Marc Minkowski - Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice (Archive/DG, 2004) [SACD] - SACD - MUSIC

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Marc Minkowski - Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice (Archive/DG, 2004) [SACD]

Artist: Marc Minkowski
Title: Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice
Year Of Release: 2004
Label: Archiv Production / Deutsche Grammophon
Genre: Classical
Quality: SACD (DSD64 2.0, DST64 5.1; Image.iso)
Total Time: 01:48:53
Total Size: 7,29 Gb

Though less popular than the Italian version, the French version of Gluck's Orphée has been recorded many times. But most of those recordings are hybrid versions using the original Italianate vocal casting, with the character of Orphée sung by a female voice or countertenor. But that isn't the case here. Marc Minkowski has chosen the 1774 Paris version, in which Orphée was rewritten for an haute-contre, or very high tenor. Hearing a male voice, in this case the capable Richard Croft, in the part gives the opera an entirely different feel, and the result rivals the more familiar Italianate version for effectiveness and beauty. Although cobbled together from live recordings from June 2002, the dramatic flow of the recording is excellent, and the sound quality, musical polish, and performances are near studio-perfect.

Croft handles the high tessitura of Orphée respectably, and his "L'espoir renaît dans mon âme" from the end of Act I -- full of furious running notes and ornamentation -- is full-on exciting. It might be hard for some to adjust to the sound of a tenor in the famous "J'ai perdu mon Eurydice" (known in the Italian version as "Che faro senza Euridice") since it has been sung so beautifully by contraltos over the years, but Croft captures a touching sadness in the piece. In an inspired move, Minkowski cast the teenaged Marion Harousseau in the role of L'amour. A capable young singer who handles the role commendably, she nevertheless still sounds very young, and the effect is charming. Mireille Delunsch makes the most of Eurydice, bringing a dramatic immediacy and clear voice to Act III. Minkowski leads a rhythmically propulsive, beautifully textured, and colorful performance from Les Musiciens du Louvre.

SACD1
01. Ouverture
02. Ah! dans ce bois
03. Vos plaintes, vos regrets
04. Pantomime
05. Ah! dans ce bois
06. Eloignez-vous
07. Ritournelle
08. Objet de mon amour!
09. Eurydice! ombre chère!
10. Accablé de regrets
11. Eurydice! Eurydice!
12. Plein de trouble
13. Divinités de l'Achéron
14. L'Amour vient au secours
15. Si les doux accords
16. Soumis au silence
17. Impitoyables Dieux!
18. L'espoir renaît
19. Maestoso
20. Quel est l'audacieux
21. Air de Furies
22. Quel est l'audacieux
23. Laissez-vous toucher
24. Qui t'amène
25. Ah! la flamme
26. Par quels puissants accords
27. La tendresse qui me presse
28. Quels chants doux
29. Air de Furies
30. Ballet des Ombres heureuses
31. Cet asile aimable
32. Quel nouveau ciel
33. Viens dans ce séjour
34. Lent [Danse des ombres heureuses.
35. Ô vous, Ombres
36. Près du tendre objet

SACD2
01. Viens, viens, Eurydice
02. Viens, suis un époux
03. Mais d'où vient
04. Fortune ennemie! Je goûtais
05. Quelle épreuve cruelle!
06. J'ai perdu mon Eurydice
07. Ah! puisse ma douleur
08. Arrête, Orphée!
09. Tendre amour
10. L'Amour triomphe
11. Gracieux
12. Gavotte
13. Air vif
14. Menuet
15. Maestoso
16. Très lentement
17. Chaconne