I have the recording directed by Christopher Hogwood with Catherine Bott
as Dido, and enjoy it, though I'm not so convinced by the hamming up of
the witches' parts, something which happened also in the performance by
Les Arts Florissants which I went to at the Barbican last week.  But then
the classicist in me has problems with the witches anyway.

I recently bought a 2-CD bargain set of Purcell anthems performed by Christ
Church Cathedral choir, Oxford.  It has all my favourite anthems on it and
the performances are pleasant, if a little lacking in dynamic range and
on the slow side.  Now all I need is an opportunity to sing 'Jehova, quam
multi sunt hostes mei', which remains at the top of my wanted list of
anthems I've never performed.  Of course it needs a Gostling-style bass
soloist.

Virginia Knight
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