Dido and Aeneas discography

This is a discography of Dido and Aeneas, an opera by Henry Purcell. The first known performance was at Josias Priest's girls' school in London in the spring of 1689.

Audio

Year Cast
(Dido, Belinda, Aeneas, Sorceress)		 Conductor and orchestra Label
1935 Nancy Evans,
Mary Hamlin,
Roy Henderson,
Mary Jarred,
 Clarence Raybould,
Boyd Neel String Orchestra and Charles Kennedy Scott's A Capella singers		 Decca,
Cat. No. X 101-107, (7 x 78rpm records, by subscription only for the Purcell Society).[1]
1945 Joan Hammond,
Isobel Baillie,
Dennis Noble,
Edith Coates		 Constant Lambert,
Philharmonica String Orchestra and chorus		 Opera D'Oro,
OPD-1220
1951 Irma Kolassi,
Gisèle Vivarelli,
Yvon le Marc'Hadour,
Marguerite Pifteau		 Pierre Capdevielle,
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and Students’ Chorus of the Geneva Conservatoire		 Cascavelle,
VEL 3107
1951 Kirsten Flagstad,
Maggie Teyte,
Thomas Hemsley,
Edith Coates		 Geraint Jones,
The Mermaid Orchestra and Singers		 Walhall,
WLCD0186
1952 Kirsten Flagstad,
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,
Thomas Hemsley,
Arda Mandikian		 Geraint Jones,
The Mermaid Orchestra and Singers		 EMI Références,
CDH7610062
1955 Martha Mödl,
Dora Lindgreen,
Hermann Prey,
Gusta Hammer		 Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt,
North German Radio Symphony Orchestra [2]		 UraCant,
2008
1959 Claire Watson,
Jeanette Sinclair,
Sir Peter Pears,
Arda Mandikian		 Benjamin Britten,
English Opera Group Orchestra and Purcell Singers		 BBC Music,
BBCB 8003-2
1961 Dame Janet Baker,
Patricia Clark,
Raimund Herincx,
Monica Sinclair		 Anthony Lewis,
English Chamber Orchestra and St. Anthony Singers		 Decca,
4663872 (2000).
1963 Mary Thomas,
Honor Sheppard,
Maurice Bevan,
Helen Watts		 Alfred Deller,
Oriana Orchestra and Chorus		 Vanguard,
3003332
1965 Victoria de los Ángeles,
Heather Harper,
Peter Glossop,
Patricia Johnson		 Sir John Barbirolli,
English Chamber Orchestra and Ambrosian Singers, under Raymond Leppard		 EMI,
CDM 5 65664 2
1967 Tatiana Troyanos,
Sheila Armstrong,
Barry McDaniel,
Patricia Johnson		 Sir Charles Mackerras,
Chamber Orchestra of the North German Radio and Monteverdi Choir Hamburg, under Jürgen Jürgens		 Deutsche Grammophon Archiv Produktion,
447 148-2
1970 Josephine Veasey,
Helen Donath,
John Shirley-Quirk,
Elizabeth Bainbridge		 Sir Colin Davis,
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields and John Alldis Choir		 Philips Eloquence,
4428334
1971 Shirley Verrett,
Helen Donath,
Dan Iordachescu,
Oralia Dominguez		 Raymond Leppard,
Ambrosian Singers, Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI Torino		 Arkadia,
619
1975 Dame Janet Baker[3],
Norma Burrowes,
Sir Peter Pears,
Anna Reynolds		 Stuart Bedford,
Aldeburgh Festival Strings and London Opera Chorus		 Decca,
468 561-2
1977 Tatiana Troyanos[4],
Felicity Palmer,
Richard Stilwell,
Alfreda Hodgson		 Raymond Leppard,
English Chamber Orchestra and English Chamber Chorus		 Erato
2292-45263-2
1978 D'Anna Fortunato,
Nancy Armstrong,
Mark Baker,
Bruce Fithian		 Joel Cohen,
The Boston Camerata		 harmonia mundi usa,
HM 10.067 (LP only)
1981 Emma Kirkby,
Judith Nelson,
David Thomas,
Jantina Noorman		 Andrew Parrott,
Taverner Consort and Players		 Chandos,
CHAN 8306
1982 Ann Murray,
Rachel Yakar,
Anton Scharinger,
Trudeliese Schmidt		 Nikolaus Harnoncourt,
Concentus Musicus Wien and Arnold Schoenberg Chor		 Teldec,
4509-93686-2
1985 Guillemette Laurens,
Jill Feldman,
Philippe Cantor,
Dominique Visse		 William Christie,
Les Arts Florissants		 harmonia mundi france,
HMC 905173
1985 Teresa Berganza,
Danielle Borst,
Per-Arne Wahlgren,
Glenys Linos		 Michel Corboz,
Ensemble instrumental de Lausanne and Choir of the Lausanne City Opera		 Erato,
2292-45263-2
1985 Jessye Norman,
Marie McLaughlin,
Thomas Allen,
Patricia Kern		 Raymond Leppard,
English Chamber Orchestra		 Philips,
416299
1988 Anne Sofie von Otter,
Lynne Dawson,
Stephen Varcoe,
Nigel Rogers		 Trevor Pinnock,
The English Concert		 Deutsche Grammophon Archiv Produktion,
427 624-1
1989 Della Jones,
Donna Deam,
Peter Harvey,
Susan Bickley		 Ivor Bolton,
St. James’s Baroque Players and Singers		 Teldec,
4509-91191-2
1989 Rachel Ann Morgan,
Camille van Lunen,
David Barick,
Myra Kroese		 Roderick Shaw,
Academy of the Begynhof Amsterdam		 Globe,
5020
1990 Carolyn Watkinson,
Ruth Holton,
George Mosley,
Teresa Shaw		 John Eliot Gardiner,
English Baroque Soloists and Monteverdi Choir		 Philips,
432 114-2
1992 Catherine Bott,
Emma Kirkby,
John Mark Ainsley,
David Thomas		 Christopher Hogwood,
The Academy of Ancient Music		 Decca,
475 7195
1993 Lorraine Hunt,
Lisa Saffer,
Michael Dean,
Ellen Rabiner		 Nicholas McGegan,
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge		 harmonia mundi france,
HMU 907110
1994 Emily Van Evera,
Ben Parry,
Janet Lax,
Hanne Mari Ørbaek,
Haden Andrews		 Andrew Parrott,
Taverner Consort and Players		 The Sony Classical Listening Station,
SK 62993
1994 Kym Amps,
Anna Crookes,
David van Asch,
Sarah Connolly		 The Scholars Baroque Ensemble Naxos,
8.553108
1994 Véronique Gens,
Sophie Marin-Degor,
Nathan Berg,
Claire Brua		 William Christie,
Les Arts Florissants		 Erato,
4509-98477-2
1995 Jennifer Lane,
Cassandra Hoffman,
Michael Brown,
Desiree Halac		 Bradley Brookshire,
I Musici di San Cassiano		 Vox,
7518
1995 Maria Ewing,
Rebecca Evans,
Karl Daymond,
Sally Burgess		 Richard Hickox,
Collegium Musicum 90		 Chandos,
CHAN 0586
1995 Jennifer Lane,
Ann Monoyios,
Russell Braun,
Jennifer Lane		 Jeanne Lamon,
Tafelmusik		 Chandos,
CHAN 8306
1996 Nancy Maultsby,
Susannah Waters,
Russell Braun,
Laura Tucker		 Martin Pearlman,
Boston Baroque		 Telarc,
80424
1998 Lynne Dawson,
Rosemary Joshua,
Gerald Finley,
Susan Bickley		 René Jacobs,
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment		 harmonia mundi france,
HMX 2991683
2000 Laura Pudwell,
Salomé Haller,
Peter Harvey,
Laura Pudwell		 Hervé Niquet,
Le Concert Spirituel		 Glossa,
GCD 921601
2002 Evelyn Tubb,
Thomas Meglioranza,
Julia Matthews,
Evelyn Tubb		 Predrag Gosta,
New Trinity Baroque		 Edition Lilac,
200204-2.[5]
2003 Susan Graham,
Camilla Tilling,
Ian Bostridge,
Felicity Palmer		 Emmanuelle Haïm,
Le Concert d'Astrée and European Voices		 Virgin Veritas,
45605.[6]
2004 Nicola Wemyss,
Francine van der Heijden,
Matthew Baker,
Helen Rasker		 Jed Wentz,
Musica ad Rhenum		 Brilliant,
92464
2007 Julianne Baird,
Andrea Lauren Brown,
Timothy Bentch,
Tatyana Rashkovsky		 Valentin Radu,
Ama Deus Baroque Ensemble		 Lyrichord,
LEMS 8057
2008 Sarah Connolly,
Lucy Crowe,
Gerald Finley,
Patricia Bardon		 Steven Devine and Elizabeth Kenny,
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Choir of the Enlightenment		 Chandos,
CHAN 0757
2008 Simone Kermes,
Deborah York,
Dimitris Tiliakos,
Oleg Ryabets		 Teodor Currentzis,
MusicAeterna and The New Siberian Singers		 alpha,
HMU 140

Critical attention

The Haïm recording (2004 in US) received a highly complimentary review from Allan Kozinn, saying it surpassed Parrott's 1981 production, the latter "[u]ntil now, the best." Kozinn noted orchestration and vocal range innovations by Haïm, as well as strong major and minor cast members.[7]

References

Notes
  1. ^ The first full recording, see R.D. Darrell, The Gramophone Shop Encyclopedia of Recorded Music (New York 1936), 371.
  2. ^ Recorded live, in German
  3. ^ Baker's second recording
  4. ^ Troyanos's second studio recording
  5. ^ Eric Van Tassel, Early Music Journal, pub. Oxford University Press on Purcell's operas revisited
  6. ^ BBC Classical Review (Andrew McGregor) Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Susan Graham, Ian Bostridge etc (includes samples)
  7. ^ Kozinn, Allan, "MUSIC; Poor Dido Finally Gets A Real Man", The New York Times, March 07, 2004. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
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