Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / James, Lewis, Baker, Herincx
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Canadian Music Store Music CD CoverComposer: Henry PurcellConductor: Anthony Lewis Performer: Thurston Dart Performer: Janet Baker Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra Performer: Monica Sinclair Performer: Patricia Clark Performer: Raimund Herincx Edition: Music CD Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered CD Release Date: 2000-04-11 Music Label: Decca Soundtracks:
Free Music Notes for Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / James, Lewis, Baker, HerincxFree Music Review: Pompous & ponderousI adore this opera but it can be so much more. The singing here is good but for me wrong for this work; and its overall effectiveness as a drama is even less than the sum of the parts. The treacly richness of the 1961 Lewis/Baker treatment cloys: full, vibrato-laden vocals smother the sprightly, impish music. The characters' self-importance is wearisome. They try too hard to wring out every drop of emotion. This overburdens the libretto and deadens the drama. The stodgy pacing clogs the narrative flow, which is especially unfortunate around the Act II climactic turning point (Oft she visits - Behold, Upon my Bending Spear, and surrounding pieces). Here it literally loses the plot. We should feel growing excitement and intensity as Purcell and Tate cleverly build up portents of danger with poignant classical allusions, until the mood crashes down into panic as the inevitability of her fate dawns on Dido in a sudden crisis moment; instead, we amble along gloomily. Purcell's work is a touchingly human tragedy. But Lewis' `heroic' characters lose our sympathy by taking themselves too seriously.
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