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Reference Recording: Haïm Leads A Youthful, Human “Orfeo”

Robert Levine

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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI - Orfeo

    Soloists: Ian Bostridge, Paul Agnew (tenor)
    Natalie Dessay, Patricia Ciofi, Veronique Gens, Carolyn Sampson, Sonia Prina (soprano)
    Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano)
    Lorenzo Regazzo, Mario Luperi (bass)
    others

  • Conductor: Haïm, Emmanuelle
  • Orchestra: European Voices
  • Orchestra: Les Sacqueboutiers

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