Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas_音乐专辑
Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
表演者: Simone Kermes/Deborah York/Dimitris Tiliakos/Margarita Mezentseva/Sofia Fomina/Oleg Ryabets/Yana Mamonova/Elena Kondratova/Valeria Safonova/Alexandre Zverev/The New Siberian Singers/Music Aeterna/Teodor Currentzis
流派: 古典
介质: Audio CD
发行时间: 2009-02-10
唱片数: 1
出版者: Alpha Productions
条形码: 3760014191404
专辑简介
It's difficult to know where to begin enumerating the qualities that make this astonishing performance of Dido and Aeneas unique. The most obvious is geographical: the recording was made at the Opera Theatre of Novosibirsk, Siberia. The chorus is the New Siberian Singers and the early music ensemble Musica Aeterna, is based in Novosibirsk, and most of the secondary parts are taken by Russian singers. Otherwise, the cast is international; Simone Kermes (Dido) is German, Deborah York (Belinda) is British, and Dimitris Tiliakos (Aeneas) and conductor Teodor Currentzis are Greek, although Currentzis has been based in Russia since 1994 and has been at the Novosibirsk Opera since 2004. The performance itself challenges much of the conventional wisdom about the opera; it is so daringly idiosyncratic that if it didn't work brilliantly, it might be dismissed as an eccentric exercise in interpretive hubris. To begin with, the performance practice sounds more Continental than English in its execution of dotted rhythms, instrumentation, style of ornamentation, and extreme tempo choices. Currentzis treats the score with a latitude not usually brought to Purcell, as a framework open to, and even requiring, extensive elaboration from the performers. For instance, he supplements Purcell's string and continuo orchestra with theorbo, guitar, lute, viola da gamba, and percussion; he repeats some movements and even adds instrumental interludes based on the existing vocal material. Currentzis' tempos tend to be extreme -- the fast are very fast and the slow are very slow -- but his choices never seem capricious or arbitrary; they make musical and dramatic sense, and heighten the emotional impact of the opera in a way that sounds natural and spontaneous. His use of dynamics is likewise out of the ordinary. Dido's monologue at the opening of the opera and her lament at the end are sung in a grief-stricken pianissimo. It's a marvel that Kermes can sing with such purity, control, intensity, and expressiveness at a level that rarely rises above a whisper. Even her final "Remember me," which most sopranos take as an opportunity to cut loose, is rendered as the hushed last request of a woman who is close to death. Kermes brings a striking power to the moments that call for it, however, as in her contemptuous dismissal of Aeneas. As Belinda, York sings with a clear, bright tone and infectious energy. Aeneas is not a role that offers much of an opportunity to shine, but Tiliakos makes the most of it. The New Siberian Singers and Musica Aeterna, both of which Currentzis founded, respond to his demands with performances of stunning virtuosity and intensity. This outside-the-box performance should be of interest to any fan of Dido and Aeneas, and might make converts of listeners who think of Baroque opera as quaint and stuffy.
曲目
1. Dido & Aeneas, Ouverture 2:08
2. Dido & Aeneas, Act I: Shake the Cloud 1:08
3. Dido & Aeneas, Act I: Ah ! Belinda 4:48
4. Dido & Aeneas, Act I: Grief Increases 0:38
5. Dido & Aeneas, Act I (Chorus): When Monarch Unites 0:13
6. Dido & Aeneas, Act I: Whence Could so Much Virtue 2:08
7. Dido & Aeneas, Act I (Chorus): Fear No Danger 2:20
8. Dido & Aeneas, Act I: See, See 0:54
9. Dido & Aeneas, Act I (Chorus): Cupid Only Throws 0:35
10. Dido & Aeneas, Act I: If Not for Mine 0:24
11. Dido & Aeneas, Act I: Pursue Thy Conquest 0:45
12. Dido & Aeneas, Act I (Chorus): To the Hills 2:32
13. Dido & Aeneas, Act II: Prelude for the Witches 2:31
14. Dido & Aeneas, Act II (Chorus): Harm's Our Delight 0:15
15. Dido & Aeneas, Act II: The Queen of Carthage 0:30
16. Dido & Aeneas, Act II: Ho, ho, ho 0:10
17. Dido & Aeneas, Act II: Ruin'd Ere the Set of Sun 0:56
18. Dido & Aeneas, Act II: Ho, ho, ho 0:10
19. Dido & Aeneas, Act II: But Ere We This Perform 1:06
20. Dido & Aeneas, Act II (Chorus): In Our Deep Vaulted Cell 2:03
21. Dido & Aeneas, Act II: Echo Dance of Furies 0:57
22. Dido & Aeneas, Act II: Ritornelle 0:38
23. Dido & Aeneas, Act II: Thanks to These Lonsesome Vales 2:55
24. Dido & Aeneas, Act II: Guitar Chacone 2:31
25. Dido & Aeneas, Act II: Oft She Visits 1:54
26. Dido & Aeneas, Act II: Behold, Upon My Bending Spear 0:37
27. Dido & Aeneas, Act II: Haste, Haste to Town 0:45
28. Dido & Aeneas, Act II: Stay Prince 2:44
29. Dido & Aeneas, Act III: Prelude 1:15
30. Dido & Aeneas, Act III: The Sailor's Dance 0:51
31. Dido & Aeneas, Act III: See, See the Flags 0:59
32. Dido & Aeneas, Act III: Our Next Motion 0:39
33. Dido & Aeneas, Act III (Chorus): Detruction's Our Delight 0:29
34. Dido & Aeneas, Act III: The Witches' Dance 2:09
35. Dido & Aeneas, Act III: Your Counsel 6:07
36. Dido & Aeneas, Act III (Chorus): Great Minds 1:02
37. Dido & Aeneas, Act III: Thy hand, Belinda 1:03
38. Dido & Aeneas, Act III: Dido's Lament 4:02
39. Dido & Aeneas, Act III (Chorus): With Drooping Wings 5:32
