A0438-CD: Orpheus with his lute

Orpheus with his lute
Rachel Ann Morgan (mezzo-soprano & harp) & Edward Witsenburg (harp)

CD coverMusic for Voice and Harps inspired by the Greek legend of Orpheus - not only of the tragic love story of Orpheus and Euridice but also of Orpheus' art of song which could subdue the whole of Nature.

Music by

Monteverdi - Peri - Rossi
Landi - Haydn - Gluck
Francisque - Voigtländer
Boyce - Rubbra - Gabriel
Hundley - Flothuis

Rachel Ann Morgan (mezzo-soprano, harp) and Edward Witsenburg (harp) play music for Orpheus.

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Audio Samples & Track Listing

Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
L’Orfeo:
01. “Dal mio Parnasso amato” (Prologo La Musica) 4:25
02. “Ecco l’atra palude” (La Speranza) 2:32
03. “A lei volto ho il cammin” (Orfeo) 2:55
 
Jacopo Peri (1561-1633)
Euridice:
04. “Giote al canto mio” (Orfeo) 1:10
05. “Antri, ch’ai miei lamenti” (Orfeo) 2:38
 
Luigi Rossi (1598-1653)
Orfeo:
06. Passacaglia per arpa 2:43
 
Stefano Landi (1586/87-1639)
La morte d’Orfeo:
07. “Il desio di veder l’amato fliglio” (Scena di Calliope) 6:20
 
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
L’anima del filosofo ossia Orfeo ed Euridice:
08. Coro di Baccanti* (harp duo) 2:38
09. “Numi possenti aita!...Dov’è l’amato bene?...Del mio core” (Euridice) 5:26
 
Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714-1787)
Orfeo ed Euridice:
10. Ballo* (harp duo) 2:22
11. “Deh placatevi con me” (Orfeo) 4:38
 
Anthoine Francisque (1570-1605)
Le Trésor d’Orphée:
12. Pavane et Bransles* (harp duo) 5:00
 
Gabriel Voigtländer (c. 1596-1643)
13. Zum Lobe der Musik 3:00
 
William Boyce (1710-1779)
14. Orpheus and Euridice 1:42
 
Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986)
15. Orpheus with his lute 1:10
 
Virginia Gabriel (1825-1877)
16. Orpheus 3:48
 
Richard Hundley (b. 1931)
17. When Orpheus played 1:45
 
Marius Flothuis (b. 1914)
18. Pour le tombeau d’Orphée, Op. 37 (harp solo) 6:39



Album Information

Title: Orpheus with his lute
Artist: Rachel Ann Morgan - mezzo-soprano & harp
Edward Witsenburg - harp
Instruments: Voice & Harp
Genre: Classical
Format: Audio CD
Our Ref: A0438
MCPS: GLO 5182
Label: Globe
Year: 1998
Origin: Netherlands