by Claudio Monteverdi, Philip Pickett, New London Consort · L'oiseau Lyre · CD · EAN 0028943354523
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«L'Orfeo» is the opera by Claudio Monteverdi performed by the New London Consort, conducted by Philip Pickett, released by L'Oiseau-Lyre on CD (1992).
Monteverdi recreates the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice in an opera that develops love, loss and redemption. Philip Pickett's reading accentuates the dramatic expressiveness of the score with the New London Consort, while John Mark Ainsley and Catherine Bott sustain the principal vocal roles.
2-CD edition released by L'Oiseau-Lyre on 3 November 1992. The cast is completed by Tessa Bonner, Julia Gooding, Christopher Robson, Robert Evans and Simon Grant.
For lovers of classical music and opera, and for those who value recordings with instrumental ensemble and vocal soloists.
