DESCRIPTION:
Pietro Marc'Antonio Cesti (bap. 5 August 1623 – 14 October 1669), known today primarily as an Italian composer of the Baroque era, was also a singer (tenor), and organist. He was "the most celebrated Italian musician of his generation".

Work: Il pomo d'oro (The Golden Apple) opera in a prologue and five acts.

Libretto: Francesco Sbarra (1611-1668)

Pluto: Teodor Ciurdea;
Mars: Kurt Azesberger;
Momus: Eberhard Kummer;
Neptun: Rudolf Vogel;
Bacchus: Nicolai Cok;
Merkur: Stratton Bull;
Venus: Ursula Targler;
Jupiter: Gerd Fussi;
Juno: Kjellaug Tesaker;
Ganymed: Mircea Mihalache;
Paris: Kurt Equiluz;
Filaura: Marius van Altena;
Spanien: Ursula Targler;
Italien: Stratton Bull;
Das Königreich Ungarn: Kurt Equiluz;
Das Römische Reich: Gerd Fussi;
Sardinien: Kjellaug Tesaker;
Das Königreich Böhmen: Nigel Dickson;
Amerika: Kurt Azesberger;
Die Österreichischen Erblande in Deutschland: Ivan Urbas;
Amor: Monika Lenz;
Hymen: Timothy Wilson;
Gloria Austriaca: Vera Nentwig;
Proserpina: Änike WudKal;
Discordia: Rannveig Braga;
Apollo: Timothy Wilson;
Hebe: Petra Schnitzer;
Pallas Athene: Sally Bradshaw;
Eunone: Eva Meindel;
Aurindo: Nigel Dickson;
Caron: Teodor Ciurdea;
Drei Furien: Rannveig Braga, Renate Weninger, Änike Wudkal
Kekrops: Ivan Urbas;
Adrasto: Timothy Wilson;
Alkeste: Jutta Geister;
Ein Soldat: Price Brown;
Xolus: Rudolf Vogel;
Euro: Price Brown;
Zephyr: Gundi Klebel;
Ein Priester der Pallas Athene: Teodor Ciurdea;
Einer aus dem Chor: Price Brown;
Das Element des Feuers: Mircea Mihalache;
Die drei Grazien: Christine Schwarz, Petra Schnitzer, Rannveig Braga

Chorus & Orchestra: "Spectaculum"

Conductor: Gerhard Kramer

Recorded in Wien in June 1989.