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Vexations840
bassoon Simon Rickard
booklet editor Yvonne Frindle
cello Daniel Yeadon
countertenor vocals David Walker
cover, design [booklet] Ben Drury
double bass Maxime Bibeau
engineer [recording] Bob Scott
ensemble Ironwood
executive-producer, producer [recording] Lyle Chan
executive-producer, project manager Anna Cerneaz
keyboards, directed by Neal Peres Da Costa
liner notes Colin Timms
liner notes Lyle Chan
lute Simon Martyn Ellis
mezzo-soprano vocals Fiona Campbell
oboe Kirsten Barry
photography by Simon Hodgson
recorder Mikaela Oberg
viola Nicole Forsyth
viola da gamba, violone Laura Vaughan
violin [first] Julia Fredersdorff
violin [first] Lisa Stewart
violin [first] Miranda Hutton
violin [second] Alice Evans
violin [second] Myee Clohessy
violin [second] Robin Wilson
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Recorded At Eugene Goossens Hall
This recording contains the major climactic scene from Cavalli’s opera L’Ormindo, as well as opera and oratorio duets by Handel and Monteverdi.
It also contains two world-premiere recordings: a duet from Agostino’s Steffani’s opera La Liberta Contenta and a Handel cantata for two altos, “Caro autor di mia doglia”.

The edition of L’Ormindo used in this recording was prepared for Pinchgut Opera by Peter Foster, Venetian Opera Works (2009).

Recorded 29 July – 1 August 2010 in the Eugene Goossens Hall of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Ultimo Centre, Sydney.
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