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Composer:
Henry Purcell

Artist(s):
Sarah Connolly
Gerald Finley

Conductor:
Steven Devine

Background: Chandos' featured release is a new recording of the first English operatic masterpiece, Purcell's tragedy Dido and Aeneas. Starring Sarah Connolly, Gerald Finley, with the Orchestra and Choir of the Age of Enlightenment, it is released to commemorate the 350th anniversary of Purcell's birth.

Directed from the keyboard by Steven Devine and Elizabeth Kenny as in recent concert performances, the ensemble presents the opera in a version that incorporates other dance works by Purcell.

Sarah Connolly, the quintessential Dido of the early twenty-first century, has been the driving force behind this recording. She writes of the project, ‘It seems I have known Purcell’s Dido all my life and feel able to express myself in this music like no other… As a character, Dido fascinates me to the point of obsession’.

One recent review of Connolly’s Dido had the following to say: ‘It was the sheer depth of emotion Connolly infused in her portrayal of Dido that was truly remarkable. Emotion flowed off the stage from the intensity in her voice and through her actions. Her final aria, one of the most beautiful in English baroque music, brought a tear to the eye in a hall so quiet you could hear a pin drop… a moving portrayal of this tragic heroine’ (MusicalCriticism.com).

CATALOGUE NR: CHAN0757
RECORD LABEL: Chandos Chaconne
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 05-Jan-2009

COMPOSER: Henry Purcell
TITLE: Dido and Aeneas
ORCHESTRA: Age of Enlightenment Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Steven Devine and Elizabeth Kenny
ARTISTS: Sarah Connolly   Gerald Finley   Lucy Crowe   John Mark Ainsley

- Feb-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Feb-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Here is as fine a Dido and Aeneas as we have had for many a year.'

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