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Pathé PDT 38 12 inch 2 sides
Alice Raveau recorded excerpts from Orpheus in 1934. It is a famous set and for many people it defined the art of Gluck singing before period movement came up. Raveau's singing is of great beauty and purity, but I find the conductor's slow tempi rather irritating. Raveau's success on opera stages was based more or less on four roles: Orpheus, Charlotte, Carmen and Dalila!!!.