Credits:

Jean-Pierre Haeck

Description:

[A Collection of Offenkbachs Rare Works Tracing His Unknown Early Career, Performed by a New Generation of Promising Musicians]2019 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Offenbach, Frances preeminent composer of operetta. Amid a flurry of releases befitting this commemorative year, this latest recording from the globally renowned, up-and-coming French label Alpha is far more than just a collection of rare repertoire. With an impeccable choice of performers and a program so meticulously curated it leaves one in awe, this is a rich and substantial album that challenges the conventional perception of Offenbach.As exemplified by the success of *Orpheus in the Underworld (In Heaven and Hell)* in 1858, French composer Offenbachs masterful comic operas were written most frequently during the Second Empirethat is, in the 1850s and 1860s. However, this German-born composer, like Chopin and Do