"What Carl Orff created with his Prometheus score is neither an opera in the traditional sense, nor an oratorio, nor a play with music, not even ‘authentic’ classical tragedy. Rather, it’s an extremely individual musical interpretation of Aeschylus’ tragedy that concentrates primarily on the symbolic imagery of the scenes, which – as Orff himself said – ‘is accentuated and visualised by the music’, thereby enlightening the spectator and the listener. ‘No question about it – of all the celebrations accorded to Carl Orff in Munich following his 80th birthday on 10 July [1975], this was the most splendid: the concert performance of his Prometheus under Rafael Kubelik within the framework of Musica Viva.’ (Karl-Heinz Ruppel, Suddeutsche Zeitung) Sung in Ancient Greek, the booklet contains a synopsis of the plot in English and German, plus liner notes."
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Reviews
“… The performance was given in honor of Orff’s 80th birthday, and it is hard to imagine a more committed one. Rafael Kubelik and his forces throw everything they have into the score …”
Henry Fogel – Fanfare – January/February 2024
“A very original setting of the Aeschylus tragedy, declaimed and sung in Ancient Greek”
Roy Westbrook – MusicWeb-International.com – 8 November 2023
*** Good Album
Pierre Flinois – Classica magazine (France) – November 2023
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