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Offenbach - Le Royaume de Neptune: Orchestral Music & Ballets for Orphee aux enfers | CPO 5553012

Offenbach - Le Royaume de Neptune: Orchestral Music & Ballets for Orphee aux enfers

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Label: CPO

Cat No: 5553012

Barcode: 0761203530120

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 1st November 2019

Contents

Works

Offenbach, Jacques

Orpheus in the Underworld (Orphee aux enfers)
» Ballet pastoral
» Divertissement des songes et des heures
» Le Royaume de Neptune (L'Atlantide)
» Overture
» Overture (arr. Binder)

Artists

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Conductor

Howard Griffiths

Works

Offenbach, Jacques

Orpheus in the Underworld (Orphee aux enfers)
» Ballet pastoral
» Divertissement des songes et des heures
» Le Royaume de Neptune (L'Atlantide)
» Overture
» Overture (arr. Binder)

Artists

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Conductor

Howard Griffiths

About

On his recently released Offenbach CD featuring some of this composer’s unknown overtures, 'Howard Griffiths was able to generate sparkling moments, dramatic buildups of suspense, highly expressive lyrical designs, and frequently suddenly occurring shifts of mood with absolutely outstanding success' (klassik-heute.com). And the latest Offenbach interpretation by Griffiths also does perfect justice to this composer’s highly effectively instrumented and melodically very appealing music while transmitting infectious zest for life. Orphée aux enfers was Offenbach’s first international success and perhaps his most performed opera throughout the world – a landmark establishing a new genre known as the "Offenbachiade" and standing for societal satire in the form of music theatre. The present CD offers the essence of the orchestral numbers and ballet inserts composed for the version of Orpheus in the Underworld from 1874. The rediscovery of the magnificent ballet L’Atlantide or Le Royaume de Neptune (The Realm of Neptune) and its recording premiere on this CD qualify as nothing short of sensational. Found under incredible circumstances by Jean-Christophe Keck in an old storage box, this music from the recently published volume of Keck’s Offenbach edition for Boosey & Hawkes / Bote & Bock accomplishes a very important task ranking first on the list of every composer’s desiderata by making available score material in its uncorrupted form. These gems are finely orchestrated and filled with magical melodies!

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