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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas

Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Gerald Finley (baritone), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano), William Purefoy (counter-tenor), Sarah Tynan (soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Carys Lane (soprano), Rebecca Outram (soprano), Choir & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Steven Devine & Elizabeth Kenny (directors)

Chandos CHAN0757 (CD)

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Chandos’ featured release is a new recording of the first English operatic masterpiece, Purcell’s tragedy Dido and Aeneas. Starring Sarah Connolly, Gerald Finley, with the Orchestra and Choir of the Age of Enlightenment, it is released to commemorate the 350th anniversary of Purcell’s birth.

Directed from the keyboard by Steven Devine and Elizabeth Kenny as in recent concert performances, the ensemble presents the opera in a version that incorporates other dance works by Purcell, a version which Sarah Connolly performed at Teatro alla Scala in 2006.

03/01/2009

HANDEL: Bourree (Water Music Suite No. 2 in D HWV 349)

Concerto Koln

Berlin Classics 0016172BC (CD)

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HANDEL arr. Schafer: La Rejouissance (Fireworks Suite in D HWV 351)
(c/w Concerto in B flat major HWV 301; Sonata No. 2 in B flat major; Concerto in B flat major HWV 302a; Water Music Suite in D)
Trompetenensemble Joachim Schafer, Joachim Schafer (piccolo trumpet)
Christophorus CHR 77302 (CD)

HANDEL arr. Mendelssohn: Acis und Galatea (Part Nos. 2 and 3)
Julia Kleiter (soprano), Christoph Pregardien (tenor), Michael Slattery (tenor), Wolf Matthias Friedrich (bass), NDR Choir, Gottingen Festival Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan (conductor)
Carus 83.420 (CD)

PURCELL: Dido & Aeneas (Act 1 Nos. 2 and 3)

Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Gerald Finley (baritone), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano), William Purefoy (counter-tenor), Sarah Tynan (soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Carys Lane (soprano), Rebecca Outram (soprano), Choir and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Elizabeth Kenny, Steven Devine (music directors)

Chandos CHAN0757 (CD)

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HAYDN: Symphony No. 65 in A Hob. I:65
(c/w Symphonies Nos. 57 and 59)

Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Fey (conductor)

Hanssler Classic CD 98.526 (CD)

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