Sonia Prina, Ruben Jais, laBarocca - Christoph Willibald Gluck: Heroes in Love (2017)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 396 Mb | Total time: 71:28 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Glossa | # GCD924101 | Recorded: 2016
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 396 Mb | Total time: 71:28 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Glossa | # GCD924101 | Recorded: 2016
There is definitely no lack of heroic roles in the Gluckian repertory apart from the very well-known Orfeo from Orfeo ed Euridice: many memorable parts were assigned by this composer for the alto voice (either male castratos or female contraltos) - and it is precisely this repertory, written for excellent interpreters and yet still rarely performed today, which is celebrated on this album. As a consequence of a specific historical set of circumstances, Gluck had the good fortune to work with the finest alto singers of his generation: not only Gaetano Guadagni, but also Giovanni Carestini, Vittoria Tesi and many others.