Monteverdi - L'Orfeo / Rolfe Johnson, Dawson, von Otter, Argenta, M. Nichols, Tomlinson, Chance, Baird; Gardiner
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Edition: Music CDFormat: Box set
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Archiv Produktion
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Toccata
- Prologo: Dal mio Permesso
- Act I: In questo lieto e fortunato giorno/Vieni, Imeneo/Muse, onor di Parnaso
- Act I: Balletto: Lasciate i monti/Ma tu, gentil cantor
- Act I: Rosa del ciel/Io non dir? qual sia/Balletto: Lasciate i monti/Vieni, Imeneo
- Act I: Ma se il nostro gioir/Ecco Orfeo, cui pur
- Act II: Sinfonia - Ecco pur ch'a voi ritorno
- Act II: Mira che s? n'alletta/Dunque fa degni, Orfeo
- Act II: Vi ricorda, o bosch'ombrosi
- Act II: Ahi, caso acerbo/In un fiorito prato
- Act II: Ahi, caso acerbo/Ma io, che in questa lingua
- Act II: Sinfonia - Chi ne consola, ahi lassi?/Ahi, caso acerbo/Ma dove, ah dove/Ahi, caso acerbo
- Act III: Sinfonia - Scorto da te, mio Nume/Ecco Patra palude/Dove, ah dove ten vai
- Act III: O tu, ch'inanzi morte
- Act III: Possente spirto
- Act III: Ben mi lusinga/Ahi, sventurato amante/Ei dorme, e la mia cetra
- Act III: Nulla impresa per uom
- Act IV: Signor, quel infelice/Bench? severo/O degli abitator/Quali grazie ti rendo/Tue soavi parole
- Act IV: Pietade, oggi, e amore/Ecco il gentil cantor
- Act IV: Qual onor di te/O dolcissimi lumi/Rotto hai la legge
- Act IV: Ahi, vista troppo dolce/Torn'a l'ombra/Dove ten vai
- Act IV: ? la virtute un raggio
- Act V: Questi i campi di Tracia
- Act V: Sinfonia - Perch? a lo sdegno
- Act V: Vanne Orfeo
- Act V: Moresca
Music reviews of Monteverdi - L'Orfeo / Rolfe Johnson, Dawson, von Otter, Argenta, M. Nichols, Tomlinson, Chance, Baird; Gardiner
Music Review: Monteverdi - L'Orfeo / Rolfe Johnson, Dawson, von Otter, Argenta, M. Nichols, Tomlinson, Chance, Baird; Gardiner
Rating: 5 Stars
Monteverdi - L'Orfeo / Rolfe Johnson, Dawson, von Otter, Argenta, M. Nichols, Tomlinson, Chance, Baird; Gardiner is a splenid recording with the Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloist and His Majesties Sagbutts & Cornetts under the guidance of John Elliot Gardiner. Archiv Prouktion have done a great job with the sound quality and it truly sounds as if one is hearing this in person. The book-let is of a very high quality and one must say that Gardiner picked some amazing singers (Willard White and Ann Sofie Von Otter). The book-let is a massiv 124 pages long and is filled with many fine photographs, an excellent essay written Gardiner and the complete lyrics. This is a recording not to be missed. 5 well deserved stars.
Description of Monteverdi - L'Orfeo / Rolfe Johnson, Dawson, von Otter, Argenta, M. Nichols, Tomlinson, Chance, Baird; Gardiner
History's first great opera--the story of Orpheus descending to Hades to retrieve his bride Eurydice from the dead, only to lose her again--gets a fine performance (the best overall version currently available) from John Eliot Gardiner and his musicians. Anthony Rolfe Johnson performs the title role with all the beautiful sound you'd expect from an Orfeo; he negotiates virtuoso passages flawlessly and sings passionately without overwhelming Monteverdi's music with too much voice. Julianne Baird as Eurydice and Anne Sofie Von Otter in a gripping appearance as the Messenger are the standouts in a cast without a weak link. Everyone involved, including the chorus and orchestra, performs with such energy, beauty, and precision that even long stretches of recitative never pall. --Matthew WestphalGeneral CDs
- Styles > Classical
- Featured Composers, A-Z > ( M ) > Monteverdi, Claudio
- Featured Performers, A-Z > ( M ) > Monteverdi Choir
- Historical Periods > Baroque (c.1600-1750) > General
- Opera & Vocal > General
- Divas > Otter, Anne Sophie von
- Historical Periods > Baroque (c.1600-1750)
- Languages > Italian
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- Monteverdi, Claudio - Works by Monteverdi
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