Dido And Aeneas

Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626 (2024 Remastered Version) (1986)

Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626 (2024 Remastered Version) (1986)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless +Booklet | 53:32 | 274 Mb
Genre: Classical

Les Arts Florissants France's Les Arts Florissants was a pioneering ensemble when the group was formed in 1979, unearthing Baroque works from France and beyond and performing them in historically authentic style. The group's influence has hardly diminished over its four decades of existence; it has spawned numerous operatic careers and has established a successful training program, Le Jardin des Voix. Les Arts Florissants was founded by the harpsichordist William Christie, who had left the U.S. because of his opposition to the Vietnam War.
Victoria de los Angeles - Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626 (2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Victoria de los Angeles - Purcell - Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626 (2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 58:15 minutes | 1,4 GB
Classical | Label: Warner Classics, Official Digital Download

Dido and Aeneas (Z. 626) is an opera in a prologue and three acts, written by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell with a libretto by Nahum Tate.
Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626 (2024 Remastered Version) (1986)

Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626 (2024 Remastered Version) (1986)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless +Booklet | 53:32 | 274 Mb
Genre: Classical

Les Arts Florissants France's Les Arts Florissants was a pioneering ensemble when the group was formed in 1979, unearthing Baroque works from France and beyond and performing them in historically authentic style. The group's influence has hardly diminished over its four decades of existence; it has spawned numerous operatic careers and has established a successful training program, Le Jardin des Voix. Les Arts Florissants was founded by the harpsichordist William Christie, who had left the U.S. because of his opposition to the Vietnam War.
La Nuova Musica - Purcell - Dido and Aeneas (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

La Nuova Musica - Purcell - Dido and Aeneas (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/96]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 57:31 minutes | 1,14 GB
Classical | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

La Nuova Musica is one of the most versatile performing groups of its kind.
(Dame) Janet Baker - Purcell - Dido and Aeneas Z. 626 by Dame Janet Baker (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

(Dame) Janet Baker - Purcell - Dido and Aeneas Z. 626 by Dame Janet Baker (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/96]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 52:25 minutes | 997 MB
Classical | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

Dame Janet Abbott Baker CH, DBE, FRSA (born 21 August 1933) is an English mezzo-soprano best known as an opera, concert, and lieder singer.
Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626 (2024 Remastered Version) (1986)

Les Arts Florissants & William Christie - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626 (2024 Remastered Version) (1986)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless +Booklet | 53:32 | 274 Mb
Genre: Classical

Les Arts Florissants France's Les Arts Florissants was a pioneering ensemble when the group was formed in 1979, unearthing Baroque works from France and beyond and performing them in historically authentic style. The group's influence has hardly diminished over its four decades of existence; it has spawned numerous operatic careers and has established a successful training program, Le Jardin des Voix. Les Arts Florissants was founded by the harpsichordist William Christie, who had left the U.S. because of his opposition to the Vietnam War.
William Christie, Les Arts Florissants, Malena Ernman - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (2010)

William Christie, Les Arts Florissants, Malena Ernman - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (2010)
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | English (Dolby AC3, 2 ch) | (DTS, 5 ch) | 66 min | 5,19 Gb (DVD9)
Classical | Label: FRA Musica | Sub: Francais, English, Deutsch, Espanol, Italiano | Recorded: 2008

A genius with the ability to combine French and Italian influences in an art that transported the English language, Purcell may be William Christie's favourite composer.This production of Dido and Aeneas, directed by Deborah Warner and interpreted by Les Arts Florissants, was overwhelmingly acclaimed when created at the Vienna Festival in 2006 and again when repeated at the Opéra Comique in 2008.This short opera, one of the earliest, is particularly dear to William Christie who has recorded and directed it on several occasions.
English Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Lewis, Janet Baker - Purcell: Dido And Aeneas (1962) {2000 Decca/Universal Germany}

English Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Lewis, Janet Baker - Purcell: Dido And Aeneas (1962) {2000 Decca/Universal Germany}
EAC Rip | FLAC with CUE and log | scans | 303 mb
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | RAR | 159 mb
Genre: opera

Purcell: Dido And Aeneas is a 1962 album by The English Chamber Orchestra with Anthony Lewis & Janet Baker. This was reissued/remastered in 2000 by Decca via Universal Germany.
English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (1986)

English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (1986)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 58:10 | 287 MB
Genre: Classical, Opera | Label: Philips | Catalog: 416 299-2

At under an hour this mini-masterpiece should be in every opera-lover's collection. There are scores of versions available but I tend to favour those with a Dido of really starry vocal quality given that her torments lie at the heart of the opera and all other considerations are secondary: Purcell and his librettist Nathum Tate make little of Aeneas's psychology and the other roles are all supplementary, reflecting upon Dido's plight, even to the extent of some suggesting that the Sorceress is her alter ego.
Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas & Music for The Gordian Knot Unty'd  (1994)

Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra - Purcell: Dido and Aeneas & Music for The Gordian Knot Unty'd (1994)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 265 Mb | Total time: 60:09 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | HMU 907110 | Recorded: 1993

HENRY PURCELL'S chamber opera, "Dido and Aeneas," is plentifully represented on disk, but Nicholas McGegan's new recording, with the Philharmonia Baroque and the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge is the freshest and most compelling since Andrew Parrott's magnificent account of 1981 (on Chandos). Mr. McGegan's soloists – Lorraine Hunt as Dido, Lisa Saffer as Belinda and Michael Dean as Aeneas – work wonders with the concise characterizations provided by Purcell and his librettist, Nahum Tate.