(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1956(STU) - Jones Geraint - Geraint Jones Orchestra*
2 1967(LI) - Gui Vittorio - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma*
3 1972(LI) - Gavazzeni Gianandrea - Teatro alla Scala*
4 1998(STU) - Östman Arnold - Drottningholm Court Theatre*
*AUDIO ---- **VIDEO ---- ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Geraint Jones - 1956(STU)
Orchestra - Geraint Jones Orchestra
Chorus - Geraint Jones Singers
Alceste - Kirsten Flagstad
Admeto - Raoul Jobin
Evandro - Alexander Young
Ismene - Marion Lowe
Sommo Pontifice - Thomas Hemsley
Apollo - Thomas Hemsley
Infernal Spirit - Thomas Hemsley
Eumelo - Joan Clark
Aspasia - Rosemary Thayer
Herald - James Atkins
Oracle - James Atkins
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Black Disc; - Decca LXT 5273-5276 {4LPS} (1957)ª; Decca «Ace of Diamonds» GOS 574-576 {3LPS} (1969)ª; London XLLA 49 {4LPS} (1957)ª; London OSA 1403 {4LPS}
Compact Disc; - Decca 436 234-2 {3CDS} (1993)ª; Profil PH 08035 {3CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Alceste [Vienna] by Christophe Willibald Gluck are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.59; CELLETTI p.275; Opera on CD (1) p.13 (2) p.16 (3) p.18; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.73 p.98; PENGUIN p.105; Opéra International No.179 avril 1994 p.22; GIUDICI p.259 (2) p.442; Répertoire No.99 février 1997 p.11
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - February 1957 p.338; March 1957 p.366; April 1957 p.402; October 1969 p.632; November 1993 p.150; Awards Issue 2008 p.122 [RL2]
Opera - May 1957 p.311
Orpheus - Oktober 1993 S.55
Opéra International - No.170 juin 1993 p.70
Gramophone Record Review - February 1957 p.276
American Record Guide - October 1957 Vol.24 No.2 p.50 [JB2]: November/December 2008 Vol.71 No.6 pp.103-104 [KM]
High Fidelity Magazine - October 1957 Vol.7 No.10 p.86 [CMS]: January 1959 Vol.9 No.1 p.54 [DJ]
BBC Music Magazine - July 1993 p.62
Comments:- Flagstad was suffering from a cold during this recording (See «Ring Resounding» by John Culshaw pp.61-63; HIGH FIDELITY June 1959 Vol.9 No.6 p.46)
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Conductor Vittorio Gui - 1967(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Chorus - Teatro dell'opera di Roma
Alceste - Leyla Gencer
Admeto - Mirto Picchi
Evandro - Giuseppe Baratti
Ismene - Fernanda Cadoni
Sommo Pontifice - Attilio D' Orazi
Apollo - Luigi Roni
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Compact Disc; - Great Opera Performances G.O.P. 781 {2CDS}; Opera d'Oro OPD 1356 {2CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Alceste [Vienna] by Christophe Willibald Gluck are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.59; CELLETTI p.275; Opera on CD (1) p.13 (2) p.16 (3) p.18; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.73 p.98; PENGUIN p.105; Opéra International No.179 avril 1994 p.22; GIUDICI p.259 (2) p.442; Répertoire No.99 février 1997 p.11
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Fanfare - Vol.26 No.3 January/February 2003 pp.102-103 [JC]
Comments:- Recording of a performance in Rome (March 1967; see OPERA June 1967 p.504). Vittorio Gui's own version was used. In this the first two acts follow mainly the Paris version (translated into Italian) and the last act incorporates material from the Vienna version. The cast also included Guido Guarnera, Renza Jotti, Maurizio Piacenti
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Conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni - 1972(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Alceste - Leyla Gencer
Admeto - Giorgio Lamberti (Casellato-Lamberti)
Evandro - Giampaolo Corradi
Ismene - Josella Ligi
Sommo Pontifice - Attilio D' Orazi
Apollo - Domenico Trimarchi
Herald - Giovanni Antonini
Oracle - Ubaldo Carosi
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Compact Disc - foyer 2-CF 2046 {2CDS}
Recordings of Alceste [Vienna] by Christophe Willibald Gluck are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.59; CELLETTI p.275; Opera on CD (1) p.13 (2) p.16 (3) p.18; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.73 p.98; PENGUIN p.105; Opéra International No.179 avril 1994 p.22; GIUDICI p.259 (2) p.442; Répertoire No.99 février 1997 p.11
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opéra International - No.170 juin 1993 p.70
Comments:- A recording of a performance at La Scala (27 April 1972) The performance on 20 April 1972 is reviewed in OPERA September 1972 p.814. Vittorio Gui's version wasused. In this the first two acts follow mainly the Paris version (translated into Italian) and the last act incorporates material from the Vienna version.
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Conductor Arnold Östman - 1998(STU)
Orchestra - Drottningholm Court Theatre
Chorus - Drottningholm Court Theatre
Alceste - Teresa Ringholz
Admeto - Justin Lavender
Evandro - Jonas Degerfelt
Ismene - Miriam Treichl
Sommo Pontifice - Johan Lilja
Apollo - Lars Martinsson
Infernal Spirit - Johan Lilja
Eumelo - Adam Giertz
Aspasia - Emile Clausen
Herald - Lars Martinsson
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Compact Disc; - Naxos 8 660066/8 {3CDS} (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Alceste [Vienna] by Christophe Willibald Gluck are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.59; CELLETTI p.275; Opera on CD (1) p.13 (2) p.16 (3) p.18; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.73 p.98; PENGUIN p.105; Opéra International No.179 avril 1994 p.22; GIUDICI p.259 (2) p.442; Répertoire No.99 février 1997 p.11
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - August 1999 p.90 [SS]
Opera - September 1999 p.1115 [AB]
Opera Now - May/June 2000 p.108 [ST]
HiFi News & Record Review - December 1999 p.101 [PB]
Orpheus - November 1999 S.88 [GH]
Opéra International - décembre 1999 No.241 p.62 [AF]
International Opera Collector - Autumn 1999 No.13 p.72 [ML]
Classical Express - Issue No.114 September 1999 p.4 [ST]
BBC Music Magazine - September 1999 p.75 [KB]
Classic CD - November 1999 p.89 [TS]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIV N.138 marzo 2000 p.93 [MG]
Das Opernglas - November 1999 S.77 [WB]
Comments:- See GRAMOPHONE August 1999 p.15
Abbreviations
(STU), "Studio" Recording
(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts
(STC), Composite "Studio" Recording made up from more than one source
(SCE), Composite "Studio" Recording of Excerpts from more than one source
(LI), "Live" Recording
(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts
(LC), "Live" Composite Recording from more than one performance
(LCE), Excerpts from more than one "Live" Performance
(RA), A Radio Performance
(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance
(RC), Composite Radio Performance from more than one broadcast
(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance
(FI), Film or/and sound track of a film
(FE), Excerpts of an opera from a film or/and the sound track of a film
CELLETTI, Il Teatro d'Opera in Disco by Rodolfo Celletti - Rizzoli - 1988
EJS Discography, EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings - The Golden Age of Opera, 1956-71 by William Shaman, William J. Collins, and Calvin M. Goodwin - GreenwoodPress - 1994
GIUDICI, L'Opera in CD e Video by Elvio Giudici - il Saggiatore Milano - 1995. Second Edition - 1999 - is indicated by (2)
HARRIS, Opera Recordings - A Critical Guide by Kenn Harris - David and Charles - 1973
MARINELLI, Opere in Disco by Carlo Marinelli - Discanto Edizione - 1982
MET, The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera - edited by Paul Gruber - Thames and Hudson - 1993
MET(VID), The Metropolitan Guide to Opera on Video - edited by Paul Gruber - W.W. Norton & Co. Ltd. - 1997
More EJS, More EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings by William Shaman - William J. Collins - Calvin M. Goodwin - Greenwood Press 1999
NEWTON (Verdi), Verdi - Tutti i libretti d'opera edited by Piero Mioli
PENGUIN, The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Discs by Edwin Greenfield - Robert Layton - Ivan March - Penguin Books 1993
Discos Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española
Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española