Iphigenie En Tauride

Christopher Richardson - Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride, Wq. 46 (Live) (2017)

Christopher Richardson - Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride, Wq. 46 (Live) (2017)
Classical, Opera | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 01:50:58 | 256 MB
Label: Pinchgut Live | Release Year: 2017

Iphigénie en Tauride draws all of Gluck’s opera reforms to their natural conclusion and a work of great power and beauty is the result. Iphigénie en Tauride is Gluck's most dramatically involving work. It is about familial love and deep friendship, but the waters run deep, and noble aims of sacrifice, duty and protection are played out within the taut drama. Containing much of Gluck's best music.
Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble - Gluck: Iphigenie en Aulide, Iphigenie en Tauride (2013) [Blu-Ray]

Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble - Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide, Iphigénie en Tauride (2013) [Blu-Ray]
BluRay | BDMV | MPEG-4 AVC Video / 16997 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps | 226 min | 40,3 Gb
Audio1: Français / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 24-bit | Audio2: DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4257 kbps / 24-bit

BluRay-rip | AVC | MKV 1920x1080 / 6215 kbps / 29,97 fps | 226 min | 16,6 Gb
Audio: Français / DTS / 6ch / 48.0 KHz / 24-bit
Classical | OPUS ARTE | Sub: English, French, German, Dutch, Korean

Two late and baleful tragedies by Euripides focus on the ill-starred daughter of the Greek King, Agamemnon. Will he sacrifice Iphigenia in order to secure fair winds for his voyage to Troy? In Aulis, the drama rages until she is spared. Having escaped to Tauris, Iphigenia finds herself compelled to kill her own brother before, once more, the fickle gods intervene. Gluck's operatic settings are very rarely staged together, but Pierre Audi's production makes a darkly compelling case for their dramatic unity. All the lead performers here are experienced exponents of Gluck, and together they present a powerfully idiomatic experience.
Joachim Fontaine, Kantorei Saarlouis, La Grande Société Philharmonique - Théodore Gouvy: Iphigénie en Tauride (2010)

Joachim Fontaine, Kantorei Saarlouis, La Grande Société Philharmonique - Théodore Gouvy: Iphigénie en Tauride (2010)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 414 Mb | Total time: 106:15 | Covers included
Classical | Label: CPO ‎| 777 504-2 | Recorded: 2006

Political and cultural circumstances – depending on whether Lorraine / Lothringen belonged to France or Germany – made Théodore Gouvy a border crosser between these two countries. It was very unusual for a French composer of his generation not to assign a central role to music theater in his oeuvre. His rejection of Wagner's music dramas also made him something of an exception in France. It is true, however, that the oratorio was a key genre within his oeuvre – and the oratorio at least can be counted as a dramatic genre. Gouvy wrote six major oratorio compositions, two based on Nordic subjects and two drawing on ancient tragedies.
Martin Pearlman, Boston Baroque - Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride (2000)

Martin Pearlman, Boston Baroque - Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride (2000)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 768 Mb | Total time: 60:12+73:54 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Telarc | CD-80546 | Recorded: 1999

The most popular opera of Gluck might be Orfeo ed Euridice, but this one, Iphigénie en Tauride, is probably his most dramatically involving. It is about familial love and deep friendship and, as such, lacks the usual "love" music and interest. But the waters here run deep, and Martin Pearlman and his singers plumb those depths. Christine Goerke's Iphigénie is dignified, rich with expression and beautiful tone. Almost no less good is the Orestes of Rodney Gilfry, who uses his high baritone with intelligence and ease, singing tenderly when needed and explosively at other times. Vinson Cole brings grainy, expressive tenor to the role of Pylades firmly and effectively; and Stephen Salters, as the villainous Thaos, might sing coarsely, but it suits the character.
Orchestre de L’Opera de Lyon, John Eliot Gardiner - Gluck: Iphigenie en Tauride (1985)

Orchestre de L’Opera de Lyon, John Eliot Gardiner - Gluck: Iphigenie en Tauride (1985)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:42:12 | 451 MB
Genre: Classical, Opera | Label: Philips | Catalog: 416 149-2

This is the masterwork, Gluck's last important opera, which convinced the teenage medical student Berlioz, when he first heard it in 1821, that he had to be a composer. He worshipped Gluck and took his side in the phoney "Gluck vs.Piccini War". He set himself the task of sitting in the Conservatoire library to copy out the entire score in order to absorb its lessons. Its directness and drama influenced his artistic style his whole life through, as evinced by key points in "Les Troyens".
Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski - Gluck: Iphigenie en Tauride (2001)

Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski - Gluck: Iphigenie en Tauride (2001)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 02:45:32 | 549 MB
Genre: Classical, Opera | Label: Archiv Produktion | Catalog: DG 471-133-2

Following the success of 1999's thrilling Armide, Marc Minkowski and his excellent cast fully convey the power and drama of Gluck's masterpiece. They pull you into the story (based on a play by Euripides) through the emotional truth of their interpretation. The opening quiet strings create an air of mystery dispelled by a ferocious storm magnificently conveyed by these early-music specialists. Within a few phrases of Iphigénie's opening lament, Delunsch creates a believable, sympathetic character.
William Christie, Orchestra "La Scintilla" of the Zurich Opera House - Gluck: Iphigenie en Tauride (2016/2001) [BDRip]

William Christie, Orchestra "La Scintilla" of the Zurich Opera House - Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride (2016/2001) [BDRip]
BluRay-rip | AVC | MKV 1920x1080 / 6215 kbps / 29,97 fps | 108 min | 5,26 Gb
Audio: Français / DTS / 5ch / 48.0 KHz / 16 bits
Classical | ArtHaus Musik | Sub: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish

Gluck‘s wonderful but neglected 1774 opera Iphigénie en Tauride, inspired by the Greek legend, is treated with forceful and convincing simplicity in Klaus Guth‘s revolutionary production staged at the Zurich Opera House. The psychological drama in a tense atmosphere of fears and traumas is underlined by Guth‘s use of huge masks and enclosed spaces. Conductor William Christie and his typically transparent but never cold orchestral sound perfectly match the descriptive elements in Gluck’s score, while the Armenian mezzosoprano Juliette Galstian as a fabulously good Iphigénie, the leading American opera baritone Rodney Gilfry as Oreste and the deceased South African tenor Deon van der Walt as Pylade head a superb cast.

Susan Graham - The Art of Susan Graham (2010)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at Dec. 2, 2021
Susan Graham - The Art of Susan Graham (2010)

Susan Graham - The Art of Susan Graham (2010)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 1.6 Gb | 06:27:00
Genre: Classical | Label: Warner Classics

This six-CD set is sure to be of interest to fans of Susan Graham, the phenomenally successful American mezzo-soprano. The recordings, with the exception of just a few tracks from the 1990s, were made between 2000 and 2005, and they reveal Graham in her prime. Five of the discs had previously been released, but one is made up of selections from a variety of sources, including complete opera recordings. The set demonstrates Graham's versatility, both stylistically in the many types of music she sings and in the emotional spectrum that the songs and arias encompass. .
Reinoud Van Mechelen & A Nocte Temporis - Legros, haute-contre de Gluck (2023)

Reinoud Van Mechelen & A Nocte Temporis - Legros, haute-contre de Gluck (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 305 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 168 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:12:17
Classical, Vocal | Label: Alpha Classics

Tenor Reinoud Van Mechelen concludes his trilogy dedicated to hautes-contre with "Legros, haute-contre de Gluck". Joseph Legros (1739-1793) was a singer at the Paris Opéra, renowned for his extraordinary musical abilities, wide range and brilliant high notes. “His contemporaries appreciated the fact that his vocal delivery was not forced and that his taste was less mannered than that of his predecessors. His pronunciation was perfect and his face pleasing, although he did not cut a graceful figure and his stage acting left something to be desired” writes Benoit Dratwicki, of the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, which is a partner in this series… Legros sparked renewed interest among modern composers for the haute-contre voice.
Reinoud Van Mechelen & A Nocte Temporis - Legros, haute-contre de Gluck (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Reinoud Van Mechelen & A Nocte Temporis - Legros, haute-contre de Gluck (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 72:17 minutes | 1,25 GB
Classical, Vocal | Label: Alpha Classics, Official Digital Download

Tenor Reinoud Van Mechelen concludes his trilogy dedicated to hautes-contre with "Legros, haute-contre de Gluck". Joseph Legros (1739-1793) was a singer at the Paris Opéra, renowned for his extraordinary musical abilities, wide range and brilliant high notes.