Purcell: Dido & Aeneas
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HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Dido & Aeneas
Janet Baker, Patricia Clark, Raimund Herincx / English Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Lewis
[ Decca Legends / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 14 February 2000
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"listening to Janet Baker as Dido in her celebrated recording made at the dawn of her career, in 1962, still leaves one breathless with admiration and moved to the core by her combination of glorious sound and intensity of dramatic spirit...Baker's colleagues are equally good: Monica Sinclair's Sorceress rasps as villainously as ever" BBC Music
"It is a truly legendary recording...everything is put in the shade by Dame Janet Baker's portrayal of Dido: her celebrated, despairingly moving, closing lament is unforgettable. This was also Anthony Lewis's finest record...and his chorus and the ECO both give their very best." Gramophone
"Even in 1961 Anthony Lewis was offering historically informed performances of early music, albeit on modern instruments. The strings here have great spring and are attacked lustily...we hear [Baker's] uncanny ability to shade phrases with endless control over dynamics and vibrato...It's a beautiful, one-of-a-kind portrayal." ClassicsToday
