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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo

Gino Sinemberghi (Orfeo), Uta Graf (Euridice), Waldemar Kmentt (Apollo), Norman Foster (Caronte), Gertrud Schretter (Speranza) & Patricia Brinton (La Musica)

Members of Wiener Singakedemie and Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Paul Hindemith

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo

Gino Sinemberghi (Orfeo), Uta Graf (Euridice), Waldemar Kmentt (Apollo), Norman Foster (Caronte), Gertrud Schretter (Speranza) & Patricia Brinton (La Musica)

Members of Wiener Singakedemie and Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Paul Hindemith

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About

Monteverdi’s Orfeo was premiered in 1607 and is the oldest opera still in the repertoire today. It fell into oblivion and it was only in 1927 that the first printed score was reprinted in facsimile edition. This lacked specificity in the instrumental parts. In 1943 Hindemith published his thoroughly researched score. This public performance was recorded in 1954 in Vienna.

Contents and tracklist

Virtue Magna
Track length3:24
Canzon septimi et octavi toni
Track length3:17
Nunc dimittis
Track length3:19
Prologo: Dal mio Permesso amato a voi ne vengo (La Musica)
Track length4:57
Pastore
Track length3:03
Lasciate i monti (Chorus)
Track length1:51
Rosa del ciel, vita del mondo e degna (Orfeo, Chorus)
Track length4:28
Ma s'il nostro gioir dal ciel deriva (Shepherd)
Track length4:45
Sinfonia. Ecco purch'a voi ritorno (Orfeo)
Track length1:31
Mira che se n'alletta (Orfeo)
Track length3:00
Ritornello - Vi ricorda, o boschi amorosi (Orfeo, Shepherd 1)
Track length2:59
Ahi caso acerbo - In un fiorito prato con l'altre sue compagne (Messaggiera, Shepherd)
Track length6:07
Tu sei morta, mia vita, ed io respiro? (Orfeo)
Track length2:28
Ahi, caso acerbo! (Chorus)
Track length2:45
Chi ne consola, ahi lassi? (Shepherds 1 and 3)
Track length1:35
Ahi, caso acerbo! Ahi fat'empio e crudele (Chorus)
Track length2:57
Pt. I
Track length5:58
Possente spirto, e formidabil nume (Orfeo, Caronte)
Track length9:22
Ben mi lusinga alquanto dilettandomi il core (Caronte, Orfeo)
Track length2:39
Ei dorme, e la mia cetra (Orfeo)
Track length2:27
Nulla impressa per uom si tenta invano (Chorus of the Spirits of Hell)
Track length1:44
Pt. I
Track length2:37
Benche severo ed immutabil fato (Plutone, Chorus of Spirits, Chorus of the Spirits of Hell, Prosepina)
Track length1:52
O de gli habitator de l'ombre eterne (Spirit)
Track length1:48
Pietade, oggi, e amore (Chorus, Spirit 1, Orfeo, Spirit 3, Euridice, Spirit 4)
Track length0:31
Ritornello … Qual honor di te fia degno (Orfeo, First Spirit)
Track length3:05
Ahi, vista troppo dolce e troppo amara! (Euridice, Chorus of Spirits)
Track length1:59
Sinfonia a 7: E la virtute un raggio (Chorus)
Track length2:37
Ritornello
Track length7:40
Act V: Sinfonia. Perch'a lo sdegno e al dolor in preda (Apollo, Orfeo)
Track length4:57
Ritornello (Chorus)
Track length1:09
Moresca
Track length0:31
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