Purcell: Dido and Aeneas

Henry Purcell
Dido and Aeneas
Various performers, Les Arts florissants - William Christie, dir.
Harmonia mundi HMC 5173 [LP]
Harmonia mundi HMC 90 5173 [CD]
Harmonia mundi HMC 40 5173 [Cass.]

Contents:

    Henry Purcell
  1. Dido ans Aeneas

Playing time: ??' ??"

Performers:
Guillemette Laurens (soprano - Dido), Jill Feldman (soprano - Belinda), Philippe Cantor (tenor - Aeneas), Dominique Visse (counter-tenor - Sorceress), Agnès Mellon (soprano - Sorceress, First Witch), Barbara Borden (soprano - Sorceress, Second Witch), Michel Laplénie (mezzo-soprano - Spirit), Étienne Lestringant (tenor - Sailor), William Christie (harpsichord)
Les Arts florissants
William Christie, dir.

Recording site and date:
St Martin du Méjan, Arles, France [07/1985];
Rel.: 1986 (HMC)

Excerpts:
[ ] Harmonia mundi HMX 290 605 / 607 [CDx3] Opéra Baroque: les moments forts.
[ ] Harmonia mundi HMC 90 1316 / 18 [CDx3] Les Arts florissants - 10 ans: Moulinié Charpentier, Lully... [et al.]
[ ] Harmonia mundi "HM Plus" HMP 390 807 [CD] Grands Compositeurs Baroques - Great Baroque Masters: Purcell - Extraits / Excerpts
[ ] Harmonia mundi HMX 290 1528 / 33 [CDx6] A Purcell companion - 1995 année Purcell, the tercentenary

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.):
Early Music America (Vol./#-p.):
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):
Goldberg (y., #-p.):
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):

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Pierre-F. Roberge