Claudio Monteverdi: L'orfeo / Rene Jacobs
) | Label: harmonia mundi Catalog: 5901553/54 Format: CD Concerto Vocale; René Jacobs; Lawrence Dale; Efrat Ben-Nun; Jennifer Larmore; Andreas Scholl; Bernarda FinkClaudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo L'Orfeo is probably Claudio Monteverdi's most impressive work, and the one that most clearly reveals his genius. It is a unique composition, unprecedented in its aesthetic ambition. By virtue of its monumental proportions and rigorous construction, its aptness of expression, and above all its beauty, L'Orfeo deserves to be considered as the first masterpiece in the history of the modern lyric theatre, offering ex nihilo a model of balance between theatre, poetry, song, and pure music.  Price: $34.98 |