{"product_id":"la-nuova-musica-purcell-dido-aeneas-cd","title":"La Nuova Musica • Purcell: Dido \u0026 Aeneas (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEMOTIONAL DEPTH AND EVOCATIVE POWER: THE PERFECT ENGLISH OPERA\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLa Nuova Musica and its artistic director David Bates present Henry Purcell’s most widely admired work Dido and Aeneas. With Nathum Tate’s libretto based on Virgil’s \u003cem\u003eAeneid\u003c\/em\u003e Book IV, Dido and Aeneas is a miniature opera, as well as the only all-sung opera Purcell ever composed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConstantly juxtaposing different moods, colours, orchestrations, this semi-opera enjoys the popularity for its “tunefulness, evocative power, and […] its conciseness”. The guiding star that David Bates wants to follow for this recording is making sure that Purcell’s Italian, French, and English musical influences are all emphasized – by adding a typically Italian harp to the continuo or by doubling the strings with winds in the French tradition. Dido and Aeneas includes one of the most touching operatic laments “When I am laid in earth”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA cast of first-class singers with strong musical personalities offer an eclectic interpretation together with a chorus that creates a visceral and intrinsically dramatic soundworld. Dido and Aeneas is David Bates and La Nuova Musica’s fourth release, after the acclaimed \u003cem\u003eGluck Orfeo and Euridice\u003c\/em\u003e (2019) and \u003cem\u003eHandel’s Unsung Heroes \u003c\/em\u003e(2021), as well as Beauteous Softness (2023) where they joined forces with Tim Mead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLa Nuova Musica\u003cbr\u003eDavid Bates \u003cstrong\u003eartistic director \u0026amp; organ\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFleur Barron \u003cstrong\u003emezzo-soprano\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMatthew Brook \u003cstrong\u003ebass-baritone\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGuilia Semenzato \u003cstrong\u003esoprano\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAvery Amereau \u003cstrong\u003ealto\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHilary Cronin \u003cstrong\u003esoprano\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNicky Spence \u003cstrong\u003etenor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTim Mead \u003cstrong\u003ecountertenor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHelen Charlston \u003cstrong\u003emezzo-soprano\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMartha McLorinan \u003cstrong\u003emezzo-soprano\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePTC5187032 • Released 2023\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pentatone Music","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57780593164662,"sku":"PTC5187032","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2225\/8403\/files\/898d8d26-da24-475b-8f9f-54ed9ffa9640.jpg?v=1777558281","url":"https:\/\/earlymusicshop.com\/products\/la-nuova-musica-purcell-dido-aeneas-cd","provider":"The Early Music Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}