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Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice, Wq. 41, Act 2 Scene 3: Récitatif, "Quel nouveau ciel pare ces lieux?" (Orphée) by Anne Sofie Von Otter/Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Lyon/Sir John Eliot Gardiner album cover

Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice, Wq. 41, Act 2 Scene 3: Récitatif, "Quel nouveau ciel pare ces lieux?" (Orphée)

by Anne Sofie Von Otter/Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Lyon/Sir John Eliot Gardiner

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About "Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice, Wq. 41, Act 2 Scene 3: Récitatif, "Quel nouveau ciel pare ces lieux?" (Orphée)" by Anne Sofie Von Otter/Orchestre De L'Opéra National De Lyon/Sir John Eliot Gardiner

A new sky, alien and vast, prompts a hushed awe. Von Otter’s recitative floats through Elysium’s eerie calm, each note a step into the unknown. The orchestra shimmers with otherworldly light, but the tension is palpable: beauty without Eurydice is a hollow paradise.