Glossa's Orfeo is a scrupulously and beautifully produced limited edition, published in book format. Everything about its production, from the quality of its binding and paper to its typeface, bespeaks a meticulous attention to the highest standards of book publishing. The care given its presentation is fully justified by the variety and relevance of the essays, which lay out the origins of the Orpheus myth and its significance in Western culture, as well as getting at the heart of the questions about the creation and first ...
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Glossa's Orfeo is a scrupulously and beautifully produced limited edition, published in book format. Everything about its production, from the quality of its binding and paper to its typeface, bespeaks a meticulous attention to the highest standards of book publishing. The care given its presentation is fully justified by the variety and relevance of the essays, which lay out the origins of the Orpheus myth and its significance in Western culture, as well as getting at the heart of the questions about the creation and first performances of the opera, and textual and practical issues surrounding the original publications of the score.The quality of the recording is comparably high. Even though, for an early Baroque opera, the score of Orfeo is remarkably complete in terms of the orchestration, a considerable number of creative decisions about the deployment of the instruments must be made by the musical director, particularly involving the constitution of the basso continuo, which can be taken by a...
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