Hekkema / Calefax / Vloeimans - Dido & Aeneazz - Music & Performance - SACD

Love is a rollercoaster, and so is this swinging new take on Virgil's classical tragedy. Dido Aeneas is a decomposition of Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas by Raaf Hekima, combined with newly composed music arranged by Eric Leimans. The album showcases the congenial collaboration between the versatile reed players of Colefax and renowned trumpet player Eric Leimans. Dido Aeneas invites the listener to join a musical journey that virtuously flows from the baroque original to jazz, calypso and klezmer, and back. Acclaimed in the Netherlands and abroad, the members of Colefax arguably invented a completely new genre: the reed quintet. After their successful PENTATONE debut with Hidden Gems, these gentlemen add yet another treasure to their discography.