PURCELL: DIDO & AENEAS - COLIN DAVIS, ACADEMY OF ST. MARTIN IN THE FIELDS
PURCELL: DIDO & AENEAS - COLIN DAVIS, ACADEMY OF ST. MARTIN IN THE FIELDS
FORMAT (CD, LP, DVD?)
FORMAT (CD, LP, DVD?)
Reissued to mark Colin Davis’s 80th birthday, this sublime Philips recording of ‘Dido and Aeneas’ makes a welcome return to the catalogue. The honeyed sound of its protagonists – Josephine Veasey (whom Colin Davis also chose as the Dido for his recording of Berlioz’s ‘Les Troyens’) and John Shirley-Quirk – is offset by a chaste-sounding Helen Donath and a superbly characterised Sorceress from Bainbridge.
‘…this is a distinguished recording, surely one of the greatest renditions of Dido and Aeneas available’ Fanfare
HENRY PURCELL
Dido and Aeneas
Jospehine Veasey
John Shirley-Quirk
Helen Donath
Elizabeth Bainbridge
Delia Wallis
Gillian Knight
Sir Thomas Allen
John Alldis Choir
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Kenneth Heath, cello
Robin McGee, double-bass
John Constable, harpsichord, organ continuo
Neville Marriner, leader
Colin Davis