Orfeo ed Euridice

Composers: Christoph Willibald Gluck
Conductor: Peter Maag
Soloist: Ewa Podles, Ana Rodrigo, Elena De la Merced
Chorus: Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid
Orchestra: Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia
Genre: Opera
Label: SACD
Booklet with lyrics/libretto: yes
CDs / Unit: 1
Cat-Nr.: 47753-8
Total Time: 103:43
Recordingdate: Jun 98
Technologie: Digital
Release Date: Jan 10

Description

Christoph Willibald Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice is an opera whose historical value is as great as its musical worth. It is in fact associated with an event, the so-called ''Gluck reform'' of Italian serious opera, for which Orfeo stands as a starting point: the event may have been overrated in its true importance and consequences but did possess great symbolic significance and has made the date of the first performance of the opera (Vienna, 5th October 1762) one of the key moments in the history of music in the eighteenth century.

This is a live recording of Orfeo ed Euridice, made in 1998 with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia and the Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid under the artistic direction of Peter Maag. The great solists are Ewa Podles, Ana Rodrigo and Elena de la Merced.

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Ouverture
 
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Atto I, Scena I
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Atto I, Scena I
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Pantomima
Atto I, Scena I
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Atto I, Scena I
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Atto I, Scena I
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Ritornello
Atto I, Scena I
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Aria
Atto I, Scena I
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Atto I, Scena I
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Aria
Atto I, Scena I
01.20 0,99 €
11
Atto I, Scena I
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Aria
Atto I, Scena I
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13
Atto I, Scena II
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Aria
Atto I, Scena II
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Atto I, Scena II
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Aria
Atto I, Scena II
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Atto I, Scena II
02.01 0,99 €
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Aria
Atto I, Scena II
05.30 2,00 €
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Disc 2
1
Maestoso
Atto II, Scena I
01.42 0,99 €
2
Atto II, Scena I
00.29 0,99 €
3
Vivace
Atto II, Scena I
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Atto II, Scena I
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Solo con Coro
Atto II, Scena I
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Atto II, Scena I
00.53 0,99 €
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Aria
Atto II, Scena I
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Atto II, Scena I
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Aria
Atto II, Scena I
00.36 0,99 €
10
Atto II, Scena I
01.24 0,99 €
11
Danza delle Furie
Atto II, Scena I
04.28 0,99 €
12
Ballo (Dance of the Blessed Spirits)
Atto II, Scena II
06.09 2,00 €
13
Aria con Coro
Atto II, Scena II
03.53 0,99 €
14
Aria
Atto II, Scena II
04.57 0,99 €
15
Atto II, Scena II
02.01 0,99 €
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Atto II, Scena II
00.54 0,99 €
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Atto II, Scena II
02.50 0,99 €
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Atto III, Scena I
04.09 0,99 €
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Duetto
Atto III, Scena I
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Atto III, Scena I
01.46 0,99 €
21
Aria e Duetto
Atto III, Scena I
03.15 0,99 €
22
Atto III, Scena I
03.25 0,99 €
23
Aria
Atto III, Scena I
04.53 0,99 €
24
Atto III, Scena II
03.16 0,99 €
25
Terzetto
Atto III, Scena II
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26
Coro e Soli
Atto III, Scena III
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Reviews:

Fanfare (01.11.2010)


Christoph Willibald Gluck prepared more than one version of this beloved opera (...) This SACD basically offers the 1769 Vienna version, sung in Italian, with the addition of the ballet music Gluck wrote for the 1778 Paris production. (James Reel)

Audiophile Audition (07.06.2010)


[The coloratura] gives a chance for Podles to show off her incredible range, from cavernous chest tones to head tones that scrape the upper reaches of the contralto tessiura. (Lee Passarella)

Pizzicato (30.03.2010)


"Mit ihrer weitgestreckten, wunderbar warmen und voll tönenden Altstimme ist die Polin Ewa Podles eine ideale Besetzung, nicht zuletzt weil sie auch darstellerisch exzellent ist undmit ihren vielfältigen expressiven Möglichkeiten den Orfeo ganz hervorragend porträtiert. (...) Ewa Podles (...) eine Sängerin die zur Weltspitze gehört"

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