Myth and Music

ORPHEUS
Euridice (1600), 102:00, Peri, Jacopo (1561-1633).
An opera with a happy ending to the familiar story.
o ARTS 47276 (2), RIVO ALTO 89151 (2)

Euridice (1601), 104:00, Caccini, Giulio (c.1545-1618).
Another opera with a happy ending since it follows the same story line.
o ARN 238023.

L'Orfeo (1607), 108:00, Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643).
An opera with two different endings on Ovid's Metamorphoses 10 and Vergil's Georgics.
o *ARCHIV 419 250 (2), CLAVES 9419 (orchestrated by Respighi), ECLECTRA 2052, EMI 47142 (2), 64947, ERATO 45445 (2), 88133 (2), 98531 (2), HARMONIA MUNDI FRANCE 901553 (2), K617 109 (2), LONDON 433545 (2), LYRICHORD 9002 (2), NAXOS 8.554094 (2), *L'OISEAU-LYRE 433545 (2), TELDEC 35020 (3), *42494 (2), 91342 (with his Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria), VIRGIN 45642 (2), ARKADIA 015 (selections), ERATO 88032 (ballet music only)

Come, Woeful Orpheus (1611), 5:00, Byrd, William (c.1543-1623).
A part-song calling upon Orpheus to create a sad song.
o TELARC 80328 ("English Madrigals")

Le Morte d'Orfeo (1619), 120:00, Landi, Stefano (ca. 1590-ca. 1655).
An opera about Orpheus' death, return to Hades, and eventual transformation into a demi-god.
o ACCENT 8746/7 (2))

Lamento d'Orfeo (1621), 8:30, d'India, Sigismondo (c.1580-1629).
A song from Book IV of his Musiche a Una e Due Voci about his lament for the lost Eurydice.
o VIRGIN 59231 (with his Lamento di Giasone)

Orfeo (1647), 219:00, Rossi, Luigi (1598-1653).
An opera on the well-known story with a host of secondary characters and many subplots.
o HARMONIA MUNDI FRANCE 901358/60 (3)

Les Pleurs d'Orphée (1647), Rossi, Luigi (1598-1653).
An instrumental work based on Orpheus' lament in act III of the composer's opera.
o ALIA VOX 9815 ("Battaglie & Lamenti")

Récit d'Orphée (1666), 6:00, Lully, Jean-Baptiste (1632-1687).
An interlude for five-part string ensemble and singer in Ballet des Muses on Orpheus' love for Eurydice.
o DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 77218 ("Les Divertisssements", with his Entrée pour Bacchus et Ariadne and Plainte de Vénus sur la Mort d'Adonis from Divertissement I, Ouverture de Psyché from Divertissement II, Entrée d'Apollon from Divertissement III)

Orpheus with his Lute (1667), 1:30, Locke, Matthew (1622-1677).
A three-part song about Orpheus' musical powers from Playford's Catch that Catch Can.
o EMI 63143 (with his A Pastoral [Pan])

L’Orfeo (1672), 144:30, Sartorio, Antonio (1630-1680).
An opera on the familiar story, along with additional characters and an occasional comic spirit.
o VANGUARD 99194 (2)

Orphée Descendant aux Enfers (1683), 16:30, Charpentier, Marc-Antoine (1635-1705).
A dramatic cantata about whether Orpheus, Tantalus, or Ixion has suffered the most.
o RICERCAR 37011

La Descente d'Orphée aux Enfers (1687), 56:00, Charpentier, Marc-Antoine (1635-1705).
A chamber opera on the story from the couple's marriage to their departure from Hades.
o ERATO 11913

Poi Che Riseppe Orfeo (1680s-90s), 12:30, Scarlatti, Alessandro ( 1660-1725).
A cantata about Orpheus' learning of Eurydice's death and his determination to rescue her.
o CONIFER 51293 (with his Arianna), HARMONIA MUNDI 901725

Orphée (1710), 18:00, Clérambault, Louis-Nicolas (1676-1749).
A cantata for soprano narrating the action from Eurydice's death to Orpheus' success in Hades.
o ANALEKTA FLEUR DE LYS 3018 (with his Léandre et Héro), ARCHIV 437 085 (with his Médée), CBC 1152 (with his L'Isle de Delos), HARMONIA MUNDI FRANCE 901329 (with his La Mort d'Hercule, La Muse de l'Opéra, Pyrame et Tisbé), MERIDIAN 84182 (with his Zéphire et Flore and Léandre et Héro), MUSIQUE D'ABORD 1329 (same performance as HARMONIA MUNDI FRANCE 901329), NAXOS 8.553744 (with his Léandre et Héro)

Orphée (1721), 18:30, Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764).
A chamber cantata for voice and strings about his loss of Eurydice.
o ASV 234 (2) (with his Thétis), MD+G 3131, REFERENCE 27

Orpheus (1726), 159:30, Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767).
In a switch of plot, Queen Orasia is responsible for Eurydice's death out of passion for Orpheus; and after his unsuccessful attempt to rescue Eurydice, she sets the Bacchantes on Orpheus for rejecting her o HARMONIA MUNDI FRANCE 901618 (2)

La Lyre d'Orphée (1728), 3:00, Dandrieu, Jean François (1682-1738).
A harpsichord work from Pieces de Clavecin 2 suggesting solemn lyricism.
o DENON 7810

Orfeo (1735), 17:00, Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista (1710-1736).
A chamber cantata about his search for Eurydice.
o BONGIOVANNI 2185, CAPRICCIO 10517, NAXOS 8.550766

Orpheus with his Lute (1745), Greene, Maurice (1696-1755).
A song on Shakespeare's Henry VIII III, i about the power of Orpheus' music.
o HYPERION 67450, MUSICA OSCURA 070978

Orfeo ed Euridice (1762, 1774), 86:00, 127:00, Gluck, Christoph Willibald Ritter von (1714-1787).
An opera with a happy ending, in an Italian version, a French version, and a version by Berlioz.
o 1762 Vienna version - *ANGEL 63637 (2), ASTRÉE 8538 (2), BERLIN CLASSICS 9033 (2), *CAPRICCHIO 60-008, FORLANE 16720 (2), HARMONIA MUNDI 901742/3 (2), NAXOS 8.660064, OPERA D'ORO 1356 (2), ORFEO 3919521 (2), *PHILIPS 434093 (2), SONPACT 92002, SONY 48040 (2), VERONA 27016/7 (2)
o 1774 French version - ARCHIV 471582 (2)
Berlioz version - ANGEL 49834 (2), IMAGE 9308 DVD, MUSIC AND ARTS 295 (2), PEARL 9169, *TELDEC 98418 (2)
mixed version - ACCENT 48223/4 (2), ARTS 47536 (2), DG 439101 (2), 439711 (2), EKLIPSE 28 (2), *ERATO 45864 (2), 98512 (excerpts, 74:00), FORLANE 16720 (2), LASERLIGHT 14113, *LONDON 417410 (2), MEMORIES 4283/4 (2), PHILIPS 434784 (2), 470293 (2), RCA 7896 (2), RCA 63534, URANIA 22.196 (2), 22.214, VANGUARD 4039/40 (2)

Orfeo ed Euridice (1776), 77:00, Bertoni, Ferdinando (1725-1813).
An opera using the same libretto as Gluck's opera and competing with it.
o ARTS 47118, JECKLIN 700

Recueil des Airs du Ballet "Orphée" (Mozart arr.) (1777), 11:00, Cannabich, Christian (1731-1798).
Some of Cannabich's ballet music scored by W. A. Mozart for piano quartet.
o DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 77221

Orpheus and Eurydice, 2:00, Boyce, William (c.1710-1779).
A song about Orpheus' journey to the underworld to recover Eurydice.
o AETERNA 911277, SAGA 3332 ("Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Songs and Catches")

Orfey i Evridika (1791), Fomin, Evstigney (1761-1800).
Excerpts from a melodrama on Yakov Knyazhnin's poem conveying action through speech, dance, and song.
o ART AND ELECTRONICS 10370 ("Concertino", with Bortnyansky's Alkid)

Orfeo ed Euridice (L'Anima del Filosopho) (1791), 114:00, Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732-1809).
An opera in which both Eurydice and Orpheus die from drinking poison offered by the Bacchantes.
o DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI 77229 (2), KOCH-SCHWANN 1484, MYTO 905.29 (2), L'OISEAU LYRE 452668 (2), ORFEO 262 932 (2), VERONA 28018 (2)

Il Pianto d' Armonia sulla Morte di Orfeo (1808), 20:00, Rossini, Gioacchino (1792-1868).
A cantata for tenor, chorus, and orchestra on Abbot Girolomo Ruggia's poem.
o AKADEMIA 109, LONDON 466328 (with his Le Nozze di Teti e di Peleo)

Lied des Orpheus (1816), 4:30, Schubert, Franz (1797-1828).
A song on Johann Georg Jacobi's text depicting Orpheus' journey to the underworld.
o DG 437215 ("Schubert Lieder, Vol. 1"), HYPERION 33011 ("The Hyperion Schubert Edition: Complete Songs vol. 11", with his Elysium and Dithyrambe [Olympians]), NAXOS 8.554738 (with other songs of mythical characters), PREISER 89058

La Mort d'Orphée (1827), 14:00, Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869).
A choral work for tenor, female chorus, and orchestra on Henri-Montan Berton's text about Orpheus' death.
o DENON 72886 ("Cantatas"), EMI 57499 (2), HARMONIA MUNDI FRANCE 901542, NAXOS 555810

Orpheus-Quadrille (1844), 6:00, Strauss I, Johann (1804-1849).
A quadrille inspired by the legendary singer.
o MARCO POLO 8.223617 (with his Najaden-Quadrille)

Orpheus (1854), 10:00, Liszt, Franz (1811-1886).
A symphonic poem on Orpheus' ability to charm the wild beasts with his beautiful music.
o ARGO 430244 (also with his Orpheus), BERLIN CLASSICS 1093, 0094702, BIS 1117, CALA 88038 (piano trio transcription), CEDILLE 014 (duo piano transcription), COLLINS CLASSICS 1249 (organ arrangement), EMI 64850, 69022, ETCETERA 1133 (piano transcription), HELICON 1027 (piano transcription), HUNGAROTON 12446, 32203, MP 30366 00032 (organ transcription), MUSICAL HERITAGE SOCIETY 522534 (2), NAXOS 8.553355, NOVALIS 150157 ("Romantic Organ Music"), PHILIPS 202457 (2) (with his Prometheus), PMG 10115, PRT 8387, REM 311203 (organ arrangement), SONY 62012, 66834, SUPRAPHONET 111112 (with his Prometheus)

Orphée aux Enfers (1858), 94:00, Offenbach, Jacques (1819-1880).
A comic opera with many plot changes meant to spoof the Olympian gods and French society.
o *EMI 56725 (2), 65384 (2) (German version)
(highlights) CBS 37769, CHESKY 57, CURB 78013, MCA CLASSICS MCAD-6325, PHILIPS 442403, RCA 61211, 68366,SONY 47532, TER CLASSICS 1008, VOX 8773
o (overture) CBS 37769, DENON 7012, DG 400044 (with his La Belle Hélène), KLAVES 11040 (with his La Belle Hélène), KLAVIER 11049 (with Grétry's Cephale et Procris ballet music and Massenet's Phèdre overture), NAXOS 8.550468, PHILIPS 411476 (with his La Belle Hélène), RCA 61429 (with his La Belle Hélène), TELARC 80116, SONY 53288 (with his La Belle Hélène)

Orpheus-Quadrille (1860), 5:30, Strauss II, Johann (1825-1899).
A work inspired by Offenbach’s work.
o MARCO POLO 8.223221

Orpheus with his Lute (1863-4), 3:30, Sullivan, (Sir) Arthur (1842-1900)
A song from his Shakespeare Songs on Shakespeare's Henry VIII III, i about Orpheus' powerful music.
o PEARL 9636, SYMPOSIUM 1123

Orpheus (1860s), 4:00, Gabriel, Virginia (1825-1877).
A song with piano accompaniment on Shakespeare's Henry VIII III, i.
o GLOBE 5182 ("Orpheus with His Lute"), HYPERION 66709 ("In Praise of Women")

Orpheé aux Enfers, 7:30, Strauss, Isaac (1806-1888).
A quadrille which has borrowed its tune from Offenbach.
o MARCO POLO 8.223806 ("Les Succes de la Danse")

Orpheus and His Lute (1892), German, Edward (1862-1936).
A song based on lines from Shakespeare.
o EMI 56830 ("The English Songbook")

Orpheus with his Lute (1903, 1925), 2:30, Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958).
A song for voice and piano on Shakespeare's Henry VIII III, i about the power of Orpheus' music.
o COLLINS 1488, HYPERION 66480 ("Songs to Shakespeare"), QUERSTAND 9815 ("Long Time Ago"), VIRGIN 45400 ("David Daniels:Serenade")

Orpheus with His Lute (1908), 2:00, Coates, Eric (1886-1957).
A song from his Four Old English Songs.
o MARCO POLO 8.223806

Orpheus (1912), 2:30, Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937).
A song for tenor and piano on Shakespeare's Henry VIII III, i about the power of Orpheus' music.
o HYPERION 66261/2 ("War's Embers")

Orphée: Trois Fragments Symphoniques (1913), 25:00, Roger-Ducasse, Jean Jules (1873-1954).
A suite from a music-drama in which Orpheus is dismembered by the Maenads.
o CYBELIA 820, MARCO POLO 8.223501

L'Orfeide (1919-1922), 108:00, Malipiero, Gian Francesco (1882-1973).
An opera trilogy in which Orpheus imprisons the seven principal characters of the commedia dell'arte and brings in seven humans to play out seven dramas, with an epilogue of Orpheus, Nero, and Agrippina in a marionette show.
o TAHRA 190/1

The New Orpheus (1925), 18:00, Weill, Kurt (1900-1950).
A cantata for soprano, violin, and orchestra on Iwan Goll's text about Orpheus' reappearance in the twentieth century, finding "Eurydice" in a railway station, losing her, and shooting himself.
o ASV 987

Les Malheurs d'Orphée (1926), 35:00, Milhaud, Darius (1892-).
An opera in which Orpheus is stoned to death by Eurydice's sisters when he cannot cure her fatal disease.
o ADÈS 203452, ASV 758

Orpheus in Town (1938), 68:00, Rosenberg, Hilding (1892-1985).
Music for a ballet inspired by Carl Milles' Orpheus Fountain at the Stockholm Concert Hall in which the statue comes to life and seeks Eurydice in various places in Stockholm.
o PHONO SUECIA 702 (complete), CAPRICE 21510 (3) (12 minute suite)

Orpheus with his Lute (1939), Quilter, Roger (1877-1953).
A song from Two Shakespeare Songs, op. 32 on P. Fletcher's text.
o SYMPOSIUM 1184

Arald (1942), 28:00, Bretan, Nicolae (1887-1968).
An opera on Mihai Eminescu's The Ghosts, a variant of the Orpheus story set in seventh-century Germany.
o NIMBUS 5424

Orpheus with his Lute (1944), 3:00, Schuman, William (1910-1992).
A song arranged for flute and guitar on Shakespeare's Henry VIII III, i.
o ALBANY TROY 081 ("Paul Sperry Sings an American Sampler"), GAGLIANO 604 ("Affinity"), HYPERION 66920 ("Sure on This Shining Night"), MUSICMASTERS 60115, 70838 ("Mountain Songs"), VOXBOX 5745 (2) ("Twentieth-Century Voices in America)", VOXBOX 3037 (3) ("I Hear America Singing")

Orpheus (1947), 31:00, Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971).
A ballet about Orpheus' lament for Eurydice, her rescue and loss, his death and eventual apotheosis.
o ASV 618 (with his Apollo), CHANDOS 9014, DG 459644, GMN 103, KOCH INTERNATIONAL CLASSICS 7276, MELODIYA 33220, PHILIPS 464744, SONY 46292 (3), 53274

Orphée (1949), 11:30, Auric, Georges (1899-1983).
Music alone, music with monologue, and music with dialogue for Jean Cocteau's film Orphée.
o AUDIVIS TRAVELLING 1506 (with one track from his Le Testament d'Orphée), MARCO POLO 8.225066

Urworte Orphisch (Primeval Orphic Sayings) (1949), 10:00, Pfitzner, Hans Erich (1869-1949).
A cantata for solists, chorus, and orchestra on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Urworte Orphisch about the duality of law and man's desire for freedom, unfinished when Pfitzner died, but completed by Robert Rehan.
o ORFEO 273 922

Danse Élégiaque, "Pour le Tombeau d'Orphée" (1950), 6:30, Flothuis, Marius (1914-).
An incantation for solo harp reflecting upon ancient Greek ideas of the cycle of life and death.
o GLOBE 5043 ("Harp Recital: Edward Witsenburg"), QUANTUM 6903 ("Recital de Harpe: Martine Geliot")

Voile d'Orphée (1953), 15:30, Henry, Pierre (1927-1958).
A cantata using electroacoustic music and a male voice declaiming an Orphic Hymn in Greek.
o HARMONIA MUNDI FRANCE 905200, MUSIQUE D'ABORD 5200 (same performance)

Concerto d'Orphée (1953), 23:00, Sauguet, Henri (1901-1989).
Music for violin and orchestra which evokes the mythical musician.
o MUSIC AND ARTS 620

Orpheus mit der Töne Reine (1954), 3:00, Koerppen, Alfred (1926-).
A song for male chorus from Zwei Sangessprüche on Henrik Ibsen's text about Orpheus' power over nature.
o THOROFON 2183

Meditation on Orpheus (1957), 14:00, Hovhaness, Alan (1911-2000).
A tone poem in which folk-like melodies for solo winds alternate with passages for strings and brass.
o BAY CITY 1004, CITADEL 88122, DELOS 3168

Le Testament d'Orphée (1959), 2:00, Auric, Georges (1899-1983).
A single track of music with monologue by Jean Cocteau from another of his films about Orpheus.
o AUDIVIS TRAVELLING 1506 (with his music from his Orphée)

Black Orpheus (1959), 49:00, Bonfa, Luiz (1922-) and Jobim, Antonio Carlos (1927-)
Sound track for a movie about a modern-day Orpheus and Eurydice in Rio de Janeiro at carnival time.
o KOKO 1299, VERVE 830783

Nenia: the Death of Orpheus (1970), 13:00, Birtwistle, Harrison (1934-).
Music for soprano and instrumental ensemble on Peter Zinovieff's text about the Orpheus legend.
o CPO 999360

Orpheus and Eurydice (1972, rev.1983), 22:00, Foss, Lukas (1922-).
A work for two violins and orchestra with the violins personifying the two main characters.
o NEW WORLD 375

The Mask of Orpheus (1973-83), 160:30, Birtwistle, Harrison (1934-).
An opera presenting the basic story, but in an original way as different, sometimes contradictory, versions of the same episode are presented at the same time; the same episode is presented from different perspectives; and each major character is represented by singer, mime, and puppet.
o NMC D050 (3)

Sonnets to Orpheus (1974), 13:30, Perle, George (1915-).
The second movement of Songs of Praise and Lamentation for a capella chorus on four sonnets (1, 9, 5, 19) by Rainer Maria Rilke celebrating Orpheus the musician persisting through time and comforting souls with his song.
o CRI 615 ("To Orpheus")

Orfeo 1 (1975), 13:00, Musgrave, Thea (1929-).
A work for flute, representing Orpheus, and pre-recorded tape, representing other characters, as his journey to the underworld exists only in his imagination.
o NEUMA 450-95 (with her Kairos and Narcissus)

Orfeo II (1975), 14:00, Musgrave, Thea (1929-).
A revised ballet suite for flute and strings inspired by Orpheus's journey to the underworld.
o KOCH INTERNATIONAL CLASSICS 7140

Syringa (1978), 19:00, Carter, Elliot (1908-).
A work for voice and chamber ensemble on John Ashbery' poem about artistic creation and loss.
o BRIDGE 9014 (with his In Genesis), CRI 610, 648, MODE 128

In Sweet Music (1978), 25:00, Schuman, William (1910-1992).
A reworking of his Orpheus song from his 1944 incidental music for Shakespeare's Henry VIII for soprano, flute, viola, and harp about the power of Orpheus’ music.
o CRI 791 (with his Night Journey [Oedipus])

Euridice (1978), 21:30, Sigurbjörnsson, Thorkell (1938-).
A concerto/symphonic poem for flute and orchestra about the couple seen from Eurydice's point of view.
o BIS 709 (with his Calaïs and Liongate)

In Genesis (1981), 3:00, Carter, Elliot (1908-)
The last song of In Sleep, In Thunder on Robert Lowell's poem dealing with the same theme as Syringa.
o BRIDGE 9014 (with his Syringa)

Orpheus behind the Wire (1981-3), 22:00, Henze, Hans Werner (1926-).
A work for unaccompanied chorus on five poems by Edward Bond transferring the Orpheus legend to a contemporay situation of political intimidation and violence influenced by Henze's experiences in Nazi Germany.
o CHANDOS 8963 ("Masters of 20th Century A Capella"), CRI 615O (with Perle's Sonnets to Orpheus)

Overture to Orpheus (1982), 12:00, Andriessen, Louis (1939-).
A harpsichord solo from the overture for a theatrical work composed in 1977.
o CENTAUR 2517, HAAGS GEMEENTEMUSEUM 02

Dark Orpheus (1982), 13:00, Kupferman, Meyer (1926-).
A work for cello and guitar.
o SOUNDSPELLS 105

Charon's Gift (1982), 14:00, Marez-Oyens, Tera De (1932-1996).
A work for piano and tape on the composer's dreamlike descent into Hades to persuade Charon to free a friend.
o COMPOSERS' VOICE 8702, DONEMUS 8702

The Severed Head (1982), 6:00, Tippett, Michael (1905-).
A song for soloists and chorus about Orpheus' return from Hades and his dismemberment by the Maenads, part of the ninth movement from The Mask of Time, on lines from poems of John Dowland and Rainer Maria Rilke.
o EMI 47705/6 (2)

Orphée-Sérénade (1984), 19:00, Bolcom, William (1938-).
A serenade with each letter of "Orphée" being the first letter of the title of each movement.
o DG 435389 ("Points of Departure")

Orpheus (1986), 10:30, Davis Jr., Louis (Chip) (1949-).
A work for the progressive group Mannheim Steamroller on Orpheus' journey to and from Hades.
o AMERICAN GRAMAPHONE 386 ("Fresh Aire VI", with his Sirens), FRESH AIRE 5006 (same recording)

Sogno de Orfeo (1988-9), 17:00, Pettersen, Jan Erik (1947-).
A work for lute, percussion, and acoustic guitar based on a series of paintings by Kjell Nupen.
o INTAVOLATURA 4003 ("Jan Erik Pettersen: Sogno", with Smith Brindle's El Polifemo de Oro)

Orphée (1989), 68:00, Gagneux, Renaud (1947-).
An opera linking the story of Orpheus, Eurydice, and Aristaeus to the resurrrection of Christ.
o CYBELIA 865

Orpheus Over and Under (1989), 18:00, Lang, David (1957-).
A work for two tremolo pianos seeking in music an equilibrium between hope and loss in the Orpheus myth.
o CRI 625

Under Orpheus (1989-1994), 16:30, Lang, David (1957-).
A reworking of the previous work, now including woodwind, brass, electric guitar, and double bass.
o CHANDOS 9363 ("Adams/Lang: Works for Wind Ensemble", with his On Hearing the Siren's Song)

Sonnets to Orpheus (1991), 32:00, Danielpour, Richard (1956-).
Music for mezzo-soprano, violin, and piano for Stephen Mitchell's translation of six poems from Rainer Maria Rilke's Die Sonette an Orpheus, a work held together by the figures of Orpheus and a young dancer.
o SONY 60850

Orphée Suite (1991), 28:00, Glass, Philip (1937-).
A  transcription for solo piano of an orchestral work about Orpheus' descent to Hades and his return.
o ORANGE MOUNTAIN 8

Antiphonies for Piano and Orchestra (1993), 34:00, Birtwistle, Harrison (1934-)
A piano concerto from music of his opera The Mask of Orpheus presenting the basic story in an unusual way.
o COLLINS 14142

Orphée: Interlude (1993), 2:30, Glass, Philip (1937-).
A playful piece for chamber orchestra accompanying Orpheus' return home from the underworld.
o NONESUCH 79496, ORANGE MOUNTAIN 0008

Orfeo III (1993), 14:30, Musgrave, Thea (1928-).
A work for flute and string quintet on Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice with flute as Orpheus and strings as other roles.
o CRI 723 ("Orchestra 2001: Distant Runes")

Orpheus Singing (1994), 10:30, Baley, Virko (1938-).
A work for either oboe and string quartet or string orchestra dedicated to the Polish composer Witold Lutoslawski and suggested by Reiner Maria Rilke's first Sonnet to Orpheus.
o CAMBRIA 1087, MUSICIANS SHOWCASE 1014, TNC 1087

Orpheus for Chamber Orchestra (1995), 20:00, Walker, George (1922-).
A work in six parts for narrator, vocalist (Eurydice), and chamber orchestra about the well-known story from his descent into the underworld until his death.
o ALBANY TROY 270

Orpheus Left His Heart (1997), 16:30, Handel, Darrell (1933-).
A work for harp and orchestra.
o VIENNA MODERN MASTERS 3046 ("The Orpheus Oracle" with his Orpheus Oracle and Gerhard Samuel's Hyacinth from Apollo and Remembering Orpheus)

Sonnets to Orpheus   (1997), 30:00, Moe, Eric ().
Music for soprano and piano set to poems from Rainer Maria Rilke's Die Sonette an Orpheus, a work held together by the figures of Orpheus and a young dancer.
o KOCH INTERNATIONAL CLASSICS 7524 (with his Siren Songs")

Remembering Orpheus (1997), 13:00, Samuel, Gerhard (1924-).
A work for tenor, saxophone, string quartet and orchestra.
o VIENNA MODERN MASTERS 3046 ("The Orpheus Oracle" with his Hyacinth from Apollo and Darrell Handels' Orpheus Left His Heart and Orpheus Oracle)

Orpheus Oracle (1998), 14:30, Handel, Darrell (1933-).
A work for piano trio.
o VIENNA MODERN MASTERS 3046 ("The Orpheus Oracle" with his Orpheus Left His Heart and Gerhard Samuel's Hyacinth from Apollo and Remembering Orpheus)

Orphic Song II (1998), 13:00, , Kirchner, Volker (1942-).
A string sextet expressing the distress and woe of an old and outcast man on a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke.
O MD+G 3040871

Pour en Finir avec la Pouvoir d'Orphée, Parmegiani, Bernard (1927-).
An electro-acoustic piece.
o ADA 1012/3 (2)

Euridice in Hades, 12:00, Bolleter, Ross (1946-)
A work for solo decaying accordion.
o TALL POPPIES 45

The Sonnets to Orpheus, Anderson, John Maxwell (1948-).
Music for mezzo-soprano, violin, and piano for Stephen Mitchell's translation of seven poems from Rainer Maria Rilke's Die Sonette an Orpheus, a work held together by the figures of Orpheus and a young dancer.
o ANDERSON V2 (private issue)

Orpheus , 8:30, James, Bob (1939-).
A jazz work.
o JCI 2716 ("Jazzin' II"),TAPPAN ZEE 25757 ("Ivory Coast"), WARNER BROTHERS 25757

The Death of Orpheus, Menotti, Gian-Carlo (1911-).
o CHANDOS 9979

Orpheus and the Maenads, 20:30, Lombardo, Robert (1932-)
A concerto for mandolin and string orchestra inspired by the Maenads' attack on Orpheus.
o ALBANY 611