Playing time: 48' 59" + 58 '50" = 1h 47' 49" (CD)
Performers:
Capella antiqua München & Concentus musicus
Wien
Voices
Rotraud Hansmann (soprano – La Musica, Euridice), Lajos Kozma
(tenor – Orfeo), Cathy Berberian (mezzo-soprano –
Messaggiera, Speranza), Nikolaus Simkowsky (bass – Caronte),
Jacques Villisech (bass – Plutone), Max van Egmond (baritone
– Apollo, Pastor 4, Spirito 3) Eiko Katanosaka (soprano –
Proserpina, Ninfa), Günter Theuring (counter-tenor –
Pastor 1), Nigel Rogers (tenor – Pastor 2, Spirito 1), Kurt
Equiluz (tenor – Pastor 3, Spirito 2)
Musicians
Helmut Berger (trombone), Ulrich Brandhoff (cornett), Josef de Sordi
(viola), Eugen M. Dombois (chitarrone, lute), Otto Fleischmann
(dulcian), Alice Harnoncourt (violin, violino piccolo, pardessus
de viole), Nikolaus Harnoncourt (tenor viola da gamba, bass viola
da gamba), Hermann Höbarth (violoncello, tenor viola da gamba,
bass viola da gamba), Ernst Hoffman (trombone), Eduard Hruza
(violone), Erna Gruber (harp), Bernhard Klebel (recorder), Elli
Kubizek (tenor viola da gamba, bass viola da gamba), Gustav Leonhardt
(organ, harpsichord, virginal, regal), Walter Pfeiffer (violin,
violino piccolo), Stefan Plott (violin), Hans Pöttler (trombone),
Richard Rudolf (natural trumpet), Jürg Schaeftlein (recorder),
Michael Schäffer (chitarrone, lute), Hermann Schober (natural
trumpet), Peter Schoberwalter (violin), Don Smithers (cornett),
Johann Sonnleitner (organ, harpsichord, virginal, regal), Günter
Spindler (natural trumpet), Josef Spindler (natural trumpet), Leopold
Stastny (recorder), Herbert Tachezi (organ, harpsichord, virginal,
regal), Kurt Theiner (tenor viola, pardessus de viole), Helga
Tutschek (recorder), Andreas Wenth (trombone)
Konrad Ruhland, Chorus Master (CaM)
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, cond. (CmW)
Recording site and date:
Casino Zögernitz, Vienna [11 & 12/1968]
Rel.: 1969 (SKH 21/1 - 21/3), 1985 (CD - 8.35020 ZA) 1992 (CD -
4509-91 342-2).
Excerpts:
Telefunken SMT 1 319 [LP] Claudio
Monteverdi: Orfeo, favola in musica (excerpts)
Compilation:
These LPs were re-issued (1974) in a 12 LPs album, Telefunken 6.35
376 JY, later (1993) in a 7 CDs boxed set, Teldec Classics 4509-91
342-2, with Krönund die Popea and Il Ritorno di Ulisse; in
these, K. Ruhland was not involved.
Reviewed in:
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): (march 1970):
Comments:
Information from MELVYL and Éric Boulanger.
Creation date: February 24, 1607.
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