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Dido and Aeneas When night her purple veil had softly spread
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Title
Dido and Aeneas [sound recording] ; When night her purple veil had softly spread / Henry Purcell.
Published
England : BBC Music, p1999.
Physical Description
1 sound disc : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
First work an opera; 2nd work a secular cantata.
First work, based on Virgil's Aeneid, edited by Benjamin Britten & Imogen Holst; 2nd work, realized by Britten, of doubtful authenticity.
Libretto of the 1st work by Nahum Tate; text of the 2nd work anon.
Durations: 62 min.; 15:22.
Compact disc.
Program notes about Britten by Lindsay Kemp inserted in container.
First work recorded in BBC Studios, Sept. 29-30, 1959; 2nd a live performance from the Aldeburgh Festival, Jubilee Hall, June 24, 1965.
Sung in English.
Variant and related titles
When night her purple veil had softly spread.
Format
Audio
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 10, 2005
Series
Britten the performer ; 3
Performers
Claire Watson, Jeannette Sinclair, Arda Mandikian, sopranos, Sir Peter Pears, tenor, John Hahessy, alto, other soloists, Purcell Singers, English Opera Group Orchestra, Benjamin Britten, conductor (1st work) ; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone, members of the Alberni String Quartet, Benjamin Britten, piano (2nd work).
Issue number
BBCB 8003-2 BBC Music
Subjects
Also listed under
Purcell Singers.
English Opera Group. Orchestra.
Alberni String Quartet.
Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts (1965).
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