BaL 30.11.19 - Purcell: Dido & Aeneas

[Lordgeous]

Has anyonw heard the Currentzis version which I mentioned before? I see, for what its wprth, every Amazon review gives it 5 stars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae1IUPHxFzs

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Has anyonw heard the Currentzis version which I mentioned before? I see, for what its wprth, every Amazon review gives it 5 stars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae1IUPHxFzs

Thanks for this, Lordie - I'm an intermittent fan of Currentzis, but this one had passed under my radar before this Thread. I shall give it a listen later on

[doversoul1]

Has anyonw heard the Currentzis version which I mentioned before? I see, for what its wprth, every Amazon review gives it 5 stars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae1IUPHxFzs

I have but I’m afraid I am never much of a fun of Simone Kermes who tends to be, so it sounds to me, rather over-dramatic. Her Dido is to me too much lament and not enough passion or fury. Catherine Bott for me forever

[Nick Armstrong]

Sarah Connolly is too overstated for my taste. Too many expressive, bulging notes

Quite.

It was Susan Graham and Emmanuelle Haim’s other performers who impressed me most in a work which, for some reason, has always left me cold (ditto Purcell operatic works generally )

[teamsaint]

I agree with all of that. This one made me more than ever wish that the reviewer could just be left alone.

I am a Sarah Connolly fan but note that Tim Ashley in the Guardian was not convinced: "Her Dido sounds neither "prest with torment" in the opening scenes nor anguished at the close." I'm curious to see if I agree when I get to listen.

I wouldn’t bother myself about agreeing with Ashley. I am not convinced that he attends all the performances that he reviews. If he does, he sometimes forgets to listen.

[BBMmk2]

I wouldn’t bother myself about agreeing with Ashley. I am not convinced that he attends all the performances that he reviews. If he does, he sometimes forgets to listen.

I rather like the recording I have, Richard Hickox.

[underthecountertenor]

I wouldn’t bother myself about agreeing with Ashley. I am not convinced that he attends all the performances that he reviews. If he does, he sometimes forgets to listen.

[Lordgeous]

I have but I’m afraid I am never much of a fun of Simone Kermes who tends to be, so it sounds to me, rather over-dramatic. Her Dido is to me too much lament and not enough passion or fury. Catherine Bott for me forever

Kermes is still my favourite in the lament - beautifully understated and lovely strings.