I first encountered Raymond Leppard as the brilliant harpsichordist in Barbirolli's recording of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. |
Whilst neas and Achates were still gazing, Queen Dido drew near with a great retinue of maidens and youths. |
Evolving in a definitely trance style, it still leaves a large place to the voice of Dido. |
After one too many chill-out compilations featuring remixes of Dido songs, downtempo seemed destined to die a quick death. |
The subject of the threnody is a nymph of the name of Dido, whose identity can only be vaguely conjectured. |
In that dwelling of Pluto we also find the queen Dido who killed herself because of passion after swearing fidelity to the ashes of Ciqueo. |