L'Orfeo

~ Release by Claudio Monteverdi; Sir John Eliot Gardiner (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

DG cat. no
419 250-2 SET
419 251-2 CD 1
419 252-2 CD 2

Cast:

Orfeo: Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Euridice: Julianne Baird
La Musica: Lynne Dawson
Messaggiera: Anne Sofie von Otter
Ninfa: Nancy Argenta
Speranza: Mary Nichols
Caronte: John Tomlinson
Proserpina: Diana Montague
Plutone: Willard White
Pastore I: Mark Tucker
Pastore II: Nigel Robson
Pastore III: Michael Chance
Pastore IV: Simon Birchall
Spirito I: Howard Milner
Spirito II: Nicolas Robertson
Spirito III: John Tomlinson
Eco: Mark Tucker
Apollo: Nigel Robinson

Archiv Produktion 419 250-2 represents the two disc boxed set.
Archiv Produktion 419 251-2 and 419 252-2 represents the specific discs.

'Fatbox' with separate 128-page booklet in cardboard case.

Tracklist

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1L'Orfeo: Toccata
executive producer:
Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
editor:
Gregor Zielinsky
orchestra:
English Baroque Soloists (in 1985-12) and His Majesties Sagbutts & Cornetts (in 1985-12)
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (in 1985, in 1985-12)
balance engineer:
Karl-August Naegler (in 1985-12)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom (in 1985-12)
recording of:
L’Orfeo: Toccata (in 1985-12)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi
part of:
L’Orfeo, SV 318
Claudio Monteverdi1:38
2L'Orfeo: Prologo. "Dal mio Permesso" (La Musica)
recording engineer:
Karl-August Naegler (in 1985-12)
executive producer:
Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
editor:
Gregor Zielinsky
soprano vocals [La Musica]:
Lynne Dawson (in 1985-12)
orchestra:
English Baroque Soloists (in 1985-12) and His Majesties Sagbutts & Cornetts (in 1985-12)
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (in 1985-12)
balance engineer:
Karl-August Naegler
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom (in 1985-12)
recording of:
L’Orfeo: Prologo (in 1985-12)
lyricist:
Alessandro Striggio
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi
part of:
L’Orfeo, SV 318
Claudio Monteverdi5:44
3L'Orfeo: Atto primo. "In questo lieto e fortunato giorno" (Pastore I) / "Vieni, Imeneo" (Coro di ninfe e pastori) / "Muse, onor di Parnaso" (Ninfa)
recording engineer:
Karl-August Naegler (in 1985-12)
executive producer:
Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
editor:
Gregor Zielinsky
choir vocals:
Monteverdi Choir (in 1985-12)
soprano vocals [Ninfa]:
Nancy Argenta (in 1985-12)
tenor vocals [Pastore I]:
Mark Tucker (in 1985-12)
orchestra:
English Baroque Soloists (in 1985-12) and His Majesties Sagbutts & Cornetts (in 1985-12)
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (in 1985-12)
balance engineer:
Karl-August Naegler
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom (in 1985-12)
recording of:
L'Orfeo: Atto primo. In questo lieto e fortunato giorno (Pastore) (in 1985-12)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi
librettist:
Alessandro Striggio
part of:
L’Orfeo: Atto primo
recording of:
L'Orfeo: Atto primo. Muse, onor di Parnaso (Ninfa) (in 1985-12)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi
part of:
L’Orfeo: Atto primo
recording of:
L'Orfeo: Atto primo. Vieni, Imeneo, deh, vieni (Coro) (first occurrence) (in 1985-12)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi
part of:
L’Orfeo: Atto primo
Claudio Monteverdi3:28
4L'Orfeo: Atto primo. Balletto. "Lasciate i monti" (Coro di ninfe e pastori) / "Ma tu, gentil cantor" (Pastore III)
recording engineer:
Karl-August Naegler (in 1985-12)
executive producer:
Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
editor:
Gregor Zielinsky
choir vocals:
Monteverdi Choir (in 1985-12)
countertenor vocals [Pastore III]:
Michael Chance (in 1985-12)
orchestra:
English Baroque Soloists (in 1985-12) and His Majesties Sagbutts & Cornetts (in 1985-12)
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (in 1985-12)
balance engineer:
Karl-August Naegler
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom (in 1985-12)
recording of:
L'Orfeo: Atto primo. Lasciate i monti (Coro) (first occurrence) (in 1985-12)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi
librettist:
Alessandro Striggio
part of:
L’Orfeo: Atto primo
recording of:
L'Orfeo: Atto primo. Ma tu, gentil cantor (Pastore) (in 1985-12)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi
part of:
L’Orfeo: Atto primo
Claudio Monteverdi2:34
5L'Orfeo: Atto primo. "Rosa del ciel" (Orfeo) / "Io non dirò qual sia" (Euridice) / Balletto. "Lasciate i monti" (Coro di ninfe e pastori) / "Vieni, Imeneo" (Coro di ninfe e pastori)
recording engineer:
Karl-August Naegler (in 1985-12)
executive producer:
Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
editor:
Gregor Zielinsky
choir vocals:
Monteverdi Choir (in 1985-12)
soprano vocals [Euridice]:
Julianne Baird (in 1985-12)
tenor vocals [Orfeo]:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (in 1985-12)
orchestra:
English Baroque Soloists (in 1985-12) and His Majesties Sagbutts & Cornetts (in 1985-12)
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (in 1985-12)
balance engineer:
Karl-August Naegler
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom (in 1985-12)
recording of:
L'Orfeo: Atto primo. Io non dirò qual sia (Euridice) (in 1985-12)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi
part of:
L’Orfeo: Atto primo
recording of:
L'Orfeo: Atto primo. Lasciate i monti (Coro) (second occurrence) (in 1985-12)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi
part of:
L’Orfeo: Atto primo
recording of:
L'Orfeo: Atto primo. Vieni, Imeneo, deh, vieni (Coro) (second occurrence) (in 1985-12)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi
part of:
L’Orfeo: Atto primo
recording of:
L’Orfeo: Atto primo. Rosa del ciel (Orfeo) (in 1985-12)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi
librettist:
Alessandro Striggio
part of:
L’Orfeo: Atto primo
Claudio Monteverdi4:27
6L'Orfeo: Atto primo. "Ma se il nostro gioir" (Pastore II, Pastore I, Pastore III, Pastore IV, Ninfa) / "Ecco Orfeo, cui pur" (Coro di ninfe e pastori)
recording engineer:
Karl-August Naegler (in 1985-12)
executive producer:
Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
editor:
Gregor Zielinsky
bass vocals [Pastore IV]:
Simon Birchall (in 1985-12)
choir vocals:
Monteverdi Choir (in 1985-12)
countertenor vocals [Pastore III]:
Michael Chance (in 1985-12)
soprano vocals [Ninfa]:
Nancy Argenta (in 1985-12)
tenor vocals [Pastore I]:
Mark Tucker (in 1985-12)
tenor vocals [Pastore II]:
Nigel Robson (in 1985-12)
orchestra:
English Baroque Soloists (in 1985-12) and His Majesties Sagbutts & Cornetts (in 1985-12)
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (in 1985-12)
balance engineer:
Karl-August Naegler
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom (in 1985-12)
recording of:
L'Orfeo: Atto primo. Alcun non sia che disperato in preda (Due pastori) (in 1985-12)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi
librettist:
Alessandro Striggio
part of:
L’Orfeo: Atto primo
recording of:
L'Orfeo: Atto primo. Ché, poiché nembo rio gravido il seno (Ninfa, due pastori) (in 1985-12)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi
part of:
L’Orfeo: Atto primo
recording of:
L'Orfeo: Atto primo. E dopo l'aspro gel del verno ignudo (Due pastori) (in 1985-12)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi
part of:
L’Orfeo: Atto primo
recording of:
L'Orfeo: Atto primo. Ecco Orfeo, cui pur dianzi (Coro) (in 1985-12)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi
part of:
L’Orfeo: Atto primo
recording of:
L'Orfeo: Atto primo. Ma se il nostro gioir dal ciel deriva (Pastore) (in 1985-12)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi
librettist:
Alessandro Striggio
part of:
L’Orfeo: Atto primo
Claudio Monteverdi5:09
7L'Orfeo: Atto secondo. Sinfonia / "Ecco pur ch'a voi ritorno" (Orfeo)
recording engineer:
Karl-August Naegler (in 1985-12)
executive producer:
Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
editor:
Gregor Zielinsky
tenor vocals [Orfeo]:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (in 1985-12)
orchestra:
English Baroque Soloists (in 1985-12) and His Majesties Sagbutts & Cornetts (in 1985-12)
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (in 1985-12)
balance engineer:
Karl-August Naegler
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom (in 1985-12)
recording of:
L'Orfeo: Atto secondo. Sinfonia / Ecco pur ch'a voi ritorno (Orfeo) (in 1985-12)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi
librettist:
Alessandro Striggio
part of:
L’Orfeo: Atto secondo
Claudio Monteverdi0:49
8L'Orfeo: Atto secondo. "Mira che sé n'alletta" (Pastore I, Pastore II) / "Dunque fa degni, Orfeo" (Coro di ninfe e pastori)
recording engineer:
Karl-August Naegler (in 1985-12)
executive producer:
Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
editor:
Gregor Zielinsky
choir vocals:
Monteverdi Choir (in 1985-12)
tenor vocals [Pastore I]:
Mark Tucker (in 1985-12)
tenor vocals [Pastore II]:
Nigel Robson (in 1985-12)
orchestra:
English Baroque Soloists (in 1985-12) and His Majesties Sagbutts & Cornetts (in 1985-12)
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (in 1985-12)
balance engineer:
Karl-August Naegler
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom (in 1985-12)
recording of:
L'Orfeo: Atto secondo. Ritornello / In questo prato adorno (Due pastori) (from 1198-12 until 1985-12)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi
part of:
L’Orfeo: Atto secondo
recording of:
L'Orfeo: Atto secondo. Ritornello / Mira ch'a sé n'alletta (Pastore) (in 1985-12)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi
librettist:
Alessandro Striggio
part of:
L’Orfeo: Atto secondo
recording of:
L'Orfeo: Atto secondo. Ritornello / Mira ch'a sé n'alletta (Pastore) (in 1985-12)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi
librettist:
Alessandro Striggio
part of:
L’Orfeo: Atto secondo
recording of:
L’Orfeo: Atto secondo. Qui le Napee vezzose (Due pastori, Coro) (in 1985-12)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi
part of:
L’Orfeo: Atto secondo
Claudio Monteverdi2:15
9L'Orfeo: Atto secondo. "Vi ricorda, o bosch'ombrosi" (Orfeo, Pastore I)
recording engineer:
Karl-August Naegler (in 1985-12)
executive producer:
Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
editor:
Gregor Zielinsky
tenor vocals [Orfeo]:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (in 1985-12)
tenor vocals [Pastore I]:
Mark Tucker (in 1985-12)
orchestra:
English Baroque Soloists (in 1985-12) and His Majesties Sagbutts & Cornetts (in 1985-12)
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (in 1985-12)
balance engineer:
Karl-August Naegler
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom (in 1985-12)
recording of:
L'Orfeo: Atto secondo. Mira, deh mira, Orfeo (Pastore) (in 1985-12)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi
part of:
L’Orfeo: Atto secondo
recording of:
L'Orfeo: Atto secondo. Vi ricorda, o bosch'ombrosi (Orfeo) (in 1985-12)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi
librettist:
Alessandro Striggio
part of:
L’Orfeo: Atto secondo
Claudio Monteverdi2:51
10L'Orfeo: Atto secondo. "Ahi, caso acerbo" (Messaggiera, Pastore I, Pastore III, Orfeo) / "In un fiorito prato" (Messaggiera, Pastore I, Pastore III, Orfeo)
recording engineer:
Karl-August Naegler (in 1985-12)
executive producer:
Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
editor:
Gregor Zielinsky
countertenor vocals [Pastore III]:
Michael Chance (in 1985-12)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Messaggiera]:
Anne Sofie von Otter (in 1985-12)
tenor vocals [Orfeo]:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (in 1985-12)
tenor vocals [Pastore I]:
Mark Tucker (in 1985-12)
tenor vocals [Pastore II]:
Nigel Robson (in 1985-12)
orchestra:
English Baroque Soloists (in 1985-12) and His Majesties Sagbutts & Cornetts (in 1985-12)
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (in 1985-12)
balance engineer:
Karl-August Naegler
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom (in 1985-12)
recording of:
L'Orfeo: Atto secondo. Ahi caso acerbo (Coro) (in 1985-12)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi
librettist:
Alessandro Striggio
part of:
L’Orfeo: Atto secondo
recording of:
L'Orfeo: Atto secondo. Ahi, caso acerbo (in 1985-12)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi
librettist:
Alessandro Striggio
part of:
L’Orfeo: Atto secondo
recording of:
L'Orfeo: Atto secondo. In un fiorito prato (Messaggiera, Pastori) (in 1985-12)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi
part of:
L’Orfeo: Atto secondo
recording of:
L'Orfeo: Atto secondo. Tu se' morta, mia vita (Orfeo) (in 1985-12)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi
part of:
L’Orfeo: Atto secondo
Claudio Monteverdi9:28
11L'Orfeo: Atto secondo. "Ahi, caso acerbo" (Coro di ninfe e pastori) / "Ma io, che in questa lingua" (Messaggiera)
recording engineer:
Karl-August Naegler (in 1985-12)
executive producer:
Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
editor:
Gregor Zielinsky
choir vocals:
Monteverdi Choir (in 1985-12)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Messaggiera]:
Anne Sofie von Otter (in 1985-12)
orchestra:
English Baroque Soloists (in 1985-12) and His Majesties Sagbutts & Cornetts (in 1985-12)
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (in 1985-12)
balance engineer:
Karl-August Naegler
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom (in 1985-12)
recording of:
L'Orfeo: Atto secondo. Ahi caso acerbo (Coro) (in 1985-12)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi
librettist:
Alessandro Striggio
part of:
L’Orfeo: Atto secondo
recording of:
L'Orfeo: Atto secondo. Ma io, che in questa lingua (Messaggiera) (in 1985-12)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi
part of:
L’Orfeo: Atto secondo
Claudio Monteverdi2:49
12L'Orfeo: Atto secondo. Sinfonia / "Chi ne consola, ahi lassi?" (Pastore I, Pastore II) / "Ahi, caso acerbo" (Coro di ninfe e pastori) / "Ma dove, ah dove" (Pastore I, Pastore II) / "Ahi, caso acerbo" (Coro di ninfe e pastori)
recording engineer:
Karl-August Naegler (in 1985-12: tenor vocals [Pastore I])
executive producer:
Dr. Andreas Holschneider and Charlotte Kriesch
editor:
Gregor Zielinsky
choir vocals:
Monteverdi Choir (in 1985-12)
tenor vocals [Pastore I]:
Mark Tucker (in 1985-12)
tenor vocals [Pastore II]:
Nigel Robson (in 1985-12)
orchestra:
English Baroque Soloists (in 1985-12) and His Majesties Sagbutts & Cornetts (in 1985-12)
conductor:
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (in 1985-12)
balance engineer:
Karl-August Naegler
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom (in 1985-12)
recording of:
L'Orfeo: Atto secondo. Ritornello (end of Act II) (in 1985-12)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi
part of:
L’Orfeo: Atto secondo
recording of:
L'Orfeo: Atto secondo. Sinfonia / Chi ne consola, ahi lassi? / Ahi caso acerbo / Ma dove, ah, dove / Ahi caso acerbo (in 1985-12)
composer:
Claudio Monteverdi
librettist:
Alessandro Striggio
part of:
L’Orfeo: Atto secondo
Claudio Monteverdi7:09
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