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Renowned conductor Jeremy Summerly joins Andrew for a live traversal of recordings of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, the first opera that has both survived the centuries and stayed in the repertoire.

Recommended recording:

Mirko Guadagnini (Orfeo), Emanuela Galli (La Musica / Euridice), Marina De Liso (Messaggiera), Cristina Calzolari (Proserpina), Matteo Bellotto (Plutone), Jose Maria Lo Monaco (Speranza), Salvo Vitale (Caronte), Vincenzo Di Donato (Apollo), Francesca Cassinari (Ninfa), La Venexiana, Claudio Cavina (conductor)
GLOSSA GCD920941 (2CD)

Other recommended recordings:

Below is a shortlist of other recordings which Jeremy also liked, although we can鈥檛 guarantee the availability of these discs.

Laurence Dale (Orfeo), Efrat Ben-Nun (Euridice/La Musica), Jennifer Larmore (Messaggiera), Bernarda Fink (Proserpina), Harry Peeters (Plutone), Andreas Scholl (Speranza), Paul Gerimon (Caronte), Nicolas Rivenq (Apollo), Concerto Vocale, Rene Jacobs (conductor)
HARMONIA MUNDI HML5901553/54 (2CD)

Historical recommendation:

Helmut Krebs (Orfeo), Hanni Mack-Cosack (Euridice), Margot Guilleaume (La Musica/Proserpina), Jeanne Deroubaix ((La Messagiera/La Speranza),Horst Gunter (Plutone), Peter Roth-Ehrgang (Caronte), Bernhard Michaelis (Pastore 1), Fritz Wunderlich (Apollo/Pastore 2), Peter Offermanns (Pastore 3), Clemens Kaiser-Breme Pastore 4), Hildegard Wild (Ninfa), Orchester der "Sommerlichen Musiktage Hitzacker 1955", Chor der Staatlichen Hochschule fur Musik, Hamburg, August Wenzinger
DG ARCHIV 4531762

DVD recommendation:
Furio Zanasi (Orfeo), Arianna Savall (Euridice), Montserrat Figueras (La Musica), Sara Mingardo (Messaggiera), La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall (conductor)
OPUS ARTE OA0843D

Curiosity
MONTEVERDI: L'Orfeo (Respighi鈥檚 arragement and orchestration)
Paolo Coni (Orfeo), Nuccia Focile (Euridice), Enrico Facini (Apollo), James Loomis (Caronte), Orchestra da Camera Lucchese, Herbert Handt
CLAVES 509419

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