Offer,Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Kirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Eilidh McNab, Arda Mandikian, Sheila Rex, Anna Pollak, Thomas Hemsley & David Lloyd
The Mermaid Singers and Orchestra, Geraint Jones
[On the original release in January 1953] At last we have a really satisfactory recording of Dido. —
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
- Recorded: 15, 27-28 March 1952
- Recording Venue: EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London, UK
Overture
Act I: Shake the cloud from off your brow (Belinda, Chorus)
Act I: Ah! Belinda, I am press'd with torment (Dido)
Excerpt,
- Recorded: 25 June 1950
- Recording Venue: EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London, UK
St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: Aria: Erbarme dich, mein Gott
Handel: Ombra mai fu (from Serse)
- Recorded: 3 July 1948
- Recording Venue: EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London, UK
Excerpt,
- Recorded: 29 May 1948
- Recording Venue: EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London, UK
Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III: Thy hand, Belinda … When I am laid in earth