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Claudio Monteverdi
An Introduction To Orfeo

Album US 2008 on Naxos label
Spoken Word and Classical (Renaissance, Baroque, Opera, Education)

Music from Orfeo taken from Naxos 8.554094-95 Total Running Time - 77:03 Cast: Music as Prologue - Marinella Pennicchi, soprano Orfeo - Alessandro Carmignani, tenor Euridice - Marinella Pennicchi, soprano Nymph/Messenger; Prosperine - Rosita Frisani, soprano Hope - Patrizia Vaccari, soprano Charon - Carlo Lepore, bass Apollo/Echo - Giovanni Pentasuglia, tenor Pluto - Gastone Sarti, bass Shepherd 1/Spirit 1 - Michel van Goethem, countertenor Shepherd 2/Spirit 3 - Pietro Valguarnera, tenor Shepherd 3/Spirit 4 - Giovanni Pentasuglia, tenor Shepherd 4/Spirit 5 - Roberto Abbondanza, baritone Shepherd 5 - Gastone Sarti, bass Spirit 2 - Gian Luigi Maria Ghiringhelli, countertenor Spirit 6 - Marcello Vargetto, bass Spirit 7 - Marcello Vargetto, bass

     
Musicians
PortraitClaudio Monteverdi voc, 1567-1643 IT
album by
PortraitSergio Vartolo org, hps, IT
conductor
PortraitDavid Timson voc, *1950 GB
narrator
PortraitCappella Musicale Di S. Petronio Di Bologna ,
orchestra
Producers
Sarah Butcher edited by
Norman Goodman engineer
Genevieve Helsby producer
Album Tracks
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1BackgroundClaudio Monteverdi
2IntroductionClaudio Monteverdi6:42
3Monteverdi's Early Life And EducationClaudio Monteverdi6:34
4Monteverdi's Other Operas And Performance PracticeClaudio Monteverdi5:15
5OrfeoClaudio Monteverdi
6PrologueClaudio Monteverdi5:56
7A Shepherd Summons The Chorus To SingClaudio Monteverdi3:44
8Orpheus Is Told That Eurydice Is DeadClaudio Monteverdi7:01
9Expressions Of Grief From The Chorus And ShepherdsClaudio Monteverdi3:46
10Orpheus Descends Into HellClaudio Monteverdi7:13
11Charon's Response To OrpheusClaudio Monteverdi5:56
12Pluto's PronouncementClaudio Monteverdi4:44
13Doubts Assail OrpheusClaudio Monteverdi6:47
14Orpheus's Long Lament And The First EndingClaudio Monteverdi6:11
15The Second EndingClaudio Monteverdi7:06
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