The Music of Orfeo

Richard Powers and W.  W. Norton & Company have assembled a suggested discography of some of the more important musical pieces in Orfeo.

Peter Lieberson, Neruda Songs
RECOMMENDED RECORDING: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson sings Peter Lieberson ‘Neruda Songs’ Live (Trumpet Swan, 2006)

Gustav Mahler, Songs on the Death of Children
RECOMMENDED RECORDING: Janet Baker sings Mahler (EMI Classics, 1999)

Olivier Messiaen, Quartet for the End of Time
RECOMMENDED RECORDING: Tashi Quartet (RCA, 1989)

Cage/Harrison/Partch/Young, Barstow
RECOMMENDED RECORDING: John Schneider with Amy Shulman (Bridge, 1993)

Steve Reich, Proverb (Trumpet Swan, 2006)

Dmitri Shostakovich, Fifth Symphony
RECOMMENDED RECORDING: Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted Bernard Haitink (Decca, 2000)