L'Orfeo (complete opera)
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MONTEVERDI
L'Orfeo (complete opera)
Monica Piccinini / Furio Zanasi / Anna Simboli / Concerto Italiano / Rinaldo Alessandrini
[ OPUS 111 / Naive / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Saturday 13 October 2007
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2009 Grammy Award nomination - Best Opera Recording. --
This recording of Monteverdi's 'Orfeo', a work which is generally considered to be the first true opera in musical history, marks its 400th anniversary. It is performed in a new version developed by one of the world's leading experts on the composer's music, Rinaldo Alessandrini and his acclaimed ensemble Concerto Italiano, and presented in a luxurious limited edition of 2 CDs within an illuminating book.
"…this is unquestionably the most subtle rendering of the Orfeo text that's available on compact disc. Furio Zanasi (Orfeo) is exceptionally good. Simboli (Euridice) is pure-voiced and clear, and Migardo uses the natural vulnerability in her sound movingly to project the distraught feelings of the Messenger." (BBC Music Five Stars Opera Choice Nov 2007)
"The first opera to survive in the modern repertoire had its premiere in Mantua 400 years ago. It's hard to imagine a finer anniversary present than Alessandrini's superbly theatricl and brilliantly sung version" (Sunday Times)
