Release Date: 01 November 2019
Label: Cpo - Full Price / CPO
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 761203530120
Genres: Classical Orchestral
Composer/Series: Jacques Offenbach
Description
On his recently released Offenbach CD featuring some of this composer’s unknown overtures, 'Howard Griffiths is able to generate sparkling moments, dramatic buildups of suspense, highly expressive lyrical designs, and frequently suddenly occurring shifts of mood with absolutely outstanding success' (klassik-heute.com). And the latest Offenbach interpretation by Griffiths also does perfect justice to this composer’s highly effectively instrumented and melodically very appealing music while transmitting infectious zest for life. Orphée aux Enfers was Offenbach’s first international success and perhaps his most performed opera throughout the world – a landmark establishing a new genre known as the »Offenbachiade« and standing for societal satire in the form of music theater. The present CD offers the essence of the orchestral numbers and ballet inserts composed for the version of Orpheus in the Underworld from 1874. The rediscovery of the magnificent ballet L’Atlantide or Le Royaume de Neptune (The Realm of Neptune) and its recording premiere on this CD qualify as nothing short of sensational.
Slovak Chamber Orchestra; Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhein; Salzburger Hofmusik; Bohdan Warch
L'Orfeo Barockorchester; Michi Gaigg
Kyra Steckeweh; GewandhausChor Leipzig; Gregor Meyer
Orfeo Bo:Gaigg
Elena Harsanyi; Caroline Marcot; Andre Cruz; Thomas Bonni; Kolner Akademie; Michael Alexander Wille
Gernot Submuth; Ramon Jaffe; Monica Gutman
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Sudwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim; Douglas Bostock
Sophie Dervaux, La Folia Barockorchester
Nordic Affect/Marco Casonato/Massimo Marchese/La Spagna baroque orchestra/Alejandro Marias
Jan Mracek, Czech Philharmonic, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Giuseppe Andaloro/Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese/Filippo Arlia
Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Herbert Blomstedt
Sudwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim; Douglas Bostock
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg; Kent Nagano
