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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI L'Orfeo, "favola in musica" (1608) Concerto Vocale, René Jacobs
1h59
Digital
HML5901553.54
L’ORFEO is probably Claudio Monteverdi’s most impressive work, and theone that most clearly reveals his genius. It is a unique composition,unprecedented in its aesthetic ambition. By virtue of its monumentalproportions and rigorous construction, its aptness of expression, andabove all its beauty, L’Orfeo deserves to be considered as thefirst masterpiece in the history of the modern lyric theatre, offeringex nihilo a model of balance between theatre, poetry, song, and puremusic.
This title was released for the first time in 1995.
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Artists
- Concerto Vocale
- Lawrence Dale
- Efrat Ben-Nun
- Jennifer Larmore