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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
RecommendedJanet Baker (Dido), Raimund Herincx (Aeneas), Patricia Clark (Belinda), Monica Sinclair (Sorceress)
English Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Singers, Anthony Lewis
Listening to Janet Baker as Dido in her celebrated recording made at the dawn of her career, in 1962, still leaves one breathless with admiration and moved to the core by her combination of... — More…
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Building a Library, September 2001, Mid-Price Choice
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1960s
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Building a Library, November 2019, Also Recommended
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Songs for Courtiers and Cavaliers
Helen Watts (contralto), Thurston Dart (harpsichord)
Philomusica of London
An intriguing record of the roots of historically-informed performance, Helen Watts and Desmond Dupré give passionate but (by today’s standards) heavy-handed accounts. — More…
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Diapason d’Or, November 2019, Collectionneur
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The transfer to CD is excellent: play this to your musical friends and get them to guess when it was recorded. — More…
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Couperin, F: Les Nations
Sir Neville Marriner (violin), Carl Pini (violin)
Jacobean Ensemble, Thurston Dart
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The Ultimate Relaxation Album
Thurston Dart (Continuo), Eduardo Fernandez (Guitar), Narciso Yepes (Guitar), Jean-Yves Thibaudet (Piano), Julian Lloyd Webber (Cello), Jascha Silberstein (Cello), Marie Goossens (Harp), Nicholas Kraemer (Harpsichord), Raymond Leppard (Harpsichord), Radu Lupu (Piano)
Academy of St. Martin in...
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Purcell Perfection
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), L’Ensemble Orchestral de L’Oiseau-Lyre, Abbey Singers, Basil Lam, Philomusica of London, Thurston Dart (early keyboard instruments), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Philharmonia Orchestra, London Chamber Orchestra, Warwick Braithwaite, Alfred Deller, John Whitworth,...
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Despite distinguished contributions from trumpeter Maurice André, this attractive collection of 17th- and 18th-century English music for brass sounds anachronistic to ears accustomed to the... — More…
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Bach 333: Great Bach Singers
Helmut Krebs (tenor), Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), Hildegarde Rössel-Majdan (contralto), Thurston Dart (director), Helen Watts (contralto), Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Maria Stader (soprano), Aafje Heynis (contralto), Marga Höffgen (contralto), Walter Schneiderhahn (violin), Agnes Giebel (soprano),...
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