Joyce DiDonato takes the lead role in Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas, with Il Pomo d’Oro under Maxim Emelyanychev. Other cast members include Michael Spyres, Fatma Said and Beth Taylor.
Tag: Purcell
Review: Grigory Sokolov – Purcell and Mozart
Live recording of Grigory Sokolov in piano music by Purcell and Mozart.
Review: Purcell – Dido and Aeneas – Fleur Barron, Matthew Brook, La Nuova Musica, Bates
Fleur Barron and Matthew Brook take the leading roles in Purcell’s famous opera, with Giulia Semenzato as Belinda. Conducted by David Bates with La Nuova Musica.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, December 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Review: Amata della Tenebre – Anna Netrebko, Soprano
Soprano Anna Netrebko presents her first solo album in five years with opera’s most iconic arias from Purcell, Tchaikovsky, Puccini, and Wagner.
Review: “Portraits de la Folie” – Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Ensemble Amarillis, Gaillard
Mezzo-soprano Stéphanie d’Oustrac joins Ensemble Amarillis and Héloïse Gaillard in a program of baroque music.
Review: Purcell – The Fairy Queen – Gabrieli Consort – McCreesh
Paul Mccreesh soloists and the Gabrieli Consort & Players in Henry Purcell’s “The Fairy Queen”, based on a new addition by McCreesh and Christopher Suckling.
Review: “‘Tis Too Late To Be Wise” – Kitgut Quartet
The Kitgut Quartet explores the connection between early string music to the classical String Quartet.
Review: Purcell – King Arthur – Gabrieli Consort & Players – Paul McCreesh
Paul McCreesh conducts the Gabrieli Consort & Players in Purcell dramatic opera.
Review: Britten – Complete String Quartets – Doric String Quartet
The Doric String Quartet perform britten’s 3 string quartets, along with the English composer’s Divertimenti and Fantasies by Purcell.
