from Oannes blog…
Ο Χορός των Ευλογημένων Πνευμάτων, από τον “Ορφέα και Ευρυδίκη”, του ανανεωτή της όπερας C.W. Gluck. Μπαρόκ δοσμένο με όρους ρομαντισμού [δεν υπάρχουν εδώ “όργανα εποχής”] αλλά με απαράμιλλη μουσικότητα, από τον Κάραγιαν και τη Φιλαρμονική του Βερολίνου.
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Dance of the Blessed Spirits from the opera ‘Orfeo ed Euridice’ written by the reformer of opera, C.W. Gluck. Baroque in romantic terms [no instruments of that period] but with unparalleled musicality, by Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic.
More about these reblogs
Lately I have been rebloging music videos from Oannes new blog. For my friends who didn’t know, or wonder why…. Oannes [aka Socratis Papahatzis] is my husband, partner in life and music and the one with my undying admiration. Together we have a band MK-O [the music of Marina Kanavaki & Oannes]. So, it’s my pleasure to share with you his [and mine] musical selections. • Although here I reblog mainly his musical selections, he writes exceptional articles on various topics [some may need translation], so do visit his site. He has my highest recommendation!
Categories: MUSIC, Oannes Reblog, video
Marina Kanavaki 
The dance of the blessed spirits is really a beautiful piece of music. However, here, as in some other cases as well, I find Karajan’s interpretation a bit too slow, not really appropriate for 18th century music – compare for example the faster intrpretation (I don’t know by which musicians) used here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6T8Dgd-Xkk as a background for some beautiful microscopic images.
A question you could address to Oannes who’s selection I re-posted in order to get his response on your comment. If you ask me, I agree with his choice. I get what you’re saying and in some cases Karajan does that, however here his interpretation is exceptionally musical, so I’d give it another chance. I doubt Gluck would find it inappropriate though… 😉