Dido and Aeneas: in Full Score: (Sheet Music) Barnes & Noble

johnrpierce.com Purcell's Dido and Æneas

Catherine Bott as Dido, Emma Kirbky as Belinda, conducted by Christopher Hogwood amazon.co.uk

Æneas in art prints

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Henry Purcell : Dido and Aeneas Susan Graham (Dido), Ian Bostridge (Aeneas), Camilla Tilling (Belinda), Cécile de Boever (Second Woman), Felicity Palmer (Sorceress), David Daniels (Spirit), Paul Agnew (A Sailor) European Voices Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm (conductor) Virgin Veritas 7243 5 45604 2 2 amazon.co.uk amazon.com "Voici sans doute pour longtemps une version de référence. Et les petits malins ne pourront même pas la copier car le CD est «Copy Controlled» !"--concerto.net.

Henry Purcell:  Dido and Aeneas Lynne Dawson, Rosemary Joshua, Gerald Finley, conducted by René Jacobs amazon.co.uk "René Jacobs conduit l'opéra avec un sens étonnant du contraste; à ses côtés,  une distribution excellente est dominée par la Didon raffinée de Lynne Dawson."--lamediatheque.be

My personal favourite among the recordings of Dido and Aeneas has a cast including Victoria de los Angeles, Heather Harper, and Peter Glossop, conducted by Sir John Barbirolli. amazon.co.uk

Anne-Sofie von Otter as Dido, and Lynne Dawson as Belinda, in a recording very well conducted by Trevor Pinnock. amazon.co.uk