in Early Music Today (Mar, 2016)
Recorded live in performance at the Gran Teatro de Liceu in Barcelona and already issued on DVD, Savall’s L’Orfeo on audio disc becomes an immediate benchmark. This is an opulent L’Orfeo rich in drama and contrast; the complete musico-dramatic article, utterly engrossing. Savall achieves a nigh-perfect balance between ravishing resonance and sound on the one hand, and gripping, pacey narrative on the other. The Act I choral ballet ‘Lasciate i monti’ is a case in point; thrillingly rapid, coloured by Pierre Hamon’s whirling recorder and Pedro Estevan’s lively percussion.
The continuo team comprises three assorted keyboardists including not one but two sets of infernal regals, four assorted chordophonists and four assorted …








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