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Reissued to Mark Sir Colin Davis' 80th Birthday, This Sublime Philips Recording of Dido And Aeneas Makes a Welcome Return to the Catalogue. The Honeyed Sound of It's Protagonists - Josephine Veasey (whom Sir Colin Also Chose As the Dido for His Recording of Berlioz's Les Troyens) And John Shirley-quirk - Is Offset By a Chaste-sounding Helen Donath And a Superbly Characterised Sorceress from Bainbridge. Artists: Jospehine Veasey - Dido, John Shirley-quirk - Aeneas, Helen Donath - Belinda, Elizabeth Bainbridge - Sorceress, Delia Wallis - Lady & First Witch, Gillian Knight - Second Witch, Sir Thomas Allen - Sailor, John Alldis Choir, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Kenneth Heath - Cello, Robin McGee - Double-bass, John Constable - Harpsichord, Organ Continuo, Neville Marriner - Leader, Sir Colin Davis.
