There is an interesting recording of this work on Myto from 1951 in cruddy sound, but Marianne Schech's Myrtocle is immensely moving and beautifully sung. Here Dagmar Schellenberger is a bit sharper-edged, but she has no trouble with the high tessitura and offers us a vivid picture of this complicated character. Hartmut Welker is a gruff but effective Arcesius, but Norbert Orth's Galba is only fair--to be honest, the role is the least well conceived of the three and even Wolfgang Windgassen on Myto has trouble bringing the character to life. The others in this large cast are very good and Lothar Odinius as the tenor Shepherd is simply beautiful. Ralf Weikert leads the Dresden forces vividly and CPO's engineers have given us a stunning recording that allows us to hear all of d'Albert's details. This is not a great work but it's oddly fascinating. Recommended.