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Purcell - Dido & Aeneas (Rene Jacobs) [2003]

Posted By: Aregak

Date: 9 Feb 2018 04:15:33

Henry Purcell's oft-recorded opera, "Dido and Aeneas", is in fact the only one he ever composed, and renowned Baroque specialist René Jacobs turns out to be an ideal interpreter of this seminal 17th-century musical allegory. Not even an hour in length, the opera is an ideal introduction to this period of classical music, as Purcell melds a tragic love story with Shakespearean-level theatricality and surprising comedy elements. This 2006 reissue of a 1998 performance doesn't have quite the dramatic vibrancy of Emmanuelle Haïm's 2004 six-instrument ensemble, but it compensates with scope and polish.

The plot is drawn from Virgil's epic poem and centers on Dido, Queen of Carthage, who falls in love with Prince Aeneas, who is resting at Carthage on his way to found Rome. With the help of a disguised spirit, three witches decide to undo the lovers purely out of spite. The consequence is that Aeneas abandons Dido and sails for Rome, while a heartbroken Dido commits suicide. A superb cast has been assembled beginning with soprano Lynne Dawson, who has a lovely, plaintive vocal quality that brings an intense vulnerability to her characterization. She starts affectingly with the melancholic "Ah! Belinda" and ends with a haunting rendition of the piece's most famous aria, "When I am laid in earth".

Generally a tenor role and a small one at that, Aeneas is played with virile potency by baritone Gerald Finley. Soprano Rosemary Joshua provides fulsome support as the handmaiden Belinda, and fellow soprano Susan Bickley brings dramatic fire to the role of Sorceress (though I wish a mezzo-soprano was cast to add more vocal variety to the mix). A fourth soprano, Maria Cristina Kiehr, handles the Second Woman's aria with aplomb, "Oft she visits this lov'd mountain", and a trio of superb countertenors - Dominique Vasse, Stephen Wallace and Robin Blaze - rounds out the ensemble with brief but vivid appearances as the witches and the spirit. Jacobs masterfully leads the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, as does Timothy Brown with the Clare College Chapel Choir. The sum effect is often exhilarating and a fine addition to the Purcell discography.

Tracklisting:
1. Overture
2. Act I. Belinda. 'Shake the cloud'
3. Dido. 'Ah! Belinda, I am prest'
4. Belinda. 'Grief increase by concealing'
5. Chorus. 'When monarchs unite'
6. Dido. 'Whence could so much virtue spring?'
7. Belinda, Second Woman. 'Fear no danger to ensue'
8. Belinda. 'See, your Royal Guest appears'
9. Chorus. 'Cupid only throws the dart'
10. Aeneas. 'If not for mine'
11. Belinda. 'Pursue thy conquest'
12. Chorus. 'To the hills and the vales'
13. The Triumphing Dance
14. Act II. Prelude for the Witches
15. Chorus. 'Harm's our delight'
16. Sorceress. 'The Queen of Carthage'
17. Chorus. 'Ho ho ho, ho ho ho!'
18. Two Witches. 'But ere we this perform'
19. Chorus. 'In our deep vaulted cell'
20. Echo Dance of Furies
21. Ritornelle
22. Belinda. 'Thanks to these lovesome vales'
23. Second Woman. 'Oft she visits this lov'd moutain'
24. Aeneas. 'Behold, upon my bending spear'
25. Belinda. 'Haste, haste to town'
26. Spirit. 'Stay, Prince and hear great Jove's command'
27. Chorus. 'Then since our Charmes have Sped'
28. The Grove's Dance
29. Act III. Prelude
30. Chorus. 'Come away, fellow sailors'
31. Sorceress. 'See the flags and streamers curling'
32. Sorceress. 'Our next Motion'
33. Chorus. 'Destruction's our delight'
34. The Witches' Dance
35. Dido. 'Your counsel all is urged in vain'
36. Chorus. 'Great minds against themselves conspire'
37. Dido. 'Thy hand, Belinda'
38. Dido. 'When I am laid in earth'
39. Chorus. 'With dropping wings ye Cupids come'

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Performer:
Dido – Lynne Dawson
Belinda - Rosemary Joshua
Aeneas – Gerald Finley
Second Woman – Maria Cristina Kiehr
Sorceress – Susan Bickley
First Witch – Dominique Visse
Second Witch – Stephen Wallace
Spirit – Robin Blaze
First Sailor – John Bowen
Clare College Chapel Choir
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Conductor - Rene Jacobs

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