Handel, George Frideric > Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]

Handel: Sacred Music - Includes Messiah; A Song for St Cecilia's Day; Streams of Pleasure; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno / Crowe, Croft, Gauvin, Lemieux, Fink, Varcoe [6 CD]

6 CD / Naïve / 2012-10-30

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; A Song for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76; Belshazzar, HWV 61; Theodora, HWV 68; Alexander Balus, HWV 65; Susanna, HWV 66; Juda...
Performers: Corti, Francesco; Cousin, Florian; Croft, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Crowe, Lucy; Dawson, Lynne; Gauvin, Karina; Graf, Hans Peter; Moor, Chris de; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Wieboldt, Nils
Conductors: Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Minkowski, Marc; Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: Concerto Italiano; Il Complesso Barocco; La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy ; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble

This glittering Christmas boxed set gathers the finest Handel sacred music recordings from the Naïve catalogue including A Song for St Cecilia's Day, Messiah and...continue...

The Power of Handel: Oratorio Highlights for Choir & Orchestra

1 CD / K&K / 2011-08-30

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Joshua; Solomon; Belshazzar, HWV 61; Saul; Jephtha; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63
Performers: Allan, Miriam; Argenta, Nancy; Balbach, Steffen; Berner, Michael; King, Catherine; Kirkby, Emma; LeBrocq, Marc; Morsch, Andre; Nolte, Raimund; Oitzinger, Margot; Paulsen, Melinda; Petersen, Marlis; P...
Conductors: Budday, Jürgen
Ensemble: Maulbronner Chamber Choir

These live recordings are part of a cycle of oratorios and masses, performed in the basilica of Maulbronn Abbey under the direction of Jürgen Budday....continue...

Bravura Basses

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-07-26

Works: Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio); Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Fig...
Performers: Brannigan, Owen; Coad, Conal; East, Angela; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Herford, Henry; Martin, Bruce; Myers, Raymond; Nimsgern, Siegmund; Pape, Rene; Parkin, David; Parsons, Geoffrey; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu; Rob...
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Rudner, Ola; Measham, David; Divall, Richard; Franks, Dobbs; Solti, Sir Georg; Weigle, Sebastian; Cleobury, Stephen; Boult, Adrian; Gardiner, John Eliot; Greene, Andrew; Davis...

George Frideric Handel: Semele; Israel in Egypt; The Ways of Zion Do Mourn; Zadok the Priest; La Resurrezione; Dixit

6 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-07-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Semele; Israel in Egypt, oratorio, HWV 54; The Ways of Zion Do Mourn (Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline), for chorus & orchestra, HWV 264; Coronation Anthem; La Resurrezione ...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Brett, Charles; Burrowes, Norma; Clarkson, Julian; Davies, Maldwyn; Elliot, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Gordon, Brian; Greene, Daryl; Hicks, Malcolm; Jones, Della; Kendall, William; Knibbs, J...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot

Handel: L'Allegro il Penseroso ed il Moderato; Tamerlano; Ballet Music / John Eliot Gardiner

6 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-07-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: L'Allegro il Penseroso ed il Moderato; Tamerlano; Alcina; Terpsichore; Il pastor fido
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Chance, Michael; Davies, Maldwyn; Findlay, Jane; Ginn, Michael; Hill, Martyn; Kwella, Patrizia; McLaughlin, Marie [Soprano Vocals]; Ragin, Derek Lee; Robson, Nigel; Schirrer, Rene; Sm...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

Handel - The Masterworks

30 CD / Decca Import / 2009-04-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Handel - Bourée; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; The Water Music; Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Concerto Grosso ...
Performers: Adeney, Richard; Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Ainsley, John Mark; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Auger, Arleen; Bennett, William; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Bostridge, Ian; Connah, Trevo...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Malcolm, George; Jones, Granville; Hogwood, Christopher; ; Cleobury, Stephen; Preston, Simon; Gardiner, John Eliot; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; McCreesh, Paul; Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; English Baroque Soloists; English Chamber Orchestra; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players; King's College Choi...

Celebrate the 250th anniversary of Handel's death with this impressive 30-CD box set of the composer's most celebrated works. Featured conductors include Sir Neville Marriner,...continue...

George Frideric Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato; Tamerlano; Ballet Music / Gardiner

6 CD / Erato / 2007-10-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: L'Allegro il Penseroso ed il Moderato; Tamerlano; Alcina; Terpsichore; Il pastor fido
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Chance, Michael; Davies, Maldwyn; Findlay, Jane; Ginn, Michael; Hill, Martyn; Kwella, Patrizia; McLaughlin, Marie [Soprano Vocals]; Ragin, Derek Lee; Robson, Nigel; Schirrer, Rene; Sm...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot

Handel: Solomon / Gardiner, Watkinson, Argenta, Hendricks

2 CD / Philips / 2006-09-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Jones, Della; Rodgers, Joan; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Watkinson, Carolyn
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

"This is among the very finest of all Handel oratorio recordings. With panache, Gardiner shows how authentic-sized forces can convey Handelian grandeur even with clean...continue...

Handel: Triumph of Time and Truth / Darlow, Fisher, et al

2 CD / Hyperion / 2005-05-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: The Triumph of Time and Truth, oratorio, HWV 71
Performers: Brett, Charles; Fisher, Gillian; Kirkby, Emma; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Darlow, Denys
Ensemble: London Handel Chorus

Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato / Gardiner

2 CD / Erato Import / 1992-09-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (Pastoral Ode), oratorio, HWV 55
Performers: Davies, Maldwyn; Ginn, Michael; Hill, Martyn; Kwella, Patrizia; McLaughlin, Marie [Soprano Vocals]; Smith, Jennifer [Vocals]; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir

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...