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Gluck wrote his opera seria Ezio in 1750 for production in Prague. (In 1762, after the formal and stylistic breakthroughs of Orfeo ed Euridice, he revised the opera for a Vienna production, but it's the original version that's recorded here.) The opera has many of the characteristics of Italian late Baroque opera; it's essentially a series of arias separated by accompanied recitatives, the formula that the composer reacted against in Orfeo. It's not Gluck at his most innovative or original, but it's a fine example of opera seria, with a number of impressive arias and some very expressive recitatives, and it can make quite an impact in a performance as fine as this one. Alan Curtis has a deep understanding of what makes early opera tick, and he conducts Il Complesso Barocco in an elegant, engaging performance that has plenty of momentum. The recording comes from a live 2008 concert performance at Théâtre de Poissy, but there is absolutely no audience noise, and the sound is immaculate and well-balanced. All the soloists are absolutely superb, and although this was a concert rather than a staged performance they convey a heady dramatic heat in their interactions. Contralto Sonia Prina exudes masculine aggressiveness in the title role and delivers Ezio's aria "Se fedele mi brama il regnant," a coloratura tour-de-force, with dazzling command. Tenor Topi Lehtipuu seems to grow in artistic stature with each new recording he makes, and he comes across with great dramatic force and effortless vocal agility. His aria "Se povero il ruscello" is one of the highlights of the album (and also of the opera; Gluck recognized this and lifted it for use in Orfeo ed Euridice). It's easy to hear the growth in countertenor Max Cencic's already formidable assurance and vocal distinctiveness. Highly recommended for fans of late Baroque or early Classical opera.
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Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Laurence Heym, Producer, BalanceEngineer - Donna Leon, Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Laurence Heym, Producer, BalanceEngineer - Donna Leon, Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Laurence Heym, Producer, BalanceEngineer - Donna Leon, Recording Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Laurence Heym, Recording Producer, BalanceEngineer - Donna Leon, Recording Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Sonia Prina, Contralto Vocals - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor Vocals - Laurence Heym, Recording Producer, BalanceEngineer - Donna Leon, Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Recording Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor Vocals - Laurence Heym, Producer, BalanceEngineer - Donna Leon, Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Topi Lehtipuu, Tenor Vocals - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Sonia Prina, Contralto Vocals - Laurence Heym, Recording Producer, BalanceEngineer - Ann Hallenberg, Mezzo-soprano Vocals - Donna Leon, Recording Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Recording Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Sonia Prina, Contralto Vocals - Laurence Heym, Recording Producer, BalanceEngineer - Donna Leon, Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Recording Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Topi Lehtipuu, Tenor Vocals - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Laurence Heym, Recording Producer, BalanceEngineer - Ann Hallenberg, Mezzo-soprano Vocals - Donna Leon, Recording Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Recording Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Laurence Heym, Producer, BalanceEngineer - Ann Hallenberg, Mezzo-soprano Vocals - Donna Leon, Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Topi Lehtipuu, Tenor Vocals - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Laurence Heym, Recording Producer, BalanceEngineer - Donna Leon, Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Topi Lehtipuu, Tenor Vocals - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor Vocals - Laurence Heym, Producer, BalanceEngineer - Donna Leon, Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Topi Lehtipuu, Tenor Vocals - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Laurence Heym, Producer, BalanceEngineer - Donna Leon, Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Sonia Prina, Contralto Vocals - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor Vocals - Laurence Heym, Recording Producer, BalanceEngineer - Donna Leon, Recording Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Recording Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor Vocals - Laurence Heym, Recording Producer, BalanceEngineer - Donna Leon, Recording Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Recording Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Sonia Prina, Contralto Vocals - Laurence Heym, Recording Producer, BalanceEngineer - Ann Hallenberg, Mezzo-soprano Vocals - Mayuko Karasawa, Soprano Vocals - Donna Leon, Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Recording Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Sonia Prina, Contralto Vocals - Laurence Heym, Producer, BalanceEngineer - Donna Leon, Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Laurence Heym, Recording Producer, BalanceEngineer - Ann Hallenberg, Mezzo-soprano Vocals - Mayuko Karasawa, Soprano Vocals - Donna Leon, Recording Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Recording Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Laurence Heym, Recording Producer, BalanceEngineer - Mayuko Karasawa, Soprano Vocals - Donna Leon, Recording Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Recording Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Laurence Heym, Producer, BalanceEngineer - Ann Hallenberg, Mezzo-soprano Vocals - Donna Leon, Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Laurence Heym, Producer, BalanceEngineer - Ann Hallenberg, Mezzo-soprano Vocals - Donna Leon, Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
DISC 2
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Topi Lehtipuu, Tenor Vocals - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor Vocals - Laurence Heym, Recording Producer, BalanceEngineer - Ann Hallenberg, Mezzo-soprano Vocals - Julian Pregardien, Tenor Vocals - Donna Leon, Recording Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Recording Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor Vocals - Laurence Heym, Recording Producer, BalanceEngineer - Donna Leon, Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Topi Lehtipuu, Tenor Vocals - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Laurence Heym, Recording Producer, BalanceEngineer - Ann Hallenberg, Mezzo-soprano Vocals - Donna Leon, Recording Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Recording Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Topi Lehtipuu, Tenor Vocals - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Laurence Heym, Producer, BalanceEngineer - Donna Leon, Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Sonia Prina, Contralto Vocals - Laurence Heym, Recording Producer, BalanceEngineer - Ann Hallenberg, Mezzo-soprano Vocals - Julian Pregardien, Tenor Vocals - Donna Leon, Recording Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Recording Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Sonia Prina, Contralto Vocals - Laurence Heym, Recording Producer, BalanceEngineer - Donna Leon, Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Recording Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Laurence Heym, Recording Producer, BalanceEngineer - Julian Pregardien, Tenor Vocals - Donna Leon, Recording Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Recording Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Laurence Heym, Recording Producer, BalanceEngineer - Julian Pregardien, Tenor Vocals - Donna Leon, Recording Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Recording Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Topi Lehtipuu, Tenor Vocals - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Sonia Prina, Contralto Vocals - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor Vocals - Laurence Heym, Recording Producer, BalanceEngineer - Ann Hallenberg, Mezzo-soprano Vocals - Donna Leon, Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Sonia Prina, Contralto Vocals - Laurence Heym, Recording Producer, BalanceEngineer - Donna Leon, Recording Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Recording Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Topi Lehtipuu, Tenor Vocals - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor Vocals - Laurence Heym, Recording Producer, BalanceEngineer - Ann Hallenberg, Mezzo-soprano Vocals - Donna Leon, Recording Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Recording Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Topi Lehtipuu, Tenor Vocals - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor Vocals - Laurence Heym, Producer, BalanceEngineer - Ann Hallenberg, Mezzo-soprano Vocals - Donna Leon, Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor Vocals - Laurence Heym, Producer, BalanceEngineer - Mayuko Karasawa, Soprano Vocals - Donna Leon, Recording Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Laurence Heym, Producer, BalanceEngineer - Mayuko Karasawa, Soprano Vocals - Donna Leon, Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Topi Lehtipuu, Tenor Vocals - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Sonia Prina, Contralto Vocals - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor Vocals - Laurence Heym, Recording Producer, BalanceEngineer - Ann Hallenberg, Mezzo-soprano Vocals - Julian Pregardien, Tenor Vocals - Donna Leon, Recording Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Recording Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Sonia Prina, Contralto Vocals - Laurence Heym, Producer, BalanceEngineer - Donna Leon, Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Topi Lehtipuu, Tenor Vocals - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor Vocals - Laurence Heym, Producer, BalanceEngineer - Ann Hallenberg, Mezzo-soprano Vocals - Mayuko Karasawa, Soprano Vocals - Julian Pregardien, Tenor Vocals - Donna Leon, Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor Vocals - Laurence Heym, Recording Producer, BalanceEngineer - Donna Leon, Recording Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Recording Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Topi Lehtipuu, Tenor Vocals - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Laurence Heym, Recording Producer, BalanceEngineer - Ann Hallenberg, Mezzo-soprano Vocals - Donna Leon, Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Recording Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Topi Lehtipuu, Tenor Vocals - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Laurence Heym, Producer, BalanceEngineer - Donna Leon, Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Recording Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Laurence Heym, Recording Producer, BalanceEngineer - Ann Hallenberg, Mezzo-soprano Vocals - Donna Leon, Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Recording Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Laurence Heym, Recording Producer, BalanceEngineer - Ann Hallenberg, Mezzo-soprano Vocals - Donna Leon, Recording Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Recording Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Topi Lehtipuu, Tenor Vocals - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Sonia Prina, Contralto Vocals - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor Vocals - Laurence Heym, Recording Producer, BalanceEngineer - Ann Hallenberg, Mezzo-soprano Vocals - Mayuko Karasawa, Soprano Vocals - Julian Pregardien, Tenor Vocals - Donna Leon, Recording Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Recording Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer - Alain Lanceron, ExecutiveProducer - Topi Lehtipuu, Tenor Vocals - Alan Curtis, Conductor - Il Complesso Barocco, Orchestra - Sonia Prina, Contralto Vocals - Max Emanuel Cencic, Counter-Tenor Vocals - Laurence Heym, Producer, BalanceEngineer - Ann Hallenberg, Mezzo-soprano Vocals - Mayuko Karasawa, Soprano Vocals - Julian Pregardien, Tenor Vocals - Donna Leon, Producer - Giulio D'Alessio, Producer - Sonia Prina/Ann Hallenberg/Max Emanuel Cencic/Topi Lehtipuu/Mayuko Karasawa/Julian Pregardien/Il Complesso Barocco/Alan Curtis, MainArtist
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Album review
Gluck wrote his opera seria Ezio in 1750 for production in Prague. (In 1762, after the formal and stylistic breakthroughs of Orfeo ed Euridice, he revised the opera for a Vienna production, but it's the original version that's recorded here.) The opera has many of the characteristics of Italian late Baroque opera; it's essentially a series of arias separated by accompanied recitatives, the formula that the composer reacted against in Orfeo. It's not Gluck at his most innovative or original, but it's a fine example of opera seria, with a number of impressive arias and some very expressive recitatives, and it can make quite an impact in a performance as fine as this one. Alan Curtis has a deep understanding of what makes early opera tick, and he conducts Il Complesso Barocco in an elegant, engaging performance that has plenty of momentum. The recording comes from a live 2008 concert performance at Théâtre de Poissy, but there is absolutely no audience noise, and the sound is immaculate and well-balanced. All the soloists are absolutely superb, and although this was a concert rather than a staged performance they convey a heady dramatic heat in their interactions. Contralto Sonia Prina exudes masculine aggressiveness in the title role and delivers Ezio's aria "Se fedele mi brama il regnant," a coloratura tour-de-force, with dazzling command. Tenor Topi Lehtipuu seems to grow in artistic stature with each new recording he makes, and he comes across with great dramatic force and effortless vocal agility. His aria "Se povero il ruscello" is one of the highlights of the album (and also of the opera; Gluck recognized this and lifted it for use in Orfeo ed Euridice). It's easy to hear the growth in countertenor Max Cencic's already formidable assurance and vocal distinctiveness. Highly recommended for fans of late Baroque or early Classical opera.
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About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 45 track(s)
- Total length: 02:26:25
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Alan Curtis
- Composer: Christoph Willibald von Gluck
- Label: Warner Classics
- Genre: Classical
© 2011 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics. ℗ 2011 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics.
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