3/5. Donald Macleod recounts the story of some of Vivaldi's operatic successes. Sinfonia: Ottone in Villa Brandenburg Consort, conductor Roy Goodman
Ottone in Villa, Act 2 Scenes 5 and 6 Sophie Daneman , Susan Gritton and Nancy Argenta (sopranos), Collegium Musicum 90. conductor Richard Hickox
Qual Favellar ? ... Andero, Volero. Gridero (L 'Orlando Finto Pazzo)
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), II Giardino Armonico. conductor Giovanni Antonini
Sinfonia; Act 1 Scenes 1 and 2 (Farnace) Sara Mingardo (contralto), Furio Zanasi (bass). Le Concert des Nations, conductor Jordi Savall Montezuma: Act 1 Scene 7 Brigitte Balleys (mezzo), La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy, conductor Jean-Claude Malgoire Se in Campo Armato (Catone in Utica) Emma Kirkby (soprano), Brandenburg Consort , conductor Roy Goodman Repeated on Tuesday 4 January at 12 midnight