Gluck: Alceste
Kirsten Flagstad, Brian Sullivan, Francesco Valentino, Emery Darcy, Alois Pernerstorfer, Norman Scott
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Alberto Erede
Gluck: Alceste
Kirsten Flagstad, Brian Sullivan, Francesco Valentino, Emery Darcy, Alois Pernerstorfer, Norman Scott
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Alberto Erede
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Contents and tracklist
- Brian Sullivan (tenor), Emery Darcy (tenor), Alois Pernerstorfer (baritone), Norman Scott (bass), Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Francesco Valentino (baritone)
- Metropolitan Opera, Metropolitan Opera Chorus
- Alberto Erede
- Recorded: 29 March 1952
- Recording Venue: New York, United States
Announcement
Track length1:26
Act I: Overture
Track length7:45
Act I: Hear me, loyal friend (Heraut)
Track length3:00
Act I: Oh poor Admetus! (Chorus)
Track length3:09
Act I: My friends, the king (Alceste)
Track length2:53
Act I: Oh Gods (Alceste)
Track length5:22
Act I: Follow me to the temple (Alceste)
Track length3:46
Act I: Turn away, oh Phoebus (Grand-Pretre)
Track length4:40
Act I: You who from heaven's hightest (Grand-Pretre)
Track length5:18
Act I: Pantomime
Track length1:24
Act I: Phoebus does not remain unmoved (Grand-Pretre)
Track length4:24
Act I: Where am I? (Alceste)
Track length2:13
Act I: No! Let me die (Alceste)
Track length2:33
Act I: Now hear me the masters of fate (Alceste)
Track length1:07
Act I: Your deman is fulfilled (Grand-Pretre)
Track length2:15
Act I: Gods of eternal night (Alceste)
Track length5:07
Act II: Let delight follow hardship (Chorus)
Track length1:21
Act II: Ballet: Andante
Track length2:08
Act II: Ballet: Allegro
Track length1:59
Act II: March (music by F.-J. Gossec)
Track length1:19
Act II: Ah, the king (Voices)
Track length4:03
Act II: Alceste! (Admete)
Track length0:58
Act II: Adorn your brows with flowers (Chorus)
Track length1:02
Act II: Happy Alceste (Alceste)
Track length4:20
Act II: Alceste, your are all (Admete)
Track length3:43
Act II: Gods! Alceste you're crying (Admete)
Track length1:51
Act II: Life without you is not worth living (Alceste)
Track length1:52
Act II: You love me, I adore you (Admete)
Track length2:48
Act II: Alceste, I must die (Admete)
Track length2:28
Act II: Oh Gods! I turn to you (Alceste)
Track length2:20
Act II: I must not see your tears (Alceste)
Track length5:28
Act II: Now nothing is left but tears (Evandre)
Track length3:52
Act III: Oh Gods, that defy trepidation (Alceste)
Track length5:34
Act III: Gods, who have no heart (Alceste)
Track length2:25
Act III: Oh Admetus (Alceste)
Track length2:07
Act III: My dear, do have pity (Admete)
Track length3:00
Act III: The voice of Charon (Thanatos)
Track length4:18
Act III: You need no longer cry (Oracle)
Track length2:10
Act III: Ballet: Andante
Track length1:24
Act III: Ballet: Allegro
Track length2:29
Act III: Yes it is true, oh children dear (Admete)
Track length0:31
Act III: Ballet: Andante (music by F.-J. Gossec)
Track length0:57
Act III: Ballet: Andante (music by F.-J. Gossec)
Track length1:30
Act III: Chaconne
Track length3:22
