The album was digitally recorded in June and December 1981 in the Kingsway Hall, London. The opera is performed with non- period instruments.
Marcellina's and Basilio's arias, sometimes dropped, are both included. In accordance with the musicological consensus that held sway at the time of its making, the recording follows the traditional ordering of the numbers in the opera's third act, with the Countess's aria 'Dove sono' placed after the sextet 'Riconosci in questo amplesso'.
