Nicola Porpora (1686-1768): Il Gedeone

Oratorio in 2 parts (1737)

Libretto: A. Petrucci

CPO 999 615-2, 1999 (2 CDs)

CD 1: part 1 (59'19)
CD 2: part 2 (52'22)

Jörg Waschinski has the following arias:
Quasi locuste che intorno (CD 1 [3], 3'44)
À pur vinto, o sorte barbara (CD 2 [5], 4'12)


DRAMATIS PERSONAE:

Gedeone, prince of the Israelites: Kai Wessel (countertenor)
Ioas, his father: Ulf Bästlein (bass)
Sichemi, his wife: Linda Perillo (soprano)
Fara, a retainer: Henning Voss (countertenor)
Oreb, prince of the Midianites: Jörg Waschinski (sopranista)
Silve, a Midianite: Johannes Chum (tenor)

Vokalensemble Nova (director: Colin Mason)
Wiener Akademie (on period instruments)
Orchestra: strings(4+4 vl., 2 vla., vc., db.), trpt., 2 ob., bn., hpchd./pos.org.

conductor: Martin Haselböck

recording: april 10, 1998, Hofburgkapelle, Vienna/Austria