Dido and Aeneas [recorded 1994]

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PURCELL
Dido and Aeneas [recorded 1994]
Emily Van Evera, Ben Parry, Janet Lax, Hanne Mari Ørbaek / Taverner Choir, Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott

[ Avie / CD ]

Release Date: Thursday 18 December 2014

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AVIE continues to mine the rich catalog of recordings made by Andrew Parrott and his Taverner Choir & Players with a sumptuous reissue of Purcell's Dido & Aeneas. The performance is as fresh as when the recording was made in 1994, with baritone Ben Parry as the Trojan hero Aeneas, and soprano Emily Van Evera as the abandoned Queen of Carthage, delivering an interpretation of Dido's Lament that is as dignified as it is sublime.

"When I want to hear Dido and Aeneas first and foremost as theatre - and possibly close to what Purcell wanted - Parrott, Van Evera and the rest of this cast are hard to beat." (MusicWeb Dec 2014)