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Dido and Aeneas

Academy of the Begynhof Amsterdam

Dido and Aeneas

Format: CD
Label: Globe
UPC: 8711525502000
Catnr: GLO 5020
Release date: 01 July 1989
1 CD
 
Label
Globe
UPC
8711525502000
Catalogue number
GLO 5020
Release date
01 July 1989
Album
Artist(s)
Composer(s)
NL

About the album

De eerste complete opname van Purcells meesterwerk
Dit is de eerste absoluut complete opname van Purcells meesterwerk Dido and Aeneas, gecomponeerd in 1689. De opera was geschreven ter gelegenheid van de gezamenlijke kroning van Willem III en Mary Stuart als Koning en Koningin van Engeland, en werd tijdens de eerste uitvoeringen voorafgegaan door een Proloog. De tekst van de Proloog bestaat nog steeds, maar Purcells originele muziek is verloren gegaan. Voor deze opname werd de muziek van de Proloog gereconstrueerd vanuit andere werken van Purcell, zodat het werk voor de eerste keer in de muziekgeschiedenis zo compleet als mogelijk wordt gepresenteerd, aangezien de twee dansen voor sologitaar die in de originele partituur staan aangegeven ook aan de opera zijn toegevoegd!

Dit album zal elke serieuze muziekliefhebber aanspreken die meer geïnteresseerd is in authentieke, stijlvolle en zeer ontroerende uitvoeringen dan in het gebruik van Purcells opera als drager voor een enkele ster, met niet of nauwelijks interesse voor de rest van het ensemble!

Composer(s)

Henry Purcell

Westminster Abbey is not just the place where British monarchs were crowned, it's also the place where many English great men were burried. Among those was also Henry Purcell. This final resting place had a double meaning for him: firstly, with his status as a composer he deserved a spot in the abbey, but secondly this was also the location where he worked during the reign of Charles II and William & Mary.  Most people will recognise the last aria of Purcell's beloved opera Dido and Aeneas: 'Remember me, but ah! forget my fate.' More abstract, but less trenchant are his brilliant Fantasias (for viola da gamba) which Purcell composed in the early 1680s. These are small, at times daringly expirimental works, which...
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Westminster Abbey is not just the place where British monarchs were crowned, it's also the place where many English great men were burried. Among those was also Henry Purcell. This final resting place had a double meaning for him: firstly, with his status as a composer he deserved a spot in the abbey, but secondly this was also the location where he worked during the reign of Charles II and William & Mary. Most people will recognise the last aria of Purcell's beloved opera Dido and Aeneas: "Remember me, but ah! forget my fate." More abstract, but less trenchant are his brilliant Fantasias (for viola da gamba) which Purcell composed in the early 1680s. These are small, at times daringly expirimental works, which he carefully dated. Yet, Purcell mostly developed himself as a composer of vocal music, with numerous odes, 'welcome songs', motets (anthems), songs for domestic use (both sacred and secular, both monophonic and polyphonic) and music for theatre.


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