Christoph Willibald von Gluck

Opera Album Review: Gluck’s Final Opera Finally Steps into the Spotlight via a Superb New Recording

March 13, 2024

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Rejected in Gluck’s time because it lacked dramatic thrust, today “Écho and Narcissus” proves to be a candy-box of delights.

Opera Album Review: Up There with Handel and Vivaldi — One of Gluck’s Earliest Operas, in Its First-Ever Recording

July 18, 2021

Posted in Opera, Featured, Music, Review

This world-premiere recording of Gluck’s Demofoonte is stylishly performed, under the experienced hand(s) of conductor/harpsichordist Alan Curtis.

Christoph Willibald von Gluck

Opera Album Review: Gluck’s Final Opera Finally Steps into the Spotlight via a Superb New Recording

Opera Album Review: Up There with Handel and Vivaldi — One of Gluck’s Earliest Operas, in Its First-Ever Recording

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