is Urg'd In Vain (Dido, Belinda, Aeneas)
29. Great Minds Against Themselves Conspire (Chorus)
30. Thy Hand, Belinda; Darkness Shades Me (Dido)
31. With Drooping Wings Ye Cupids Come (Chorus)
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Elizabeth Kenny, Steven Devine, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Henry Purcell: Dido & Aeneas (2009)
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