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Monteverdi, Garrido Ensemble Elyma
Orfeo
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (14) - Disc #1
1. La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318: Prologue.: Toccata
2. La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318: Prologue.: 'Dal mio Permeso amato'
3. La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318: Act 1.: 'In questo lieto e fortunato giorno'
4. La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318: Act 1.: 'Lasciate i monti'
5. La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318: Act 1.: 'Rosa del ciel'
6. La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318: Act 1.: 'Vieni, Imeneo'
7. La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318: Act 1.: 'Alcun non sia che disperato in preda'
8. La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318: Act 2.: 'Ecco pur ch'a voi ritorno'
9. La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318: Act 2.: 'In questo prato adorno'
10. La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318: Act 2.' Ahi caso acerbo!'
11. La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318: Act 2.: 'In un fiorito prato'
12. La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318: Act 2.: 'Tu se'morta, mia vita, ed io rispiro?'
13. La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318: Act 2.: 'Ahi caso acerbo'
14. La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318: Act 2.: 'Chi ne consola, ahi lassi? '
Track Listings (15) - Disc #2
1. La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318: Act 3.: 'Scòrto da te, mio Nume'
2. La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318: Act 3.: 'Ecco l'atra palude'
3. La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318: Act 3.: 'O tu ch'innanzi'
4. La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318: Act 3.: 'Possente spirto'
5. La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318: Act 3.: 'Orfeo son io'
6. La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318: Act 3.: 'Sol tu, nobil Dio'
7. La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318: Act 3.: 'Ei dorme'
8. La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318: Act 3.: 'Nulla impresa'
9. La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318: Act 4.: 'Signor quel infelice'
10. La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318: Act 4.: 'Qual onor di te fia degno'
11. La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318: Act 4.: 'O dolcissimi lumi'
12. La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318: Act 4.: 'E la virtute un raggio'
13. La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318: Act 5.:'Questi i campi di Tracia'
14. La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318: Act 5.: 'Perch'a Io sdegno'
15. La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318: Act 5.: 'Vanne, Orfeo, felice e pieno'

CD Details

All Artists: Monteverdi, Garrido Ensemble Elyma
Title: Orfeo
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: K617 Records France
Release Date: 12/17/1996
Genre: Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750)
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPCs: 3383510000669, 789368476022

Synopsis

Amazon.com

Gabriel Garrido's recording of Monteverdi's first opera--the story of Orpheus descending to Hades to retrieve his bride Eurydice from the dead, only to lose her again--isn't the absolute best all around, but it's topnotch. The all-Latin cast sings the Italian text beautifully, with Maria Cristina Kiehr as Music doing a gorgeous Prologue. Victor Torres's performance as Orfeo sometimes sounds careful, but he executes the role spotlessly. The chorus and orchestra do fine work as well, but the real selling point of this performance is the continuo--the instruments that accompany the soloists, improvising their parts over chords. Garrido's rich, varied continuo group (harpsichord, organ, two or three archlutes, harp, lirone) does the most imaginative, engaging continuo playing on any Monteverdi record yet released. --Matthew Westphal

CD Reviews

Fluent, integrated, imaginative

06/13/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Language was important to Monteverdi, and this recording is the first I've encountered to pronounce and perform the text fluently. The instrumental work, while elaborate and imaginative, never distracts unduly from the vocal lines, and the work is presented with an impressive integrety. Worth listening to even if you have another version."