The Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala perform Gluck’s opera Iphigénie en Tauride
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COMPOSERS: Gluck
LABELS: Sony
ALBUM TITLE: Gluck
WORKS: Iphigénie en Tauride
PERFORMER: Vaness, Allen, Surian, Winbergh; Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala/Muti
CATALOGUE NO: 88985389452 (1993)
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This is the best recording of Gluck’s greatest opera, seething with tension and interpreted by a wonderful team of artists, with Muti making sure that the thrilling drama hits home at every point. |
Michael Tanner
Authors
Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.