Playing time: 58' 57"
Performers:
Singers: Furio Zanasi, (baritone - Pharnaces, King of Pontus), Sara
Mingardo (contralto - Tamiri, wife of Pharnaces), Adriana
Fernández (soprano - Berenice, Queen of Cappadocia &
mother of Tamiri), Sonia Prina (mezzo-soprano - Pompey, Roman
proconsul of Asia), Gloria Banditelli (soprano / contralto - Selinda,
sister of Pharnaces), Cinzia Forte (soprano - Gilade, Prince &
Berenice's captain), Fulvio Bettini (mezzo-soprano - Aquilio, Chief
of the roman Legion);
Le Concert des Nations:
Pablo Valetti (first violon), David Plantier (second violin), Santi
Aubert (violon), Davide Amodio (violon), Isabel Serrano (violon),
Fabrizio Zanella (violon), Lydia Cevidalli (violon), Luca Ronconi
(violon), Silvia Mondino (violon), Angelo Bartoletti (viol), Natan
Paruzel (viol), Maya Amrein ('cello), Emmanuel Jacques ('cello),
Laura Folch ('cello), Michele Zeoli (violone), Xavier Puertas
(contrabass), Roland Callmar (natural trumpet), René Maze
(natural trumpet), Raúl Díaz (natural horn), Javier
Bonnet (natural horn), Vincent Robin (oboe), Xavier Blanch (oboe),
Josep Borràs (fagot), Eduardo Egüez (theorbo, guitar),
Luca Guglielmi (harpsichord), Pedro Estevan (kettledrum)
Coro del Teatro de la Zarzuela - Antonio Fauró dir.
Basso Continuo: Luca Guglielmi (harpsichord), Eduardo Egüez
(theorbo, guitar), Maya Amrein ('cello)
Jordi Savall, dir.
Recording site and date:
Teatro de la Zarzuela de Madrid, Spain [10/2001];
Rel.: 06/2003, 10/2003 (AV)
Compilation:
Alia Vox AV 9822 [CDx3] Antonio Vivaldi,
Venetia 1727 / Francesco Corselli, Madrid 1730: Farnace - Dramma
per musica in tre atti.
Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.):
Early Music America (Vol./#-p.):
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):
Goldberg (#-p.):
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):
Comments:
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Pierre-F. Roberge