Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Derek Lee Ragin (Orfeo), Sylvia McNair (Euridice), Cyndia Sieden (Amor)
English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Gardiner's original-version Orfeo is unequalled in dramatic conviction, sweep and command. Leading roles have been bettered elsewhere; but overall this is one of the great Gluck recordings. — More…
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- English Baroque Soloists
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1991-05
- Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London
Overtura
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Euridice) - Sung in Italian / Vienna version (1762) - Act 1
- Derek Lee Ragin (countertenor)
- Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1991-05
- Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London
"Ah, se intorno a quest'urna funesta"
"Basta, basta, o compagni!"
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Euridice) - Vienna version (1762) - Act 1
- English Baroque Soloists
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1991-05
- Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London
Ballo (Larghetto)
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Euridice) - Sung in Italian / Vienna version (1762) - Act 1
- Derek Lee Ragin (countertenor), Cyndia Sieden (soprano)
- Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1991-05
- Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London
"Ah, se intorno a quest'urna funesta"
"Chiamo il mio ben così"
"T'assiste Amore!"
"Gli sguardi trattieni"
"Che disse? che ascoltai?"
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30 / Act 2
- Derek Lee Ragin (countertenor)
- Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1991-05
- Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London
Ballo (Maestoso) - "Chi mai dell'Erebo"
"Deh! placatevi con me"
"Misero giovane"
Ballo (Andante)
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Euridice) - Sung in Italian / Vienna version (1762) - Act 2
- Derek Lee Ragin (countertenor)
- Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1991-05
- Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London
"Che puro ciel, che chiaro sol"
"Vieni a' regni del riposo"
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Euridice) - Vienna version (1762) - Act 2
- English Baroque Soloists
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1991-05
- Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London
Ballo (Andante)
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Euridice) - Sung in Italian / Vienna version (1762) - Act 2
- Derek Lee Ragin (countertenor)
- Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1991-05
- Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London
"Anime avventurose"
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Euridice) - Sung in Italian / Vienna version (1762) - Act 3
- Sylvia McNair (soprano), Derek Lee Ragin (countertenor)
- English Baroque Soloists
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1991-05
- Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London
"Vieni, segui i miei passi"
"Vieni, appaga il tuo consorte!"
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30 / Act 3
- Sylvia McNair (soprano), Derek Lee Ragin (countertenor)
- English Baroque Soloists
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1991-05
- Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London
"Qual vita è questa mai"
"Che fiero momento"
"Ecco un nuovo tormento"
"Che farò senza Euridice?"
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Euridice) - Sung in Italian / Vienna version (1762) - Act 3
- Derek Lee Ragin (countertenor), Cyndia Sieden (soprano), Sylvia McNair (soprano)
- English Baroque Soloists
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1991-05
- Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London
"A finisca e per sempre"
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Euridice) - Vienna version (1762) - Act 3
- English Baroque Soloists
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1991-05
- Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London
Maestoso - Ballo: 1. (Grazioso) 2. Allegro 3. Andante 4. Allegro
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30 / Act 3
- Sylvia McNair (soprano), Derek Lee Ragin (countertenor), Cyndia Sieden (soprano)
- Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 1991-05
- Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London
"Trionfi Amore!"