CD96497 DeFesch: Joseph van Immerseel '87
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CD96497 DeFesch: Joseph van Immerseel '87
De Fesch: Joseph (1745)
Antwerp
10 September 1987
Broadcast
Rosemarie Hofmann -- Potifar's Wife
Ruben – Jelle Draijer
Joseph – Joseph Cornwell
Simeon – Hein Meens
Potiphar/Isamen/Benjamin – Ian Honeyman
Jacob – Charles van Tassel
Vokaalensemble Currende
Ensemble dell'Anima Eterna
Conductor – Jos van Immerseel
DeFesch was a Dutch performer-composer who later moved to London where he
composed several oratorios in English, including "Joseph." In a commercial
recording of this piece, the title role is sung by a soprano, so I presume in
this performance it has been transposed down for a tenor, but Joseph Cornwell is
very appealing in it.