Offer,Graun, C H: Montezuma (excerpts)
Lauris Elms (Montezuma Emperor of Mexico), Dame Joan Sutherland (Eupaforice Queen of Tlascàla, his bride), Joseph Ward (Tezeuco Imperial officer), Rae Woodland (Pilpatoè Imperial general), Elizabeth Harwood (Erissena confidante to Eupaforice), Monica Sinclair (Fernando Cortez leader of the invaders)
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Though its sense of period style wouldn't do now, this highlights edition of Carl Heinrich Graun's melodious 1755 opera about the Spanish conquest of Mexico is lovingly performed. —
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Graun, C H: Montezuma (highlights)
Work length1:00:05
- Monica Sinclair (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Ward (tenor), Lauris Elms (mezzo-soprano), Elisabeth Harrison (soprano), Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano), Rae Woodland (soprano)
- London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers
- Richard Bonynge
- Recorded: 1966-08
- Recording Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Sinfonia (Allegro-Andante-Allegro)
Track length7:54
Somiglia il buon monarca
Track length2:22
Non saprei curare il vanto
Track length4:57