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Purcell - Dido and Aeneas / The Scholars Baroque Ensemble
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0730099410823
Label: Naxos
Manufacturer: Naxos
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Naxos
Release Date: August 05, 1997
Studio: Naxos
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Rating:  - Sheer Elegance
This is one of the oldest opera's in the reportory, and one of the most elegant ones in my opinion. Even though this recording is not very well known, it is probably the very best if you ask me. Kym Amps presents a beautiful Dido, having a very full and..."aristocratic" sound, yet her voice isn't overwhelming or overbearing. The rest of the cast is superb & adequate as well.Not to mention the affordabilitly of this recording. Personally, I would take the simplicity and purity of a Purcell opera ... Read More
Rating:  - Intimate View of Well-known Opera
The Scholars Baroque Ensemble offer a small-scale reading of Purcell's only opera, attempting to recreate the forces and allocation of voices that might have been heard at its first performance in a private girls' school. With only one peformer to each part, the result is a very small, initmate version of this often-recorded piece, making this not so much an opera as we are used to thinking of the term, but more a private family drama with music. The playing is superb and the recording itself first ... Read More
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