Gluck - Orphée & Eurydice (Berlioz version) / von Otter, Barbara Hendricks, Fournier, Gardiner [Import]

Christoph Willibald Gluck (Artist), John Eliot Gardiner (Artist), Anne Sofie von Otter (Artist), Barbara Hendricks (Artist), Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon Brigitte Fournier (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 5, 2002)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Angel Records
• ASIN: B00002DETH
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #303,752 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Ov - Orch De L'Opr De Lyon/John Eliot Gardiner

2. Act I, Scene 1. Choeur: Ah! Dans Ce Bois Tranquille - Monteverdi Chor

3. Act I, Scene 1. Recit: Vos Plaintes, Vos Regrets - Anne Sofie Von Otter

4. Act I, Scene 1: Pantomime - Orch De L'Opr De Lyon/John Eliot Gardiner

5. Act I, Scene 1. Choeur: Ah! Dans Ce Bois Lugubre Et Sombre - Monteverdi Chor

6. Act I, Scene 1. Recit: Eloignez-Vous - Anne Sophie Von Otter

7. Act I, Scene 1: Ritournelle - Orch De L'Opr De Lyon/John Eliot Gardiner

8. Act I, Scene 2. Recit: Eurydice, Eurydice! Ombre Chere - Anne Sophie Von Otter

9. Act I, Scene 2. Air: Objet De Mon Amour - Orch De L'Opr De Lyon/John Eliot Gardiner

10. Act I, Scene 2. Recit: Eurydice, Eurydice, De Ce Doux Nom - Anne Sophie Von Otter

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Disc: 2

1. Act II, Scene 1: Ballet Des Ombres Heureuses - Orch De L'Opr De Lyon/John Eliot Gardiner O

2. Act II, Scene 1: Ballet - Orch De L'Opr De Lyon/John Eliot Gardiner O

3. Act II, Scene 1. Air Avec Choeur: Cet Asile Aimable Et Tranquille - Barbara Hendricks/Monteverdi Chor

4. Act II, Scene 2. Air: Quel Nouveau Ciel Pour Ces Lieux - Anne Sophie Von Otter

5. Act II, Scene 3. Choeur: Viens Dans Ce Sejour Paisible - Monteverdi Chor

6. Act II, Scene 3: Ballet - Orch De L'Opr De Lyon/John Eliot Gardiner O

7. Act II, Scene 3. Recit Avec Choeur: O Vous, Ombres Que J'implore - Anne Sophie Von Otter

8. Act II, Scene 4. Choeur: Pres Du Tendre Objet - Monteverdi Chor

9. Act III, Scene 1. Recit; Viens, Viens, Suis-moi - Barbara Hendricks/Anne Sophie Von Otter

10. Act III, Scene 1. Duo: Viens, Suis Un Epoux Qui T'adore - Barbara Hendricks/Anne Sophie Von Otter

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Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the top 10 opera recordings ever made, March 25, 2005

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Rondine "rondine" (Lakewood, Colorado USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gluck - Orphée & Eurydice (Berlioz version) / von Otter, Barbara Hendricks, Fournier, Gardiner (Audio CD)

I am amazed that there is only one (albeit the rating is the same as mine) review for this recording. It is absolutely perfect both vocally and instrumentally. There is not a weak place anywhere. In her Act I aria, von Otter is astonishing and the blending of the voices in the Act II duets is superb. The energy is breathtaking and Gardiner's pace and direction is precise. A wholly satisfying work to listen to again and again

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gardiner's Excellent "Orphée & Eurydice", January 20, 2003

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This review is from: Gluck - Orphée & Eurydice (Berlioz version) / von Otter, Barbara Hendricks, Fournier, Gardiner (Audio CD)

I'm a fifteen-year-old who's recently become an opera buff. Even though I generally prefer the likes of Puccini, Mozart, Bizet, and Offenbach to baroque opera, I've been listening to Gluck's "Orfeo/Orphée" a lot in the past year. Finding out that the movie "Moulin Rouge!" is loosely based on the Orpheus and Eurydice myth got me interested in it, and I've heard almost every major recording of it now. Thid one is one of the best. Anne Sofie von Otter's Orpheus is meltingly beautiful and passionately acted, her only flaw being that she sounds a little too feminine sometimes. Barbara Hendricks is a little breathy somethimes, but for the most part, her Eurydice is beautifully sung and appropriately intense. Brigitte Fournier is one of my favorite Amors. So many sopranos disappoint me in that role because they don't sound youthful enough, but that's not a problem with Fournier at all. The chorus is very good, and I love the energy of Gardiner's conducting. In short, this recording surpasses many of the others out there, and I'm very happy to have heard it.

5.0 out of 5 stars Gluck - Orphée & Eurydice (Berlioz version) / von Otter, Barbara Hendricks, Fournier, Gardiner, October 24, 2010

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Bjorn Viberg (European Union) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gluck - Orphée & Eurydice (Berlioz version) / von Otter, Barbara Hendricks, Fournier, Gardiner (Audio CD)

Gluck - Orphée & Eurydice (Berlioz version) / von Otter, Barbara Hendricks, Fournier, Gardiner is a recording under the direction of John Elliot Gardiner who leads the Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon and starring Ann Sofie Von Otter as Orphée on this EMI Digital recording from 1989. Max Loppert's essay "The Gluck-Berlioz 'Orphée et Eurydice" is very interesting and well-written. Lopper has also written the synopsis. John Elliot Gardiner has written a short and concise introduction to the opera. The lyrics are available in English, French and German. Being Swedish I am of course very proud of Ann Sofie Von Otters performance and I think she does an outstanding job. Highly recommended. 5/5.