Arno Raunig

Frieder Bernius, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester - Niccolò Jommelli: Didone Abbandonata (1995)

Frieder Bernius, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester - Niccolò Jommelli: Didone Abbandonata (1995)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 712 Mb | Total time: 169:15 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Orfeo | # C 381 953 F | Recorded: 1994

Mozart greatly admired the music of Jommelli. Here is the latter’s marvellous version of the Dido and Aeneas story. Dorothea Röschmann is flexible and firm in the title role, and Martina Borst as Aeneas has a warm tone. The orchestra is robust and vivid, especially in the astonishing final scene which was famous in its day. We can only hope for more from this enterprising Stuttgart group.