Composer of the Week - Christoph Willibald Gluck - Episode 5

Donald Macleod concludes his survey of Gluck's rollercoaster operatic career, including his sequel to Iphigenie en Aulide, and a French farce that sent him back to Vienna with his tail between his legs. Chaconne (Alceste, Act 3) English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) Armide (Act 2) Artemidore ...... Yann Beuron (tenor) Renaud ...... Charles Workman (tenor) Hidraot ...... Laurent Naouri (baritone) Armide ...... Mireille Delunsch (soprano) Une Naiade ...... Valerie Gabail (soprano) Deux coryphees en echo ...... Sandrine Rondot, Myriam Sosson (sopranos) Coryphees ...... Valerie Gabail, Thierry Gregoire, Jean-Christophe Hurtaud, Marcos Loureiro de Sa Une Bergere ...... Nicole Heaston (soprano) Choeur des Musiciens du Louvre Les Musiciens du Louvre Marc Minkowski (conductor) Iphigenie en Tauride (Act 4) Iphigenie ...... Diana Montague (mezzo-soprano) Oreste ...... Thomas Allen (baritone) Une femme greque ...... Daniella Borst (soprano) Thoas ...... Rene Massis (bass-baritone) Pylade ...... John Aler (tenor) Monteverdi Choir Orchestre de l'Opera Lyon John Eliot Gardiner (conductor).