Dido and Aeneas : and music for plays & masques / Purcell.

Author/creator Purcell, Henry composer.
Format Audio (Streaming)
PublicationCleveland, OH : Telarc, 1996.
Description1 online resource (70 minutes)
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?CLMU;2129894
Subjects

Other author/creatorTate, Nahum, 1652-1715 librettist.
Other author/creatorWaters, Susannah, performer.
Other author/creatorBaker, Sharon (Soprano), performer.
Other author/creatorO'Keefe, Margaret, performer.
Other author/creatorMaultsby, Nancy, performer.
Other author/creatorTucker, Laura, performer.
Other author/creatorAmes, Donna, performer.
Other author/creatorClement, Richard performer.
Other author/creatorBraun, Russell, 1968- performer.
Other author/creatorPearlman, Martin, 1945- conductor.
Included WorkVirgil. Opera adaptation of (work): Aeneis.
Included WorkContainer of (work): Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Dido and Aeneas.
Included WorkContainer of (work): Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Abdelazer. Selections.
Included WorkContainer of (work): Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Gordian knot unty'd. Minuet.
Included WorkContainer of (work): Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Gordian knot unty'd. Airs, D major.
Included WorkContainer of (work): Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Timon of Athens. Curtain tune.
Included WorkContainer of (work): Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Fairy queen. Selections.
Included WorkContainer of (work): Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Married beau. Hornpipe on a ground.
Other author/creatorBoston Baroque (Musical group), performer.
Portion of title Music for plays & masques
Variant title Music for plays and masques
Contents Dido and Aeneas (50:50) -- Abdelazer, or The moor's revenge. Overture (3:00) ; Rondeau (1:22) ; Air (1:19) -- The Gordian knot unty'd. Minuet (1:30) ; Air (1:12) -- Timon of Athens. Curtain tune on a ground (1:57) -- The fairy queen. Rondeau (1:28) ; Hornpipe (0:56) ; Overture (1:26) ; Dance for the fairies (1:04) ; Chaconne (2:34) -- The married beau. Hornpipe on a ground (1:24).
General noteStreaming audio files.
General noteTitle from resource description page (viewed July 16, 2019).
General noteThe 1st work is an opera in 3 acts.
General noteLibretto of the 1st work by Nahum Tate; based on the Aeneid by Virgil.
General noteProgram notes in English, German, and French, and libretto of the 1st work with French and German translations included.
Performer In the 1st work: Susannah Waters, Sharon Baker, Margaret O'Keefe, sopranos ; Nancy Maultsby, Laura Tucker, Donna Ames, mezzo-sopranos ; Richard Clement, tenor ; Russell Braun, baritone ; in all works: Boston Baroque ; Martin Pearlman, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts 1996 January 3-5.
LanguageSung in English.
Issued in other formOriginal cat. no.: CD-80424
Genre/formOperas.
Genre/formIncidental music.