Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739-1799): Giob

Oratorio in 2 parts (1789)

CPO 999 790-2, 2001 (2 CDs)

CD 1: part 1 (76'41)
CD 2: part 2 (75'17)

Jörg Waschinski has one aria: Quando ride serene la sorte (CD 1 [11], 5'16)
and a quintet: Fra gl'insulti, e fra tormenti (CD 2 [29], 2'39)


Giob: Markus Schäfer (tenor)
Zara, his wife: Romelia Lichtenstein (soprano)
Baldad, Giobīs friend: Jörg Waschinski (sopranista)
Ismaele, chief herdsman: Ekkehard Abele (bass)
Elifaz, Giobīs friend: Beat Duddeck (countertenor)
Angel: Linda Perillo (soprano)

Rheinische Kantorei
Das Kleine Konzert (on period instruments)
Orchestra: strings(6+4 vl., 3 vla., 2 vc., 2 db.), 2 fl., 2 ob., 2 bn., 2 hrn., 2 trpt., timp, pianoforte

conductor: Hermann Max

recording: may 9-15, 2000, Paterskirche im Franziskanerkloster Kempen/Germany