art direction Jeremy Tilston
author [after 'jerusalemme liberata'] Torquato Tasso
author [based on a scenario by] Aaron Hill
bass vocals [argante] Gerald Finley
booklet editor Sue Baxter
composed by Georg Friedrich Händel
conductor Christopher Hogwood
countertenor vocals [eustazio] Daniel Taylor
countertenor vocals [mago cristiano] Bejun Mehta
countertenor vocals [rinaldo] David Daniels
engineer Jonathan Stokes
executive-producer Evans Mirageas
libretto by Giacomo Rossi
liner notes Anthony Hicks
liner notes [french translation] David Ylla-Somers
liner notes [german translation] Anne Schneider
mezzo-soprano vocals [almirena] Cecilia Bartoli
mezzo-soprano vocals [goffredo] Bernarda Fink
musical assistance [italian language coach] Iris Dell'Acqua
orchestra The Academy Of Ancient Music
painting [handel portrait] Balthasar Denner
photography by [cover, artists] Sasha Gusov
photography by [hogwood] Julian Broad
producer Chris Sayers
producer [assistant] Chris Hazell
repetiteur Jeff Cohen
soprano vocals [armida] Luba Orgonasova
soprano vocals [donna, sirena ii] Ana-María Rincón
soprano vocals [sirena i] Catherine Bott
tenor vocals [un araldo] Mark Padmore
text by [libretto: english translation] Kenneth Chalmers
text by [libretto: french translation] Jean-Claude Poyet
text by [libretto: german translation] Gudrun Meier
Copyright (c) Decca Music Group Limited
Phonographic Copyright (p) Decca Music Group Limited
Manufactured By Universal M & L, Germany
Recorded At Henry Wood Hall, London
Published By Bärenreiter-Verlag
Published By Alkor-Edition Kassel
Original 1711 version
Total timing 173.29
David Daniels appears courtesy of Virgin Classics

Recording & editing facilities by Classic Sound Limited
Recording location Henry Wood Hall, London, 19-27 November 1999
This recording was monitored on B & W Loudspeakers
Edition: David R.B. Kimbell, Bärenreiter, Kassel
Score hire: Alkor-Edition-Kassel GmbH
Publisher: Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel (2-7, 2-8, 3-25)
Slipcase front/Front inlay: Cecilia Bartoli and David Daniels as Almirena and Rinaldo
Photo: Decca/Sasha Gusov
Cecilia Bartoli's stole: Fabric Frontline
Cecilia Bartoli's dress: Florence von Gerkan

Printed in Germany / Made in Germany

Includes a 180 p. booklet with liner notes in English, French and German and the full libretto in German, Italian, English and French.
Barcode: 0 28946 70872 9
Barcode: 028946708729 (Scanned)
Label Code: LC 00254
Rights Society: BIEM/MCPS
SPARS Code: DDD