by Reinhard Keiser, René Jacobs, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Dorothea Röschmann, Werner Güra, Roman Trekel, Klaus Häger, RIAS-Kammerchor · Harmonia Mundi · CD · EAN 0794881611720
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«Croesus» is a recording of Reinhard Keiser’s opera conducted by René Jacobs, with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, released by harmonia mundi as a three-CD boxed set and sung in German.
The opera in three acts recounts the downfall of Croesus, king of Lydia, defeated by the Persian king Cyrus, and his discovery of the limits of wealth and power. The story interweaves political conflicts, conspiracies, and romantic intrigues, with characters such as Atis and Elmira. The score combines arias, recitatives, duets, choruses, and dances.
This 2000 edition, catalog number HMC 901714.16, presents the revised version of 1730 and has a total running time of 3 hours, 8 minutes, and 2 seconds. It includes the original German libretto with French and English translations.
For fans of Baroque opera and René Jacobs’s interpretations.
