Orpheus
06/26/10 1:00PM By Peter Fox Smith
We explore the Orpheus legend in music - and feature an historic
performance of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice with Hilde Gueden and
Fedora Barbieri.
Playlist
1:00pm
Die Meistersinger: Prelude (excerpt)
| Composer | Richard Wagner |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Fritz Reiner |
| CD/Album | Reiner Conducts Wagner |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 4738 |
| Release Year | 1983 |
1:05pm
Orfeo ed Euridice: Act I
| Composer | Christoph Willibald Gluck |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
| Conductor | Wilhelm Furtwängler |
| Soloists | Hilde Gueden, soprano ; Fedora Barbieri, mezzo-soprano ; Magda Gabory, soprano |
| CD/Album | Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice - Furtwängler |
| Record co./Cat # | Urania 22.290 |
| Release Year | 2006 |
1:43pm
Orfeo ed Euridice: Act II
| Composer | Christoph Willibald Gluck |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
| Conductor | Wilhelm Furtwängler |
| Soloists | Hilde Gueden, soprano ; Fedora Barbieri, mezzo-soprano ; Magda Gabory, soprano |
| CD/Album | Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice - Furtwängler |
| Record co./Cat # | Urania 22.290 |
| Release Year | 2006 |
2:30pm
Orfeo ed Euridice: Act III
| Composer | Christoph Willibald Gluck |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano |
| Conductor | Wilhelm Furtwängler |
| Soloists | Hilde Gueden, soprano ; Fedora Barbieri, mezzo-soprano ; Magda Gabory, soprano |
| CD/Album | Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice - Furtwängler |
| Record co./Cat # | Urania 22.290 |
| Release Year | 2006 |
3:07pm
Orphée aux Enfers: Act I (excerpt)
| Composer | Jacques Offenbach |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse |
| Conductor | Michel Plasson |
| Soloists | Mady Mesplé, soprano ; Michel Sénéchal, tenor |
| CD/Album | Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 49647 |
| Release Year | 1979 |
3:15pm
Orphée aux Enfers: Act II: Finale
| Composer | Jacques Offenbach |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Orchestre et Chœurs du Capitole de Toulouse |
| Conductor | Michel Plasson |
| Soloists | Jane Rhodes, mezzo-soprano ; Michel Sénéchal, tenor ; Charles Burles, tenor ; Michel Trempont, baritone |
| CD/Album | Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 49647 |
| Release Year | 1979 |
3:25pm
Orphée aux Enfers: Act IV (excerpt)
| Composer | Jacques Offenbach |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Orchestre et Chœurs du Capitole de Toulouse |
| Conductor | Michel Plasson |
| Soloists | Mady Mesplé, soprano ; Charles Burles, tenor ; Michel Trempont, baritone |
| CD/Album | Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 49647 |
| Release Year | 1979 |
3:38pm
Orphée aux Enfers: Act IV: Finale
| Composer | Jacques Offenbach |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Orchestre et Chœurs du Capitole de Toulouse |
| Conductor | Michel Plasson |
| Soloists | Mady Mesplé, soprano ; Michel Sénéchal, tenor ; Michel Trempont, baritone ; Jane Rhodes, mezzo-soprano |
| CD/Album | Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 49647 |
| Release Year | 1979 |
3:43pm
Orfeo ed Euridice: Act IV: Finale
| Composer | Joseph Haydn |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Scottish Opera Chorus; Scottish National Opera |
| Conductor | Richard Bonynge |
| Soloists | Nicolai Gedda, tenor |
| CD/Album | Haydn: Orfeo ed Euridice |
| Record co./Cat # | MYTO 905.29 |
| Release Year | 1997 |
3:57pm
Orpheus
| Composer | Igor Stravinsky |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Orpheus Chamber Orchestra |
| CD/Album | Stravinsky: Orpheus - Danses concertantes |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 459644 |
| Release Year | 1999 |
4:27pm
Orpheus
| Composer | Franz Liszt |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Budapest Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Árpád Joó |
| CD/Album | Liszt: Symphonic Poems I |
| Record co./Cat # | Hungaroton 12678 |
| Release Year | 1986 |
4:39pm
Four Sonnets to Orpheus
| Composer | Robert De Cormier |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | New York Choral Society |
| Conductor | Robert De Cormier |
| CD/Album | De Cormier & Levi |
| Record co./Cat # | Centaur 2028 |
| Release Year | 1988 |
4:47pm
Come, woeful Orpheus
| Composer | William Byrd |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Quink Vocal Ensemble |
| CD/Album | English Madrigals |
| Record co./Cat # | Telarc 80328 |
| Release Year | 1993 |
4:54pm
Die Meistersinger: Prelude (excerpt)
| Composer | Richard Wagner |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Fritz Reiner |
| CD/Album | Reiner Conducts Wagner |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 4738 |
| Release Year | 1983 |