TESS MILLER (oboe)
APRIL CANTELO (soprano)
PATRICIA KERN (mezzo-soprano) YVONNE MINTON (contralto) LESLIE FRY (tenor)
JOHN WAKEFIELD (tenor) JOHN NOBLE (baritone) STAFFORD DEAN (bass)
BBC CHORUS
DESMOND DUPRÉ and ROBERT SPENCER
(lutes and chitarrones) JOHN MARSON (harp) continuo:
RAYMOND LEPPARD and LESLlE PEARSON (harpsichords)
HAZEL VIVIENNE (chamber organ) ANITA LASKER and PETER WILLISON (cellos) JOHN WALTON and RODNEY STEWART (double-basses)
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Leader. Emanuel Hurwitz
Conducted by RAYMOND LEPPARD From the Royal Albert Hall , London
Part I
7.54* Monteverdi
Final duet (II ritorno d'Ulisse in patria)
Orfeo's aria and Messenger Scene
(Orfeo)
Ariadne's Lament (Arianna)
Coronation scene and Love duet
(L'incoronazione di Poppea)