Patrick Peire, Collegium Instrumentale Brugense, Brugensis Capella - Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice - 1859 Berlioz Revision (1993)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 667 Mb | Total time: 44:21+53:38 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Forlane | UCD 16720/21 | Recorded: 1992
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 667 Mb | Total time: 44:21+53:38 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Forlane | UCD 16720/21 | Recorded: 1992
The most striking feature of this disc is the casting of Ewa Podles as Orphée. A Polish contralto with a tessitura that comfortably spans three octaves, she has a voice that is resonant and rich in its low notes but rises easily to tackle coloratura – a combination which she uses to dazzling effect on ‘Amour viens rende à mon âme’, the last, show-stopping aria of Act I. But its remarkable versatility apart, Podles’s distinctive sound is something of a curiosity – dark, slightly guttural and peculiarly tubular. The comprimarios, Raphaëlle Farman as Eurydice and Marie-Noëlle de Callataÿ as Amour, produce a clean, attractive sound. Sung in French, this recording uses Berlioz’s 1859 revision.