by Purcell, Baker, Lewis · Polygram Records · CD · EAN 0028942572027
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«Dido and Aeneas» is Henry Purcell's baroque opera performed by Janet Baker and the English Chamber Orchestra, released on CD by Decca in 1990.
Opera in three acts about the love of Dido, queen of Carthage, for the Trojan hero Aeneas. When Aeneas abandons her, Dido sinks into despair. The work belongs to the seventeenth-century English baroque repertoire.
Performers include Janet Baker, Patricia Clark, Monica Sinclair and Raimund Herincx, with the St. Anthony Singers choir and the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Anthony Lewis. Remastered edition.
Will appeal to fans of baroque opera and English vocal repertoire, particularly those who value chamber recordings from the Decca label.
