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Dido & Æneas

Title: Dido & Æneas [sound recording] / Purcell.
Author: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
Publication: [Paris, France] : Erato Disques S.A., p1995.

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1 sound disc (51 min., 54 sec.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform Title

Dido and Aeneas

Alternative Title

Dido and Aeneas
Dido & Aeneas

Subjects

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Opera in 3 acts, sung in English.
Libretto by Nahum Tate based on: Aeneis / Virgil.
Music for the witches' chorus "Then since our charms have sped" composed by Bruce Wood, and music for the "Groves' dance" which follows adapted from the "Magicians' dance" from "Circe" by Henry Purcell.
Compact disc.
Program notes by Andrew R. Walkling, a note on the chorus and dance at the end of Act 2 by composer Bruce Wood, performer biographies, and libretto, all in English with French and German translations (61 p. : ill., facsims., ports.) inserted in container.

Event (note)

Recorded Nov. 8-11, 1994, Théâtre-Opéra de Massy, Essonne, France.

Call Number

*LDC 12745

LCCN

4509984772

OCLC

32802284

Author

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.

Title

Dido & Æneas [sound recording] / Purcell.

Imprint

[Paris, France] : Erato Disques S.A., p1995.

Playing Time

005154

Performer

Véronique Gens (Dido) ; Nathan Berg (Æneas) ; Sophie Marin-Degor (Belinda) ; Claire Brua (Sorceress) ; Sophie Daneman (Second Woman, First Witch) ; Gaëlle Mechaly (Second Witch) ; Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (Spirit, Sailor) ; other soloists ; Les Arts florissants ; William Christie, harpsichord and conductor.

Event

Recorded Nov. 8-11, 1994, Théâtre-Opéra de Massy, Essonne, France.

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Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715. Librettist

Gens, Véronique. voc

Marin-Degor, Sophie. voc

Brua, Claire. voc

Berg, Nathan. voc

Christie, William (William Lincoln) Instrumentalist. Conductor

Daneman, Sophie. voc

Mechaly, Gaëlle. voc

Virgil. Aeneis.

Fouchécourt, Jean-Paul. voc

Wood, Bruce, 1945- Then since our charms have sped.

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Circe. Magicians' dance.

Arts florissants (Musical group) Performer

Other Standard Identifier

4509984772

Publisher No.

Erato Disques S.A. 4509-98477-2

Research Call Number

*LDC 12745 Program notes and libretto on file.

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