Hervé Niquet
Two-plus hours of delight for anybody interested in Baroque opera, or willing to try it.
Rejected in Gluck’s time because it lacked dramatic thrust, today “Écho and Narcissus” proves to be a candy-box of delights.
Marin Marais, memorably enacted by Gérard Depardieu (and his son Guillaume) in the film “Tous les matins du monde,” proves a master of Baroque opera in this splendid recording.
Gounod was no mere purveyor of gentle sentiments. This 1881 opera, superbly performed, shows plenty of drama and grit.
Yes, the first-ever recording of a opera that is as wonderful as Berlioz and Wagner said it is.
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