There is only one recording of Echo et Narcisse by Christophe Willibald Gluck on file (performed in French)

Conductor René Jacobs - 1987(LI)

Orchestra - Concerto Köln

Chorus - Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper

Amor - Deborah Massell

Echo - Sophie Boulin

Narcisse - Kurt Streit

Cynire - Peter Galliard

Eglé - Gertrud Hoffstedt

Algaé - Christina Högman

Thanais - Hanne Krogen

Sylphie - Eva Maria Tersson

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Black Disc; - Harmonia Mundi France HMC 5201/02 {2LPS} (1988)ª

Compact Cassette; - Harmonia Mundi France HMC 40 5201/02 (1988)ª

Compact Disc; - Harmonia Mundi France HMC 90 5201/02 {2CDS} (1988)ª

VHS Video Cassette - Home Vision INN 01 (+BETA) (with Le cinesi) (NTSC)

ª(year of issue or re-issue)

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This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-

(The) Gramophone - November 1988 p. (audio) [SS]

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Comments:- Recorded at the Schwetzinger Festival where «Echo et Narcisse» was performed in a double-bill with «Le cinesi» under the title «L'innocenza ed il piacer» (June 1987). See OPERA Festival Issue 1987 pp.90-92. I do not know if the video and audio recordings are of the same performance

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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

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