Purcell: King Arthur (Complete Opera)
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HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: King Arthur (Complete Opera)
Jennifer Smith, Gillian Fisher, Elisabeth Priday / English Baroque, John Elliot Gardiner
[ Erato / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Saturday 20 January 2018
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"Solo singing for the most part is excellent, with Stephen Varcoe outstanding among the men." *** Three Stars (Penguin Stereo Guide)
With its lavish music and elaborate staging, the semi-opera King Arthur is one of the master-pieces in Purcell's works. On a text by the poet John Dryden very freely inspired from Arthurian legend and specifically devised for him, Purcell created a work of great expressive intensity which includes among his most beautiful and well-known arias.
