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Handel: Alcina / Minkowski, Harteros, Kasarova, Hammarstrom [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-09-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina, HWV 34
Performers: Bruns, Benjamin; Cangemi, Veronica; Hammarström, Kristina; Harteros, Anja; Kasarova, Vesselina; Mühlbacher, Alois; Plachetka, Adam
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

In its first Baroque opera since the 1960s, the Vienna Staatsoper presents an absorbing new production of Handel's Alicina. An all-star cast of specialists tell...continue...
Run Time: 226 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, French, Span...continue...

Handel: Alcina / Minkowski, Harteros, Kasarova, Hammarstrom [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-09-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina, HWV 34
Performers: Bruns, Benjamin; Cangemi, Veronica; Hammarström, Kristina; Harteros, Anja; Kasarova, Vesselina; Mühlbacher, Alois; Plachetka, Adam
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

In its first Baroque opera since the 1960s, the Vienna Staatsoper presents an absorbing new production of Handel's Alicina. An all-star cast of specialists tell...continue...
Run Time: 226 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, Fre...continue...

George Frideric Handel: Il Trionfo / Marc Minkowski, et al

6 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-07-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; Teseo; Amadigi
Performers: Bazola, Francois; Bertin, Pascal; Delattre, Jean-Jacques; Elwes, John; Gooding, Julia; Harrhy, Eiddwen; James, Eirian; Jones, Della; Mandrin, Emmanuel; Monteilhet, Pascal; Napoli, Catherine; Poitevin...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

To Saint Cecilia - Purcell, Handel and Haydn / Marc Minkowski

2 CD / Naïve / 2009-10-27

Works: Henry Purcell: Fairy Queen, Z 629; George Frederick Handel: A Song for St Cecilia's Day, HWV 76; Franz Joseph Haydn: Missa Cellensis, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in C major ("Cantata Mass...
Performers: Baker, Neil; Bates, David; Bertrand, Sylvain; Caserio, Gilberto; Corti, Francesco; Cousin, Florian; Croft, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Crowe, Lucy; Dahlin, Anders J.; Lafreniere, Jean-Baptiste; Mazzoleni,...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

BBC Music Magazine
Lucy Croweà is a natural Purcellian, and gilds the discs' triumph: Handel's A Song for St Cecilia's Day, a thrilling encounter with Dryden...continue...

Divos & Divas

2 CD / Decca / 2009-08-25

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Agustín Lara: Granada; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Franz Lehár: The Land of Smiles; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera;...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Borodina, Olga; Caballe, Montserrat; Cabell, Nicole; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Dan, Elena; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Renee; Florez, Juan Diego...
Conductors: Frizza, Riccardo; Harth Bedoya, Miguel; Solti, Sir Georg; Mehta, Zubin; Armiliato, Marco; Gemignani, Paul; Pidò, Evelino; Bartoletti, Bruno; Chailly, Riccardo; Davis, Colin; Müller, Eduardo...
Ensemble: ; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra; Kirov Theater Orchestra; Les Arts florissants; Les Musiciens du Louvre; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; ...

Divos & Divas is a unique collection of all the great genuine opera stars appearing on the world's stages today and includes a galaxy of...continue...

Handel Gold - Bartoli, Fleming, Kozená, Terfel, Villazón, Te Kanawa, Sutherland, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2009-04-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; MEDLEY; Alcina; Ariodante; Atalanta; Giulio Cesare; Tamerlano; Il Floridante, HWV 14; Muzio Scevola, HWV 13; Jep...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bumbry, Grace; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Renee; Fuller, Albert; Gritton, Susan; Horne, Marilyn [M...
Conductors: Rose, Barry; Minkowski, Marc; Viotti, Marcello; Bonynge, Richard; Bicket, Harry; McCreesh, Paul; Curtis, Alan; Dunn, Thomas; Gardiner, John Eliot; Boult, Adrian; Preston, Simon; Mackerras, Charles, S...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus; Baroque Chamber Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Cappella Coloniensis; Dresden Staatskapelle; English B...

This 2-CD set celebrates the 250th anniversary of Handel's death and includes selections from Handel's most beautiful operas, oratorios, arias and choruses. This definitive greatest...continue...

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...

The Handel Experience / Scimone, Koopman, Leppard, Gardiner, et al

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; The Water Music; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Suite for Harpsichord in E major, HWV 430; Dixit D...
Performers: Baumont, Olivier; Bruggen, Frans [Conductor]; Bylsma, Anner; Davies, Ryland; Dessay, Natalie; Esswood, Paul; Hampson, Thomas; Jo, Sumi; Jo, Sunni; Koopman, Ton; Laskine, Lily; Leonhardt, Gustav; Lott...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot; Paillard, Jean-François; Leppard, Raymond; Wolff, Hugh; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Antonini, Giovanni; Koopman, Ton; Christie, William; Minkowski, Marc; Scimone, Claudio
Ensemble: ; Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra Choir; I Solisti Veneti; Il Giardino Armonico; Les Arts florissants; Les Musiciens du Louvre; Monteverdi Orchestra;...

Cecilia Bartoli - Opera Proibita

1 CD / Decca / 2005-09-13

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Serafini al nostro canto, cantata for 3 voices & instruments; Il giardino di rose; Il Sedecia, re di Gerusalemme; San Filippo Neri; George Frederick Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Bellocq, Eric; D'Herin, Sebastian; Hantai, Jerome; Imamura, Yasunori; Marq, Sebastien; Miriel, Yann; Vinikour, Jory; Wieboldt, Nils
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

Here is a brand new recording featuring Cecilia Bartoli performing some of the most intriguing fruits of the Baroque era with selections from long-unheard cantatas...continue...

Handel: Giulio Cesare / Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2003-08-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare
Performers: Ankaoua, Jean-Michel; Bertin, Pascal; Deuter, Florian; Ewing, Alan; Hellekant, Charlotte; Kozená, Magdalena; McDonald, Hector; Mehta, Bejun [Countertenor Vocal]; Mijanovic, Marijana; von Otter...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

"The orchestra plays brilliantly, with the (then) novelty of Handel's horn parts ringing out in special power. One would never guess there was an audience...continue...

Handel: Dixit Dominus, etc /Minkowski, Massis, Kozena, et al

1 CD / Universal Classics Import / 2000-01-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Saeviat tellus inter rigores, motet for soprano, 2 oboes, strings & continuo in D major, HWV 240; Laudate Pueri Dominum, psalm, for soprano, chorus & orchestra in D, HWV 237;...
Performers: Henckens, Patrick; Kozena, Magdalena; Massis, Annick; McLean-Mair, Kevin; Pujol, Marcos
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

"Marc Minkowski's recording with Les Musiciens du Louvre is a delightfrom start to finish. The 26-voice choir produces an unabashedly mixed-chorus sound that suits the...continue...

Handel: Ariodante / Minkowski, Musiciens du Louvre

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1999-08-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Ariodante
Performers: Cangemi, Veronica; Coadou, Luc; Croft, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Dawson, Lynne; Podles, Ewa; Sedov, Denis; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Lynne Dawson is the star of this show. In Act 2, where Ginevra finds herself inexplicably rejected and condemned by everyone, Dawson...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...