The following discography for Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice is mainly based on the research of Giuseppe Rossi, which appeared in the programme notes to the performance of the work at the 70th Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in 2007, under the title "Discografia – Christoph Willibald Gluck – Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Eurydice)". Rossi's data has been checked against the sources referenced in the notes.
by Jean-Antoine Houdon
The discography gives the language of the recording as well as the version performed, although the recordings often mix different editions of the work or are even based on new ones created "from scratch." In the most significant cases, such mixed versions are described in detail. The term "pasticcio" (which has no negative connotation in this context) has been used for recordings where the different versions are inextricably mixed.
List
Complete recordings
| Recording data: date and labels | Version/language | Conductor/ director[1] | Cast: Orpheus, Eurydice, Cupid, A blessed spirit[2] | Orchestra and chorus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 – Walhall CD | Ricordi[3]/Italian | Erich Leinsdorf | Kerstin Thorborg, Jarmila Novotná, Marita Farell, Annamary Dickey | Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, New York |
| 1950 – Melodija LP/Dante CD | Paris (1774)[4]/ Russian | Samuil Samosud | Ivan Kozlovskij, Elizaveta Šumskaja, Galina Sakharova | Orchestra and Chorus of the Moscow Radio |
| 1951 – EMI LP/Verona, EMI CD | Ricordi/Italian | Charles Bruck | Kathleen Ferrier, Greet Koeman, Nel Duval | Orchestra and Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera, Amsterdam |
| 1951 – Palladio LP/Urania, Walhall CD | Ricordi/Italian | Wilhelm Furtwängler | Fedora Barbieri, Magda Gabory, Hilde Güden | Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan |
| 1952 – Urania, BASF, Nixa, Bellaphon Acanta LP/Dante, Preisetr, Cantus Classics CD | Dörffel/German | Arthur Rother | Margarete Klose, Erna Berger, Rita Streich, Fia Fleig | Orchestra and Chorus of the Städtische Oper, Berlin |
| 1953 – Walhall CD | Dörffel/German | Michael Gielen | Hilde Rössel-Majdan, Sena Jurinac, Emmy Loose | Orchestra of Radio Wien and Chorus of the Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna |
| 1954 – G.I.D.D.[5] | Paris (1774)/ French (?) | Nicholas Goldshmidt | Leon Combe, Corie Bijster, Annette de la Bije | Dutch Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus |
| 1955 – Opera Melodram LP/GDS Records CD | Ricordi/Italian | Pierre Monteux | Risë Stevens, Hilde Güden, Laurel Hurley, Shakeh Varttenissian[6] | Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, New York |
| 1955 – Pathé, Columbia, EMI LP | Paris (1774)[4]/ French | Louis de Froment | Nicolai Gedda, Janine Micheau, Liliane Berton | Orchestra of the Société des Concerts and Chorus of the Conservatoire of Paris |
| 1956 – Philips CD | Paris (1774)[4]/ French | Hans Rosbaud | Léopold Simoneau, Suzanne Danco, Pierette Alaire | Association des Concerts Lamoureux and Chorus Ensemble Vocal “Roger Blanchard” |
| 1956 – Eklipse CD | Ricordi/Italian | Antonio Pedrotti | Ebe Stignani, Ester Orel, Bruna Rizzoli | Orchestra and Chorus of the RAI of Milan |
| 1956 – DG CD | pasticcio[7]/ German | Ferenc Fricsay | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Maria Stader, Rita Streich | Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and Berliner Mottettenchor |
| 1957 – RCA CD | Ricordi/Italian | Pierre Monteux | Risë Stevens, Lisa Della Casa, Roberta Peters | Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro dell'Opera, Rome |
| 1958 – Omega Opera Archive CD[5] | Ricordi/Italian | Max Rudolf | Risë Stevens, Lucine Amara, Emilia Cundari | Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, New York |
| 1959 – Opera d'oro, DG CD | Dörffel[8]/Italian | Herbert von Karajan | Giulietta Simionato, Sena Jurinac, Graziella Sciutti | Wiener Philharmoniker and Chorus of the Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna |
| 1962 – Omega Opera Archive CD [5] | Ricordi/Italian | Jean Morel | Kerstin Meyer, Lucine Amara, Anneliese Rothenberger | Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, New York |
| 1964 – Orfeo CD | Vienna (1762)[9]/ Italian[10] | Ferdinand Leitner | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Elisabeth Söderström, Ruth-Margret Pütz | Cappella Coloniensis and Rundfunkchor, Cologne |
| 1965 – RCA CD[11] | Ricordi[12]/Italian | Renato Fasano | Shirley Verrett, Anna Moffo, Judith Raskin | Orchestra “I Virtuosi di Roma” and Polyphonic Choir, Rome |
| 1966 – Vanguard CD | Vienna (1762)[13]/ Italian | Charles Mackerras | Maureen Forrester, Teresa Stich-Randall, Hanny Staffek | Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper and Wiener Akademiechor, Vienna |
| 1966 – EMI LP/Berlin Classics CD | Vienna (1762)[14]/ Italian | Václav Neumann | Grace Bumbry, Anneliese Rothenberger, Ruth-Margret Pütz | Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and Rundfunkchor Leipzig |
| 1967 – DG CD | Vienna (1762)[9]/ Italian | Karl Richter | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gundula Janowitz, Edda Moser | Münchener Bach-Orchester and Münchener Bach-Chor, Munich |
| 1969 – Decca CD | pasticcio[15]/Italian | Georg Solti | Marilyn Horne, Pilar Lorengar, Helen Donath | Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London |
| 1970 – Opera d'oro CD | Vienna (1762)/ Italian | Seiji Ozawa | Shirley Verrett, Antonietta Stella, Mariella Adani | Orchestra and Chorus of the RAI of Turin |
| 1971 – Movimento Musica LP/Bensar The Opera Lovers CD | (?)/Italian | Richard Bonynge | Grace Bumbry, Gabriella Tucci, Roberta Peters | Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, New York |
| 1975 – Gala CD | (?) /Italian | Hans Vonk | Huguette Tourangeau, Catherine Malfitano, Barbara Hendricks | Residentie Orchestra, The Hague, and Nederlands Kamerkoor, Amsterdam |
| 1979 – Hungaroton LP/Laserlight CD | Vienna (1762) Italian | Ervin Lukács | Júlia Hamari, Veronika Kincses, Mária Zempléni | Orchestra and Chorus of the Hungarian State Opera, Budapest |
| 1981 – EMI CD | Vienna (1762)/ Italian | Riccardo Muti | Agnes Baltsa, Margaret Marshall, Edita Gruberova | Philharmonia Orchestra and Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London |
| 1981 – Accent CD [16] | Vienna (1762)/ Italian | Sigiswald Kuijken | René Jacobs, Marjanne Kwecksilber, Magdalena Falewicz | La Petite Bande, Leuven, and Collegium Vocale of Ghent |
| 1982 – Erato CD and Music&Arts CD[17] | Ricordi/Italian) | Raymond Leppard | Janet Baker, Elisabeth Speiser, Elizabeth Gale | London Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera |
| 1982 – Castle Vision VHS/Pioneer Artists LD/Warner Music Vision – Kultur DVD [18] | Ricordi/Italian | Raymond Leppard/ Peter Hall | Janet Baker, Elisabeth Speiser, Elizabeth Gale | London Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera |
| 1982 – Vipro, Metronome, Philips, Adès LP [19] | Dörffel/Italian | Heinz Panzer | Peter Hofmann, Julia Conwell, Allan Bergius[20] | Philharmonisches Orchester Köln, Cologne, andChor des Dortmunder Musikvereins, Dortmund |
| 1986 – Eurodisc, RCA CD | Vienna (1762)[9]/ Italian | Leopold Hager | Marjana Lipovšek, Lucia Popp, Julie Kaufmann | Münchner Rundfunkorchester and Chorus of the Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich |
| 1988 – Capriccio CD | Vienna (1762)[21]/ Italian | Hartmut Haenchen | Jochen Kowalski, Dagmar Schellenberger, Christian Fliegner [20] | Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra and Rundfunkchor, Berlin |
| 1989 – EMI CD | Berlioz[22]/French | John Eliot Gardiner | Anne Sofie von Otter, Barbara Hendricks, Brigitte Fournier | Orchestra of the Opéra de Lyon and Monteverdi Choir |
| 1991 – Sony CD [16] | Vienna (1762)/ Italian | Frieder Bernius | Michael Chance, Nancy Argenta, Stefan Beckerbauer[20] | Tafelmusik (directed by Jeanne Lamon) and Kammerchor Stuttgart |
| 1991 – Sonpact CD | Vienna (1762) Italian | Joseph Lamarca | Alain Aubin, Claudine Cheriez, Isabelle Lopez | Orchestre de Chambre d'Aix-en-Provence and Choeur d'Aix en Musique, Aix-en-Provence |
| 1991 – Philips CD [16] | Vienna (1762) Italian | John Eliot Gardiner | Derek Lee Ragin, Sylvia McNair, Cynthia Sieden | English Baroque Soloists and Monteverdi Choir |
| 1991 – Virgin VHS/Pioneer LD/Arthaus DVD | Vienna (1762)/ Italian | Hartmut Haenchen/ Harry Kupfer | Jochen Kowalski, Gillian Webster, Jeremy Budd [20] | Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London |
| 1991 – Hungaroton DVD[23] | Vienna (1762) Italian | György Vashegyi/ Domokos Moldován | Derek Lee Ragin, Adrienne Csengery, Anna Pánti | Concerto Armonico Chamber Orchestra, Tomkins Vocal Ensemble and Central Europe Dance Company, Budapest |
| 1993 – Forlane CD | Berlioz/French | Patrick Peire | Ewa Podleś, Raphaëlle Farman, Marie-Noëlle de Callataÿ | Collegium Instrumentale Brugense and Capella Brugensis |
| 1993 – Kultur DVD | Paris (1774)[24]/ French | Marco Guidarini/ Stefanos Lazaridis | David Hobson, Amanda Thane, Miriam Gormley, | Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra and Australian Opera Chorus, Sydney |
| 1994 – Astrée Audivis CD[25] | Vienna (1762)/ Italian | Jean-Claude Malgoire | James Bowman, Lynne Dawson, Claron MacFadden | La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy and Chœr de Chambre de Namur |
| 1995 – Teldec CD | Berlioz/French | Donald Runnicles | Jennifer Larmore, Dawn Upshaw, Alison Hagley | Orchestra and Chorus of the San Francisco Opera House |
| 1998 – Eagle Rock Entertainment VHS/DVD | Vienna (1762)/ Italian | Gustav Kuhn/ Alberto Fassini | Bernadette Manca di Nissa, Paula Almerares, Paola Antonucci | Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet of the Teatro San Carlo, Naples |
| 1998 – ARTS CD | pasticcio/Italian | Peter Maag | Ewa Podleś, Ana Rodrigo, Elena de la Merced | Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia, A Coruña, and Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid |
| 1998 – Naxos CD [16] | Vienna (1762)[26]/ Italian | Arnold Östman | Kerstin Avemo, Ann-Christine Biel, Maya Boog | Orchestra and Chorus of the Drottningholm Palace Theatre |
| 1999 – Solfa [5] | (?)/Italian | Albert Argudo | Jordi Domènech, Miki Mori, Cristina Obregón | Orquestra Simfònica del Vallés, Sabadell, and Coro de los Amics de l'òpera de Sabadell |
| 1999, Oct 8-23 – Arthaus DVD (later on EMI) | Berlioz/French | John Eliot Gardiner/ Robert Wilson | Magdalena Kožená, Madeline Bender, Patricia Petibon | Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and Monteverdi Choir |
| 2001 – Harmonia Mundi CD [16] | Vienna (1762)/ Italian | René Jacobs | Bernarda Fink, Verónica Cangemi, María Cristina Kiehr | Freiburger Barockorchester, and RIAS Kammerchor, Berlin |
| 2003 – Farao Classics DVD | Berlioz/French | Ivor Bolton/ Nigel Lowery and Amir Hosseinpour | Vesselina Kasarova, Rosemary Joshua, Deborah York | Chorus and Orchestra of Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich |
| 2004[27] – Archiv CD | Paris (1774)[24]/ French | Marc Minkowski | Richard Croft, Mireille Delunsch, Marion Harousseau, Claire Delgado-Boge | Les Musiciens du Louvre, Grenoble |
| 2004 – Five Tone DVD | Berlioz/French | Amaury du Closel | Sylvie Sulle, Sophie de Segur, Isabelle Poulenard | Camerata de Versailles and Michel Piquemal vocal ensemble |
| 2005[28] – Naxos CD [16] | Paris (1774)[24]/ French | Ryan Brown | Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Catherine Dubosc, Suzie Le Blanc | Orchestra and Chorus of the Opera Lafayette, Washington, D.C. |
| 2010[29] – BAC Blu-ray/DVD | Paris (1774)[30]/ French | Giampaolo Bisanti | Roberto Alagna, Serena Gamberoni, Marc Barrard[31] | Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Comunale, Bologna |
| 2010[32] – Decca CD | Paris (1774)/ French | Jesús López Cobos | Juan Diego Flórez, Ainhoa Garmendia, Alessandra Marianelli | Coro y Orquesta Titular of the Teatro Real, Madrid |
| 2011[33] - UNITEL/C MAJOR | Vienna (1762)[34]/ Italian | Gordan Nikolić/Carlus Padrissa | Anita Rachvelishvili, Maite Alberola, Auxiliadora Toledano | Palau de la Musica Catalana Chamber Choir & bandArt Orchestra |
| 2014[35] - DVD Arthaus Musik/Naxos | Vienna (1762)[36]/ Italian | Václav Luks/Ondrej Halvelka | Bejun Mehta, Eva Liebau, Regula Mühlemann | Collegium Vocale 1704 & Collegium 1704 |
| 2015 – Archiv CD | Vienna (1762)[37]/ Italian | Laurence Equilbey | Franco Fagioli, Malin Hartelius, Emmanuelle De Negri | Accentus Chamber Choir, Insula Orchestra |
| 2018[38] - Blu-ray/DVD Concorde | Paris (1774)/ French | Michele Mariotti/ Hofesh Shechter and John Fulljames | Juan Diego Flórez, Christiane Karg, Fatma Said | Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan Hofesh Shechter Company (dance) |
| 2018[39] - Blu-ray/DVD C Major | Paris (1774)[40]/ French | Harry Bickett/ John Neumeier | Dmitry Korchak, Andriana Chuchman, Lauren Snouffer | Orchestra and Chorus of the Lyric Opera of Chicago Joffrey Ballet (dance) |
| 2018[41] – Blu-ray/DVD Naxos | Berlioz[42]/French | Raphaël Pichon/ Aurélien Bory | Marianne Crebassa, Helene Guilmette, Lea Desandre | Orchestra and Chorus of the Ensemble Pygmalion |
Main partial recordings
| Recording data: date and labels | Version/language | Conductor/director[1] | Cast: Orpheus, Eurydice, Cupid, A blessed spirit[2] | Orchestra and chorus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 – Pathé, Columbia/Music Memoria, Pearl, Arcadia CD (abridged edition) | Berlioz/French | Henri Tomasi | Alice Raveau, Germaine Feraldy, Jany Delille | Orchestre Symphonique de Paris and Chorus "Alexis Vlassof" |
| 1945 – ATS LP (Act 2) | Ricordi/Italian | Arturo Toscanini | Nan Merriman, Edna Philips | NBC Symphony Orchestra and Robert Shaw Chorale |
| 1947 – Decca LP/Grammofono 2000, Dutton CD (abridged recording) | Ricordi/Italian | Fritz Stiedry | Kathleen Ferrier, Ann Ayars, Zöe Vlachopoulos | Southern Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera |
| 1952 – RCA (Volume 46 Complete RCA Collection), Urania CD (Act 2) | Ricordi/Italian | Arturo Toscanini | Nan Merriman, Barbara Gibson | NBC Symphony Orchestra and Robert Shaw Chorale |
| 1954 – Heliodor LP (selection) | Dörffel/German | Arthur Rother | Margarete Klose, Anny Schlemm, Rita Streich | Münchner Philharmoniker and Chorus of the Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich |
| 1960 – Le Chant du Monde LDC LP & CD[43] | Berlioz[44]/French | Charles Bruck | Rita Gorr, Nadine Sautereau, Edith Selig | Orchestre Lyrique de Radio France and Chœur de la Radiodiffusion Française |
| 1960 (or 1962) – EMI LP (selezione) | Dörffel/German | Horst Stein | Hermann Prey, Pilar Lorengar, Erika Köth | Berliner Symphoniker and RIAS Kammerchor, Berlin |
References
Notes
Sources
- Giudici, Elvio, L'opera in CD e video – Guida all'ascolto, (in Italian) Milano, Il Saggiatore, 1995. ISBN 88-428-0279-4
- Jeremy Hayes, Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice – The 1774 Paris version, essay published in 2010 by Decca Records in the booklet enclosed to Jesús Lópes-Cobos's 2008 recording (CD)
- Patricia Howard (ed.), C.W. von Gluck: Orfeo, Cambridge/New York/Melbourne, Cambridge University Press, 1981 (consulted edition: series "Cambridge Opera Handbooks" (paperback), 2010, ISBN 0-521-29664-1)
- Arthur Hutchings, Gluck and Reform Opera, essay published in 1970 by Decca Records in the booklet enclosed to Sir Georg Solti's 1969 recording (LP)
- Sir Charles Mackerras, Berlioz: the best of both worlds, in P. Howard (ed.), C.W. von Gluck: Orfeo (op. cit., pp. 99–105)
- Carlo Manfriani and Sara Bertelli (eds.), 70th Maggio Musicale Fiorentino's Programme for the performances of Orfeo ed Euridice, (in Italian) 2007 (Bologna, Edizioni Pendragon. ISBN 978-88-8342-551-6)
- Matteo Marazzi, Backstage: La discografia di Orfeo e Euridice, (in Italian) «Opera Disc»
- Marinelli, Carlo ODE – Opera Discography Encyclopaedia (in Italian)
- operadis-opera-discography.org
- Roberto Rossi, Discografia – Christoph Willibald Gluck – Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Eurydice), (in Italian) essay included in the 70th Maggio Musicale Fiorentino's Programme for the performances of Orfeo ed Euridice, 2007 (cf. above, C. Manfriani, pp. 60–71)
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