Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Jessye Norman, Thomas Allen, Marie McLaughlin, Patricia Kern, Helen Walker, Della Jones, Elizabeth Gale, Patrick Power & Derek Lee Ragin
English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Jessye Norman, Thomas Allen, Marie McLaughlin, Patricia Kern, Helen Walker, Della Jones, Elizabeth Gale, Patrick Power & Derek Lee Ragin
English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
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This famous recording of Purcell’s opera starring the incomparable Jessye Norman as Dido and Thomas Allen as Aeneas, was made over twenty years ago and has retained a firm foothold in the catalogue since it first appeared; it is now available at mid-price for the first time. Booklet includes libretto in English and German.
Contents and tracklist
- Marie McLaughlin (soprano), Jessye Norman (soprano), Elizabeth Gale (soprano), Thomas Allen (baritone)
- English Chamber Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra Chorus
- Raymond Leppard
- Recorded: 1985-05
- Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London
- Patricia Kern (mezzo-soprano), Helen Walker (soprano), Della Jones (mezzo-soprano), Marie McLaughlin (soprano), Elizabeth Gale (soprano), Thomas Allen (baritone), Jessye Norman (soprano), Derek Lee Ragin (countertenor)
- English Chamber Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra Chorus
- Raymond Leppard
- Recorded: 1985-05
- Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London
- Patrick Power (tenor), Patricia Kern (mezzo-soprano), Helen Walker (soprano), Della Jones (mezzo-soprano), Jessye Norman (soprano), Marie McLaughlin (soprano), Thomas Allen (baritone)
- English Chamber Orchestra Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra
- Raymond Leppard
- Recorded: 1985-05
- Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London
The sailor's Dance..."See the flags...Destruction'sour delight" - The Witches' Dance
Track length4:23
