Performance of works from the age of Henry Purcell have changed considerably since this 1960 live recording from Aix en Provence given the exponential growth in all things historically-informed, but there is still enormous pleasure to be gotten from listening to great singers sing the great stage works of any age, even if they fall on today's ears as at least somewhat dated in style. Conductor Pierre Dervaux leads a cast featuring Teresa Berganza as Dido, Hanny Steffek and the great Gerard Souzay as Aeneas in Purcell's Dido & Aeneas, in good sound, 24bit/96kHz remastered.

Tracklist:

Dido And Aenas : Act I, The Palais - Overture
Dido And Aenas : Act I, The Palais - Shake The Cloud From Off Brow
Dido And Aenas : Act I, The Palais - Ah ! Belinda, I Am Press'd With Torment
Dido And Aenas : Act I, The Palais - Grief Increases By Concealing Belinda
Dido And Aenas : Act I, The Palais - Whence Could So Much Virtue Spring ?
Dido And Aenas : Act I, The Palais - Fear No Danger To Ensue
Dido And Aenas : Act I, The Palais - See, Your Royal Guest Appears
Dido And Aenas : Act I, The Palais - To The Hills And The Vales
Dido And Aenas : Act I, The Palais - The Triumphing Dance
Dido And Aenas : Act II, Scene 1, The Cave - Wayward Sisters, You That Fright
Dido And Aenas : Act II, Scene 1, The Cave - The Queen Of Carthage
Dido And Aenas : Act II, Scene 1, The Cave - But Ere We This Perform
Dido And Aenas : Act II, Scene 1, The Cave - In Our Deep Vaulted Cell The Charm
Dido And Aenas : Act II, Scene 1, The Cave - Echo Dance Of Furies
Dido And Aenas : Act II, Scene 2, The Grove - Thanks To These Lonesome Vales
Dido And Aenas : Act II, Scene 2, The Grove - Oft She Visits This Lov'd Mountain
Dido And Aenas : Act II, Scene 2, The Grove - Behold, Upon My Bending Spear
Dido And Aenas : Act II, Scene 2, The Grove - Stay, Prince And Hear Great Jove's
Dido And Aenas : Act III, The Ships - Come Away, Fellow Sailors
Dido And Aenas : Act III, The Ships - The Sailo's Dance
Dido And Aenas : Act III, The Ships - See The Flags And Streamers
Dido And Aenas : Act III, The Ships - The Witche's Dance
Dido And Aenas : Act III, The Ships - Your Counsel All Is Urg'd In Vain
Dido And Aenas : Act III, The Ships - Thus On The Fatal Banks Of Nile
Dido And Aenas : Act III, The Ships - But Death, Alas ! I Cannot Shun
Dido And Aenas : Act III, The Ships - Thy Hand, Belinda, Darkness Shades Me
Dido And Aenas : Act III, The Ships - When I Am Laid In Earth
Dido And Aenas : Act III, The Ships - With Drooping Wings Ye Cupids Come

UPC: 4035122653267
Label: Walhall Eternity
Release Date: 10.9.15
Format: CD

Francescatti/Balsam - Dido & Aeneas (CD)