Love is a rollercoaster, and so is this swinging new take on Virgil's classical tragedy. Dido & Aeneazz is a recomposition of Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas by Raaf Hekkema, combined with newly-composed music arranged by Eric Vloeimans. The album showcases the congenial collaboration between the versatile reed players of Calefax and renowned trumpet player Eric Vloeimans. Dido & Aeneazz invites the listener to join a musical journey that virtuously flows from the baroque original to jazz, calypso and klezmer, and back. Acclaimed in the Netherlands and abroad, the members of Calefax arguably invented a completely new genre: the reed quintet. After their successful PENTATONE debut with Hidden Gems, these gentlemen add yet another treasure to their discography.

Tracklist:

Overture
Peace And I Are Strangers Grown
Fear No Danger; Cupid Has Thrown The Dart
A Splendid Time Together
The Triumphs Of Love
Love Dance
The Witches
Ritornel
The Sailors
Horizon
Sailors & Witches
Triumphant Witches
Crazy Witches
Great Minds Against Themselves Conspire
Dido's Lament
With Drooping Wings

UPC: 827949075865
Label: Pentatone
Release Date: 4.12.19
Format: CD

Hekkema / Calefax / Vloeimans - Dido & Aeneazz (CD)