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Lyrichord Early Music Series' release of Dido and Aeneas is a powerful reminder of the greatness of Purcell's only opera. The early music group Ama Deus Ensemble conducted by Valentin Radu turns in a performance of wrenching simplicity and musical and dramatic directness. Julianne Baird sings with pearly luminosity as the doomed queen Dido, whose grief so overwhelms her that she can hardly whisper her despair. Even when she is barely audible, Baird's voice is beautifully focused and modulated, and her lament is a triumph. Andrea Lauren Brown as Belinda is fresh-voiced and pure, and Timothy Bentch's Aeneas is open and heroic. Only Tatyana Rashkovsky as the Sorceress falls short of the remarkably high standards of the rest of the cast, with a voice that tends to stray from pitch. The minor characters and the chorus perform with limberness and idiomatic sensitivity, as does the orchestra of strings and continuo. The CD concludes with a suite of orchestral music from The Fairy Queen, identified here as a suite from A Midsummer Night's Dream. The orchestra plays beautifully, but after the intensity and focus of the opera, the lightness of the suite comes as a letdown. The excellent sound is spacious and clean.
© TiVo
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Henry Purcell, Composer - Andrea Lauren Brown, FeaturedArtist - Ama Deus Ensemble, MainArtist - Timothy Bentch, FeaturedArtist - Valentin Radu, Conductor - Juliane Baird, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc. (P) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc.
Henry Purcell, Composer - Andrea Lauren Brown, FeaturedArtist - Ama Deus Ensemble, MainArtist - Timothy Bentch, FeaturedArtist - Valentin Radu, Conductor - Juliane Baird, FeaturedArtist - Andrea Loren Brown, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc. (P) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc.
Henry Purcell, Composer - Julianne Baird, FeaturedArtist - Andrea Lauren Brown, FeaturedArtist - Ama Deus Ensemble, MainArtist - Timothy Bentch, FeaturedArtist - Valentin Radu, Conductor - Juliane Baird, FeaturedArtist - Andrea Loren Brown, FeaturedArtist - Patricia Conrad, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc. (P) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc.
Henry Purcell, Composer - Julianne Baird, FeaturedArtist - Andrea Lauren Brown, FeaturedArtist - Ama Deus Ensemble, MainArtist - Timothy Bentch, FeaturedArtist - Valentin Radu, Conductor - Juliane Baird, FeaturedArtist - Andrea Loren Brown, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc. (P) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc.
Henry Purcell, Composer - Andrea Lauren Brown, FeaturedArtist - Ama Deus Ensemble, MainArtist - Timothy Bentch, FeaturedArtist - Valentin Radu, Conductor - Juliane Baird, FeaturedArtist - Andrea Loren Brown, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc. (P) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc.
Henry Purcell, Composer - Andrea Lauren Brown, FeaturedArtist - Ama Deus Ensemble, MainArtist - Timothy Bentch, FeaturedArtist - Valentin Radu, Conductor - Kemper LeCroy Florin, FeaturedArtist - Juliane Baird, FeaturedArtist - Tatyana Rashkovsky, FeaturedArtist - Jennifer Graf, FeaturedArtist - Fran Bjorneby Kroemer, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc. (P) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc.
Henry Purcell, Composer - Andrea Lauren Brown, FeaturedArtist - Ama Deus Ensemble, MainArtist - Timothy Bentch, FeaturedArtist - Valentin Radu, Conductor - Juliane Baird, FeaturedArtist - Andrea Loren Brown, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc. (P) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc.
Henry Purcell, Composer - Andrea Lauren Brown, FeaturedArtist - Ama Deus Ensemble, MainArtist - Timothy Bentch, FeaturedArtist - Valentin Radu, Conductor - Juliane Baird, FeaturedArtist - Patricia Conrad, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc. (P) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc.
Henry Purcell, Composer - Julianne Baird, FeaturedArtist - Andrea Lauren Brown, FeaturedArtist - Ama Deus Ensemble, MainArtist - Timothy Bentch, FeaturedArtist - Valentin Radu, Conductor - Juliane Baird, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc. (P) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc.
Henry Purcell, Composer - Andrea Lauren Brown, FeaturedArtist - Ama Deus Ensemble, MainArtist - Timothy Bentch, FeaturedArtist - Valentin Radu, Conductor - Juliane Baird, FeaturedArtist - Fran Bjorneby Kraemer, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc. (P) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc.
Henry Purcell, Composer - Andrea Lauren Brown, FeaturedArtist - Ama Deus Ensemble, MainArtist - Timothy Bentch, FeaturedArtist - Valentin Radu, Conductor - Juliane Baird, FeaturedArtist - Dennis Calup, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc. (P) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc.
Henry Purcell, Composer - Andrea Lauren Brown, FeaturedArtist - Ama Deus Ensemble, MainArtist - Timothy Bentch, FeaturedArtist - Valentin Radu, Conductor - Kemper LeCroy Florin, FeaturedArtist - Juliane Baird, FeaturedArtist - Tatyana Rashkovsky, FeaturedArtist - Jennifer Graf, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc. (P) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc.
Henry Purcell, Composer - Andrea Lauren Brown, FeaturedArtist - Ama Deus Ensemble, MainArtist - Timothy Bentch, FeaturedArtist - Valentin Radu, Conductor - Juliane Baird, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc. (P) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc.
Henry Purcell, Composer - Andrea Lauren Brown, FeaturedArtist - Ama Deus Ensemble, MainArtist - Timothy Bentch, FeaturedArtist - Valentin Radu, Conductor - Juliane Baird, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc. (P) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc.
Henry Purcell, Composer - Ama Deus Ensemble, MainArtist - Valentin Radu, Conductor - Juliane Baird, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc. (P) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc.
Henry Purcell, Composer - Andrea Lauren Brown, FeaturedArtist - Ama Deus Ensemble, MainArtist - Timothy Bentch, FeaturedArtist - Valentin Radu, Conductor - Juliane Baird, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc. (P) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc.
Henry Purcell, Composer - Ama Deus Ensemble, Orchestra, MainArtist - Valentin Radu, Conductor
(C) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc. (P) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc.
Henry Purcell, Composer - Ama Deus Ensemble, MainArtist - Valentin Radu, Conductor
(C) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc. (P) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc.
Henry Purcell, Composer - Ama Deus Ensemble, MainArtist - Valentin Radu, Conductor
(C) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc. (P) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc.
Henry Purcell, Composer - Ama Deus Ensemble, MainArtist - Valentin Radu, Conductor
(C) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc. (P) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc.
Henry Purcell, Composer - Ama Deus Ensemble, MainArtist - Valentin Radu, Conductor
(C) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc. (P) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc.
Henry Purcell, Composer - Ama Deus Ensemble, MainArtist - Valentin Radu, Conductor
(C) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc. (P) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc.
Henry Purcell, Composer - Ama Deus Ensemble, MainArtist - Valentin Radu, Conductor
(C) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc. (P) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc.
Henry Purcell, Composer - Ama Deus Ensemble, MainArtist - Valentin Radu, Conductor
(C) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc. (P) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc.
Henry Purcell, Composer - Ama Deus Ensemble, MainArtist - Valentin Radu, Conductor
(C) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc. (P) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc.
Henry Purcell, Composer - Ama Deus Ensemble, MainArtist - Valentin Radu, Conductor
(C) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc. (P) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc.
Album review
Lyrichord Early Music Series' release of Dido and Aeneas is a powerful reminder of the greatness of Purcell's only opera. The early music group Ama Deus Ensemble conducted by Valentin Radu turns in a performance of wrenching simplicity and musical and dramatic directness. Julianne Baird sings with pearly luminosity as the doomed queen Dido, whose grief so overwhelms her that she can hardly whisper her despair. Even when she is barely audible, Baird's voice is beautifully focused and modulated, and her lament is a triumph. Andrea Lauren Brown as Belinda is fresh-voiced and pure, and Timothy Bentch's Aeneas is open and heroic. Only Tatyana Rashkovsky as the Sorceress falls short of the remarkably high standards of the rest of the cast, with a voice that tends to stray from pitch. The minor characters and the chorus perform with limberness and idiomatic sensitivity, as does the orchestra of strings and continuo. The CD concludes with a suite of orchestral music from The Fairy Queen, identified here as a suite from A Midsummer Night's Dream. The orchestra plays beautifully, but after the intensity and focus of the opera, the lightness of the suite comes as a letdown. The excellent sound is spacious and clean.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 26 track(s)
- Total length: 01:04:44
- Main artists: Ama Deus Ensemble
- Composer: Henry Purcell
- Label: Lyrichord Early Music Series
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc. (P) 2007 Lyrichord Discs Inc.
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