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This recording of Orfeo by performers from the Massachusetts-based Aston Magna Festival has many things to recommend it. Primary among its virtues is the dramatic urgency of the performance. The protagonist's dilemma is presented with heartbreaking poignancy; characteristic is the intensity of the Messenger's announcement of the news of Eurydice's death, which is delivered and received with stricken anguish. The singers are consistently fine -- there are no weak links in the cast. Frank Kelley's Orfeo is sweet-toned and persuasive, even though his coloratura in parts of "Possente spirto" is a little tentative. Soprano Laurie Monahan makes an especially strong impression, as do Roberta Anderson, Deborah Rentz-Moore, Sharon Baker, David Ripley, and Robert Honeysucker. Daniel Stepner leads the ensemble in a colorful and well-paced performance, and the variety of accompaniments for the recitatives is especially inventive. The ornamentation throughout is lively and appropriate. The recording's weaknesses lie in its details. For example, the echoing instruments sometimes don't convincingly replicate the pacing and articulation of the phrases they should be echoing. Intonation is a problem often enough to be distracting, particularly with the recorders. But it is generally good enough that one has the impression that given the luxury of a few more takes, the performers could have nailed the pitches and made this a truly outstanding version of the opera. The sound is generally good, but the bass is a little heavy.
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Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Jeffrey Gall, tenor - Robert Honeysucker, bass - Frank Kelley, tenor - Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano - Michael Collver, counter-tenor - Aston Magna, Ensemble - William Hite, tenor - Aaron Sheehan, tenor - Sharon Baker, soprano - David Ripley, bass - Roberta Anderson, soprano
Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Aston Magna, Ensemble - Roberta Anderson, soprano - Jeffrey Gall, tenor - Aaron Sheehan, tenor - Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano - Michael Collver, counter-tenor - Sharon Baker, soprano - David Ripley, bass - Frank Kelley, tenor - William Hite, tenor - Robert Honeysucker, bass
Daniel Stepner, Conductor - William Hite, tenor - Robert Honeysucker, bass - David Ripley, bass - Frank Kelley, tenor - Aston Magna, Ensemble - Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano - Sharon Baker, soprano - Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Roberta Anderson, soprano - Michael Collver, counter-tenor - Jeffrey Gall, tenor - Aaron Sheehan, tenor
Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Aston Magna, Ensemble - Roberta Anderson, soprano - Aaron Sheehan, tenor - William Hite, tenor - David Ripley, bass - Jeffrey Gall, tenor - Frank Kelley, tenor - Robert Honeysucker, bass - Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano - Michael Collver, counter-tenor - Sharon Baker, soprano
Daniel Stepner, Conductor - William Hite, tenor - Sharon Baker, soprano - David Ripley, bass - Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano - Michael Collver, counter-tenor - Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Aston Magna, Ensemble - Aaron Sheehan, tenor - Frank Kelley, tenor - Roberta Anderson, soprano - Jeffrey Gall, tenor - Robert Honeysucker, bass
Daniel Stepner, Conductor - William Hite, tenor - Sharon Baker, soprano - David Ripley, bass - Michael Collver, counter-tenor - Jeffrey Gall, tenor - Aaron Sheehan, tenor - Frank Kelley, tenor - Robert Honeysucker, bass - Roberta Anderson, soprano - Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano - Aston Magna, Ensemble
Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Aaron Sheehan, tenor - William Hite, tenor - David Ripley, bass - Frank Kelley, tenor - Aston Magna, Ensemble - Roberta Anderson, soprano - Sharon Baker, soprano - Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano - Michael Collver, counter-tenor - Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Jeffrey Gall, tenor - Robert Honeysucker, bass
Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Jeffrey Gall, tenor - Aaron Sheehan, tenor - Aston Magna, Ensemble - Frank Kelley, tenor - Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano - Michael Collver, counter-tenor - Robert Honeysucker, bass - Sharon Baker, soprano - David Ripley, bass - Roberta Anderson, soprano - William Hite, tenor
Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Jeffrey Gall, tenor - Aaron Sheehan, tenor - Robert Honeysucker, bass - Sharon Baker, soprano - Frank Kelley, tenor - Aston Magna, Ensemble - Roberta Anderson, soprano - Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano - Daniel Stepner, Conductor - David Ripley, bass - Michael Collver, counter-tenor - William Hite, tenor
Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Jeffrey Gall, tenor - Aaron Sheehan, tenor - Robert Honeysucker, bass - Sharon Baker, soprano - Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Aston Magna, Ensemble - Roberta Anderson, soprano - William Hite, tenor - Frank Kelley, tenor - David Ripley, bass - Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano - Michael Collver, counter-tenor
Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Jeffrey Gall, tenor - Aaron Sheehan, tenor - Robert Honeysucker, bass - Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Aston Magna, Ensemble - Roberta Anderson, soprano - Sharon Baker, soprano - David Ripley, bass - Michael Collver, counter-tenor - Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano - William Hite, tenor - Frank Kelley, tenor
Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Jeffrey Gall, tenor - Robert Honeysucker, bass - Sharon Baker, soprano - Frank Kelley, tenor - Aston Magna, Ensemble - Roberta Anderson, soprano - Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano - Daniel Stepner, Conductor - David Ripley, bass - Michael Collver, counter-tenor - Aaron Sheehan, tenor - William Hite, tenor
Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Aston Magna, Ensemble - Roberta Anderson, soprano - Michael Collver, counter-tenor - Jeffrey Gall, tenor - Aaron Sheehan, tenor - Robert Honeysucker, bass - Frank Kelley, tenor - William Hite, tenor - Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Sharon Baker, soprano - Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano - David Ripley, bass
Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Jeffrey Gall, tenor - Robert Honeysucker, bass - Sharon Baker, soprano - Frank Kelley, tenor - Aston Magna, Ensemble - Roberta Anderson, soprano - Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano - Aaron Sheehan, tenor - William Hite, tenor - Daniel Stepner, Conductor - David Ripley, bass - Michael Collver, counter-tenor
DISC 2
Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Frank Kelley, tenor - Aston Magna, Ensemble - Roberta Anderson, soprano - Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano - Jeffrey Gall, tenor - Aaron Sheehan, tenor - Robert Honeysucker, bass - William Hite, tenor - Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Sharon Baker, soprano - David Ripley, bass - Michael Collver, counter-tenor
Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Aston Magna, Ensemble - Frank Kelley, tenor - Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano - Michael Collver, counter-tenor - William Hite, tenor - Jeffrey Gall, tenor - Aaron Sheehan, tenor - Robert Honeysucker, bass - Sharon Baker, soprano - Roberta Anderson, soprano - David Ripley, bass
Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano - Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Robert Honeysucker, bass - Frank Kelley, tenor - Sharon Baker, soprano - David Ripley, bass - Roberta Anderson, soprano - Jeffrey Gall, tenor - Aaron Sheehan, tenor - William Hite, tenor - Michael Collver, counter-tenor - Aston Magna, Ensemble
Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Jeffrey Gall, tenor - Aaron Sheehan, tenor - Sharon Baker, soprano - David Ripley, bass - Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano - Michael Collver, counter-tenor - Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Robert Honeysucker, bass - Roberta Anderson, soprano - Frank Kelley, tenor - William Hite, tenor - Aston Magna, Ensemble
Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Jeffrey Gall, tenor - Aaron Sheehan, tenor - Robert Honeysucker, bass - Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Aston Magna, Ensemble - Roberta Anderson, soprano - Michael Collver, counter-tenor - Sharon Baker, soprano - David Ripley, bass - Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano - William Hite, tenor - Frank Kelley, tenor
Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano - Michael Collver, counter-tenor - Jeffrey Gall, tenor - Aaron Sheehan, tenor - Robert Honeysucker, bass - Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Frank Kelley, tenor - Sharon Baker, soprano - David Ripley, bass - Roberta Anderson, soprano - William Hite, tenor - Aston Magna, Ensemble
Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Sharon Baker, soprano - Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano - Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Roberta Anderson, soprano - Aaron Sheehan, tenor - Frank Kelley, tenor - Robert Honeysucker, bass - David Ripley, bass - Jeffrey Gall, tenor - William Hite, tenor - Michael Collver, counter-tenor - Aston Magna, Ensemble
Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Frank Kelley, tenor - Aston Magna, Ensemble - Roberta Anderson, soprano - Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano - William Hite, tenor - Robert Honeysucker, bass - Sharon Baker, soprano - David Ripley, bass - Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Michael Collver, counter-tenor - Jeffrey Gall, tenor - Aaron Sheehan, tenor
Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Frank Kelley, tenor - Aston Magna, Ensemble - Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano - Jeffrey Gall, tenor - Aaron Sheehan, tenor - Robert Honeysucker, bass - Sharon Baker, soprano - William Hite, tenor - Daniel Stepner, Conductor - David Ripley, bass - Roberta Anderson, soprano - Michael Collver, counter-tenor
Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Jeffrey Gall, tenor - Aaron Sheehan, tenor - Frank Kelley, tenor - Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano - Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Robert Honeysucker, bass - Sharon Baker, soprano - David Ripley, bass - Roberta Anderson, soprano - Michael Collver, counter-tenor - William Hite, tenor - Aston Magna, Ensemble
Daniel Stepner, Conductor - William Hite, tenor - Robert Honeysucker, bass - David Ripley, bass - Frank Kelley, tenor - Aston Magna, Ensemble - Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano - Jeffrey Gall, tenor - Aaron Sheehan, tenor - Sharon Baker, soprano - Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Roberta Anderson, soprano - Michael Collver, counter-tenor
Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Aston Magna, Ensemble - Roberta Anderson, soprano - Frank Kelley, tenor - Sharon Baker, soprano - Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano - William Hite, tenor - Michael Collver, counter-tenor - Jeffrey Gall, tenor - Aaron Sheehan, tenor - Robert Honeysucker, bass - David Ripley, bass
Daniel Stepner, Conductor - William Hite, tenor - Robert Honeysucker, bass - Sharon Baker, soprano - David Ripley, bass - Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Aston Magna, Ensemble - Roberta Anderson, soprano - Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano - Michael Collver, counter-tenor - Jeffrey Gall, tenor - Aaron Sheehan, tenor - Frank Kelley, tenor
Daniel Stepner, Conductor - William Hite, tenor - Sharon Baker, soprano - David Ripley, bass - Michael Collver, counter-tenor - Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Jeffrey Gall, tenor - Aaron Sheehan, tenor - Aston Magna, Ensemble - Frank Kelley, tenor - Robert Honeysucker, bass - Roberta Anderson, soprano - Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano
Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Jeffrey Gall, tenor - Aaron Sheehan, tenor - Frank Kelley, tenor - Sharon Baker, soprano - Roberta Anderson, soprano - Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano - Michael Collver, counter-tenor - Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Robert Honeysucker, bass - David Ripley, bass - William Hite, tenor - Aston Magna, Ensemble
Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Frank Kelley, tenor - Roberta Anderson, soprano - Aaron Sheehan, tenor - William Hite, tenor - David Ripley, bass - Jeffrey Gall, tenor - Aston Magna, Ensemble - Robert Honeysucker, bass - Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano - Michael Collver, counter-tenor - Sharon Baker, soprano
Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Daniel Stepner, Conductor - Aston Magna, Ensemble - Roberta Anderson, soprano - Aaron Sheehan, tenor - William Hite, tenor - David Ripley, bass - Jeffrey Gall, tenor - Frank Kelley, tenor - Robert Honeysucker, bass - Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano - Michael Collver, counter-tenor - Sharon Baker, soprano
Album review
This recording of Orfeo by performers from the Massachusetts-based Aston Magna Festival has many things to recommend it. Primary among its virtues is the dramatic urgency of the performance. The protagonist's dilemma is presented with heartbreaking poignancy; characteristic is the intensity of the Messenger's announcement of the news of Eurydice's death, which is delivered and received with stricken anguish. The singers are consistently fine -- there are no weak links in the cast. Frank Kelley's Orfeo is sweet-toned and persuasive, even though his coloratura in parts of "Possente spirto" is a little tentative. Soprano Laurie Monahan makes an especially strong impression, as do Roberta Anderson, Deborah Rentz-Moore, Sharon Baker, David Ripley, and Robert Honeysucker. Daniel Stepner leads the ensemble in a colorful and well-paced performance, and the variety of accompaniments for the recitatives is especially inventive. The ornamentation throughout is lively and appropriate. The recording's weaknesses lie in its details. For example, the echoing instruments sometimes don't convincingly replicate the pacing and articulation of the phrases they should be echoing. Intonation is a problem often enough to be distracting, particularly with the recorders. But it is generally good enough that one has the impression that given the luxury of a few more takes, the performers could have nailed the pitches and made this a truly outstanding version of the opera. The sound is generally good, but the bass is a little heavy.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 31 track(s)
- Total length: 01:45:47
- Main artist: Daniel Stepner
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Centaur Records, Inc.
- Genre: Classical Opera Full Operas
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