The Glyndebourne Label

idomeneo-cover.jpg Idomeneo from the 1964 Festival conducted by John Pritchard with Luciano Pavarotti singing Idamante

The Glyndebourne Label reflects the desire to further extend Glyndebourne’s work beyond the opera house and draws upon the core values of a commitment to quality and inventiveness. Releases on The Glyndebourne Label draw on the extensive recordings which span the years from 1960 to the present day and are released in pairs with one recording from the old opera house and one from the new opera house which opened in 1994.


The recordings were originally made for archival purposes and effectively “eaves-drop” on live performances, the recorded sound being derived from microphones, of extremely high quality, located for the most part high above the orchestra pit.  This practice has resulted in highly realistic recordings whose sound corresponds very closely to what the audience heard in the live environment. Recorded by the late John Barnes, with the blessing of the Christie family, this unique collection of performance recordings will now become available on CD for the first time.


The CDs are packaged as a hard bound book containing a full libretto in English, French and German along with a commissioned article about the opera, and a synopsis in English, French and German.

L’elisir d’amore Gaetano Donizetti

Release date: November 2009
Total playing time: Catalogue no. : GFO CD 005-62
Retail Price: £ 24.99 (CDs)

Conductor: Carlo Felice Cillario
Producer and Designer: Franco Zefferelli

Cast includes:
Adina: Mirella Freni
Nemorino: Luigi Alva
Giannetta: Emily Maire
Seargent Belcore: Enzo Sordello
Doctor Dulcamara: Sesto Bruscantini
The London Philharmonic Orchestra and The Glyndebourne Chorus

Reviews

Classic FM magazine, January 2010: Five stars

Gramophone magazine, January 2010: (Editor’s Choice)

International Record Review, December 2009

The Daily Mail, Friday 20th November 2009: Four stars

Le nozze di Figaro  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1962
Total playing time: 162:10
Catalogue no. : GFO CD 001-62
Price: £29.99 (3 CDs)

Conductor: Silvio Varviso
Original Producer: Carl Ebert
Set and Costume Designer: Oliver Messel 
Choreographer: Robert Harrold


Cast includes:
Figaro: Heinz Blankenburg
Susanna: Mirella Freni
Bartolo: Carlo Cava
Marcellina: Johnanna Peters
Cheribino: Edith Mathis
Count Almaviva: Gabriel Bacquier
Don Basilio: Hugues Cuenod
Countess Almaviva: Leyla Gencer
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and The Glyndebourne Chorus

Reviews

The Guardian 5 stars Read review

Financial Times 4 stars Read review

The Daily Telegraph

The Sunday Times 4 stars Read review

The Sunday Telegraph 5 stars

The Evening Standard 4 stars

BBC Music magazine Read review

Classic FM magazine

Gramophone magazine

Betrothal in a Monastery Sergei Prokofiev

Total playing time: 135:31
Catalogue no. GFO CD 002-06
Price: £24.99 (2 CDs)

Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski
Director / Designer: Daniel Slater
Designer / Director: Robert Innes Hopkins 
Lighting Designer: Rick Fisher
Choreographer: Kate Flatt


Cast includes:
Don Jerome: Viacheslav Voynarovskiy
Don Ferdinand: Andrey Breus
Louisa: Lyubov Petrova
The Duenna: Alexandra Durseneva
Don Antonio: Vsevolod Grivnov
Clara d’Almanza: Nino Surguladze
Mendoza: Sergei Alexashkin
Don Carlos: Alan Opie
Father Augustine: Jonathan Veira  
Lauretta: Claire Ormshaw

London Philharmonic Orchestra and The Glyndebourne Chorus

Reviews

The Evening Standard 4 stars

Financial Times 4 stars  

BBC Music magazine BBC Music Choice Read review

Gramophone magazine

Classic FM magazine

 

Fidelio         Ludwig van Beethoven

Release date: 1st April 2009
Total playing time: 122:34
Catalogue no. : GFO CD 004-06
Retail Price: £24.99 (2 CDs)


Conductor:  Mark Elder
Director:    Deborah Warner
Set and Lighting Designer:  Jean Kalman
Costume Designer: John Bright


Cast includes:
Leonore:    Anja Kampe
Florestan:   Torsten Kerl
Rocco:    Brindley Sherratt
Marzelline:   Lisa Milne
Jaquino:    Andrew Kennedy
Don Pizarro:  Peter Coleman-Wright
Don Fernando:   Henry Waddington

The London Philharmonic Orchestra and The Glyndebourne Chorus

Reviews

The Daily Telegraph, 11th April 09, 5 Stars

BBC Music Magazine, April 09, 4 Stars

The Observer, 8th March 09

International Record Review, April 09

Gramophone Magazine, July 09

 

Pelléas et Mélisande   Claude Debussy


Release date: 2nd March 2009
Total playing time: 164:00
Catalogue no. GFO CD 003¬-63              
Retail Price: RRP £29.99 (3 CDs)


Conductor   Vittorio Gui
Producer   Carl Ebert
Designer   Beni Montresor

Cast includes:
Golaud    Michel Roux
Mélisande   Denise Duval
Geneviève   Anna Reynolds
Arkel    Guus Hoekman
Pelléas    Hans Wilbrink
Yniold    Rosine Brédy
A Doctor   John Shirley-Quirk


The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and The Glyndebourne Festival Chorus

Reviews

Classic FM Magazine, April 09, 5 Stars

BBC Music Magazine, March 09, 4 Stars

Financial Times, 1st March 09

 

L’elisir d’amore     Gaetano Donizetti


Release date: November 2009
Total playing time:
Catalogue no. : GFO CD 005-62
Retail Price: £ ( CDs)


Conductor:   Carlo Felice Cillario 
Producer and Designer:  Franco Zefferelli
Director:    


Cast includes:
Adina:    Mirella Freni  
Nemorino:   Luigi Alva
Giannetta:    Emily Maire
Seargent Belcore:    Enzo Sordello
Doctor Dulcamara:   Sesto Bruscantini

The London Philharmonic Orchestra and The Glyndebourne Chorus

 

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