Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695): Dido and Aeneas

Sony Classical SK 62993

[1]:Ouverture
[2]-[15]:Act I, Scene: The Palace
[16]-[24]:Act II, Scene: The Cave
[25]-[31]:Act II, Scene: The Grove
[32]-[43]:Act III, Scene: The Ships
[44]:Pavan for 3 violins and b.c., c major, Z. 752
total time:61'56

Dido:Emily van Evera (soprano)
Aeneas:Ben Parry (baritone)
Belinda:Janet Lax (soprano)
Second woman:Hanne Marie Ørbæk (soprano)
Sorceress:Haden Andrews (tenor)
Enchantress I:Kate Eckersley (soprano)
Enchantress II:Lucy Skeaping (soprano)
Spirit:Sara Stowe (soprano)
A Sailor:Douglas Wootton (tenor)

Taverner Choir:
Jennie Cassidy, Libby Crabtree, Twig Hall, Rachel Platt, soprano
Christopher Royall, Rodrigo del Pozo: alto
Christopher Hogan, Tom Philips, tenor
Michael McCarthy, Patrick Ardagh-Walter, bass

Taverner Players:
Dido and Aeneas:
Andrew Manze, Caroline Balding, violin
Annette Isserlis, viola
Jennifer Ward Clarke, bass violin
Susanna Pell, bass viol
David Miller, William Carter, theorbo and guitar
Lucy Carolan, Gary Cooper, harpsichord
Sonata:
Andrew Manze, Caroline Balding, Richard Gwilt, violin
Mark Levy, bass viol
Andrew Parrott, organ

Conductor: Andrew Parrott

Recording: September 9-15, 1994, St. Giles's Cripplegate, London