Della Jones 'Opera Rara for me is an extraordinarily special place. It is a company with which I made my first recording and have continued to work with throughout my career. it has introduced me (and its vast audience) to an enormous wealth of unknown and fabulous music.'

The Cast EUSTACHIO DE SAINT-PIERRE - Christian du Plessis AURELIO - Della Jones ELEONORA - Nuccia Focile GIOVANNI D'AIRE - Rico Serbo GIACOMO DE WISANTS - Paul Nilon PIETRO DE WISANTS - Ian Platt ARMANDO - Mark Glanville EDOARDO III - Russell Smythe ISABELLA - Eiddwen Harrhy EDMONDO - John Treleaven (PMF Scholar) UN INCOGNITO - Norman Bailey Geoffrey Mitchell Choir Philharmonia Orchestra CONDUCTOR - David Parry

Gramophone 'L'assedio... proves to be no run-of-the-mill opera but a moving, imaginative composition, finely constructed dramatically, and musically a thorough piece of work with interest in the orchestral score as well as the vocal parts. The performance does the work full justice. Christian du Plessis and Della Jones head a cast of predominantly British singers who meet the technical demands with plenty of spirit and without fuss. Nuccia Focile makes a promising debut on record. And David Parry conducts with care for detail as well as a sure feeling for idiom...'