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Handel: Theodora / Wieland, Schmid, Vitzthum, Schoch, Mertens

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-03-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Theodora
Conductors: Martini, Joachim Carlos
Ensemble: Junge Kantorei

Set in a time of ancient Rome's persecution of the Christians, Handel's late masterpiece Theodora tells of the tragic martyrdom of the heroine and her...continue...
Recording information: Basilika Kloster Eberbach, Eltville am Reim, Germany (05/23/2010)....continue...

Handel: Alexander's Feast

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-02-23

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV 75
Conductors: Martini, Joachim Carlos

First performed in London in 1736 to an admiring audience of 1,300 people, and enjoying considerable success thereafter, Handel's setting of John Dryden's 1697 poem...continue...
Recording information: Kloster Eberbach, Rheingau, Germany (05/11/2008)....continue...

Handel: Semele / Martini, Scholl, Schmidt, Popken, Frankfurt Junge Kantorei, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-07-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Semele
Performers: Mertens, Klaus; Popken, Ralf [Countertenor]; Schmidt, Julla; Schoch, Knut; Scholl, Elisabeth
Conductors: Martini, Joachim Carlos

Handel's oratorio 'Semele' was composed in 1743 and tells of a beautiful mortal (Semele), whose short but spectacular love affair with Jupiter, King of the...continue...

Handel: Hercules, HWV 60 / Martini, Wemyss, Sämann, Schoch, Kühn, Schneider, Junge Kantorei, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-05-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Hercules
Performers: Kühn, Liselotte; Kooij, Peter; Sämann, Gerlinde; Schneider, Frank; Schoch, Knut; Vitzthum, Franz; Wemyss, Nicola
Conductors: Martini, Joachim Carlos

Handel composed 'Hercules' for his 1744-45 oratorio season as the secular foil to one of his most ambitious sacred dramas, 'Belshazzar', hoping to repeat the...continue...

Handel: Solomon / Martini, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-07-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon
Performers: Schoch, Knut; Scholl, Elisabeth; Vieweg, Matthias; Wemyss, Nicola; Wolak, Ewa
Conductors: Martini, Joachim Carlos

Universally recognized as one of Handel's finest masterpieces, 'Solomon' is the most sensuous of his biblical oratorios. Magnificent, intricate choruses, seven of which are in...continue...

Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-05-17

Works: George Frederick Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (Pastoral Ode), oratorio, HWV 55
Performers: Hannigan, Barbara; MacLeod, Stephan; Perillo, Linda; Schoch, Knut
Conductors: Martini, Joachim Carlos

'L'Allegro, il Penseroso' marked an important stage in the development of the English oratorio. The music is breath-taking, the arias and ensembles full of exhilarating...continue...

Handel: Gideon / Martini, Hannigan, Perillo, Wemyss, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-07-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Gideon, oratorio (compiled from the music of Handel by John Christopher Smith)
Performers: Cordier, David; Hannigan, Barbara; MacLeod, Stephan; Perillo, Linda; Schoch, Knut; Wemyss, Nicola
Conductors: Martini, Joachim Carlos

After Handel's death in 1759 his assistant, John Christopher Smith, continued the tradition of regular oratorio performances. Smith compiled new works, making use of the...continue...

Handel: Nabal / Martini, Macleod, Boog, Schoch, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-08-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Nabal, oratorio (compiled from the music of Handel by J. C. Smith)
Performers: Boog, Maya; Heijden, Francine van der; MacLeod, Stephan; Perillo, Linda; Schoch, Knut
Conductors: Martini, Joachim Carlos

"This venture is not going to set the world of Handel fans all a-twitter. But it is a reasonably enjoyable affair. Above all, it offers...continue...

Handel: Deborah / Martini, Scholl, Ducret, Zazzo, et al

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-03-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Deborah, HWV 51
Performers: Draijer, Jelle; Ducret, Natacha; Schoch, Knut; Scholl, Elisabeth; Wolak, Ewa; Zazzo, Lawrence
Conductors: Martini, Joachim Carlos

"There is much to admire in Martini's spirited performance. Handel wrote the brief role of Sisera, the Canaanite commander, for a female alto, and Ewa...continue...

Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e della Verità / Martini et al

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-12-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Il trionfo del Tempo e della Verita, oratorio, HWV 46b
Performers: McFadden, Claron; Noll, Christoph Anselm; Scholl, Elisabeth; Voskuilen, Rien; Wakelkamp, Frank
Conductors: Martini, Joachim Carlos

Until now, there has been no complete edition of the score of the oratorio "Il Trionfo del Tempo e della Verita". This astonishing circumstance stems...continue...

Requiem - Classical Music for Reflection and Meditation

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-07-01

Works: Henry Purcell: Music on the Death of Queen Mary (Funeral Sentences / The Queen's Epicedium); Alonso Lobo: Versa est in Luctum; Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; George Frederick Handel: Saul; Wolfgan...
Performers: Hock, Bertalan; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Poly, Francois; Uria-Monzon, Beatrice
Conductors: ; Martini, Joachim Carlos; Kosler, Zdenek; Rahbari, Alexander; Piquemal, Michel; Summerly, Jeremy; Leaper, Adrian
Ensemble: ; Camerata Budapest; Oxford Camerata

Handel: Saul / Martini, Macleod, Cordier, Schoch, et al

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1998-11-26

Works: George Frederick Handel: Saul
Performers: Beekman, Marcel; Cordier, David; MacLeod, Stephan; McFadden, Claron; Schlick, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Schoch, Knut; Schwarz, Gotthold
Conductors: Martini, Joachim Carlos

"Saul", composed in order to recoup losses from the disastrous opera season of 1738 was designed as a musical extravaganza to take the public by...continue...

Handel: Athalia / Martini, Scholl, Schlick, Holzhausen, etc

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1998-07-28

Works: George Frederick Handel: Athalia, HWV 52
Performers: Brutscher, Markus; Holzhausen, Friederike; MacLeod, Stephan; Schlick, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Scholl, Elisabeth
Conductors: Martini, Joachim Carlos

Hailed as the "first great English oratorio", Handel's Athalia has been unjustly neglected. Composed in 1733 on a libretto drawn from Racine's play abount the...continue...