English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (1986)
English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (1986)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 58:10 | 287 MB
Genre: Classical, Opera | Label: Philips | Catalog: 416 299-2
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 58:10 | 287 MB
Genre: Classical, Opera | Label: Philips | Catalog: 416 299-2
At under an hour this mini-masterpiece should be in every opera-lover's collection. There are scores of versions available but I tend to favour those with a Dido of really starry vocal quality given that her torments lie at the heart of the opera and all other considerations are secondary: Purcell and his librettist Nathum Tate make little of Aeneas's psychology and the other roles are all supplementary, reflecting upon Dido's plight, even to the extent of some suggesting that the Sorceress is her alter ego (I don't really see it, myself; too much post-Freudian psycho-babble, if you ask me.)
So my three favourite recordings feature mezzo (or, as in Jessye Norman's case, mezzo-ish) divas: Janet Baker's youthful tour de force, Tatiana Troyanos under Charles Mackerras and this one under review. I appreciate that all are now rather venerable: this, the most recent, was recorded in 1985 but so what? They are not heavy or soupy; indeed Leppard instils lots of spring into his rhythms and uses small, alert forces.
Everything works in this account: Norman is able to lighten her velvety timbre when required to convey vulnerability but she can roll out the big, glossy tones for her grandest moments. Tom Allen's neat, flexible and virile baritone is ideal and he is most moving in his brief passages of conflict. Marie McLaughlin's Belinda is delightful, even if her diction is a little occluded, and the supporting cast contains some famous names. I especially like Derek Lee Ragin's ethereal and sinister Spirit, the best on disc, while Patrick Power's sailor is suitably robust. Patricia Kern characterises strongly as the Sorceress without overdoing it and she has a lovely firm voice.
In the end, it's Norman's glorious tour de force as Dido which counts; she invests her every utterance with either the stately grandeur or the plangent suffering it requires and thus her interpretation stands alongside Janet Baker's as a monument to her voice and art.
English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (1986)
Track List:
1 Overture 2:10
Act I
2 "Shake The Cloud From Off Your Brow" 1:13
3 "Ah! Belinda, I Am Prest" 5:41
4.1 "Whence Could So Much Virtue Spring?" 3:33
4.2 "Fear No Danger" 6:02
5.1 "See, Your Royal Guest Appears" 5:18
5.2 "If Not For Mine"
5.3 "To The Hills And The Vales"
5.4 The Triumphing Dance
Act II
Scene 1
6 Prelude For The Witches 1:01
7.1 "Wayward Sisters" 4:59
7.2 "But Ere We This Perform"
8.1 "In Our Deep Vaulted Cell" 2:18
8.2 Echo Dance Of The Furies
Scene 2
9 Ritornello - "Thanks To These Lonesome Vales" 3:28
10.1 "Oft She Visits" 3:25
10.2 "Behold, Upon My Bending Spear"
11.1 "Stay, Prince" 3:17
11.2 "Jove's Commands Shall Be Obey'd"
Act III
Scene 1
12 Prelude - "Come Away, Fellow Sailors" 1:41
13.1 The Sailor's Dance- 4:23
13.2 "See The Flags"
13.3 "Destruction's Our Delight"
13.4 The Witches' Dance
Scene 2
14.1 "Your Counsel All Is Urged In Vain" 5:34
14.2 "But Death, Alas!"
15.1 "Thy Hand, Belinda"- 5:23
15.2 "When I Am Laid In Earth"
16 "With Drooping Wings" 4:46
Performers:
Dido - Jessye Norman, soprano
Aeneas - Thomas Allen, baritone
Belinda - Marie McLaughlin, soprano
Sorceress - Patricia Kern, mezzo-soprano
1st Witch - Helen Walker, soprano
2nd Witch - Della Jones, mezzo-soprano
2nd Woman - Elizabeth Gale, soprano
1st Sailor - Patrick Power, tenor
Spirit - Derek Ragin, countertenor
Mezzo-soprano Vocals [2nd Witch] – Della Jones
Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Sorceress] – Patricia Kern
Soprano Vocals [1st Witch] – Helen Walker (5)
Soprano Vocals [2nd Woman] – Elizabeth Gale
Soprano Vocals [Belinda] – Marie McLaughlin
Soprano Vocals [Dido] – Jessye Norman
Countertenor Vocals [Spirit] – Derek Ragin*
Tenor Vocals [1st Sailor] – Patrick Power
Baritone Vocals [Aeneas] – Thomas Allen
Double Bass – Adrian Beers
Harpsichord – Robert Aldwinkle*
Leader – José-Luis Garcia
Cello – Charles Tunnell
Chorus under the direction of Jane Glover
Chorus Master – Jane Glover
English Chamber Orchestra
Conductor, Harpsichord – Raymond Leppard
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