Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787): Orfeo ed Euridice

Deutsche Grammophon Archiv 00289 479 5315 (3 CDs)

CD 1 (66'38): "Orpheo", highlights of the Vienna (1762) and Paris (1774) versions
CD 2 (38'02): Orfeo ed Euridice (Vienna, 1762): Act I and Act 2, Scene I
CD 3 (47'18): Orfeo ed Euridice (Vienna, 1762): Act 2, Scene II and Act 3

tracks on CD1 only are (all from the 1774 version):
[7]: Addio, o miei sospriri (aria Orfeo)
[16]: Airs des Furies
[17]: Ballet des ombres heureuses (replaces the Danza degli spiriti beati)


DRAMATIS PERSONAE:

Orfeo: Franco Fagioli (countertenor)
Euridice: Malin Hartelius (soprano)
Amore: Emmanuele de Negri (soprano)


Accentus

Insula Orchestra (on period instruments):
2 tpt. & crn., timp., 2 hrn, 3 trb., 2 fl., 2 ob.+eh., chlm., 2 bsn., harp, strings (8/7/6/4) & b.c. (3 db., hpchd),
direction: Laurence Equilbey

Live recording: April 5 and 7, 2015, Théâtre de Poissy, France