Dido's Lament (Henry Purcell)

Dido's lament from Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas, transposed to alto pitch and sung by D W Solomons (countertenor).
The mp3 can be obtained on the CD "While my cat gently snoozes:
http://www.cdbaby.com/dwschorale7

The artwork illustrating this performance includes work by Guercino, Cayot (sculpture of Dido), Tiepolo and Füger.
Many thanks to the following art-photographers on Wikimedia: Marie-Lan Nguyen (Jastrow), Erwin Jurschitza (zeno.org), and Arianna
I have also made an arrangement for just alto and guitar (including the recitativo), which can be obtained at:
http://dwsolo.load.cd/sheetmusic/sm-68987_dido_s_lament__arranged_for_alto_an...

A version for clarinet and guitar is also available at

Dido's lament (clarinet and guitar)
http://dwsolo.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-85831_dido_s_lament__arranged_for_c...

Category:

Music

Tags:

• dido
• lament
• purcell
• countertenor
• alto
• solo
• opera
• guercino
• cayot
• tiepolo
• füger
• baroque
• classical
• aeneas
• belinda

[cfer50]

Man this dude did an AWESOME cover of Jeff Buckley! what a cool rethinking of an original song. Not usually into 'classical' shit though :P

[dwsolo]

@cfer50 I see no connection with Jeff Buckley (only heard of him today). Glad you liked it anyway.

[hjo183]

Is this from the Baroque era?

[dwsolo]

Yes, it's by Purcell :-)

[SROCeallaigh]

@cfer50 FAIL

[SROCeallaigh]

@hjo183 fine English baroque...I don't listen to classical anywhere as near as often as I should, guess I always feel somewhat guilty about that...but when I do it's usually baroque like Bach, Vivaldi, Marais...

[peskasker]

@cfer50 dude, jeff buckley sang it like, once.

[MacJaxonManOfAction]

@cfer50 It's amazing how many people on here can't take a fucking joke. Of course he knows that Buckley didn't write it! cfer50, I at least found your comment extremely funny. Particularly as I think Buckley did the finest rendition of this piece EVER, Janet Baker be damned :-)

[eruditeness]

@MrHugoalexandro The Baroque period began in 1600 and lasted until 1750....this is also the year that Bach died.

[ricardeus]

@cfer50 It's the other way around, Jeff Buckley covered the original piece. It's from the Opera "Dido and Eneas" written by Purcel.

[syrokal]

@cfer50 You do realise Jeff Buckly didnt write it?

[ianb567]

@cfer50 I think you got it the wrong way around their. Jeff Buckley actually covered Henry Purcell.

[zsknitter]

@hjo183 yup

[manthasagittarius]

@cfer50 OK, I see. This aria is plus or minus four hundred years old. So Jeff Buckley performed it, and so did this countertenor, equally -- no one is covering or rethinking anyone. That said, I found this an intriguing performance (I speak as one who has sung the aria myself) and very much in the raw spirit of the dramatic context. Fans of this singer must have been blown away by what he was revealing of his soul.