Manuela Custer (Almanzor), Mirco Palazzi (Sulemano), Laura Claycomb (Azema), Paul Austin Kelly (Alamar), Brindley Sherratt (Ali), Ashley Catling (Omar)

Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Giuliano Carella

While Meyerbeer clearly embraced the innovations of Rossini, he was his own composer. From the moment the curtain rises on L’esule di Granata we are aware he is working on a larger canvas, employing all the resources at his disposal – choruses, stage bands, scenic effects and, above all, brilliant vocalism.

Recorded in 2004