Handel, George Frideric > Opera/Operetta

Handel Arias / Leif Aruhn-Solén, tenor; New Trinity Baroque

1 CD / Edition Lilac / 2013-05-28

Works: George Frederick Handel: Tamerlano, HWV 18; Acis & Galatea, HWV 49; Samson, HWV 57; Semele, HWV 58; Athalia, HWV 52; Israel in Egypt, oratorio, HWV 54; Jephtha, HWV 70; Partenope, HWV 27; Messiah, HW...
Performers: Aruhn-Solen, Leif
Conductors: Gosta, Predrag
Ensemble: New Trinity Baroque

Victory and defeat, hope and despair, love and hate. In the operas and oratorios by George Frideric Handel, all aspects of life are explored. Spotlighting...continue...
Recording information: St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in Atlanta (2009-04-30&2009-05-01&2009-)....continue...

Hidden Handel - unfamiliar and unknown arias and orchestral pieces / Ann Hallenberg, mezzo-soprano; Il Complesso Barocco

1 CD / Naïve / 2013-04-30

Works: George Frederick Handel: Sento prima le procelle, aria for voice & orchestra (for A. Scarlatti's Pirro e Demetrio); Rinaldo; No, non così severe, aria for voice & orchestra (for A. Scarlatti's P...
Performers: Hallenberg, Ann
Conductors: Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: ; Il Complesso Barocco

Swedish mezzo-soprano Ann Hallenberg and Il Complesso Barocco present a disc of Handel arias and orchestral pieces that span a narrow spectrum from the comparatively...continue...
Recording information: Lonigo, Italy (06/2010/07/2010)....continue...

Handel: Bad Guys - Countertenro arias from Tamerlano, Ariodante, Teseo, Amadigi di Gaula, Giulio Cesare / Xavier Sabata

1 CD / Aparte / 2013-04-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Tamerlano; Ariodante; Teseo; Amadigi di Gaula; Giulio Cesare in Egitto; Ottone, re di Germania
Performers: Sabata, Xavier
Conductors: Minasi, Riccardo
Ensemble: Il Pomo d'Oro

The exceptional Spanish counter-tenor Xavier Sabata expresses tears, joy and rage in his portrayal of the 'bad boys' from Handel's operas on this riveting new...continue...
Personnel: Xavier Sabata (countertenor).

Recording information: Lonigo, Villa San Fermo (Convento deo Pavoniani), Venez (08/25/2012-09/03/2012)....continue...

Enchanted Forest - Arias by Vivaldi, Handel, Purcell, Cavalli / Anna Prohaska, soprano

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-03-26

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: La Fida ninfa, RV 714; George Frederick Handel: Giove in Argo, HWV A 14; Apollo e Dafne (La Terra è Liberata), HWV 122; Rinaldo, HWV 7; Alcina, HWV 34; Henry Purcell: The Fairy ...
Performers: Boden, Samuel; Prohaska, Anna; Riches, Ashley [Bass Vocal]; Walker, Thomas
Conductors: Cohen, Jonathan
Ensemble: Archangelo

The Times, 16th March 2013
Superlative backing from Jonathan Cohen's instrumental group Arcangelo. In a programme ranging from Monteverdi to Handel the plus points are delicate...continue...
Recording information: St John at Hackney Church, London; All Hallows' Church, (04/2012/09/2012)....continue...

50 Best Chillout Classics

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio; Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite no 3 in D, BWV 1068; Keyboard Concerto no 5 in F minor, BWV 1056; ...
Performers: Barrueco, Manuel; Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Chance, Michael; Daniels, David; Donohoe, Peter; Farr, Stephen; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal]; Gavrilov, And...
Conductors: Handford, Maurice; Marriner, Sir Neville; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; Nézet-Séguin, Yannick; Warren-Green, Christopher; Olah, Erno; Norrington, Roger; Trevor, Kirk; Sawallisch, ...
Ensemble: ; 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic; Ahn Trio; Fretwork; Rostal & Schaefer Piano Duo

This 3 CD set contains 50 tracks of classical chill out music from the catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Performed by some of...continue...

Handel: Deidamia / Sally Matthews, Veronica Cangemi, Olga Pasichnyk, Silvia Tro Santaté. Ivor Bolton [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-01-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Deidamia, opera
Performers: Cangemi, Veronica; Chiummo, Umberto; Foster-Williams, Andrew; Matthews, Sally; Pasichnyk, Olga; Santate, Silvia Tro; Schaafsma, Jan-Willem
Conductors: Bolton, Ivor
Ensemble: Concerto Koln

In Händel's last Italian opera, Deidamia, set at the time of the Trojan War, Achilles disguises himself as a woman and takes refuge at the...continue...
Run Time: 208 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.0, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French
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Handel: Alcina / Catherine Naglestad, Alice Coote, Helene Schneiderman, Catriona Smith. Alan Hacker [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-01-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina
Performers: Coote, Alice; Naglestad, Catherine; Schneiderman, Helene; Smith, Catriona
Conductors: Hacker, Alan
Ensemble: Stuttgart State Orchestra

With this Alcina directing team Jossi Wieler and Sergio Morabito show just how modern Handel can be. The production is fascinating, conclusive, and full of...continue...
Run Time: 159 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish
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Handel: Giulio Cesare / Natalie Dessay, Lawrence Zazzo, isabel Leonard, Varduhi Abrahamyan et al. [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare
Performers: Abrahamyan, Varduhi; Berg, Nathan; Dessay, Natalie; Dumaux, Christophe; Lefevre, Aimery; Leonard, Isabel; Visse, Dominique; Zazzo, Lawrence
Conductors: Haim, Emmanuelle
Ensemble: Le Concert d'Astrée

Handels popular opera, Giulio Cesare, is named after the great Roman emperor, but it's most memorable character is Cleopatra. In this production by Laurent Pelly...continue...

Essential Opera Divas - Over 2 hours of glorious operatic performances

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Ma...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Arroyo, Martina; Auger, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Regine; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dernesch, Helga [So...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Rousset, Christophe; Muti, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Langrée, Louis; Karajan, Herbert von; Tennstedt, Kla...

These two CDs present a veritable galaxy of opera divas - sopranos who have won countless hearts and thrilled millions of opera lovers with their...continue...

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Voice of the Century [25 discs - Includes DVDs] [Limited Edition]

25 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-01-15

Works: Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89; Die schöne Müllerin, D 795/Op. 25; Nacht und Träume, D 827; Heidenröslein, D 257/Op. 3 no 3; Der Erlkönig, D 328; An den Frühl...
Performers: Alda, Catarina; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Carbonari, Virgilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Demus, Jörg [Piano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Donderer, Georg; Dyk, Cornelis van; ...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Böhm, Karl; Richter, Karl; Gorvin, Carl; Stadlmair, Hans; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Karajan, Herbert von; Barenboim, Daniel; Weissenborn, Gunther; Fricsay, Ferenc; Gerdes, Otto; Joch...


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Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89 by Franz Schubert

Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Romanti

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Handel's finest arias for Base Voice / Christopher Purves, bass

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-12-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7a; Acis and Galatea, HW V49a; Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a; Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, HWV 72; L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55; La Resurrezione, HWV 4...
Conductors: Cohen, Jonathan
Ensemble: Arcangelo

The magnificent voice of Christopher Purves is featured on this unique recital disc of Handel's bass arias. The works heard here demonstrate the range and...continue...
Personnel: Christopher Purves (bass voice).

Recording information: All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London (01/19/2012-01/24/2012)....continue...

Handel: Agrippina / Geb, Matsui, Wiles, Braun, Cordier, Simper, Wachter, Baehr. Saarlandisches Staatsorchester. Konrad Junghanel [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Intergroove Media / 2012-11-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Agrippina, HWV 6
Performers: Cordier, David; Geb, Susanne; Matsui, Hiroshi
Conductors: Junghanel, Konrad
Ensemble: Saarlandisches Staatsorchester

Recorded live at the Saarbrucken State Theatre in 2008 this spectacular new production of the baroque masterpiece has received critical recognition, with reviewer Frank Herkommer...continue...

The Voice: Philippe Jaroussky

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2012-11-19

Works: Nicola Porpora: Polifemo; Siface; Antonio Vivaldi: Tito Manlio; Ercole sul Termodonte; Pianti, sospiri e dimandar mercede; Giustino; L'Olimpiade; Tieteberga; George Frederick Handel: Ariodante; Serse...
Performers: Cencic, Max Emanuel; Deuter, Markus; Ducros, Jerome; Gliozzi, Emilia; Huille, Jerome [Cello]; Jaroussky, Philippe; Rial, Nuria; Rivoal, Frederic
Conductors: Haïm, Emmanuelle; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; ; Tubéry, Jean; Rhorer, Jérémie; Pluhar, Christina; Paavo, Järvi; Fasolis, Diego; Christie, William
Ensemble: ; Concerto Köln ; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble la Fenice (France); Ensemble Matheus; Europa Galante; L'Arpeggiata; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Les Arts Florissants

Established as one of Virgin Classics' bestselling artists, Philippe Jaroussky, who has been described as "the Apollo of countertenors" by Germany's A Die Zeit, stands...continue...

Classical 2013 / DiDonato, Rattle, Frag, Jaroussky, Lim, Balsom, Pahud, Villazon

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-11-19

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Sonata for Violin no 8 in G major, Op. 30/3; Fide...
Performers: Anderson, Ronald Kinloch; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Baborak, Radek; Balsom, Alison; Bostridge, Ian; Brunello, Mario; Callas, Maria; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Coates, Sam; Dalberto, Michel; D...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Armiliato, Marco; Summers, Patrick; Jensen, Eivind Gullberg; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Pinnock, Trevor; Wilson, John; Jenkins, Karl [Composer]; Petrenko, Vasily; Aadland, Eivind; ...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Matheus; Les Violons du Roy; tenThing (Brass Ensemble); The English Concert

With 45 tracks, and over 2.5 hours of classical favorites, Classical 2013 is a double album featuring the best and most popular names in classical...continue...

Handel: Giulio Cesare / Marie-Nicole Lemieux; Karina Gauvin; Emöke Baráth; Romina Basso; Filippo; Mineccia; Johannes Weisser; Milena Storti; Gianluca Buratto

3 CD / Naïve / 2012-11-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare
Conductors: Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

This exciting studio recording is the second project resulting from the collaboration between Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Karina Gauvin and conductor and harpsichordist Alan Curtis' award winning...continue...
Recording information: Lonigo, Italy (11/2011)....continue...

Handel: Rinaldo / David Walker, Deborah York, David Daniels. Bavarian State Opera, Harry Bicket [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-11-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo
Performers: Daniels, David; Walker, David; York, Deborah
Conductors: Bicket, Harry
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

Opera-goers were quick to latch onto such a glittering and star-studded production. David Alden's production of Rinaldo was a riot from beginning to end, brilliantly...continue...
Run Time: 164 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Italian...continue...

Drama Queens / Joyce Didonato, soprano; Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2012-11-06

Works: Giuseppe Maria Orlandini: Berenice; Giovanni Porta: Ifigenia in Aulide; George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Giulio Cesare in Egitto; Alessandro; Reinhard Keiser: Fredegunda; Octavia; Johann Adolf Hasse:...
Performers: DiDonato, Joyce
Conductors: Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

Grammy® Award winner Joyce DiDonato joins conductor Alan Curtis and Il complesso barocco for Drama Queens, an electrifying program of royal arias the 1rom 7th...continue...
Recording information: Villa San Fermo, Lonigo, Italy (07/16/2012-07/22/2012)....continue...

Sound the Trumpet: Royal Music of Purcell & Handel / Alison Balsom, trumpet

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11; Atalanta HWV35; Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne HWV74; Water Piece, suite for trumpet, strings & continuo in D major (spurious arrangement), HWV ...
Performers: Balsom, Alison; Crowe, Lucy; Davies, Iestyn; Pinnock, Trevor
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor;
Ensemble: The English Concert

In the year of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee, Alison Balsom celebrates the heroic era of the Baroque trumpet in works by George Frideric Handel...continue...
Personnel: Simon Neal (harpsichord)....continue...

Handel: Rodelinda / Renée Fleming, Andreas Scholl, Joseph Kaiser, Stephanie Blythe. Harry Bicket, MET [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2012-10-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rodelinda
Performers: Blythe, Stephanie; Davies, Iestyn; Fleming, Renee; Kaiser, Joseph; Linn, Moritz; Scholl, Andreas; Shenyang
Conductors: Bicket, Harry
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Renee Fleming and Andreas Scholl lead a superb cast in Stephen Wadsworth's celebrated production of Handel's Rodelinda from the Metropolitan Opera - based on the...continue...

Trios by Handel, Vivaldi and Telemann

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2012-10-09

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Violins in A minor, Op. 3 no 8/RV 522; Concerto in D major for flute, violin & bassoon, RV 91; George Frederick Handel: Sonata for Recorder and Basso Continuo in A min...
Performers: Costa, Neal Peres da; Lacey, Genevieve; Yeadon, Daniel

Recording information: Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank, Melbourne....continue...

Oboe Divas! Operatic Duos and Ensembles from Handel to Wagner / Emily Pailthorpe & Elaine Douvas, oboes

1 CD / The Classics Label / 2012-10-09

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations for 2 Oboes and English Horn in C major on "La ci daremla mano", WoO 28; Fidelio, Op. 72; George...
Performers: Baker, Michelle; Brown, Douglas [Photography]; Douvas, Elaine; Flammineis, Andrea; Gemeinhardt, Brad; Höskuldsson, Stefán; Landsman, Julie; Martin, James [Organ]; Martyn, Elizabeth; McGil...
Conductors: Gould, Mark [Trumpet]

This is a CD for lovers of opera and oboe alike, portraying some of the great oboe moments in opera as well as songs that...continue...

Royal Handel - a collection of favorite orchestral and vocal works / Piau, Petibon, Crowe, Bayo, Fink, Minkowski et al.

2 CD / Naïve / 2012-09-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Rodelinda; Sonata for Flute in F major; A Song for St. Cecilia's Day; Joseph and His Brethren; L' Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato; Belshazzar; Il Tri...
Performers: Bayo, Maria; Cousin, Florian; Croft, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Crowe, Lucy; Expert, Robert; Gaillard, Heloise; Gauvin, Karina; Guerra, Alberto; Lehtipuu, Topi; Marsch, Molly; Petibon, Patricia; Piau, Sa...
Conductors: Summerly, Jeremy; ; Minkowski, Marc; Montanari, Stefano; Curtis, Alan; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Sempe, Skip; Rousset, Christophe; Equilbey, Laurence
Ensemble: ; Amarillis; La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy ; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Les Talens Lyriques; Royal Academy Consort

Naive Classique presents Royal Handel, a special project dedicated to one of the baroque music masters. It presents highlights of Handel's opera, choral, sacred or...continue...

If You Love For Beauty - songs by John Adams, Chausson, Handel, Mahler / Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano

1 CD / Yarlung / 2012-09-25

Works: John Adams: Doctor Atomic; Ernest Chausson: Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19; George Frederick Handel: Ariodante; Xerxes; Gustav Mahler: Rückert Lieder (5)
Performers: Cooke, Sasha
Conductors: Gilad, Yehuda
Ensemble: ; Colburn Orchestra

Showcasing Metropolitan Opera and GRAMMY Award-winning mezzo-soprano Cooke, and The Colburn Orchestra led by Gilad. The recording includes Mahler's "Ruckert-Lieder," the aria Am I in...continue...
Recording information: Zipper Hall, The Colburn School (02/05/2012-02/07/2012)....continue...

Prima Donna - Arias by Handel, Vivaldi & Vinci / Karina Gauoin, soprano

1 CD / ATMA / 2012-09-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Lotario, HWV 26; Orlando, HWV 31; Concerto grosso, Op. 3/1, HWV 312; Sosarme, HWV 30; Flavio, HWV 16; Alcina, HWV 34; Concerto grosso, Op. 6/8, HWV 326; Atalanta, HWV 35; Leo...
Performers: Gauvin, Karina; Weimann, Alexander
Conductors: Weimann, Alexander
Ensemble: ; Arion Baroque Orchestra

Canadian superstar soprano Karina Gauvin pays tribute to Baroque diva Anna Maria Strada del Pò, singing rarities by Vinci, Vivaldi and some of the greatest...continue...
Recording information: Église Saint-Augustin, Saint-Agustin de Mirabel, Québec (05/2012)....continue...

Handel: Rinaldo / Sonia Prina, Anett Fritsch, Brenda Rae, Luca Pisaroni, Varduhi Abrahamyan. Ottavio Dantone, Orch. of the Age of Enlightenment [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-09-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo
Performers: Abrahamyan, Varduhi; Fritsch, Anett; Mead, Tim; Pisaroni, Luca; Prina, Sonia; Rae, Brenda
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

Skin-tight rubber and lacrosse sticks bring contemporary chic to this timeless fantasy of warriors and witches in Robert Carsen's fun-filled transformation of Handel's first London...continue...
Run Time: 190 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 2.0, DTS Surround
Subtitles: English, German, French
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Handel: Rinaldo / Sonia Prina, Anett Fritsch, Brenda Rae, Luca Pisaroni, Varduhi Abrahamyan. Ottavio Dantone, Orch. of the Age of Enlightenment [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-09-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo
Performers: Abrahamyan, Varduhi; Fritsch, Anett; Mead, Tim; Pisaroni, Luca; Prina, Sonia; Rae, Brenda
Conductors: Dantone, Ottavio
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Skin-tight rubber and lacrosse sticks bring contemporary chic to this timeless fantasy of warriors and witches in Robert Carsen's fun-filled transformation of Handel's first London...continue...
Run Time: 190 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS HD Master Audio
Subtitles: English, German, French
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Stokowski conducts music for strings by J.Staruss, Borodin, Paganini, Rachmaninov, Handel, Purcell, Gluck et al. (rec. 1957-58)

1 CD / Guild / 2012-09-11

Works: Johann Strauss II: An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Alexander Borodin: Quartet for Strings no 2 in D major; Niccolò Paganini: Molto perpetuo, for violin & orchestra (or piano), MS 66 ...
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: ; Stokowski Symphony Orchestra

Recorded in 1957-58, this compilation of music for strings comes from various Capitol and Seraphim LPs....continue...
Recording information: 1957-1958....continue...

Handel: Agrippina / Geb, Matsui Wiles, Braun, Cordier, Jaursch, Wachter, Baehr. Junghanel

2 CD / Intergroove Media / 2012-09-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Agrippina
Performers: Baehr, Guido [Vocals]; Braun, Judith [Vocals]; Cordier, David; Geb, Susanne; Jaursch, Markus [Vocals]; Matsui, Hiroshi; Wachter, Steve [Vocals]; Wiles, Elizabeth [Vocals]
Conductors: Junghanel, Konrad
Ensemble: Saaklandisches Staatsorchester

Handel: Alessandro / Lawrence Zazzo, Yetzabel Arias Fernandez, Raffaella Milanesi, Martin Oro

3 CD / New Pan / 2012-09-06

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alessandro
Conductors: Form, Michael
Ensemble: Deutsche Handel-Solisten

The present live recording, from the 2012 Handel Festival in Karlsruhe, is only the second ever complete performance of Handel's Alessandro since the recording by...continue...

Toward the Light - The voice of Elaine Huckle, soprano: works by Handel, Franck, Quilter, Brahms / Ian Clarke, piano

1 CD / Ravello / 2012-08-28

Works: George Frederick Handel: Joshua; Messiah; Rodelinda; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Roger Quilter: June, for voice & piano; Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 19; Songs (5) for vo...
Performers: Clarke, Ian [Piano]; Huckle, Elaine

"This is not my story. This is everybody's story" - E. Huckle. Huckle's passion for singing developed at an early age, but was nearly derailed...continue...
Recording information: Northamptonshire, England (02/2008)....continue...

London's Flautists - works by Loeillet, Oswald, Weideman, Arne, Handel, and traditional Irish, Scottish & Welsh tunes / Nancy Hadden, flute

1 CD / CRD Records / 2012-08-14

Works: Jean-Baptiste Loeillet: Sonata for flute & basso continuo in E minor, Op. 3/7; James Oswald: Scots Lament, for violin (or flute) & continuo; Greensleeves, folk song setting for chamber ensemble; Nanc...
Performers: Bicknell, Susan; Browder, Risa; Carolan, Lucy; Hadden, Nancy; Headley, Erin; Mackintosh, Catherine

In early 18th-century England the popularity of the flute was matched by the prodigious publication of music. Often the music was written by professional flautists,...continue...
Recording information: Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, London....continue...

Café: Orient meets Occident / Valer Barna-Sabadus: countertenor; Pera Ensemble

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2012-08-14

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme; Nicola Porpora: Polifemo; Semiramide Riconosciuta; Gaspar Sanz: Canarios; Ebu Bekir Aga: Geldi cevher tigi ates barina ay (Eviç Karçe), song; ...
Performers: Barna-Sabadus, Valer; Pera Ensemble Istanbul
Conductors:
Ensemble: Pera Ensemble

The aroma of coffee links East and West in a mysteriously sensual manner. Equally sensual are the sounds of the Pera Ensemble, and their latest...continue...
Recording information: CRR Istanbul (2011).

Several musicians, including Jordi Savall, have tried to get a grip on the substantial musical interchange between western Europe and the Ottoman Tur...continue...

Let The Bright Seraphim: works by J.S. Bach; Telemann; A. Scarlatti; Handel / Armonico Consort. Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano; Crispian Steele-Perkins, trumpet

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-08-03

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 51, "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen," BWV 51; Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto for Trumpet in D major, TV 51 no D 7; Alessandro Scarlatti: Su le sponde del Tebro, cha...
Performers: Steele-Perkins, Crispian [Trumpet]; Thomas, Elin Manahan
Conductors: Monks, Christopher
Ensemble: Armonico Consort

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
The music and the performances are all top shelf... The magic of the recording is provided by...continue...

In Memoriam Kathleen Ferrier (1912-1953) - Mahler, Bach, Handel, Gluck et al. / Kathleen Ferrier, soprano

1 CD / Tahra / 2012-07-10

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Johann Sebastian Bach: Passion selon Saint Mattheiu; George Frederick Handel: Semele; Atalanta; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice; Spoken Word...
Performers: Favaretto, Giorgio
Conductors: Walter, Bruno; Karajan, Herbert von

Why does Kathleen Ferrier, whose career lasted barely a dozen years, remain fixed in the public memory? Her voice, completely devoid of artifice, always expressed...continue...

Silent Noon - a collection of British songs by Britten, Quilter, Purcell, Vaughan Williams et al. / Operababes, Janet Haney, piano

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-06-26

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: House of life; Roger Quilter: Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal for voice & piano, Op. 3/2; Drink to me only with thine eyes; John Ireland: If there were dreams to sell; Benjamin B...
Conductors:
Ensemble: OperaBabes

In 2001, two opera singers were discovered busking in London's Covent Garden and almost overnight were thrust into the global media spotlight, releasing two albums,...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall & Vega Music Studios (04/2011)....continue...

Sångare till glädje 2012 / 8 different vocalists sing Grandert, Simon, Grieg, Ellington, Dowland, Sibelius, Bach and more

1 CD / Nosag / 2012-06-26

Works: Johnny Grandert: Vandring (Wandering), song; Marionetterna (The Marionettes), song; Fruset fotspår (Frozen Footprints), song; När isen bryter upp (When the Ice Dissolves), song; Paul Simon:...
Performers: Baraula, Andre; Baraula, Desiree; Bjorling, Raymond; Bromme, Rolf; Geiland, Stefan; Geissendorf, Wanda; Lindgren, Stefan; Lindkvist, Anna; Linse, Carolina; Mukherjee, Anouchka; Neumuller, Maria; Pett...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Foreningen Ideell Musik

The 2012 version of the FIM/nosag charity CD contains a selection of 8 fine Swedish singers from varied genres including lied, musical, chanson, opera, and...continue...

Mariage - Mendelssohn & Wagner Wedding Marches and vocal airs sung by Marc Hervieux, Karina Gauvin, Suzie LeBlanc

1 CD / ATMA / 2012-06-26

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Louis Vierne: Carillon de Westminster; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's March; Antonio...
Performers: Beaulac, Stephane; Belanger, Philippe; Boucher, Vincent; Gauvin, Karina; Hervieux, Marc; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Rousseau, Regis; Swartz, Jennifer; Taylor, Daniel
Conductors: Weimann, Alexander; Labadie, Bernard; Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]
Ensemble: Académie Baroque de Montréal ; Arion (Canada); Les Violons du Roy; Tempo Rubato

Mariage offers two of the most celebrated wedding marches of the Romantic repertoire, one by Richard Wagner and the other by Felix Mendelssohn, played on...continue...

Vivaldi ma non solo - Vivaldi: Stabat mater; Handel, Bertoni / Marita Papaizou, messo soprano

1 CD / MD&G / 2012-06-19

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Orlando Furioso; Amen; Farnace; George Frederick Handel: Teseo; Ferdinando Bertoni: Addio, o miei sospiri, aria for voice & orchestra (from Tancredi, also used in Gluck's "Orfeo ed E...
Performers: Paparizou, Marita
Conductors: Scimone, Claudio
Ensemble: ; I Solisti Veneti

Recording information: Chiesa di San Francesco a Schio (09/13/2011-09/15/2011)....continue...

Best of Handel / Various artists

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2012-06-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah, oratorium, HWV 56; The Water Music; Judas Maccabäus, oratorium, HWV 63; Jephta, oratorium, HWV 70; Handel - Bourée; Organ Concerto in F major "Cuckoo & t...
Performers: Bosse, Gerhard; Buchner, Eberhard; Buschnakowsky, Werner [Harpsichord]; Erben, Friedemann; Frimmer, Monika; Keymer, Christof; Kohler, Johannes-Ernst; Lorenz, Siegfried; Oelze, Christiane [Soprano Voc...
Conductors: Koch, Helmut; Creed, Marcus; ; Seyfarth, Lothar; Kluttig, Christian; Margraf, Horst-Tanu; Kurz, Siegfried; Knothe, Dietrich
Ensemble: ; Schweriner Blechbläser-Collegium

The Very Best of Kathleen Ferrier: Centenary Collection - Lieder and Folksongs

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2012-06-05

Works: Spoken Word: Interview with Kathleen Ferrier; English Traditional: Blow the Wind Southerly (Northumbrian Folk Song); The Keel Row, Northumbrian folk song; Ca' the yowes; Benjamin Britten: Come you no...
Performers: Newmark, John; Spurr, Phyllis; Stone, Frederick
Conductors: Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Boult, Adrian; Neel, Boyd; Walter, Bruno

G.F. Handel: Deidamia / Kermes, Bonitatibus, Labelle, Panzarrella, Alan Curtis

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: George Frederick Handel: Deidamia
Conductors: Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

Personnel: Michel Roubinet (vocals).

Recording information: Teatro dei Rozzi, Siena (07/2002)....continue...

Handel: Alceste / Lucy Crowe, Benjamin Hulett, Andrew Foster-Williams - Christian Curnyn

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-05-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alceste, incidental music, HWV 45; Admeto, re di Tessaglia, HWV 22; Radamisto, HWV 12a
Performers: Foster-Williams, Andrew
Conductors: Curnyn, Christian
Ensemble: ; Early Opera Company

This recording of Alceste is performed by the Early Opera Company and Christian Curnyn, whose other Handel recordings for Chandos have all received glowing accolades:...continue...
Recording information: St Jude on the Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London (11/07/2011-11/08/2011)....continue...

50 Best Overtures [3 CDs]

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-05-22

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; La scala di seta; Il Signor Bruschino; Tancredi; Overture to L'italiana in Algeri; Overture to Guillaume Tell; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro;...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Gardelli, Lamberto; Davis, Colin; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Muti, Riccardo; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rodzinski, Artur; Lanchbery, John; Kempe, Rudolf; Serafi...

London Calling - Handel and his contemporaries / Barokksolistene

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2012-05-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11; Hercules, HWV 60; Theodora, HWV 68; Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso in D major, Op. 6/4; Francesco Maria Veracini: Sonata for violin & continuo i...
Performers: Allan Rasmussen [Organ/Harpsichord]; Blomsterberg, Judith Maria; Bock, Fredrik; Eike, Bjarte [Violin]; Pitt, Thomas [Cello]; Roknic, Rastko; Semmingsen, Tuva; Sveen, Hans Knut; Valent, Milos
Conductors: Eike, Bjarte [Violin]
Ensemble: Barokksolistene (Chamber Orchestra)

As the hub of a fledgling British Empire, London around 1710 was burgeoning with new wealth and offered the perfect setting for operatic entrepreneurs eager...continue...
Recording information: Kastelskirken, Copenhagen, Denmark (09/2010)....continue...

Handel: Heroic Arias from Amadigi, Rinaldo, Alcina, Ottone et al. / James Bowman, countertenor

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-05-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: Amadigi di Gaula; Giulio Cesare in egitto; Rinaldo; Ariodante; Serse; Giustino; Ottone, Re di Germania; Alcina
Performers: Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Goodwin, Paul [Oboe, Conductor]; Mackintosh, Catherine; Ward, Jeremy
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort

Recording information: 12/13/1990-12/01/1990E....continue...

Opera 2012

2 CD / Decca / 2012-05-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Rigoletto; La traviata; Nabucco; V...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bocelli, Andrea; Braun, Victor; Caballe, Montserrat; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Chiara...
Conductors: Ono, Kazushi; Mehta, Zubin; Luisi, Fabio; Pappano, Antonio; Antonini, Giovanni; Armiliato, Marco; Abbado, Roberto; Solti, Sir Georg; Wellber, Omer Meir; Bonynge, Richard; Molinari-Pradelli, France; C...

This magnificent collection features the greatest starts of opera including Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Florez, Cecilia Bartolia, Andrea Bocelli and many...continue...

Kathleen Ferrier, contralto: The Complete EMI Recordings

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orpheus and Eurydice; Orfeo ed Euridice; Johannes Brahms: Liebestreu, Op. 3 no 1; German folk songs (49) for voice & piano, WoO 33; Edward Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius; Ma...
Performers: Baillie, Isobel; Duval, Nel; Koeman, Greet; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Walter, Bruno; Karajan, Herbert von; Bruck, Charles

Described as a 'legend in her own lifetime', Kathleen Ferrier rose form obscurity to become one of the most sough-after contraltos of the 20th century....continue...

Handel: Atalanta / Dominique Labelle, Susanne Ryden, Cecile van de Sant

2 CD / Philharmonia Baroque / 2012-04-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Atalanta
Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas
Ensemble: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

In its first year of performance, Handel's 1736 opera Atalanta, recently revived for the first time since the 18th century, concluded with a spectacular display...continue...
Recording information: First Congregational Church, Berkeley, CA (09/10/2005-09/11/2005)....continue...

Handel: Arias / Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-04-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 639; Dettingen Te Deum, HWV 283; Samson, HWV 57; Berenice Regina d'Egitto, HWV 38; Alcina, HWV 34; Orlando, HWV 31; Acis and Galatea, HWV 49; Semele, HW...
Performers: Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Deutsche Grammophon presents First Choice, its new flagship mid-price series. The series features top artists - Claudio Abbado, the Emerson String Quartet, Helene Grimaud, Herber...continue...
Recording information: Usher Hall, Edinburgh (07/1997)....continue...

Opera 2012 / Gheorghiu, Villazon, Damrau, Alagna, Dessay, Grigolo, DiDonato, Daniels

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-03

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Il barbiere di Siviglia; La Cenerentola; Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; La Fille du Régiment; ...
Performers: Ades, Thomas [Conductor/Composer]; Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Damrau, Diana; Daniels, David; Dessay, Natalie; DiDonato, Joyce; Domingo, Placido; Garanca, Elina; Gens, Veroni...
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; Ettinger, Dan; Ono, Kazushi; Viotti, Marcello; Pidò, Evelino; Morandi, Pier G.; Coppola, Anton; Armstrong, Richard; Bellincampi, Giordano; Curtis, Alan; Norrington, Roger; Faso...

Following the enormous success of the album OPERA 2011, Virgin Classics releases OPERA 2012. With 40 tracks, and over 2½ hours of operatic arias and...continue...