Search - Christoph Willibald Gluck, John Eliot Gardiner, Sylvia Mcnair :: Gluck - Orfeo ed Euridice / Ragin, McNair, Sieden, Gardiner

The best recording of Orfeo ed Euridice

06/30/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I got goose-pimple-bones every time I listen to this CD. There no better recordings of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice existing. Yo can not compare the voice of Derek Lee Ragin to other countertenors. He is just the best."

Heartbreaking music sung with brilliance

06/16/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I own two different recordings of this work both with countertenors in the title role. This one has a tragic edge to it that really captures the mood of the piece. Derek lee Ragin is convincing from the start with his cries for his lost Euridice. The Dance of the Furies is also a highlight of this recording. Sylvia Mcnair, whom I saw recently in a performance of Giulio Cesare has the perfect voice for music from the baroque and classical era. She is a perfectly innocent Euridice. I reccomend this recording to anyone."

Mesmerizingly beautiful

03/19/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Recently someone helped himself to, among other things, a huge stack of CDs from our home. This CD is among our top-three list of immediate replacements."