Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (Complete opera)
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (Complete opera)
Natalie Dessay. Ian Bostridge. Patrizia Ciofi, Véronique Gens / Le Concert d'Astree, Emmanuelle Haim
[ Erato Warner Classics Home of Opera / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Friday 2 September 2016
"A superb new account given a more appealingly Italianate flavour than many of the rival recordings"
(Gramophone Editor's Choice May 2004)
Monteverdi's retelling of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, composed for the court of Mantua, is the earliest opera to hold a firm place in the repertoire. Emmanuelle Haïm directs a full-blooded performance with star singers whose artistry is as valid here - in a groundbreaking Renaissance score - as in music of later eras: Ian Bostridge, Patrizia Ciofi, Natalie Dessay, Carolyn Sampson, Véronique Gens, Alice Coote, Sonia Prina, Christopher Maltman and Lorenzo Regazzo.
