Douglas Rao as Orpheus
Orpheus
Saturday 4 August 2007 13:00-14:00 (Radio 3)
The myth of Orpheus has provided the inspiration for operas, ballets, tone poems and other musical works throughout the ages. Catherine Bott looks at settings of this story, and plays music from works by Stradella, Luigi Rossi, D'India and Alessandro Scarlatti.
Playlist
Monteverdi: Rosa del ciel (from L'Orfeo)
John Mark Ainsley, Orpheus
Julia Gooding, Euridice
New London Consort
Philip Pickett
L'Oiseau-Lyre 4335452
CD1 track 6
Sigismondo D'India: Lamento d'Orfeo - 'che veggio ohime'
Nigel Rogers, tenor
Andrew Lawrence-King, arpa doppia
Virgin Classics VC7592312
Track 7
Luigi Rossi: Passacgalia per arpa
Edward Witsenburg, harp
Globe GLO 5182
Track 6
Alessandro Scarlatti: Cantata - Poi che riseppe Orfeo
Maria Cristina Kiehr, soprano
Concerto Soave
Jean-Marc Aymes, harpsichord and director
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901725
Tracks 9 - 13
Stefano Landi: Instrumental suite from La Morte d'Orfeo
Tragicomedia
EMI Classics CDC 7 54312 2
Tracks 14 - 16
Stradella: Cantata - Fuor della Stigia sponda (from Orfeo)
Christine Brandes, soprano
Paul O'Dette, archlute
Barbara Weiss, organ
Harmonia Mundi 907192
Track 1
Luigi Rossi: Lasciate Averno (from Orfeo)
Paul Elliott, tenor
The London Early Music Group
James Tyler, director
Hyperion CDA 66153
Track 1
