Conductor(s): Baudo, Serge
Label: Orfeo
Genre: Opera
Period: Classical
Catalogue No: C027823F
Barcode: 4011790027326
Release Date: 01/1983

GLUCK, C.-W.: Alceste [Opera] (Sung in French) (Norman, Gedda, Krause, Weikl, Bavarian Radio Symphony Chorus and Symphony, Baudo)

Tracklist

Disc 1
Gluck, Christoph Willibald
du Roullet, Marie-Francois Louis Grand Bailli - Lyricist
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Baudo, Serge (Conductor)
Krause, Tom (bass-baritone)
Gambill, Robert (tenor)
Lika, Peter (bass)
Bavarian Radio Chorus (Choir)
Norman, Jessye (soprano)
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Bracht, Roland (bass)
Nimsgern, Siegmund (bass)
Weikl, Bernd (baritone)
1 Overture 06:02
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Baudo, Serge (Conductor)
2 Act I: Dieux! rendez-nous roi, notre pere (Chorus, Herald, Leader of the Chorus, Evande) 04:00
Krause, Tom (bass-baritone)
Gambill, Robert (tenor)
Lika, Peter (bass)
Bavarian Radio Chorus (Choir)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Baudo, Serge (Conductor)
3 Act I: O malheureux Admete! (Chorus, Alcestis) 14:42
Norman, Jessye (soprano)
Bavarian Radio Chorus (Choir)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Baudo, Serge (Conductor)
4 Act I: Recitative: Dieu puissant! ecarte du Trone (High Priest, Chorus) 10:00
Krause, Tom (bass-baritone)
Bavarian Radio Chorus (Choir)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Baudo, Serge (Conductor)
5 Act I: Recitative: Immortel Apollon! (Alcestis) 08:12
Norman, Jessye (soprano)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Baudo, Serge (Conductor)
6 Act I: Recitative: Ou suis-je? O malheureuse Alceste! (Alcestis) 06:47
Norman, Jessye (soprano)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Baudo, Serge (Conductor)
7 Act I: Tes destins sont remplis (High Priest, Alcestis) 02:22
Norman, Jessye (soprano)
Krause, Tom (bass-baritone)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Baudo, Serge (Conductor)
8 Act I: Air: Divinites du Styx (Alcestis) 05:00
Norman, Jessye (soprano)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Baudo, Serge (Conductor)
Disc 2
1 Act II: Que les plus doux transports succedent aux alarmes (Chorus) 09:15
Bavarian Radio Chorus (Choir)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Baudo, Serge (Conductor)
2 Act II: O Mon Roi! notre appui! notre pere! (Chorus, Evander, Admetus) 05:41
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Gambill, Robert (tenor)
Bavarian Radio Chorus (Choir)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Baudo, Serge (Conductor)
3 Act II: Alceste! - Cher epoux! (Admetus, Alcestis, Chorus) 28:32
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Norman, Jessye (soprano)
Bavarian Radio Chorus (Choir)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Baudo, Serge (Conductor)
4 Act II: Grands Dieux! pour mon epoux j'implore vos secours (Alcestis, Chorus) 10:52
Norman, Jessye (soprano)
Bavarian Radio Chorus (Choir)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Baudo, Serge (Conductor)
Disc 3
1 Act III: Recitative: Nous ne pouvons trop repandre de larmes (Evander, Leader of the Chorus, Chorus) 02:38
Gambill, Robert (tenor)
Bracht, Roland (bass)
Bavarian Radio Chorus (Choir)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Baudo, Serge (Conductor)
2 Act III: Recitative: Apres de longs travaux (Hercules, Chorus, Evander, Leader of the Chorus) 04:49
Gambill, Robert (tenor)
Nimsgern, Siegmund (bass)
Bracht, Roland (bass)
Bavarian Radio Chorus (Choir)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Baudo, Serge (Conductor)
3 Act III: Recitative: Grands Dieux, soutenez mon courage! (Alcestis, Chorus) 09:15
Norman, Jessye (soprano)
Bavarian Radio Chorus (Choir)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Baudo, Serge (Conductor)
4 Act III: Recitative: Ciel Admete! o moment terrible! (Alcestis, Admetus) 14:16
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Norman, Jessye (soprano)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Baudo, Serge (Conductor)
5 Act III: Ami, leur rage est vaine (Hercules, Chorus, Admetus) 02:45
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Nimsgern, Siegmund (bass)
Bavarian Radio Chorus (Choir)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Baudo, Serge (Conductor)
6 Act III: Recitative: Poursuis, o digne fils (Apollo) 00:59
Weikl, Bernd (baritone)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Baudo, Serge (Conductor)
7 Act III: Et vous, qui vous montrez a vos rois (Apollo) 00:36
Weikl, Bernd (baritone)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Baudo, Serge (Conductor)
8 Act III: Trio: Recois, Dieu bienfaisant (Alcestis, Admetus, Hercules) 01:54
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Norman, Jessye (soprano)
Weikl, Bernd (baritone)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Baudo, Serge (Conductor)
9 Act III: A mes amis (Admetus, Alcestis, Chorus) 02:41
Gedda, Nicolai (tenor)
Norman, Jessye (soprano)
Bavarian Radio Chorus (Choir)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Baudo, Serge (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 02:31:18