Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano ; Drottningholms barockensemble (period instruments)
Opera arias (1st, 2nd, 5th, and 8th works), songs (3rd and 4th works), a cantata (7th work) and a mass movement (6th work).
Sung in English, German, and Italian.
Recorded Feb. 28-Mar. 2, 1983, at St. Gertrud Church, Stockholm.
Hercules. Where shall I fly? (5:24) ; Giulio Cesare in Egitto. E pur così in un giorno/Piangerò, la sorte mia (6:23) / Georg Friedrich Handel -- Scherzi musicali. O rosetta che rosetta (1:48) ; La violetta (3:06) / Claudio Monteverdi -- Arianna. Lamento d'Arianna : Lasciate mi morire! / Claudio Monteverdi (3:47) -- Then Svenska Messan. O Herre Gud Guds Lamb / Johan Helmich Roman (3:28) -- Trauer-Music eines kunsterfahrenen Canarienvogels / Georg Philipp Telemann (15:07) -- Semele. Where'er you walk / Georg Friedrich Handel (4:03)