Special offer. Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Kirsten Flagstad (Dido), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Belinda), Thomas Hemsley (Aeneas), Arda Mandikian (Sorceress), Sheila Rex (First Witch), Anna Pollak (Second Witch), David Lloyd (Sailor)
The Mermaid Singers & Orchestra, Geraint Jones
EMI’s Great Recordings of the Century is exactly what it says: these classic interpretations warrant a place in everybody’s collection.
Special offer. Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Kirsten Flagstad (Dido), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Belinda), Thomas Hemsley (Aeneas), Arda Mandikian (Sorceress), Sheila Rex (First Witch), Anna Pollak (Second Witch), David Lloyd (Sailor)
The Mermaid Singers & Orchestra, Geraint Jones
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Contents and tracklist
- David Lloyd (vocals), Mermaid Orchestra (lead vocals), Thomas Hemsley (bass-baritone), Mermaid Singers (lead vocals), Arda Mandikian (mezzo-soprano), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Eilidh McNab (soprano), Anna Pollak (mezzo-soprano), Sheila Rex (soprano), Arda Mandikan (mezzo-soprano)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Warwick Braithwaite, Geraint Jones
- Recorded: 1952-03-15
- Recording Venue: 30 November, 1-2 December 1951 & 15, 27-28 March 1952, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Dido and Aeneas Z626 (ed. Geraint Jones) (2008 Digital Remaster): Overture (Orchestra)
Track length3:08
Dido and Aeneas Z626 (ed. Geraint Jones) (2008 Digital Remaster), ACT 3, Scene 1, Prelude: Come away, fellow sailors, your anchors be weighing (First Sailor)
Track length1:49
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EMI’s Great Recordings of the Century is exactly what it says: these classic interpretations warrant a place in everybody’s collection.
