[Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Clare College Chapel Choirs. Dido & Aeneas]

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DIDO AND AENEAS

Purcell

Lynne Dawson & Rosemary Joshua, sopranos; Gerald Finley, baritone; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Clare College Chapel Choirs, Rene Jacobs, conductor. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901683

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Rene Jacobs' interpretations of Baroque music are usually cogent and dramatically incisive, and this new recording of Dido and Aeneas is an excellent example of his approach. You feel that this remarkable work, which can at times feel detached and fussy in recordings, truly exists in a theatre. Without breaking the formal and stylistic constraints of the score, Jacobs and his singers provide the …