bass Elizabeth Bradley
bass Timothy Amherst
bassoon Katrina Russell
bassoon Zoe Shevlin
cello Joseph Crouch
cello Natasha Kraemer
clarinet Jane Booth
clarinet Julian Wheeler
composed by Thomas Arne
composed by [finale] Duncan Druce
composed by [recitatives] Ian Page
conductor, liner notes Ian Page
countertenor vocals [artaxerxes] Christopher Ainslie
cover [cover image] Alamy
design Debbie Coates
design Toucari Live
flute Georgia Browne
flute Lisa Beznosiuk
flute Rachel Brown
harpsichord Mark Packwood
harpsichord Steven Devine
horn Clare Penkey
horn Gavin Edwards
libretto by Pietro Metastasio
mezzo-soprano vocals [arbaces] Caitlin Hulcup
oboe James Eastaway
oboe Rachel Chaplin
orchestra The Mozartists
photography by Stephen Page
post production Julia Thomas
producer, engineer Philip Hobbs
soprano vocals [mandane] Elizabeth Watts
soprano vocals [semira] Rebecca Bottone
tenor vocals [artabanes] Andrew Staples
tenor vocals [rimenes] Daniel Norman
timpani Tommy Foster
trumpet Paul Sharp
trumpet Ross Brown
trumpet Simon Desbruslais
viola Dorothea Vogel
viola Rose Redgrave
violin [1] Bojan Cicic
violin [1] Daniel Edgar
violin [1] Ellen O'Dell
violin [1] Emilia Benjamin
violin [1] Ruth Slater
violin [1], leader Matthew Truscott
violin [2] Elizabeth MacCarthy
violin [2] George Crawford
violin [2] Hilary Michael
violin [2] Jill Samuel
violin [2] Nia Lewis
violin [2] William Thorp
Phonographic Copyright (p) The Mozartists
Copyright (c) The Mozartists
Copyright (c) Signum Records Ltd.
Recorded At Air Studios
Recorded at Air Studios, London, UK from 18 to 21 November 2009 and 2 April 2010.

Orchestra playing on period instruments at A = 430 Hz

This recording followed a production of Artaxerxes at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 2009, directed by Martin Duncan and designed by Johan Engels. It was originally released in 2010 on Linn Records.

Cover image: Wall Carving, Persepolis, Iran © Alamy

℗ 2010 The copyright in this recording is owned by The Mozartists (on booklet), Classical Opera (on back cover)
© 2021 The copyright in this CD booklet, notes and design is owned by Signum Records Ltd. and The Mozartists




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