Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / The Fairy Queen
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HENRY PURCELL
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / The Fairy Queen
Guillemette Laurens, Jill Feldman, Agnes Mellon, Nancy Argenta, Lynne Dawson, Veronique Gens, Sandrine Piau / Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
[ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Monday 30 June 2014
In the late 1980s, William Christie and Les Arts Florissants recorded galvanising versions of two masterpieces of early English opera: Purcell's Dido and Aeneas and The Fairy Queen. These two seminal interpretations are now available again, coupled for the first time in a single boxed set.
"Purcell's semi-opera sounds fresh in this recording under Christie, with spirited playing from Les Arts Florissants and vivid singing from the large cast." (Five Stars BBC Music on The Fairy Queen)
