Orfeo

Gubaidulina’s Triple Concerto and Rejoice! receive outstanding advocacy [LW]

An interesting Billy Budd, but not a library choice [ST]

Not only die-hard Verdians but all serious opera lovers should give it a try [GF]

(Déjà Review) I enjoyed the fluency and vibrancy of this live performance [RJF]

A re-issue of one of Karajan’s best live Mozart outings with a superb cast, in decent sound [RMo]

A good but hardly distinguished production, in terms of both performance and sound [RMo]

The only recording of Schmidt’s second opera does full justice to an unjustly neglected work [EJW]

This CD will be indispensable to admirers of Michael Gielen [JQ]

(Déjà Review) A collector’s item specifically for opera buffs and Furtwängler fanatics which fills a gap in his recording legacy [AR]

An eloquent performance of the main work with an interesting early work to complement it [SB]

A very fine cast and excellent sound makes this a decent version of Wagner’s difficult first opera [MP]

A colourful Wagnerian romp with two outstanding interpreters among the large cast [MP]

A very good cast in a version with more linking dialogue than on other recordings [MP]

(Déjà Review) Mitropoulos’ readings offer a must-hear, never less than fascinating experience [CC]

A very original setting of the Aeschylus tragedy, declaimed and sung in Ancient Greek [RWe]

An operatic rarity returns to the catalogue, and remains a worthwhile encounter [PCG]

(Déjà Review) Splendid performances that could hardly be bettered [IL]

(Déjà Review) As a piece of history in sound I found these performances fascinating and very enjoyable [TD]

Seemann’s live airings make a welcome return [SG]

A 40th anniversary salute to a rather overlooked German pianist [JW]

Probably the most recommendable of the three recordings of Pfitzner’s Christmas tear-jerker despite its drawbacks [PCG]

Penderecki’s Dies Irae is frighteningly powerful, but Szymanowski’s Stabat Mater is given an underwhelming performance [SW]