Gluck - Ezio
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Gluck: Ezio
RecommendedOriginal Prague version (1750)
Sonia Prina (Ezio), Max Emanuel Cencic (Valentiniano), Ann Hallenberg (Fulvia), Topi Lehtipuu (Massimo), Julian Pregardien (Varo), Mayuko Karasava (Onorio)
Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis
What it reveals may surprise listeners. Though couched in the classic opera seria mode of the time...it shows that, like Handel [Gluck] could imbue the traditional form with drama...the succession... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th September 2011
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Gluck: Ezio
1750 Prague version
Jana Levicova (Ezio), Eva Mullerova (Fulvia), Yukiko Srejmova Kinjo (Onoria), Michaela Srumova (Valentiniano), Martin Srejma (Massimo), Ondrej Socha (Varo)
Prague Symphony Chamber Orchestra, Jiri Petrdlik
Some of the characterisation is vivid...but you can sense the frustration of a soon to be radical composer straining at the confines of a then 40-year-old form...Petrdlik's performance features... — More…
2 CDs
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Gluck: Ezio
Ruth Sandhoff, Kirsten Blaise, Franco Fagioli, Sophie Marin-Degor, Stefano Ferrari & Netta Or
Orchester der Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, Michael Hofstetter
The quality of this performance does much to disguise the weakness of the writing. The singers superimpose their lines with musicianly phrasing; and there's further compensation in the orchestration,... — More…
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Gluck: Ezio
Max Emanuel Cencic (Valentiniano III) Mariselle Martinez (Fulvia) Matthias Rexroth (Ezio) Netta Or (Onoria) Mirko Roschkowski (Massimo) & Andreas Post (Varo)
Neue Düsseldorfer Hofmusik, Andreas Stoehr
3 CDs
$54.50
