{"product_id":"purcell-brook-la-nuova-musica-dido-aeneas-music-cd-8717306260329","title":"Purcell \/ Brook \/ La Nuova Musica - Dido \u0026 Aeneas - Music CD","description":"La Nuova Musica and it's artistic director David Bates present Henry Purcell's most widely admired work Dido and Aeneas. With Nathum Tate's libretto based on Virgil's Aeneid Book IV; Dido and Aeneas is a miniature opera; as well as the only all-sung opera Purcell ever composed. Constantly juxtaposing different moods; colours; orchestrations; this semi-opera enjoys the popularity for it's \"tunefulness; evocative power; and [...] it's conciseness\". The guiding star that David Bates wants to follow for this recording is making sure that Purcell's Italian; French; and English musical influences are all emphasized - by adding a typically Italian harp to the continuo or by doubling the strings just as in the French tradition. Dido and Aeneas includes one of the most touching operatic laments \"When I am laid in earth\". A cast of first-class singers with strong musical personalities offer an eclectic interpretation together with a chorus that creates a visceral and intrinsically dramatic soundworld. Dido and Aeneas is David Bates and La Nuova Musica's fourth release; after the acclaimed Gluck Orfeo and Euridice (2019) and Handel's Unsung Heroes (2021); as well as Beauteous Softness (2023) where they joined forces with Tim Mead. Counter-tenor Tim Mead previously released Pentatone's Handel Messiah (2020) with Akademie fr Alte Musik Berlin. Star tenor Nicky Spence; Fleur Barron; Matthew Brook; Giulia Semenzato all make their Pentatone debut.","brand":"AEC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42319720087627,"sku":"PNTA5187032.2","price":23.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/7223\/1499\/files\/4237976-3144839_b30a24fe-c36e-439b-b462-9898211fc82c.jpg?v=1775782256","url":"https:\/\/rockbandmerch.com\/products\/purcell-brook-la-nuova-musica-dido-aeneas-music-cd-8717306260329","provider":"Rock Band Merch","version":"1.0","type":"link"}