Purcell: Dido and Aeneas; La Nouvelle Ménestrandie, Cappella Mediterranea/Alarcón | CD review

(Ambronay)How you feel about this will depend on how you feel about the English language: from many points it is an ideal realisation of Purcell's tight-knit masterpiece, with young voices, a small instrumental ensemble, lively tempi and transparent textures. Leonardo García Alarcón sweeps the music along so that the acts flow seamlessly. But there's no denying that Solenn' Lavanant Linke's touching Dido and Yeree Suh's bright Belinda are not totally idiomatic in their command of the language,...

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