Gluck
“Gardiner has much preferred the tautness of the original, Vienna version in Italian, which here on Philips he presents with a bite and sense of drama both totally in period and deeply expressive. The element of sensuousness, not least in the beautiful singing of the counter-tenor Derek Lee Ragin, in the title-role, complements the Elysian beauty Gardiner finds in such passages as the introduction to “Che puro ciel”. Sylvia McNair as Euridice and Cyndia Sieden as Amor complete Gardiner’s outstanding solo team.” The Penguin Guide