Dido and Aeneas. Definitive recording
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Bas V
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https://www.allmusic.com/album/purcell-dido-and-aeneas-ode-for-st-cecilias-day-mw0001793570
But this should be in the music-section, not the audio-section
But this should be in the music-section, not the audio-section
Del monaco
Del Monaco
Troyanos may be worth a listen.
Del monaco
Del Monaco
The Lorraine Hunt led recording with Mcgegan I think has a special place in my collection for many reasons. I find it a most human performance.
BBC Radio 3 Building a Library Dido and Aeneas
PURCELL: Dido and Aeneas
Reviewer - Jeremy Summerly
First choice:
Catherine Bott (Dido), Emma Kirkby (Belinda), John Mark Ainsley (Aeneas), David Thomas (Sorceress), Elizabeth Priday (First Witch), Sara Stowe (Second Witch), Julianne Baird (Second Woman), Daniel Lochmann (First Sailor), Michael Chance (Spirit), Chorus and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood (conductor)
Decca 4757195 (CD, Mid Price)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00j8bvl
Then try amazon.co.uk and read the comments where you will find other versions discussed
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000CC3MZ6/?tag=pinkfishmedia-21
Or get a free subscription to Qobuz or Primephonic and try dozens of versions, and maybe even then decide to take a paid subscription.
I have found the ready availability of many versions of a work on Qobuz really helps you appreciate and understand and enjoy the work as opposed to getting locked into a particular performance as you tend to with CD.
PURCELL: Dido and Aeneas
Reviewer - Jeremy Summerly
First choice:
Catherine Bott (Dido), Emma Kirkby (Belinda), John Mark Ainsley (Aeneas), David Thomas (Sorceress), Elizabeth Priday (First Witch), Sara Stowe (Second Witch), Julianne Baird (Second Woman), Daniel Lochmann (First Sailor), Michael Chance (Spirit), Chorus and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood (conductor)
Decca 4757195 (CD, Mid Price)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00j8bvl
Then try amazon.co.uk and read the comments where you will find other versions discussed
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000CC3MZ6/?tag=pinkfishmedia-21
Or get a free subscription to Qobuz or Primephonic and try dozens of versions, and maybe even then decide to take a paid subscription.
I have found the ready availability of many versions of a work on Qobuz really helps you appreciate and understand and enjoy the work as opposed to getting locked into a particular performance as you tend to with CD.
This site contains affiliate links for which pink fish media may be compensated.
George J
Herefordshire member
I find the idea of a definitive recording as not good.
The music is always capable of a better performance/recording than anything before ...
Even composer led renditions are not the last word.
However, and so far, there is no rendition of Purcell's "Dido" that comes close to the emotional expressive world that Kirsten Flagstad distilled in her performances, albeit in far from modern sounds as recorded.
These performances, given for Bernard Miles at his little theatre in London just after WW II present music making that defies its era, its technical recording short-comings and a more or less complete absence of HIPP.
No mannerisms, just pure singing, with wonderful inflections. The darkness of the emotion is actually life affirming in its honesty.
HMV/EMI made a great Abbey Road recording afterwards with members of the Philharmonia playing so subtly, but the live performance/recording [not available in whole] must have been a revelation for those present.
Just a couple of pence' worth from George
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01MQA08DN/?tag=pinkfishmedia-21
The music is always capable of a better performance/recording than anything before ...
Even composer led renditions are not the last word.
However, and so far, there is no rendition of Purcell's "Dido" that comes close to the emotional expressive world that Kirsten Flagstad distilled in her performances, albeit in far from modern sounds as recorded.
These performances, given for Bernard Miles at his little theatre in London just after WW II present music making that defies its era, its technical recording short-comings and a more or less complete absence of HIPP.
No mannerisms, just pure singing, with wonderful inflections. The darkness of the emotion is actually life affirming in its honesty.
HMV/EMI made a great Abbey Road recording afterwards with members of the Philharmonia playing so subtly, but the live performance/recording [not available in whole] must have been a revelation for those present.
Just a couple of pence' worth from George
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01MQA08DN/?tag=pinkfishmedia-21
This site contains affiliate links for which pink fish media may be compensated.
Nic Robinson
Moderator
This will make it hard if you're looking for the definitive recording.
lagavullin10y
pfm Member
https://open.spotify.com/album/7qMb3BujZDLpBvVjQiSp5w?si=Lbyat5E7R5G1kPuAhcYqqg&dl_branch=1
Fabio Bonizzoni / La Risonanza.
Fabio Bonizzoni / La Risonanza.