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Purcell: Dido And Aeneas / Lewis, Baker, Herincx, Et Al


Release Date: 04/11/2000 
Label:  London/Decca Legends Catalog #: 466387   Spars Code: ADD 
Composer:  Henry Purcell
Performer:  Catherine Wilson,  Dame Janet Baker,  Patricia Clark,  Eileen Poulter,   ... 
Conductor:  Anthony Lewis
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Chamber Orchestra,  St. Anthony Singers
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
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Opera News (9/00, p.96) - "...Anthony Lewis's musicians honor Purcell's style with appropriate lightness of tone on modern instruments...the tempos are lively without pressure or tension....[Baker's] sensitive word projection draws every nuance from the simple text..." REVIEWS:
Opera News (9/00, p.96) - "...Anthony Lewis's musicians honor Purcell's style with appropriate lightness of tone on modern instruments...the tempos are lively without pressure or tension....[Baker's] sensitive word projection draws every nuance from the simple text..." Read less

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1. Dido and Aeneas, Z 626 by Henry Purcell
Performer:  Catherine Wilson (Soprano), Dame Janet Baker (Alto), Patricia Clark (Soprano),
Eileen Poulter (Soprano), Monica Sinclair (Alto), Rhianon James (Soprano),
Raimund Herincx (Bass)
Conductor:  Anthony Lewis
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Chamber Orchestra,  St. Anthony Singers
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1689; England 

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