Grétry: Andromaque, Le Concert Spirituel/Niquet | Classical review

(Glossa)Thomas Beecham loved the lighter operas of André Grétry, who flourished in the period before the French Revolution, but it was his charming pastorals that were favoured. Grétry also wrote a series of full-scale lyric tragedies of which this is the fascinating first. It is crammed with dramatic music and noble sentiments, reminiscent both of Gluck and the Mozart of Idomeneo. But emotionally it sounds empty in comparison with the richness of Rameau's operas. This sterling performa...

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