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Not the Paris version, but. . .

. . . the Vaclav Neumann / LGO performance with Grace Bumbry on Berlin Classics has a fervency combined with an unmannered refinement that I expect will never again be equaled. I used to have the LP incarnation of this performance when it was available on EMI/Angel.

BTW, I notice that, in contrast to many of the Handel operas and oratorios, there still remains a fair number of non-HIP recordings besides this Neumann version (Fasano, Richter, Muti. . . ) of Gluck's masterpiece.



For the 1774 Paris version, I'd recommend an oldie but a goodie: the Rosbaud/Lamoureux recording Simoneau on Philips - I remember the SQ as pretty dull (it's pre-stereo AFAIR), but Simoneau was made to sing this role!



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