Dido and Aeneas

Author(s)

• Purcell, Henry
• Bach, Johann Sebastian
• Handel, George Frideric
• Tate, Nahum
• Virgil, 70-19 B.C.
• Flagstad, Kirsten
• Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
• McNab, Eilidh
• Rex, Sheila
• Pollak, Anna
• Mandikian, Arda
• Lloyd, David
• Hemsley, Thomas
• Mermaid Singers
• Mermaid Orchestra
• Clark, Raymond, cellist
• Jones, Geraint
• Philharmonia Orchestra (London, England)
• Susskind, Walter
• Braithwaite, Warwick

Bibliographic Information

Dido and Aeneas

Henry Purcell

（Great opera recordings）

Naxos Historical, c2007

Musical Sound Recording（Compact Audio Disc）

Note

Opera in three acts

Sung in English (1st and 4th works), German (2nd) and Italian (3rd)

Libretto by Nahum Tate; after Virgil's "Aeneid"

Kirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (1st work), Eilidh McNab (1st), Sheila Rex (1st), Anna Pollak (1st), sopranos ; Arda Mandikian, mezzo-soprano (1st) ; David Lloyd, tenor (1st) ; Thomas Hemsley, baritone (1st) ; The Mermaid Singers and Orchestra (1st) ; Philharmonia Orchestra (2nd-4th) ; Raymond Clark, violoncello (1st) ; Geraint Jones (1st), Walter Süsskind (2nd), Warwick Braithwaite (3rd-4th), conductors

Recorded: 15th, 27th-28th March, 1952 in EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London

Compact disc; analog recording

Naxos Historical: 8.111264

Contents of Works

• Dido and Aeneas / Henry Purcell
• Appendix: Kirsten Flagstad sings Bach, Handel and Purcell. St. Matthew Passion : Erbarme dich, mein Gott / J.S. Bach
• Serse : Frondi tenere e belle--Ombra mai fu (Act 1) / Handel
• Thy hand, Belinda--When I am laid in earth (Act 3) / Purcell

Details

• NCID: BA84078955
• Country Code: xx
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: enggerita
• Place of Publication: [S.l.]
• Pages/Volumes: 1 sound disc (77 min., 04 sec.)
• Size: 12 cm.
• Attached Material: 1 pamphlet (8 p. ; 12 cm.)
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA51081502