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XM 8122
Opera Explained: Gluck - Orfeo Ed Euridice (Smillie)
Label Catalogue Number:
8.558122
8.558122
ISBN: 9781843793243
Download Size: 70 Mb
Running Time: 01:06:08
Download Size: 70 Mb
Running Time: 01:06:08
Digital UPC: 9781843793243
Release Date: May 2004
Originally recorded in 2004
Release Date: May 2004
Originally recorded in 2004
Author
Thomson Smillie
Thomson Smillie
Composer
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Reader
David Timson
David Timson
Genre:
Spoken Word
Spoken Word
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Opera Explained: Gluck - Orfeo Ed Euridice (Smillie)
Read by David Timson
Based on the simple yet deeply moving legendary tale of Orpheus, who loses his beloved wife to death but is able to restore her through the power of his music, Orfeo ed Euridiceis among the earliest operas to hold a secure place in the repertory. Gluck lavishes a wealth of beautiful melody on this tale, whose appeal to composers is obvious; yet the abiding strength lies in the power and majesty of his inspiration, whether in the solos, the choruses, or the ballet music - which is surely the finest written for any opera.
