LoginMonteverdi: L'Orfeo / London Baroque - Medlam, Chiaroscuro - Caudle
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This recording of Monteverdi's retelling of the Orpheus legend may not be as fine overall as John Eliot Gardiner's, but it has much to recommend it. Nigel Rogers was the first great modern Monteverdi tenor: he made this record after his prime (he no longer has the beautiful sound one wants from an Orfeo), but his virtuoso passage-work and stylish ornaments should be required listening for every student of the role. The cast, chorus, and orchestra give solid, if occasionally reserved, performances (though Guillemette Laurens is a shrill Messenger). The best singing of the entire record is (perhaps unfortunately) at the beginning:
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Manufacturer: EMI Classics
Release date: 15 February 1994
EAN: 0077776494722 UPC: 077776494722
Release date: 15 February 1994
EAN: 0077776494722 UPC: 077776494722
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