Dido & Aeneas

Album by Henry Purcell & Guillemette Laurens & Jill Feldman & Philippe Cantor & Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

Dido and Aeneas is an opera by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell, first performed around 1689. It is characterised by Baroque vocal writing, expressive recitative alongside aria-like numbers, concise continuo and orchestral textures and dance-derived passages, and it occupies a significant place as one of the earliest English-language operas and a key work in Purcell's stage output.
First released: 24th July 1992

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Dido & Aeneas, Z. 626: Overture – Act I
    16:24
  2. 2.
    Dido & Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene 1
    7:54
  3. 3.
    Dido & Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II, Scene 2
    9:58
  4. 4.
    Dido & Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III. … “Great minds against themselves conspire”
    11:18
  5. 5.
    Dido & Aeneas, Z. 626: Act III. Monologue & Dido’s Death
    8:16

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