Douglas Rao as Orpheus
Orpheus
Sunday 5 August 2007 13:00-14:00 (Radio 3)
Lucie Skeaping presents a profile of Gluck's magnum opus, Orpheus ed Eurydice. The Age of Enlightenment was concerned with the natural, the rational and the human, and Gluck was very much part of that world, striving for what he called 'a beautiful simplicity'. First performed in Vienna in 1762, this work is one of the most influential operas of all time, and along with librettist Calzabigi and choreographer Angiolini, Gluck created a whole new world on the opera stage. Recordings include performances by Janet Baker, James Bowman, Derek Lee Ragin and Bernarda Fink.
Playlist
All music taken from Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice
Overture
Freiburger Barockorchester / Rene Jacobs,
Harmonia Mundi 901743
CD 1 Track 1
Chorus and Orfeo: 'Ah Se intorno a quest'urna funesta'
James Bowman / La Grande Ecurie et La Chambre du Roy / RIAS Kammerchor / Jean-Claude Malgoire
Astree 8538
CD 1 Track 2:
Orfeo: 'Chiamo il mio ben cosi'
Bernarda Fink / Freiburger Barockorchester / Rene Jacobs
Harmonia Mundi 901 743
CD 1 track 6
Recit: 'O numi! Barari numi' - 'Gli sgardi trattieni' - 'Che disse! che ascoltai'
Bernarda Fink / Maria Cristina Kiehr / Freiburger Barockorchester / Rene Jacobs
Harmonia Mundi 901 743
CD 1 tracks 7, 8 & 9
Chorus: 'Chi mai dell'Erebo'
Orfeus and choir: 'Deh! placatevi con me, furie!'
Chorus of furies and spectors: 'Misero giovane'
Aria: 'Mille pene'
Chorus: 'Ah quale incognito'
Aria: 'Men tiranne'
Janet Baker / Glyndebourne Fest Chorus / LPO / Raymond Leppard
Erato 2292 - 45864-2
CD 1 tracks 22-27
Minuet/ballo
Orfeo aria: 'Che puro ciel! Che chiaro sol!'
Derek Lee Ragin / English Baroque Soloists / John Elliot Gardner
Philips 434 093-2
Disc 1 Track 13 & 14
Aria: 'Ecco un nuovo tormento' - 'Che faro'
James Bowman / La Grande Ecurie et La Chambre du Roy / Jean-Claude Malgoire
Astree 8538
CD 2 Tracks 4 & 5
Ballo - 'Let amor triumph'
Freiburger Barockorchester / Rene Jacobs
Harmonia Mundi 901 743
CD 2 tracks 17 & 18
