Alessandro Scarlatti(1660 - 1725): Sedecia, Re di Gerusalemme

Oratorio in 2 parts

Libretto: Filippo Ortensio Fabbri

Virgin Veritas 545452-2 (2000, 2 CDs)

CD 1(46'54): Part 1
CD 2(47'22): Part 2


Sedecia, King of Jerusalem: Gérard Lesne (countertenor)
Anna, his wife: Virgine Pochon (soprano)
Ismaele, his son: Philippe Jaroussky (sopranista)
Nabucco, King of Babylon: Peter Harvey (bass)
Nadabbe, confidant of Sedecia: Mark Padmore (tenor)

Philippe Jaroussky has the following arias:
Del mio cor nel più: secreto (CD 1 [7])
Il nitrito dei fieri cavalli (CD 1 [16])
Caro figlio (CD 1 [23], duet with Anna)
Doppio affetto (CD 2 [3])
Fermati, o barbaro (CD 2 [15])
Caldo sangue (CD 2 [17])


Seminario Musicale:
2 clarini, timpani, oboe, 6 violins, 2 violas, 2 celli, double bass, organ and harpsichord, theorbo

Direction: Gérard Lesne

Recording: November 2-6, 1999, École Sainte-Geneviève, Versailles