Gluck / Verrett / Raskin - Orfeo Ed Euridice - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Sony Classical announces a further batch of complete recordings from the CBS/Sony and RCA Victor catalogues. The newest installment of this popular series features some unusual repertoire as well as documents of the New York Metropolitan Opera in it's postwar heyday. In Rome in 1965, RCA produced a benchmark set of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, with an outstanding all-American cast led by Shirley Verrett as Orpheus and Renato Fasano conducting the Virtuosi di Roma. InchThis is undoubtedly the best performance and recording of the opera we have had,Inch wrote the Gramophone reviewer. Penguin Guide concurred InchIf you have a mezzo as firm and sensitive as Shirley Verrett, then everything is in favour of your using the original Italian version. Fasano also uses the right-sized orchestra... and adopts an appropriately classical style. Anna Moffo and Judith Raskin match Verrett in clean, strong singing... The recording is vivid and atmospheric.Inch Album Tracks 1. Orfeo Ed Euridice / Overtura 2. Orfeo Ed Euridice / Act I / Ah, Se Intorno a Quest'urna Funesta 3. Orfeo Ed Euridice / Act I / Amici, Quel Lamento Aggrava Il Mio Dolore 4. Orfeo Ed Euridice / Act I / Pantomime 5. Orfeo Ed Euridice / Act I / Ah, Se Intorno a Quest'urna Funesta 6. Orfeo Ed Euridice / Act I / Restar Vogl'io Da Sol Fra L'ombre Oscure 7. Orfeo Ed Euridice / Act I / Chiamo Il Mio Ben Così 8. Orfeo Ed Euridice / Act I / Euridice, Euridice, Ombra Cara 9. Orfeo Ed Euridice / Act I / Cerco Il Mio Ben Così 10. Orfeo Ed Euridice / Act I / Euridice! Euridice! 11. Orfeo Ed Euridice / Act I / Piango Il Mio Ben Così 12. Orfeo Ed Euridice / Act I / O Numi, Barbari Numi 13. Orfeo Ed Euridice / Act I / Amore Assisterà L'infelice Consorte! 14. Orfeo Ed Euridice / Act I / Se Il Dolce Suon de la Tua Lira 15. Orfeo Ed Euridice / Act I / Ciel! Lei Riveder Potrò! 16. Orfeo Ed Euridice /