Charles Mackerras, Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera - Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (1991)
Charles Mackerras, Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Maureen Forrester - Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (1991)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 527 Mb | Total time: 58:39+53:50 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Vanguard Classics | OVC 4039/40 | Recorded: 1966
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 527 Mb | Total time: 58:39+53:50 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Vanguard Classics | OVC 4039/40 | Recorded: 1966
There are a bewildering number of versions of Gluck's opera. Gluck first composed the work in Vienna in 1762 with a libretto in Italian and the title role sung by a castrato. This initial version, in its austerity, was the work that changed the course of opera. In 1774, Gluck rewrote Orfeo to meet the tastes of Paris audiences. The work became longer and lost some of its harder edges. In the late 1830s, Gluck's great admirer and follower, Hector Berlioz, prepared his own version of Gluck's score. Performances of Orfeo tend to draw from several versions, with the cuts or changes that the conductor deems appropriate. There is no definitive score for Gluck's opera.
Mackerras's recording uses the original Vienna version as its base. But Gluck composed some beautiful music for the Paris version that was not in the original, most importantly the Dance of the Furies, the Dance of the Blessed Spirits, with its beautiful flute solo, and an aria for Euridice between the first and second scenes of Act II. Mackerras adds this, and other material, to the Viennese version. Otherwise, Mackerras tries to follow Gluck's 1762 text closely. In 1966, the interest in period-instrument performances was just beginning. This is not a performance on period instruments, but Mackerras studied 18th century performances practices in detail and followed them in this recording. The liner notes that Mackerras prepared for this recording detailing his approach to the score are illuminating.
Tempos in this recording are slow and stately. This is one of the longer Orfeo's with which I am familiar. Orfeo's great aria, "Che faro senza Euridice?" is sung with passion, as Forrester's low contralto is accompanied by the angular theme in the high strings. Forrester also brings out the wonder of Orfeo upon his entering the Elysian fields in "Che puro ciel" with its accompaniment in the oboe. The duets between Orfeo and Euridice as they attempt their journey from the underworld are filled with tragedy. Euridice's aria, interpolated from the Paris version, is frequently cut; but Stich-Randall and the chorus show that it is lovely indeed.–Robin Friedman
Performer:
Orfeo - Maureen Forrester
Euridice - Teresa Stich-Randall
Amore - Hanny Steffek
Choir of the Vienna Sate Opera
Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
Conductor - Charles Mackerras
Tracklist:
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)
Orfeo ed Euridice
CD1:
01. Atto I. Scene 1. Overture
02. Ah se intorno a quest’urna funesta (Chorus)
03. Basta, o Compagni! (Orfeo)
04. Dance
05. Ah se intorno a quest’urna funesta (Chorus)
06. Chiamo il mio ben così quando si mostra (Orfeo)
07. T'assiste Amore! (Amore)
08. Gli sguardi Trattieni (Amore)
09. Che disse? Che ascoltai? (Orfeo)
10. Atto II. Scene 1. Chi mai dell’Erebo fra le caligini (Chorus)
11. Deh placatevi con me, Furie (Orfeo)
12. Dance of the Furies
13. Dance of the Blessed Spirits
14. E’ quest’ asilo ameno e grato del riposo il terren (Euridice, Chorus)
CD2:
01. Scene 2. Che puro ciel, che chiaro sol (Orfeo)
02. Vieni a’ regni del riposo (Chorus)
03. Dance
04. Anime avventurose (Orfeo)
05. Atto III. Scene 1. Vieni, segui i miei passi (Orfeo)
06. Vieni! Appaga il tuo consorte! (Orfeo)
07. Qual vita è questa mai che a vivere incomincio! (Euridice)
08. Che fiero momento, che barbara sorte (Euridice)
09. Ecco un nuovo tormento! (Orfeo)
10. Che farò senz’Euridice? (Orfeo)
11. Ah! finisca e per sempre (Orfeo)
12. Scene 2. Orfeo, che fai? (Amore)
13. Ballet
14. Trionfi Amore e il mondo intiero (Soli)
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Charles Mackerras, Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera - Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (1991)
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