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2008

Format:	Music CD, Musical Sound Recording, Sound Recording
Author:	Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695.
Title:	Dido and Aeneas [sound recording] / Purcell.
Publisher, Date:	[England] : EMI Classics, p2008.
Description:	1 sound disc : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.
Series:	Great recordings of the century. Great recordings of the century.
Subjects:	Operas. Operas -- Excerpts. Dido (Legendary character) -- Drama. Aeneas (Legendary character) -- Drama.
Other Author:	Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715. Flagstad, Kirsten, 1895-1962. Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth. McNab, Eilidh. Mandikian, Arda. Rex, Sheila. Pollak, Anna. Hemsley, Thomas. Lloyd, David, 1920- Jones, Geraint, 1917-1998. Braithwaite, Warwick, 1896-1971. Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Dido and Aeneas. When I am laid in earth. Mermaid Singers. Mermaid Orchestra. Philharmonia Orchestra (London, England)
Other Title:	Dido and Aeneas.
Notes:	Opera in 3 acts. Libretto by Nahum Tate. Compiled from previously-released analog recordings. Compact disc. Program notes and libretto (11 p.) inserted in container. Kirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Eilidh McNab, Arda Mandikian, Sheila Rex, sopranos ; Anna Pollak, mezzo-soprano ; Thomas Hemsley, baritone ; David Lloyd, tenor ; Mermaid Singers and Orchestra ; Geraint Jones, conductor. The opera recorded Oct. 15-16, Nov. 30, and Dec. 1-2, 1951, Mar. 15, 1952, Mermaid Theatre and No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London. Opera excerpt (tracks 39-40) recorded May 29, 1948, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London. Sung in English.
Contents:	Dido and Aeneas (59:08 ) -- Thy hand, Belinda/Darkness shades me ; When I am laid in earth (4:52) (Kirsten Flagstad, soprano ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Warwick Braithwaite, conductor)
ISBN:	5099950969128
Publisher Number:	50999 5 09691 2 8
Other Number:	238760795
System Availability:	1
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	1
Control Number:	348406
# Local items in:	1
# System items in:	1
Call Number:	CD B PURC DA F91
Medium:	[sound recording]

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