GEORG CASPAR SCHÜRMANN (1672/73-1751): Die getreue Alceste.

Description: An abridged version, containing the most important elements of the action as well as the musical highlights, of a 1719 opera which contained inserted Italian arias snipped out of operas by Vivaldi, Bononcini and others in addition to original German material. Only German recits and arias remain in this Reader’s Digest edition. German-English libretto. Hanna Zumsande, Santa Karnite (sopranos), Alon Harari (alto), Ralf Grobe (bass), barockwerk hamburg; Ira Hochman.