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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
No synopsis for Purcell: Dido and Aeneas. For more about Purcell: Dido and Aeneas and the Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Blu-ray release, see the Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Blu-ray Review Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Blu-ray, Video QualityDido and Aeneas is a generally quite fine looking Blu-ray, arriving from Harmonia Mundi in deluxe packaging with a good 1080i/AVC encoded transfer. While colors are quite muted throughout this production, tending toward sort of pale yellows and browns, all of the palette is clear and accurate looking, if not excessively saturated, something I lay at the feet of the actual source material (literally, in this instance, with regard to the costumes). The gigantic theater in which this was taped is also quite dark a lot of the time. While contrast and black levels are good to excellent, some of the stage lighting effects leave a bit to be desired, with a somewhat wan look to several of the singers. Close ups reveal a wealth of detail, from the fine beadwork on costumes to Dido's somewhat unkempt hair. There is some brief artifacting on the ropes the sailors climb, as well as some of the busier closeknit costumes. Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Blu-ray, Audio QualityDido and Aeneas' superb DTS-HD MA 5.1 mix is a marvel to listen to, especially since it so beautifully reproduces the elegant playing and especially choral singing of Les Arts Florissants under the extremely capable direction of William Christie. This is a soundtrack that lives and breathes with noticeable nuance. All of the singing is superb, if tilted slightly toward the lower registers, but it's really the choral work and the brilliant orchestral accompaniment, notably by the wonderful continuo (something this shares with the Royal Opera House Dido), which elevates this soundtrack to 10 status. Directionality is fine and surround channels ably demonstrate Purcell's often astonishing antiphonal vocal work. Lines weave in and out of the surround channels with thrilling precision and most listeners should be completely transported by this offering. The PCM 2.0 folddown sounds just fine, though I found it too massed sounding at times, without the breathing room and hall ambience that the 5.1 mix provides. Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Blu-ray, News and UpdatesNo related news posts for Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Blu-ray yet. Purcell: Dido and Aeneas Blu-ray, Forum Discussions
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