Gluck 'Sicilienne' ("Armide") - Stokowski conductor / arranger

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In Gluck's opera "Armide," the sorceress of the title is in love with a knight of the First Crusade who, in Armide's enchanted castle, is serenaded by this pastoral 'Sicilienne.' In the opera, this music is played by a solo flute and pizzicatio strings. In Stokowski's 1957 recording heard here, it is arranged for strings only, playing arco not pizzicato. (From Cala Records CACD0551 with all due acknowledgements).

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