Immerse yourself in the timeless beauty of Christoph Willibald Gluck's masterpiece, "Orfeo ed Euridice," a seminal work in the classical opera repertoire. Released on June 1, 2003, by Nar Classical, this album captures the essence of Gluck's innovative approach to opera, blending simplicity, emotional depth, and orchestral brilliance.
"Orfeo ed Euridice" is a retelling of the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, set to Gluck's evocative music. The opera is renowned for its poignant arias and choreographed dances, which are all meticulously presented in this recording. The album spans two acts, with a total runtime of two hours and six minutes, offering a comprehensive experience of Gluck's vision.
The tracklist includes iconic pieces such as "Che farò senza Euridice," a heart-wrenching aria sung by Orfeo, and the lively "Danza degli spiriti beati," showcasing the contrasting emotions that Gluck masterfully weaves throughout the opera. The performance is a testament to the power of classical music to convey profound human experiences, from grief and longing to joy and triumph.
Gluck's "Orfeo ed Euridice" is not just an opera; it's a landmark in the evolution of musical storytelling. This album invites you to explore the rich layers of Gluck's composition, where the interplay of vocals and orchestra creates a captivating narrative. Whether you're a seasoned classical enthusiast or a newcomer to the genre, this recording offers a profound and enriching listening experience.
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, ICG 25: "Ouverture"Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq.30, ICG 25, Act I: "Ah! se intorno a quest'urna funesta" (I) (Coro)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother, Chor der Städtischen Oper Berlin
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, ICG 25, Act I: "Amici quel lamento aggrava il mio dolore" (Orfeo)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother, Margarete Klose
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq.30, ICG 25, Act I: "Pantomima: ritornello" (I)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq.30, ICG 25, Act I: "Ah! se intorno a quest'urna funesta" (II) (Coro)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother, Chor der Städtischen Oper Berlin
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, ICG 25, Act I: "Vuol io restare da solo" (Orfeo)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother, Margarete Klose
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq.30, ICG 25, Act I: "Pantomima: ritornello" (II)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, ICG 25, Act I: "Chiamo il mio ben così, quando si mostra il dì" (Orfeo)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother, Margarete Klose
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, ICG 25, Act I: "O voi del regno delle ombre" (Orfeo)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother, Margarete Klose
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, ICG 25, Act I: "Amor assisterà l'infelice marito" (Amore)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother, Rita Streich
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, ICG 25, Act I: "Dalla cetra tua dolci tuoni" (Amore, Orfeo)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother, Rita Streich, Margaret Klose
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, ICG 25, Act I: "Gli sguardi trattieni, affrena gli accenti" (Amore)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother, Rita Streich
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, ICG 25, Act I: "Che disse! che ascoltai! Dunque Euridice vivrà" (Orfeo)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother, Margarete Klose
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, ICG 25, Act II: "Ballo delle Furie"Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, ICG 25, Act II: "Chi mai dell'Erebo fra le caligini" (Coro)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother, Chor der Städtischen Oper Berlin
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, ICG 25, Act II: "Deh! placatevi con me, furie, larve" (Orfeo)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother, Margarete Klose
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, ICG 25, Act II: "Misero giovine! che vuoi, che mediti?" (Coro)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother, Chor der Städtischen Oper Berlin
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, ICG 25, Act II: "Mille pene, ombre moleste, come voi sopporto anch'io" (Orfeo)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother, Margarete Klose
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq.30, ICG 25, Act II: "Ah quale incognito affetto flebile" (Coro)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother, Chor der Städtischen Oper Berlin
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, ICG 25, Act II: "Men tiranne, ah! voi sareste al mio pianto" (Orfeo)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother, Margarete Klose
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq.30, ICG 25, Act II: "Ah quale incognito affetto flebile" (II) (Coro)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother, Chor der Städtischen Oper Berlin
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq.30, ICG 25, Act II: "Danza degli spiriti beati" (I)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, ICG 25, Act II: "Balletto"Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq.30, ICG 25, Act II: "Danza degli spiriti beati" (II)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq.30, ICG 25, Act II: "Danza degli spiriti beati" (III)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, ICG 25, Act II: "E' quest'asilo ameno e grato" (Euridice, Coro)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother, Erna Berger, Chor der Städtischen Oper Berlin
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, ICG 25, Act II: "Che puro ciel! che chiaro sol!" (Orfeo)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother, Margarete Klose
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, ICG 25, Act II: "Vieni a' regni del riposo, grande eroe" (Coro)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother, Chor der Städtischen Oper Berlin
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq.30, ICG 25, Act II: "Danza degli spiriti beati" (IV)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, ICG 25, Act II: "Ah! Voi ombre felici quella che io tanto piango" (Orfeo)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother, Margarete Klose
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, ICG 25, Act II: "Torna, o bella, al tuo consorte" (Coro)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother, Chor der Städtischen Oper Berlin
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, ICG 25, Act III: "Vien, o diletta, vien con me" (Orfeo)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother, Margarete Klose
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, ICG 25, Act III: "Vien non tardar, vieni cara" (Orfeo)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother, Margarete Klose
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, ICG 25, Act III: "Ah dovessi io saper perché sì taci tanto" (Euridice)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother, Erna Berger
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, ICG 25, Act III: "Che fiero momento! Che barbara sorte!" (Euridice)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother, Erna Berger
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq.30, ICG 25, Act III: "Avvezzo il contento.../Qual dolor al mio cor" (Euridice, Orfeo)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother, Erna Berger, Margarete Klose
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, ICG 25, Act III: "Quale prova crudele" (Orfeo)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother, Margarete Klose
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, ICG 25, Act III: "Ah! Che ho fatto mai" (Orfeo)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother, Margarete Klose
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, ICG 25, Act III: "Che farò senza Euridice" (Orfeo)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother, Margarete Klose
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, ICG 25, Act III: "Che vuole il core mio, di viver che io finisca" (Orfeo)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother, Margarete Klose
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, ICG 25, Act III: "No più! Che fai tu?" (Amore)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother, Rita Streich
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, ICG 25, Act III: "Trionfi Amore, e il mondo intero serva all'impero" (Coro)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother, Chor der Städtischen Oper Berlin
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, ICG 25, Act III: "Danza"Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, ICG 25, Act III: "Gaudio, gaudio son al cuore" (Euridice, Orfeo, Amore)Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother, Erna Berger, Margarete Klose, Rita Streich
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, ICG 25, Act III: "Balletto finale"Christoph Willibald Gluck, Orchester der Städtischen Oper, Berlin, Artur Rother
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