baritone vocals [un hérault d'armes/apollon] Ludovic Tézier bass vocals [l'oracle/un dieu internal] Nicolas Testé bass vocals [le grand prêtre d'apollon/hercule] Dietrich Henschel choir The Monteverdi Choir composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck conductor John Eliot Gardiner coordinator [production co-ordinator] Joanne Baines edited by [recording editor] Matthijs Ruijter edited by [recording editor] Thijs Hoekstra engineer [balance engineer] Erdo Groot engineer [recording engineer] Roger de Schot executive-producer Clive Bennett leader Alison Bury libretto by François Louis Gand Bailli Du Roullet liner notes John Eliot Gardiner liner notes [essay, synopsis] Patricia Howard mezzo-soprano vocals [alceste] Anne Sofie von Otter orchestra The English Baroque Soloists photography by [john eliot gardiner] Sheila Rock photography by [slipcase front, front inlay, booklet front, pp. 12, 17, 24] Catherine Ashmore photography by [p. 21] Decca photography by [p. 29] The Bridgeman Art Library producer [recording producer] Martha de Francisco soprano vocals [coryphées] Joanne Lunn soprano vocals [coryphées] Katharine Fuge tenor vocals [admète] Paul Groves tenor vocals [Évandre] Yann Beuron Record Company UMG Recordings, Inc. Manufactured By Universal Classics Group Marketed By Universal Classics Group Recorded By Polyhymnia International Phonographic Copyright (p) Universal International Music B.V. Copyright (c) Decca Music Group Limited Made By UML Published By Alkor-Edition Kassel Recorded At Barbican Centre Engineered At Polyhymnia International Distributed By Universal Music & Video Distribution, Corp. Recorded live at the Barbican Hall, London, 26-30 October 1999, after the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris production, 9-12 October 1999. ℗ 2002 Universal International Music B.V. Made in USA Sung in French - Libretto enclosed
Anne Sophie von Otter appears courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon
Total Time: 134:57
Includes 76-page booklet in English with Libretto and English translation.
Editor's Note: Some tracks are divided into separate subtracks as clearly presented on disc sleeves or booklet, to manage multipart tracks. Track position is as printed or by using #.# convention. The printed track timing is entered as the first Sub-track's duration Barcode: 0 28947 02932 8 (Text) Barcode: 028947029328 (Scanned) SPARS Code: DDD Matrix / Runout: 289 470 2942 01% (CD1) Mastering SID Code: IFPI L007 (CD1, CD2) Mould SID Code: IFPI 0350 (CD1) Other: MADE IN USA BY UML (In hub area) Matrix / Runout: 289 470 2952 01 (CD2) Mould SID Code: IFPI 0389 (CD2)