This live recording of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice from the 2018 London Festival of Baroque Music is a must listen. Presented in its original 1762 Vienna version, with the inclusion of the Dance of the Blessed Spirits from the 1774 edition, David Bates and La Nuova Musica give the score a highly expressive reading. Thanks to Bates’ sustained, thoughtful phrasing, to the characterful horns and graceful obbligato playing from the flutes, oboes and cellos, to the brightly focused choral singing,...