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Himmlische Harfe

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2010-10-19

Works: George Frederick Handel: Concerto for Harp in B flat major, Op. 4 no 6/HWV 294; Theme and Variations for harp in G minor (spurious); Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for solo keyboard no 7 in F major ...
Performers: Larde, Christian; Lepauw, Roger; Maugras, Gaston; Renard, Michel; Zabaleta, Nicanor
Conductors: Kuentz, Paul; Navarro, Luis A. Garcia; Marzendorfer, Ernst

Die Himmel Rühmen

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2010-10-19

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur ("Himmel ruhmen des ewigen Ehre"), song for voice & piano, Op. 48/4; Joseph Ignaz Schnabel: Transeamus Usque Bethlehem for chorus & orchestra; Fran...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Grobe, Donald; Janacek, Bedrich; Janowitz, Gundula; Lehrndorfer, Franz [Organ]; Otto, Lisa [Soprano Vocal]; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Arnde, Günther; Schrems, Theobald; Richter, Karl; Karajan, Herbert von; Kubelik, Rafael

Handel Arias

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2009-10-06

Works: George Frederick Handel: Agrippina; Orlando; Siroe; Rodrigo, HWV 5; Ariodante; As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Rinaldo; MEDLEY; Ezio, HWV 29; Apollo e Dafne (La Terra è Liberata), dr...
Performers: D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando
Conductors: Sardelli, Federico Maria

Water Music & Music for the Royal Fireworks

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2009-02-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: The Water Music; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Handel - Bourée
Performers: Standage, Simon
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor

12 Concerti Grossi Op. 6

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2009-01-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Concerti Grossi (12), Op. 6, HWV 319-330
Conductors: Antonini, Giovanni
Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico

Multi award-winning period performance ensemble il giardino armonico, led by the charismatic and inspiring giovanni antonini, make their first appearance on the newly invigorated l'oiseau...continue...
Recording information: Centro Cultural Miguel Delibes, Valladolid, Spain (2008-06-14_2008-06-18&2008-)....continue...

In My Element / Anne Sofie van Otter

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2008-04-15

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Richard Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito...
Performers: Augustsson, Mikael; Bjorkman, David; Blair, Michael; d'Oustrac, Stephanie; Dohmen, Albert; Forsberg, Bengt; Henryson, Svante; Jonsson, Fredrik; Kress, Roland; Lindberg, Jakob; Lindberg, Magnus; Linds...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Gardiner, John Eliot; Levine, James; Abbado, Claudio; Boulez, Pierre; Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Dresden Staatskapelle; English Baroque Soloists; English Concert; Les Musiciens du Louvre; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; North German ...

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Smart, sophisticated and opinionated, Anne Sofie von Otter has become a star by doing exactly what she wants
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Al fresco - Handel: Dixit Dominus / Simon Preston

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2007-11-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Dixit Dominus; Nisi Dominus, psalm, for soloists, chorus & orchestra in G, HWV 238; Salve Regina, antiphon for soprano, strings, organ & continuo in G minor, HWV 241
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Auger, Arleen; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Dawson, Lynne; Dixon, Leigh
Conductors: Preston, Simon
Ensemble: Westminster Abbey Choir; Westminster Abbey Orchestra

"...With Dixit Dominus the 22-year-old composer suddenly surprises us with an apparently unprepared display of musical competence and invention, and in a substantial piece of...continue...

Betrachte, mein Seele, Thomas Quastoff

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2007-11-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Saint John Passion, BWV 245; Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Franz Joseph Haydn: The Seasons; The Creation, H...
Performers: Kettmann, Jorg; Lorenz, Andreas; Maass, Stefan; Muhlbach, Bernhard; Quasthoff, Thomas; Rubens, Sibylla; Schmutzler, Mathias; Scobel, Ulrike
Conductors: Weigle, Sebastian

BBC Music Magazine
... there's much to enjoy in Quasthoff's jaunty ploughman's song from Haydn's The Seasons, his majestic invocation to 'Herr Gott Abrahams' from Mendelssohn's...continue...

Händel: Orgelkonzerte

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2007-08-21

Works: George Frederick Handel: Organ Concerto in F major "Cuckoo & the Nightingale" (no 13), HWV 295; Organ Concerto in B flat, Op.7/1, HWV 306; Organ Concerto in A major, Op.7/2, HWV 307; Organ Concerto i...
Performers: Muller, Eduard
Conductors: Wenzinger, August
Ensemble: Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Orchestra

New Seasons

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2007-05-15

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Trio sonata for 2 violins & continuo in G minor, Op. 2/8, HWV 393 (doubtful); Rinaldo; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; MEDLEY; Suite for Harpsichord in E...
Performers: Gauci-Ancelin, Matthieu; Haufa, Jakub; Krupa, Arkadiusz; Mayer, Albrecht; Pianca, Luca; Razynska, Monika; Santana, Guilhaume

When the subject turns to oboists, his name is now de rigeur: Albrecht Mayer. His playing has both listeners and critics raving, with expressions like...continue...

Spotlight - Handel: Arias / Russell Oberlin

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2007-03-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Israel in Egypt, oratorio, HWV 54; Muzio Scevola, HWV 13; Rodelinda; Radamisto, HWV 12
Performers: Fuller, Albert; Oberlin, Russell
Conductors: Dunn, Thomas
Ensemble: Baroque Chamber Orchestra

Celebrated for his strong, sweet tone and elegant phrasing, American countertenor Russell Oberlin helped to popularize rare repertory and the countertenor voice itself. Originally released...continue...

Handel: Giulio Cesare / Fischer

4 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-11-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare
Performers: Baumann, Hermann; Crass, Franz; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Hamari, Julia [Contralto Vocals]; Richter, Karl; Schöne, Wolfgang; Schopper, Michael; Schramm, Ernst-Gerold; Schreier, Peter; Thibault,...
Conductors: Richter, Karl
Ensemble: Munich Bach Orchestra

"Tatiana Troyanos copes marvelously well with Cleopatra's essentially soprano part." -Gramophone...continue...

Beverly Sills and Friends

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-10-10

Works: Jules Massenet: Manon; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Anna Bolena; Roberto Devereux; Maria Stuarda; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Dou...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Bible, Frances; Burrows, Stuart; Cappuccilli, Piero; Cassel, Walter; Castel, Nico; Dallapozza, Adolf; de Peyer, Gervase; Farrell, Eileen [Soprano Vocals]; Garrard, Don; Gedda, Nicola...
Conductors: Rudel, Julius; Schippers, Thomas; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Ceccato, Aldo; Buckley, Emerson
Ensemble: ; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; New York City Opera Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Soprano Beverly Sills and her special friends and colleagues together in opera and song. Liner notes features a new and exclusive interview with Beverly Sills,...continue...

Masterpieces Of The Trumpet

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-13

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Prelude to the Te Deum; Michel-Richard Delalande: Les Symphonies de M de La Lande pour les soupers du Roy, for orchestra, S. 155-72; Giuseppe Torelli: Concerto for Trumpet i...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Bilgram, Hedwig; Noe, Hilde; Scherbaum, Adolf; Stadelmann, Li
Conductors: Kuentz, Paul; Scherbaum, Adolf; Richter, Karl; Stadlmair, Hans; Ristenpart, Karl
Ensemble: ; Hamburg Baroque Ensemble

Collection Du Millenaire....continue...

Tresors De La Musique Sacre

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-13

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Magnificat; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Laudate Dominum; Ave verum corpus; Ave Ma...
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Freni, Mirella; Otto, Lisa [Soprano Vocal]; Stader, Maria; Streich, Rita; Vocals], Ernst Haefliger [Tenor
Conductors: Gracis, Ettore; Richter, Karl; Arndt, Günther; Karajan, Herbert von; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Jochum, Eugen; Gaebel, Kurt

Collection Du Millenaire....continue...

Weekend Classics - A Handel Weekend

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-04

Works: George Frederick Handel: The Water Music; Handel - Bourée; MEDLEY; Solomon; Concerto Grosso in D major, Op.6/5, HWV 323; Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Suite for Harpsichord in E major, HWV 430;...
Performers: Pinnock, Trevor
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Richter, Karl
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Munich Bach Orchestra

Weekend Classics - A Baroque guitar weekend

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-06-13

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93; Gaspar Sanz: Suite Española for Guitar; Francis Cutting: Divisions on "Greensleeves"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite f...
Performers: Segovia, Andres; Sollscher, Goran; Yepes, Narciso [Guitar]
Conductors: Kuentz, Paul
Ensemble: Paul Kuentz Chamber Orchestra

Enchantment / Magdalena Kozená

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-05-09

Works: Charles Gounod: Cinq Mars; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; La Clemenza de Tito; George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesa...
Performers: Delgado-Boge, Claire; Gritton, Susan; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Kozena, Magdalena; Marcinger, Ludovit; Martineau, Malcolm; Massis, Annick; Parat, Edwige; Sampson, Carolyn
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc; Swierczewski, Michel; Goebel, Reinhard; Stryncl, Marek; McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: ; Gabrieli Consort & Players; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Musica Antiqua Köln ; Musica Florea

A richly-colored voice, a perfect technique and a vivid musical imagination: the recipe for a portrait of an exceptional artist. 'Enchantment' is a personal selection...continue...

Handel: Messiah (Complete)

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-02-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias
Performers: Pinnock, Trevor
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor

BBC Music Magazine
One of the freshest and most exciting Messiahs on CD reconciling 'authentic' practice with the work's undoubted scope for grandeur. Superb soloists.
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Recording information: Abbey Road Studios, London (01/1988)....continue...

Original Masters - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

9 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2005-09-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 56, "Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen" BWV 56; Cantata no 82, "Ich habe genug" BWV 82; Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4; George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare; J...
Performers: Demus, Jörg [Piano]; Dijk, Cornelis van; Engel, Karl; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Jung, Maria; Klust, Hertha; Metternich, Josef; Meyer, Wolfgang Sebastian; Schlemm, Anny; Stader, Maria; Streich, ...
Conductors: Ristenpart, Karl; Lehmann, Fritz; Böhm, Karl; Fricsay, Ferenc; Kraus, Richard; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Martin, Frank
Ensemble: ; Staatlichen Hochschule fur Musik und Darstellende

The deluxe packaging features CD booklet cover with an original self-portrait - sketched by Fischer-Dieskau, cardboard CD sleeves that reproduce the LP covers of the...continue...

Silent Reflection 1: Serene Classics

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2005-01-01

Works: Jules Massenet: Meditation (from "Thaïs"); Antonin Dvorák: Serenade for Strings; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 2, Op. 55; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, O...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Gilels, Emil; Gulda, Friedrich; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Sollscher, Goran; Thorvaldsson, Christer; Zabaleta, Nicanor
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme; Kubelik, Rafael; Abbado, Claudio; Ozawa, Seiji; Füri, Thomas; Karajan, Herbert von; Kuentz, Paul

Best of Trumpet

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2005-01-01

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Trumpet in E flat major, H 7e no 1; Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzon no 27 ("Fa sol la re"), for 8 parts (same as Canzon no 9 from 1615 collection), C. 190; Padre Giovanni B...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Hardenberger, Hakan [Trumpet]; Laubin, Gebruder; Schmitt, Norbert; Steele-Perkins, Crispian [Trumpet]; Thibaud, Pierre
Conductors: Stadlmair, Hans; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Constant, Marius; Rose, Barry; Beaucamp, Albert

Trio - Handel: Belshazzar / Pinnock, Rolfe-Johnson, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2004-06-15

Works: George Frederick Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Coe, Jane; Gooding, Julia; Ledingham, Iain; Pinnock, Trevor; Robbin, Catherine; Robertson, Bernard; Robertson, Nicholas; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Ten...
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: English Concert Choir

This set, Trevor Pinnock's recommended recording of Belshazzar includes an all-star cast and has a full and well-balanced sound....continue...

Handel: Saul / McCreesh, Scholl, Padmore, Davies, Gritton

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2004-04-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Saul
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Argenta, Nancy; Clarkson, Julian; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Gritton, Susan; Jones, Susan Hemington; Lemalu, Jonathan; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Phillips, Tom...
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Gabrieli Players

The Trumpet Shall Sound / Maurice André, et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2003-05-13

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto for Oboe in E minor, TV 51 no e 1; Concerto for flute, strings & continuo in G major (spurious, by J. A. Hasse), TWV 51; Concerto for oboe, strings & continuo in C mi...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Bilgram, Hedwig; Crass, Franz; Linde, Hans-Martin [Flute/Recorder]; Noe, Hilde; Sillem, Maurits
Conductors: Richter, Karl; Stadlmair, Hans; Sacher, Paul; Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: ; English Chamber Orchestra; Munich Bach Orchestra; Munich Chamber Orchestra

"The first true modern-day classical trumpet soloist, Maurice Andre is still an icon for many who reckon his unmistakable qualities remain unsurpassed. Andre's discography established...continue...

Handel: Messiah / Richter, Donath, Reynolds, Burrows, et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2002-11-06

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias
Performers: Bilgram, Hedwig; Burrows, Stuart; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Krapp, Edgar; McIntyre, Donald; Reynolds, Anna; Webb, Gordon
Conductors: Richter, Karl
Ensemble: John Alldis Choir

Bach J.s: Favourite Piano Transcript

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2002-01-21

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659; Es ist gewisslich an der Zeit, chorale setting for 4 voices, BWV 307 (BC F150); Sonata for Flute and Harpsichord in E flat major, BWV 103...
Performers: Kempff, Wilhelm

Pianist Wilhelm Kempff recorded very little Bach and it's a shame given how beautifully he articulates many of the composers' most famous melodies here. As...continue...

Handel: Italian Cantatas / Kozená, Minkowski, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2001-01-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Il Delirio amoroso; MEDLEY; Tra le fiamme, HWV 170
Performers: Kozena, Magdalena
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble

"These compositions pose a range of challenges to the singer, and Kozena triumphs over them all. But, if she musters ample viruosic agility of lyric...continue...

David & Igor Oistrach - Bach, Händel, Vivaldi, Benda, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2000-06-13

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Violins in A minor, Op. 3 no 8/RV 522; Johann Gottlieb Goldberg: Sonata for 2 violins & continuo in C major (formerly attirbuted to Bach, BWV 1037); George Frederick H...
Performers: Oistrakh, David; Oistrakh, Igor [Violin]; Pischner, Hans; Yampolsky, Vladimir
Conductors: Oistrakh, David; Konwitschny, Franz
Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

"A veritable feast of great violin playing...The breathtaking father-and-son performances of pieces by Wieniawski and Sarasate are admirably recorded." -Records and Recording...continue...

Handel: Orchestral Works / Trevor Pinnock, English Concert

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1999-11-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: The Water Music; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Handel - Bourée; Concerto a due cori no 2 in F major, HWV 333; Concerto a due cori no 3 in F major, HWV 33...
Performers: Comberti, Micaela; Pinnock, Trevor; Pleeth, Anthony [Cello]; Standage, Simon; Wilcock, Elizabeth
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: The English Concert

Handel: Solomon / McCreesh, Scholl, Gabrieli Consort

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1999-07-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Bickley, Susan; Dam-Jensen, Inger; Gritton, Susan; Hagley, Alison [Soprano Vocals]; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Scholl, Andreas

This new recording of "Solomon" presents for the first time the full, uncut, original version. The title role is sung by countertenor Andreas Scholl, who...continue...

The All-Star Christmas Album / Battle, Brightman, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1998-10-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Arcangelo Corelli: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Jester Hairston: Mary's boy child; Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald an...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Brightman, Sarah; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Davis, Carlene; Domingo, Placido; Forsberg, Bengt; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Gardiner, John Eliot; Herrick, Christopher [Organ]; ...
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor; Davis, Carl; Karajan, Herbert von; Ocejo, José Luis; Gardiner, John Eliot; Daniel, Paul; Maazel, Lorin; ; Minkowski, Marc; Loges, Karl-Heinz; Marin, Ion
Ensemble: ; Ambrosian Singers; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; English Baroque Soloists; English Chamber Orchestra; English Concert; English Northern Philharmonia; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; London Sym...

Personnel: Ambrosian Singers (vocals); Paul Miles-Kingston (soprano, treble); Sarah Brightman, Kathleen Battle, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo soprano); Bryn Terfel (baritone, b...continue...

Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks (1749) / Pinnock

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1997-11-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Handel - Bourée; Concerto in F major, HWV 331; Concerto grosso in D major, HWV 335a; Work(s)
Performers: Hanson, Peter
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: The English Concert

The Classic Christmas Album / Carreras, Norman, Domingo, etc

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1997-10-14

Works: Jean Joseph Mouret: Symphony de Fanfare; Adolphe-Charles Adam: Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Traditional: O Tannenbaum; Wolfgang Amadeu...
Performers: Argerich, Martha; Barenboim, Daniel; Battle, Kathleen; Brewer, Edward; Carreras, José; Christ, Wolfram; Domingo, Placido; Economou, Nicolas; Läubin, Bernhard; Läubin, Hannes; Lä...
Conductors: Adler, Kurt Herbert; Karajan, Herbert von; Harrer, Uwe Christian; Abbado, Claudio; Daniel, Paul; ; Marin, Ion; Levine, James; Sanchez, Damian; Gardiner, John Eliot; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Jung, Matthi...
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bilbao Choral Society; Dresden Kreuz Choir; English Baroque Soloists; English Chamber Orchestra; English Concert; English Concert Choir; Laredo Choral Salvé; Lon...

Handel: Arias / Bryn Terfel

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1997-10-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63; Te Deum in D major, HWV 283 "Dettingen"; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Berenice, Regina d'Egitto, HWV 38; Alcina; Orlando; As When the Dove Laments Her Lov...
Performers: Fisher, John; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra

"...[Bryn Terfel's disc] served to remind me that singing can - and, if can, then should - sound like pure, simple, easy pleasure. This is...continue...

Handel: La Resurrezione / Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1996-12-05

Works: George Frederick Handel: La Resurrezione di Nostro Signor Gesù Cristo, HWV 47
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Maguire, Linda; Massis, Annick; Naouri, Laurent; Smith, Jennifer [Vocals]
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

Handel's first oratorio (a sacred opera seria, really) is loaded with goodies that excite musicians and audiences alike: glittering coloratura spectaculars, showy boasts for Lucifer,...continue...
Personnel: Jennifer Smith , Annick Massis (soprano); Linda Maguire (mezzo soprano); John Mark Ainsley (tenor); Laurent Naouri (bass voice).

Recording information: Salle Wagram, Paris (04/1995)....continue...

Adagio 2 / Karajan

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1996-05-14

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 2, Op. 55; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Christoph W. Gluck Dance of the Blessed Spirits; Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Set 3; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto fo...
Performers: Borwitzky, Ottomar; Brandis, Thomas [Violin]; Maas, Emil; Schwalbé, Michel; Stempnik, Gerhard; Zoeller, Karlheinz
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Pachelbel: Canon & Gigue, etc /Goebel, Musica Antiqua Köln

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1995-08-15

Works: Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; George Frederick Handel: Work(s); Antonio Vivaldi: Trio Sonata for 2 Violins and Basso Continuo in D minor, Op. 1 no 12/...
Performers: Bouman, Henk; Forest, Jean-Michel; Goebel, Reinhard [Conductor]; Hazelzet, Wilbert; Staier, Andreas [Keyboard]; Steeb, Karlheinz; ter Linden, Jaap [Cello]
Conductors: Goebel, Reinhard
Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Cologne

Handel: Marian Cantatas & Arias / von Otter, Goebel

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1994-08-16

Works: George Frederick Handel: Haec est Regina virginum, antiphon for soprano, strings & continuo, HWV 235; Ah che troppo ineguali (O del ciel Maria regina), solo cantata, HWV 230; Donna, che in ciel, cant...
Performers: von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Goebel, Reinhard
Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Cologne

Works By Bach, Handel & Gluck

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1993-09-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite no 3 in G minor, BWV 808; Capriccio in B flat major on the Departure of his Most Beloved Brother, BWV 992; Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659; Es ist gewisslic...
Performers: Kempff, Wilhelm

Händel: Wassermusik; Feuerwerksmusik

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1987-12-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Handel - Bourée
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael

Handel: Water Music / Pinnock, English Concert

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1987-07-07

Works: George Frederick Handel: Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348
Performers: Standage, Simon; Wilcock, Elizabeth
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: The English Concert

Pachelbel: Canon 7 Gigue; et al / Pinnock, English Concert

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1985-10-01

Works: Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Antonio Vivaldi: Sinfonia, for strings & continuo in G major, RV 149; Tomaso Albinoni: Concertos à cinque (12), Op....
Performers: Comberti, Micaela; Pinnock, Trevor; Pleeth, Anthony [Cello]; Reichenberg, David; Standage, Simon; Wilcock, Elizabeth
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: The English Concert

Recording information: EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London, England (01/1985); Henry Wood Hall, London (01/1985); EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London, England (03/1983-05/1985); Henry Wood Hall, London (03/19...continue...

Handel: Dettingen Te Deum, Dettingen Anthem / Preston

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1984-05-18

Works: George Frederick Handel: Te Deum in D major, HWV 283 "Dettingen"; Dettingen Anthem (The King Shall Rejoice) for soloists, chorus & orchestra in D, HWV 265
Performers: Christophers, Harry; Pearce, Michael; Pinnock, Trevor; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Preston, Simon
Ensemble: English Consort

Handel composed this massive Dettingen Te Deum to commemorate the British defeat of the French in 1743. It's a grand work very much like his...continue...