Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Ann Murray (Dido), Anton Scharinger (Aeneas), Trudeliese Schmidt (Sorceress)
Rachel Yakar (Belinda)
Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
The timbre and weight of Ann Murray's voice drag down Dido's vocal line. While neatly shaping the phrases of the chorus, Harnoncourt reins in neither its volume nor the soloists' rubatos. —
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Work length53:33
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- Ann Murray (soprano), Anton Scharinger (tenor), Josef Köstlinger (tenor), Rachel Yakar (soprano), Paul Esswood (countertenor), Elisabeth von Magnus (mezzo-soprano), Trudeliese Schmidt (mezzo-soprano), Helrun Gardow (mezzo-soprano)
- Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Concentus musicus Wien
- Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Overture - Act I "Shake the cloud from off your brow" [Belinda, Chorus]
Track length3:05
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Act I "Ah Belinda, I am press'd with torment" [Dido, Belinda, Chorus, Second Woman]
Track length8:53
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Act I "See our royal guest appears" [Belinda, Chorus, Aeneas]
Track length4:03
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