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Gluck: Orfeo Ed Euridice / Bumbry, Rothenberger, Neumann
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Gluck: Orfeo Ed Euridice / Bumbry, Rothenberger, Neumann

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Composer
GLUCK, CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD
Artist
Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Vaclav Neumann
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Nov 19, 2013
Catalog #
BRI94703
UPC
5028421947037

About

Christoph Willibald Gluck is one of the great reformers of opera, departing from the tried and tested genres of opera seria in the 18th century: Metastasio's drama per musica and Rameau's tragédie lyrique. Gluck sought to restore dramatic truth to musical theatre, dispensing with long, virtuosic arias simply written to play to performers' vanity, and providing a greater musical and dramatic coherence to his operas. His focus on clarity, simplicity and the return to nature is perfectly exemplified in his great work, Orfeo ed Euridice, the first of his 'reform' operas. The work owes much to the style of French opera, with its accompanied recitative and simple vocal lines.

This historic recording from 1966 features a young Grace Bumbry, who was recognised at the Kennedy Centre Honours in 2009 as a defining figure in American arts and culture. Also featuring internationally renowned conductor Václav Neumann, the recording is an acclaimed interpretation of one of Gluck's best-loved works.

Other information:
- Includes plot synopsis and liner notes on the composer and work.
- Libretto available on www.brilliantclassics.com.

Tracklist 41 tracks

  1. 1 Overture 03:31
    Track
    1
    Title
    Overture
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  2. 2 Act I Scene 1: Ah, se intorno a quest'urna funesta (Chorus, Orfeo) 03:24
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Ah, se intorno a quest'urna funesta (Chorus, Orfeo)
    Duration
    03:24
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Grace Bumbry, Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    MDR Rundfunkchor, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  3. 3 Act I Scene 1: Recitative: Basta, basta, o compagni (Orfeo) 00:57
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Recitative: Basta, basta, o compagni (Orfeo)
    Duration
    00:57
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Grace Bumbry, Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  4. 4 Act I Scene 1: Dance No. 1 02:17
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Dance No. 1
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  5. 5 Act I Scene 1: Ah, se intorno a quest'urna funesta (Chorus) 02:34
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Ah, se intorno a quest'urna funesta (Chorus)
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    MDR Rundfunkchor, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  6. 6 Act I Scene 1: Aria: Chiamo il mio ben così (Orfeo) 01:37
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Aria: Chiamo il mio ben così (Orfeo)
    Duration
    01:37
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Grace Bumbry, Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  7. 7 Act I Scene 1: Recitative: Euridice, ombra cara (Orfeo) 01:23
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Recitative: Euridice, ombra cara (Orfeo)
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Grace Bumbry, Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  8. 8 Act I Scene 1: Aria: Cerco il mio ben così (Orfeo) 01:30
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Aria: Cerco il mio ben così (Orfeo)
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Grace Bumbry, Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  9. 9 Act I Scene 1: Recitative: Euridice, Euridice! (Orfeo) 01:12
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Recitative: Euridice, Euridice! (Orfeo)
    Duration
    01:12
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Grace Bumbry, Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  10. 10 Act I Scene 1: Aria: Piango il mio ben così (Orfeo) 01:32
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Aria: Piango il mio ben così (Orfeo)
    Duration
    01:32
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Grace Bumbry, Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  11. 11 Act I Scene 1: Recitative: Numi, Barbari Numi (Orfeo) 01:14
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act I Scene 1: Recitative: Numi, Barbari Numi (Orfeo)
    Duration
    01:14
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Grace Bumbry, Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  12. 12 Act I Scene 2: Recitative: T'assiste Amore! (Amore, Orfeo) 02:11
    Track
    12
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Recitative: T'assiste Amore! (Amore, Orfeo)
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Ruth-Margret Pütz, Grace Bumbry, Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  13. 13 Act I Scene 2: Aria: Gli sguardi trattieni (Amore) 03:11
    Track
    13
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Aria: Gli sguardi trattieni (Amore)
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Ruth-Margret Pütz, Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  14. 14 Act I Scene 2: Recitative: Che disse? Che ascoltai? (Orfeo) 02:37
    Track
    14
    Title
    Act I Scene 2: Recitative: Che disse? Che ascoltai? (Orfeo)
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Grace Bumbry, Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  15. 15 Act II Scene 1: Dance No. 2 01:31
    Track
    15
    Title
    Act II Scene 1: Dance No. 2
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  16. 16 Act II Scene 1: Chi mai dell'Erebo fra le caligini (Chorus) 00:39
    Track
    16
    Title
    Act II Scene 1: Chi mai dell'Erebo fra le caligini (Chorus)
    Duration
    00:39
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    MDR Rundfunkchor, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  17. 17 Act II Scene 1: Dance No. 3 00:54
    Track
    17
    Title
    Act II Scene 1: Dance No. 3
    Duration
    00:54
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  18. 18 Act II Scene 1: Chi mai dell'Erebo fra le caligini (Chorus) 01:37
    Track
    18
    Title
    Act II Scene 1: Chi mai dell'Erebo fra le caligini (Chorus)
    Duration
    01:37
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    MDR Rundfunkchor, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  19. 19 Act II Scene 1: Deh placatevi con me (Orfeo, Chorus) 02:37
    Track
    19
    Title
    Act II Scene 1: Deh placatevi con me (Orfeo, Chorus)
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Grace Bumbry, Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    MDR Rundfunkchor, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  20. 20 Act II Scene 1: Misero giovane, che vuoi, che mediti? (Chorus) 01:17
    Track
    20
    Title
    Act II Scene 1: Misero giovane, che vuoi, che mediti? (Chorus)
    Duration
    01:17
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    MDR Rundfunkchor, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  21. 21 Act II Scene 1: Aria: Mille pene (Orfeo) 01:05
    Track
    21
    Title
    Act II Scene 1: Aria: Mille pene (Orfeo)
    Duration
    01:05
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Grace Bumbry, Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  22. 22 Act II Scene 1: Ah, quale incognito affetto flebile (Chorus) 00:58
    Track
    22
    Title
    Act II Scene 1: Ah, quale incognito affetto flebile (Chorus)
    Duration
    00:58
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    MDR Rundfunkchor, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  23. 23 Act II Scene 1: Aria: Men tiranne (Orfeo) 00:52
    Track
    23
    Title
    Act II Scene 1: Aria: Men tiranne (Orfeo)
    Duration
    00:52
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Grace Bumbry, Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  24. 24 Act II Scene 1: Ah, quale incognito affetto flebile (Chorus) 01:58
    Track
    24
    Title
    Act II Scene 1: Ah, quale incognito affetto flebile (Chorus)
    Duration
    01:58
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    MDR Rundfunkchor, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  25. 25 Act II Scene 2: Dance No. 4 03:16
    Track
    25
    Title
    Act II Scene 2: Dance No. 4
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  26. 26 Act II Scene 2: Arioso: Che puro ciel (Orfeo, Chorus) 06:34
    Track
    26
    Title
    Act II Scene 2: Arioso: Che puro ciel (Orfeo, Chorus)
    Duration
    06:34
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    MDR Rundfunkchor, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  27. 27 Act II Scene 2: Vieni a' regni del riposo (Chorus) 02:03
    Track
    27
    Title
    Act II Scene 2: Vieni a' regni del riposo (Chorus)
    Duration
    02:03
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    MDR Rundfunkchor, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  28. 28 Act II Scene 2: Dance No. 5 03:19
    Track
    28
    Title
    Act II Scene 2: Dance No. 5
    Duration
    03:19
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  29. 29 Act II Scene 2: Recitative: Animé avventurose (Orfeo, Chorus) 00:56
    Track
    29
    Title
    Act II Scene 2: Recitative: Animé avventurose (Orfeo, Chorus)
    Duration
    00:56
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Grace Bumbry, Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    MDR Rundfunkchor, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  30. 30 Act II Scene 2: Torna, o bella, al tuo consorte (Chorus) 01:59
    Track
    30
    Title
    Act II Scene 2: Torna, o bella, al tuo consorte (Chorus)
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    MDR Rundfunkchor, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  31. 31 Act III Scene 1: Recitative: Vieni, segui i miei passi (Orfeo, Euridice) 06:06
    Track
    31
    Title
    Act III Scene 1: Recitative: Vieni, segui i miei passi (Orfeo, Euridice)
    Duration
    06:06
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Grace Bumbry, Anneliese Rothenberger, Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  32. 32 Act III Scene 1: Duetto: Vieni appaga il tuo consorte (Orfeo, Euridice) 03:54
    Track
    32
    Title
    Act III Scene 1: Duetto: Vieni appaga il tuo consorte (Orfeo, Euridice)
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Grace Bumbry, Anneliese Rothenberger, Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  33. 33 Act III Scene 1: Recitative: Qual vita e questa mai (Euridice) 01:15
    Track
    33
    Title
    Act III Scene 1: Recitative: Qual vita e questa mai (Euridice)
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Anneliese Rothenberger, Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  34. 34 Act III Scene 1: Aria: Che fiero momento (Euridice) 03:27
    Track
    34
    Title
    Act III Scene 1: Aria: Che fiero momento (Euridice)
    Duration
    03:27
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Anneliese Rothenberger, Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  35. 35 Act III Scene 1: Recitative: Ecco in nuovo tormento! (Orfeo, Euridice) 03:45
    Track
    35
    Title
    Act III Scene 1: Recitative: Ecco in nuovo tormento! (Orfeo, Euridice)
    Duration
    03:45
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Grace Bumbry, Anneliese Rothenberger, Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  36. 36 Act III Scene 1: Aria: Che faro senza Euridice? (Orfeo) 04:35
    Track
    36
    Title
    Act III Scene 1: Aria: Che faro senza Euridice? (Orfeo)
    Duration
    04:35
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Grace Bumbry, Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  37. 37 Act III Scene 1: Recitative: Ah finisca e per sempre (Orfeo) 01:19
    Track
    37
    Title
    Act III Scene 1: Recitative: Ah finisca e per sempre (Orfeo)
    Duration
    01:19
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Grace Bumbry, Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  38. 38 Act III Scene 2: Recitative: Orfeo, che fai? (Amore, Orfeo) 02:04
    Track
    38
    Title
    Act III Scene 2: Recitative: Orfeo, che fai? (Amore, Orfeo)
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Ruth-Margret Pütz, Grace Bumbry, Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  39. 39 Act III Scene 3: Maestoso 00:25
    Track
    39
    Title
    Act III Scene 3: Maestoso
    Duration
    00:25
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  40. 40 Act III Scene 3: Dance: Grazioso - Allegro - Andante - Allegro 08:42
    Track
    40
    Title
    Act III Scene 3: Dance: Grazioso - Allegro - Andante - Allegro
    Duration
    08:42
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann
  41. 41 Act III Scene 3: Trionfi Amore (Orfeo, Amore, Euridice, Chorus) 03:00
    Track
    41
    Title
    Act III Scene 3: Trionfi Amore (Orfeo, Amore, Euridice, Chorus)
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Christoph Willibald Gluck
    Performer
    Grace Bumbry, Ruth-Margret Pütz, Anneliese Rothenberger, Walter Olbertz
    Ensemble
    MDR Rundfunkchor, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
    Conductor
    Václav Neumann