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Gluck - Orfeo ed Euridice
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Iestyn Davies (Orfeo), Sophie Bevan (Euridice), Rebecca Bottone (Amor)
La Nuova Musica, David Bates
Bates is, like Gluck, wonderfully radical. Where other directors smooth over disjunctions, he revels in rupture…This is directorship at its most alert, and aiding Bates is an optimal cast…Davies... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Opera
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2019, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Opera
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
RecommendedBejun Mehta (Orfeo), Eva Liebau (Euridice) & Regula Mühlemann (Amore)
Collegium 1704, Collegium Vocale 1704, Václav Luks
At its best, indeed, in the unadorned unfolding of hell and then heaven, the experience strikes fire in a manner crucially lacking in other filmed Orfeos. Unfortunately, not even this one comes... — More…
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Building a Library, July 2014, DVD/Blu-ray Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2014, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Recommended(Limited Edition casebound deluxe)
Philippe Jaroussky (Orfeo), Amanda Forsythe (Euridice), Emőke Baráth (Amore)
Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera & I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis
Jaroussky manages the edition’s higher keys well enough (Vienna’s Orfeo was a castrato alto, Naples’s a soprano) and sings sweetly so long as forceful declamation isn’t required. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th May 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
RecommendedPhilippe Jaroussky (Orfeo), Amanda Forsythe (Euridice), Emőke Baráth (Amore)
Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera & I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis
Jaroussky is an engaging Orfeo, who sometimes puts expression before purity of sound...I Barocchisti, conducted by Diego Fasolis, make sure Gluck’s drama comes leaping vividly from the loudspeakers. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th May 2018
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RecommendedBernarda Fink (Orfeo) Veronica Cangemi (Euridice), Maria Cristina Kiehr (Amor)
Freiburger Barockorchester & Rias Kammerchor, René Jacobs
Jacobs conducts an urgent, pungently characterised performance — More…
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Building a Library, March 2003, First Choice
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Special offer. Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Shirley Verrett (Orfeo), Anna Moffo (Euridice), Judith Raskin (Amor)
I Virtuosi di Roma, Renato Fasano
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Special offer. Kathleen Ferrier: The Complete EMI Recordings
RecommendedKathleen Ferrier (contralto), Gerald Moore (piano), Isobel Baillie (soprano), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Kathleen Ferrier (Orfeo), Greet Koeman (Euridice), Nel Duval (Amore)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Symphoniker, Chorus & Orchestra of the Netherlands Opera, Bruno Walter, Herbert...
The voice is unique, its emotional power palpable after all these years. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd April 2012
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Special offer. Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Elisabeth Söderström, Ruth-Margret Pütz
Cappella Coloniensis, Kölner Rundfunkchor, Ferdinand Leitner
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Hilde Rössel-Majdan (Orpheus), Sena Jurinac (Eurydice), Emmy Loose (Amor) & Heinz Wöster (Speaker)
Chorus of Vienna State Opera & Vienna Radio, Michael Gielen
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Gluck: Orphée et Euridice
Juan Francisco Gatell (Orphée), Anna Prohaska (Euridice), Sara Blanch (L’Amour)
Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Arno Schuitemaker’s Ballet Company, Daniele Gatti, Lorenzo Fratini
