Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)
Part Five
Friday 22 July 2005 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Repeated: Friday 29 July 2005 0:00-1:00 (Radio 3)
Gluck worked on his last two operas simultaneously, one widely regarded as his masterpiece. But the other flopped so badly, it broke his spirit and he decided to abandon the opera stage altogether. Donald Macleod introduces highlights from both.
Playlist
ECHO ET NARCISSE: Prologue 12.00
Deborah Massell Amor
Chorus of the Hamburg Opera
Concerto Koln
Rene Jacobs
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 905201.02
CD1 T2
IPHIGENIE EN TAURIDE -
Act II, Sc3: 'Dieux protecteurs de ces affreux rivages' 23.10
Act IV, Sc2 - from Hymne: 'Chaste fille de latone" 13.01
Simon Keenlyside Orestes
Mireille Delunsch Iphigenia
Laurent Naouri Thoas
Yann Beuron Pylades
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Mark Minkowski, director
ARCHIV 471 134-2
CD1 T18-25
CD2 T15-21
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