David Bates / La Nuova Musica -Dido & Aeneas -Pentatone CD Grooves.land/Playthek

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Dido and Aeneas Z 626 (Oper in 3 Akten) (Gesamtaufnahme)

01. "Ouvertüre"

02. "Shake the cloud - Banish sorrow (1. Akt)"

03. "Ah! Belinda"

04. "Grief increases by concealing - When monarchs unite - When could so much virtue spring"

05. "Fear no danger - See, your royal guest appears"

06. "Cupid only throws the dart - If not for mine for empire's sake - Persue thy conquest Love"

07. "To the hills and the vales - The triumphing dance"

08. "Prelude for the witches (2. Akt)"

09. "Wayward sisters - Harm's our delight"

10. "The queen of Carthage - Ho, ho, ho"

11. "Ruined ere the set of sun! - The Trojan prince - Ho, ho, ho"

12. "But ere we this perform - In our deep vaulted cell - Tenz"

13. "The grove - Thanks to these lonesome vales"

14. "Gitter ground at dance - Often she visits"

15. "Behold, apon my bending spear - The skies are coloured - Haste haste to town"

16. "Stay Prince"

17. "The sailors dance (3. Akt)"

18. "See, see the flags - Our next motion - Destruction's our delight"

19. "The witches' dance"

20. "Your counsel all is urged in vain - Great minds"

21. "Thy hand Belinda"

22. "When I am laid"

23. "With drooping wings"

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Purcell: Dido & Aeneas by David Bates, released 22 September 2023. This version of Purcell: Dido & Aeneas comes as a 1xCD. -

La Nuova Musica and it's artistic director David Bates present Henry Purcell's most widely admired work Dido and Aeneas. With Nathum Tate's libretto based on Virgil's Aeneid Book IV; Dido and Aeneas is a miniature opera; as well as the only all-sung opera Purcell ever composed. Constantly juxtaposing different moods; colours; orchestrations; this semi-opera enjoys the popularity for it's "tunefulness; evocative power; and [...] it's conciseness". The guiding star that David Bates wants to follow for this recording is making sure that Purcell's Italian; French; and English musical influences are all emphasized - by adding a typically Italian harp to the continuo or by doubling the strings just as in the French tradition. Dido and Aeneas includes one of the most touching operatic laments "When I am laid in earth". A cast of first-class singers with strong musical personalities offer an eclectic interpretation together with a chorus that creates a visceral and intrinsically dramatic soundworld. Dido and Aeneas is David Bates and La Nuova Musica's fourth release; after the acclaimed Gluck Orfeo and Euridice (2019) and Handel's Unsung Heroes (2021); as well as Beauteous Softness (2023) where they joined forces with Tim Mead. Counter-tenor Tim Mead previously released Pentatone's Handel Messiah (2020) with Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin. Star tenor Nicky Spence; Fleur Barron; Matthew Brook; Giulia Semenzato all make their Pentatone debut.

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PTC5187032

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