Gluck - Arias
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CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK
Gluck - Arias
Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano) / The Mozartists, Ian Page
[ Signum Classics / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 26 September 2025
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Ian Page and The Mozarists bring us a new album of arias by the celebrated composer Christoph Willibald Gluck including works from operas such as Il trionfo di Clelia, Wq31, Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq30, and Il Parnaso confuso, Wq33. The soloist is the Swedish mezzo-soprano Ann Hallenberg, with Ian Page once again conducting his award-winning period-instrument ensemble.
"Hallenberg centres her selection around works Gluck composed for the great castrato Giovanni Manzuoli, beginning with 'Resta o cara' from Il trionfo di Clelia...Hallenberg manages the vocal fireworks of this splendidly assertive music with aplomb, finishing with an impressive cadenza." BBC Music
"As well as virtuosity, Hallenberg brings something vital to everything in this assortment, be it an insightful dramatic detail, a point of stylistic nous or a sheer sense of presence." Gramophone Award WINNER 2026 - Voice & Ensemble
"Here is an excellent album for demonstrating the much wider range of jewels Gluck can offer...Hallenberg's vocal dexterity brings great pleasure, as does Gluck's considerable skill in directly expressing in music the characters' emotional crises." The Times
Tracks:
Ezio
» Misera, dove son... Ah! non son io
Il Parnaso confuso
» Di questa cetra in seno
Il trionfo di Clelia
» De' folgori di Giove
» Resta, o cara
Ipermestra, Wq7
» No, che torni si presto... Io non pretendo, o stelle
La Semiramide riconosciuta
» Maggior follia non v'e
Le nozze d'Ercole e d'Ebe, Wq12
» L'augellin da' lacci sciolto
Orfeo ed Euridice (Orpheus and Eurydice)
» Che puro ciel, che chiaro sol (Act 2)
» Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Paride ed Elena
» O del mio dolce ardor (Act 1)
