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Purcell Dido and Aeneas

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Opera in three acts libretto by NAHUM TATE gramophone records
HAMBURG MONTEVERDI CHOIR EIKE FUNK (guitar and lute) SONJA PRUNNBAUER (guitar)
MATHIAS SIEDE L (harpsichord) GERHARD STENZEL (cello)
WILLI BEYER (double-bass)
NORTH GERMAN RADIO ORCHESTRA conducted by CHARLES MACKERRAS Act 1 Dido's court at Carthage Act 2
Scene 1 The witches' cave Scene 2 A grove
Act 3 The harbour at Carthage (The fourth of 21 programmes of Purcell's major works)

Contributors

Unknown:
Nahum Tate
Guitar:
Eike Funk
Guitar:
Sonja Prunnbauer
Guitar:
Mathias Siede
Cello:
Gerhard Stenzel
Double-Bass:
Willi Beyer
Conducted By:
Charles MacKerras
Source: Radio Times

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