Cavalli: L'Ormindo

Francesco Cavalli
L'Ormindo
Various perf., London Philharmonic Orchestra - Raymond Leppard, dir.
Argo ZNF 8 / 10 [LPx3]
Decca Serenata 444-529-2 [CDx2]

Contents:

    Francesco Cavalli: L'Ormindo

    LP-1

  1. Act 1: ............ chi me toglie al die

    2. ----
  2. Act 1 (continued): Virginella infelice ............ ó destin mio

    3. LP-2

  3. Act 1 (continued): O dell'anima mia ............ non t'amerò

    4. ----
  4. Act 1 (continued): No, no non vò piu amare ............ end of Act 1

    5. LP-3

  5. Act 2: Così, così tradirmi ............ egli t'adite

    6. ----
  6. Act 2 (continued): Conosco gl'apparatì ............ end

Playing time: 134'

Performers:
John Wakefield (tenor - Ormindo), Peter Christoph Runge (baritone - Amida), Isabel Garcisanz (soprano - Nerillo), Hanneke Van Bork (soprano - Sicle), Jean Allister (contralto - Melide), Hugues Cuénod (tenor - Erice), Anne Howells (mezzo-soprano - Erisbe), Jane Berbié (mezzo-soprano - Mirinda), Federico Davià (bass - Ariadeno), Richard Van Allan (bass - Osmano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Continuo players: Jonathan Hinden (harpsichord), Martin Isepp (harpsichord), Courtney Kenny (organ), Elisabeth Fletcher (harp), Robert Spencer (theorbo), Desmond Dupré (lute), Ian Harwood (lute), Freddie Phillips (guitar), Terence Weil ('celli), Christopher Irby ('celli), Peter Vel (viola da gamba), William Webster (bass), David James (bass)
Leppard, Raymond, dir.

Recording site and date:
Glyndebourne Festival Opera House, UK [08/1968]
Rel.: 1969 (Argo), 1995 (Decca)

Reviewed in:
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): -1186 (February 1969, -1404 (April 1969), -101 (September 1995)
Répertoire (#-p.): 87-30 (January 1996)

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