 At least the album presented the opera satisfactorily.The best of its soloists were Domenico Trimarchi as the credulous old gentleman and Frederica von Stade as a forerunner of the worldly-wise Despina.The runners-up for top honours were Anthony Rolfe Johnson, "modestly effective" in the stock "opera buffa" role of the comical servant, and Edith Mathis as one of Mr Good-faith's daughters.