Simplicity, truth and naturalness: these, according to Gluck, are the eternal attributes of beauty and the ultimate goal to which he aspired. "Alceste must not merely please us now while she is still ...
In the Concerto grosso Op. 6 No. 1, ripieno soloists Catherine Martin and Oliver Webber gave a spirited lead to the small but meaty string ensemble – a very different sound to the airy elegance Curnyn ...
The legend of the noble self-sacrifice of Alcestis – her life in exchange for that of her husband Admetus – must have seemed highly appropriate at the Habsburg court in 1767: the empress Maria Theresa ...
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