Dido and Aeneas discography

This is a discography of Dido and Aeneas, an opera by Henry Purcell. The first known performance was at Josias Priest's girls' school in London in the spring of 1689.

Audio

Year	Cast (Dido, Belinda, Aeneas, Sorceress)	Conductor and orchestra	Label
1935	Nancy Evans, Mary Hamlin, Roy Henderson, Mary Jarred	Clarence Raybould, Boyd Neel String Orchestra and Charles Kennedy Scott's A Capella singers	Decca, Cat. No. X 101-107, (7 x 78rpm records, by subscription only for the Purcell Society).[1]
1945	Joan Hammond, Isobel Baillie, Dennis Noble, Edith Coates	Constant Lambert, Philharmonia String Orchestra and chorus	Opera D'Oro, OPD-1220
1951	Irma Kolassi, Gisèle Vivarelli, Yvon le Marc'Hadour, Marguerite Pifteau	Pierre Capdevielle, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and Students’ Chorus of the Geneva Conservatoire	Cascavelle, VEL 3107
1951	Kirsten Flagstad, Maggie Teyte, Thomas Hemsley, Edith Coates	Geraint Jones, The Mermaid Orchestra and Singers	Walhall, WLCD0186
1952	Kirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Thomas Hemsley, Arda Mandikian	Geraint Jones, The Mermaid Orchestra and Singers	EMI Références, CDH7610062
1955	Martha Mödl, Dora Lindgreen, Hermann Prey, Gusta Hammer	Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, North German Radio Symphony Orchestra [2]	UraCant, 2008
1959	Claire Watson, Jeannette Sinclair, Sir Peter Pears, Arda Mandikian	Benjamin Britten, English Opera Group Orchestra and Purcell Singers	BBC Music, BBCB 8003-2
1961	Dame Janet Baker, Patricia Clark, Raimund Herincx, Monica Sinclair	Anthony Lewis, English Chamber Orchestra and St. Anthony Singers	Decca, 4663872 (2000).
1963[3]	Mary Thomas, Honor Sheppard, Maurice Bevan, Helen Watts	Alfred Deller, Oriana Orchestra and Chorus	Vanguard, 3003332
1965	Victoria de los Ángeles, Heather Harper, Peter Glossop, Patricia Johnson	Sir John Barbirolli, English Chamber Orchestra and Ambrosian Singers, under Raymond Leppard	EMI, CDM 5 65664 2
1967	Tatiana Troyanos, Sheila Armstrong, Barry McDaniel, Patricia Johnson	Sir Charles Mackerras, Chamber Orchestra of the North German Radio and Monteverdi Choir Hamburg, under Jürgen Jürgens	Deutsche Grammophon Archiv Produktion, 447 148-2
1970	Josephine Veasey, Helen Donath, John Shirley-Quirk, Elizabeth Bainbridge	Sir Colin Davis, Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields and John Alldis Choir	Philips Eloquence, 4428334
1971	Shirley Verrett, Helen Donath, Dan Iordăchescu, Oralia Dominguez	Raymond Leppard, Ambrosian Singers, Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI Torino	Arkadia, 619
1975	Dame Janet Baker,[4] Norma Burrowes, Sir Peter Pears, Anna Reynolds	Steuart Bedford, Aldeburgh Festival Strings and London Opera Chorus	Decca, 468 561-2
1977	Tatiana Troyanos,[5] Felicity Palmer, Richard Stilwell, Alfreda Hodgson	Raymond Leppard, English Chamber Orchestra and English Chamber Chorus	Erato 2292-45263-2
1978	D'Anna Fortunato, Nancy Armstrong, Mark Baker, Bruce Fithian	Joel Cohen, The Boston Camerata	harmonia mundi usa, HM 10.067 (LP only)
1981	Emma Kirkby, Judith Nelson, David Thomas, Jantina Noorman	Andrew Parrott, Taverner Consort and Players	Chandos, CHAN 8306
1982	Ann Murray, Rachel Yakar, Anton Scharinger, Trudeliese Schmidt	Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien and Arnold Schoenberg Chor	Teldec, 4509-93686-2
1985	Guillemette Laurens, Jill Feldman, Philippe Cantor, Dominique Visse	William Christie, Les Arts Florissants	Harmonia Mundi (France) HMC 905173
1985	Teresa Berganza, Danielle Borst, Per-Arne Wahlgren, Glenys Linos	Michel Corboz, Ensemble instrumental de Lausanne and Choir of the Lausanne City Opera	Erato, 2292-45263-2
1985	Jessye Norman, Marie McLaughlin, Thomas Allen, Patricia Kern	Raymond Leppard, English Chamber Orchestra	Philips, 416299
1988	Anne Sofie von Otter, Lynne Dawson, Stephen Varcoe, Nigel Rogers	Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert	Deutsche Grammophon Archiv Produktion, 427 624-1
1989	Della Jones, Donna Deam, Peter Harvey, Susan Bickley	Ivor Bolton, St. James’s Baroque Players and Singers	Teldec, 4509-91191-2
1989	Rachel Ann Morgan, Camille van Lunen, David Barick, Myra Kroese	Roderick Shaw, Academy of the Begynhof Amsterdam	Globe, 5020
1990	Carolyn Watkinson, Ruth Holton, George Mosley, Teresa Shaw	John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists and Monteverdi Choir	Philips, 432 114-2
1992	Catherine Bott, Emma Kirkby, John Mark Ainsley, David Thomas	Christopher Hogwood, The Academy of Ancient Music	Decca, 475 7195
1993	Lorraine Hunt, Lisa Saffer, Michael Dean, Ellen Rabiner	Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge	Harmonia Mundi (France), HMU 907110
1994	Emily Van Evera, Ben Parry, Janet Lax, Hanne Mari Ørbaek, Haden Andrews	Andrew Parrott, Taverner Consort and Players	The Sony Classical Listening Station, SK 62993
1994	Kym Amps, Anna Crookes, David van Asch, Sarah Connolly	The Scholars Baroque Ensemble	Naxos, 8.553108
1994	Véronique Gens, Sophie Marin-Degor, Nathan Berg, Claire Brua	William Christie, Les Arts Florissants	Erato, 4509-98477-2
1995	Jennifer Lane, Cassandra Hoffman, Michael Brown, Desiree Halac	Bradley Brookshire, I Musici di San Cassiano	Vox, 7518
1995	Maria Ewing, Rebecca Evans, Karl Daymond, Sally Burgess	Richard Hickox, Collegium Musicum 90	Chandos, CHAN 0586
1995	Jennifer Lane, Ann Monoyios, Russell Braun, Jennifer Lane (bis)	Jeanne Lamon, Tafelmusik	Chandos, CHAN 8306
1996	Nancy Maultsby, Susannah Waters, Russell Braun, Laura Tucker	Martin Pearlman, Boston Baroque	Telarc, 80424
1998	Lynne Dawson, Rosemary Joshua, Gerald Finley, Susan Bickley	René Jacobs, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment	Harmonia Mundi (France) HMX 2991683
2000	Laura Pudwell, Salomé Haller, Peter Harvey, Laura Pudwell (bis)	Hervé Niquet, Le Concert Spirituel	Glossa, GCD 921601
2002	Evelyn Tubb, Thomas Meglioranza, Julia Matthews, Evelyn Tubb	Predrag Gosta, New Trinity Baroque	Edition Lilac, 200204-2.[6]
2003	Susan Graham, Camilla Tilling, Ian Bostridge, Felicity Palmer	Emmanuelle Haïm, Le Concert d'Astrée and European Voices	Virgin Veritas, 45605.[7]
2004	Nicola Wemyss, Francine van der Heijden, Matthew Baker, Helen Rasker	Jed Wentz, Musica ad Rhenum	Brilliant, 92464
2007	Julianne Baird, Andrea Lauren Brown, Timothy Bentch, Tatyana Rashkovsky	Valentin Radu, Ama Deus Baroque Ensemble	Lyrichord, LEMS 8057
2008	Sarah Connolly, Lucy Crowe, Gerald Finley, Patricia Bardon	Steven Devine and Elizabeth Kenny, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Choir of the Enlightenment	Chandos, CHAN 0757
2008	Simone Kermes, Deborah York, Dimitris Tiliakos, Oleg Ryabets	Teodor Currentzis, MusicAeterna and The New Siberian Singers	alpha, HMU 140
2010	Malena Ernman, Judith Van Wanroij, Christopher Maltman, Hillary Summers	William Christie, Les Arts Florissants	FRA Musica, FRA001 (DVD)/ FRA501 (Blu-ray) recorded at Opéra-Comique, 2008

Critical attention

The Haïm recording (2004 in US) received a highly complimentary review from Allan Kozinn, saying it surpassed Parrott's 1981 production, the latter "[u]ntil now, the best." Kozinn noted orchestration and vocal range innovations by Haïm, as well as strong major and minor cast members.^[8]

References

Notes

1. The first full recording, see R.D. Darrell, The Gramophone Shop Encyclopedia of Recorded Music (New York 1936), 371.
2. Recorded live, in German
3. Operone gives 1956 instead.
4. Baker's second recording
5. Troyanos's second studio recording
6. Eric Van Tassel, Early Music Journal, pub. Oxford University Press on Purcell's operas revisited
7. BBC Classical Review (Andrew McGregor) Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Susan Graham, Ian Bostridge etc (includes samples)
8. Kozinn, Allan, "MUSIC; Poor Dido Finally Gets A Real Man", The New York Times, March 07, 2004. Retrieved 2011-07-26.

Sources

• Hoasm.org Purcell discography, accessed 6 January 2010
• Operone discography, accessed 14 January 2010
• Prestoclassical discography, accessed 7 January 2010
• Tore Frantzvåg Steenslid's full discography, accessed 7 January 2010