Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)
Part Four
Thursday 21 July 2005 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Repeated: Thursday 28 July 2005 0:00-1:00 (Radio 3)
Gluck's quick temper and combative nature earned him an unenviable reputation, and when he spent six months rehearsing his next opera for Paris, he stretched the performers' tolerance to the limit. Nevertheless, Iphigenie en Aulis was a great success and it was the making of Gluck in the capital. Donald Macleod introduces highlights from this and his next great success in Paris, Armide.
Playlist
IPHIGENIE EN AULIS -
Act 1 Sc 5: Air - 'Armez-vous d'un noble courage' to end of act
Act II - Sc6: 'Je le vois' to end of act
Anne Sofie von Otter Clytemnestra
Lynne Dawson Iphigenie
Jose van Dam Agamemnon
John Aler Achilles
Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre de l'Opera de Lyon
John Eliot Gardiner, director
MUSIFRANCE 2292 45003-2
CD1 T19-27
CD2 T9-12
ARMIDE -
Act I
Mireille Delunsch Armide
Francoise Masset Phenice
Nicole Heaston Sidonie
Laurent Naouri Hidraot
Vincent le Texier Aronte
Two coryphees Sandrine Rondot/Myriam Sosson
Crusaders Brett Polegato and Yann Beuron
Les Musiciens du Louvre and Chorus
Marc Minkowski, director
ARCHIV 459 616-2
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