Handel - Overture

Hans Hotter (Giulio Cesare), Walter Geisler (Sesto), Dagmar Herrmann (Cornelia), Rudolf Bockelmann (Achilla), Walburga Wegner (Cleopatra), Sigmund Roth (Tolomeo) & Carl Bay (Nireno, Curio)

Hamburg Radio, Hans-Schmidt Isserstedt

Keith Puddy, Gary Brodie, Paul Price (early clarinets), Susan Dent (baroque horn), Alistair Mitchell (8-keyed bassoon), Malcolm Martineau (fortepiano)

David Robertson, Orchestra National de Lyon, Irina Mejoueva