Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria / Rene Jacobs . Release Date: 08/10/2010 . Label: Harmonia Mundi . Catalog #: 5901427 . Spars Code: DDD . Composer: Claudio Monteverdi . Performer: Elisabeth Scholl, Francesca Congiu, Martina Bovet, Claron McFadden, ... Conductor: René Jacobs . Orchestra/Ensemble: Concerto Vocale . Number of Discs: 3 . Recorded in: Stereo . Length: 2 Hours 58 Mins. Works on This Recording: 1. Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria by Claudio Monteverdi Performer: Elisabeth Scholl (Soprano), Francesca Congiu (Soprano), Martina Bovet (Soprano), Claron McFadden (Soprano), Olivier Lallouette (Bass), Michael Schopper (Bass), Christoph Prégardien (Tenor), Faridah Subrata (Mezzo Soprano), Jörg Dürmüller (Tenor), Guy de Mey (Tenor), Dominique Visse (Countertenor), Martyn Hill (Tenor), Mark Tucker (Tenor), Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (Soprano), David Thomas (Bass), Christina Högman (Soprano), Jocelyne Taillon (Mezzo Soprano), Bernarda Fink (Mezzo Soprano) Conductor: René Jacobs Orchestra/Ensemble: Concerto Vocale Period: Baroque Written: 1640; Venice, Italy Date of Recording: 06/1992 Venue: Deutschlandfunk Studio, Cologne, Germany Length: 177 Minutes 55 Secs. Language: Italian
Review

'the clarity of Pregardien s voice, and the restrained but supportive accompaniment of Jacobs recording with his Concerto Vocale, allows every nuance of the words, and every chromatic inflections of the harmony to be conveyed' --Tess Knighton - BBC Radio 3 CD Review, 14th June 2015