Handel, George Frideric > Soprano

Alleluia - Arias by Mozart, Porpora, Handel, Vivaldi / Julia Lezhneva, soprano; Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini

1 CD / Decca / 2013-06-04

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Alleluia; George Frederick Handel: Saeviat tellus inter rigores, motet for soprano, 2 oboes, strings & continuo in D major, HWV 240; Nicola Porpora: In coelo stelle clare, motet for ...
Performers: Lezhneva, Julia
Conductors: Antonini, Giovanni
Ensemble: ; Il Giardino Armonico

Still in her early twenties, Lezhneva astounds audiences wherever she sings. Praised for her "Pure Tone" (Opernwelt) and "flawless technique" (Guardian), her brief appearance at...continue...

Handel: Dixit Dominus; Scarlatti: Dixit Dominus; Concerto No. 4 / Choir of The QueenÆs College, Oxford

1 CD / Avie Records / 2013-05-14

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Dixit Dominus (no 4), motet for soloists, chorus, 3 violins & continuo; Concerto grosso no 4 in G minor; George Frederick Handel: Dixit Dominus
Performers: Cutting, Guy; Harris, Rachel; Thomas, Elin Manahan; Vocal], Matthew Brook [Bass-Baritone
Conductors: Rees, Owen; Harris, Rachel
Ensemble: ; Choir of The QueenÆs College, Oxford

Following five critically acclaimed and immensely popular recordings for AVIE, the Brook Street Band embarks on their most ambitious project to date: a recording with...continue...
Recording information: Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Summertown, Oxfor (01/07/2013-01/09/2013)....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...

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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Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen: Christmas and sacred music by J.S. Bach, Telemann & Handel / Lucia Popp, soprano (rec. 1982)

1 CD / Acanta / 2013-01-29

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Ich danke dem Herrn von ganzem Herzen (Psalm 111), TWV 714; George Frederick Handel: Samson, HWV 57; Messiah, HWV 56; Johann Sebastian Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248; Cant...
Performers: Doll, Susanne; Hynninen, Jorma; Popp, Lucia; Reinhart, Carole Dawn; Schuster, Frits [Double Bass]; Sekreve, Henk; Waterman, Joël; Waterman, Robert
Conductors: Voorberg, Marinus

Acanta presents this 1982 re-issue of Christmas and sacred music featuring soprano Lucia Popp. During this time Lucia Popp had reached the height of her...continue...

Great Singers Live, from the Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Grummer, Prey, Popp, M. Price, Ghiaurov, Freni

6 CD / BR Klassik / 2013-01-29

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; La Jolie Fille de Perth, opera in 4 acts; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giuseppe V...
Performers: Altmann, Hans; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Grummer, Elisabeth; Kmentt, Waldemar; Popp, Lucia; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals]; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor...
Conductors: Eichhorn, Kurt; Ghiaurov, Vladimir; Prêtre, Georges; Antonini, Alfredo; Stein, Horst; Schmidt-Boelcke, Werner; Zanotelli, Hans; Wallberg, Heinz; Gardelli, Lamberto; Quadri, Argeo; Fricke, Heinz...

The "Great Singers Live" series regularly presents recordings of The Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Previously five singer portraits have been released, featuring Mirella...continue...

G.F. Handel: Italian Cantatas / Valentina Varriale, Mvsica Perdvta

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-01-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Mira, Lilla gentile, cantata for soprano, violin or cello & continuo (attributed); Tra le fiamme, HWV 170; Anonymous: La caduta di Icaro, cantata for soprano, 2 violins & con...
Performers: Varriale, Valentina
Conductors: Criscuolo, Renato
Ensemble: Musica Perduta

One of the greatest composers of the Baroque era, George Frideric Handel was born in Germany but spent most of his career living in London....continue...
Recording information: Millennium Audio Recording, Roma (11/28/2010); Oratorio P.P. Barnabiti, Rome (11/28/2010); Millennium Audio Recording, Roma (2011-12-14_2011-12-16&2012-); Oratorio P.P. Barnabit...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...

Handel: English Arias from Saul, Theodora, Judas Maccabaeus, Solomon / James Bowman, countertenor

1 CD / Hyperion / 2013-01-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: The Choice of Hercules; Esther; Saul; Belshazzar; Theodora; Judas Maccabaeus; Solomon
Performers: Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Gritton, Susan
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort

This mid-priced Hyperion reissue offers a comprehensive program of Handel's arias from such famous English oratorios as Saul, Theodora, Judas Maccabaeus and Solomon. The world-famous...continue...
Recording information: 1992-03-??&1995-03-09_1995-....continue...

Handel: Italian Duets / Susanna Rydén, Gemma Bertagnolli, Harmonices Mundi, Claudio Astronio

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Work(s); Italian Duets; Va, speme infida, duet for 2 sopranos & continuo, HWV 199; Amor gioje mi porge, for 2 soprano voices & continuo, HWV180; Toccata; Ahi nelle sorti uman...
Performers: Bertagnoli, Gemma [Soprano Vocal]; Ryden, Susanne
Conductors: Astronio, Claudio
Ensemble: Harmonices Mundi

The marvelously affecting Italian Duets have long remained favorites among Handel's oeuvre, distinct markers of the influences of the young Saxon's early trips to Rome...continue...
Recording information: Vereinshaus, Lengmoos, Süd-Tirol (07/26/2009-07/29/2009)....continue...

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...

Nouveau Monde: Baroque Arias and Songs by Henry Purcell, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Marc-Antoine Charpentier and George Frideric Handel / Patricia Petibon, soprano

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-30

Works: José de Nebra: Vendado es amor, no es ciego; Henry Le Bailly: Yo soy la locura (Passacalle de La Folie); Anonymous: Cachua, improvisation on a melody recogida by Baltasar Martínez Compa...
Performers: Almada, Lincoln; Grare, Joël; Greenlaw, Kevin [Baritone vocal]; Hamon, Pierre; Mascardi, Evangelina; Petibon, Patricia; Rodriguez, Josias
Conductors: Marcon, Andrea
Ensemble: ; La Cetra

Admired for her remarkable creative imagination and exemplary musicianship, soprano Patricia Petibon, in her newest album for Deutsche Grammophon, offers a treasure-trove of fascinating Baroque...continue...
Recording information: Martinskirche in Basel, Switzerland (02/2012)....continue...

Highlights from Handel's Messiah

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-10-16

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah
Performers: Boyer, Tammy; Cochran, Lisa; Cottrell, Travis; Curry, Sheldon; Dockery, Ellen; Durham, Dave; George, Bill [Keyboards/Vocals]; Hall, Stephanie; Huffman, Sarah; Jordan, Marabeth; Mauldin, Russell; McCo...
Conductors: Wyrtzen, Don

Recording information: Angel Recording Studios Ltd., London, England; Quad Recording Studios, Nashville, TN....continue...

Purcell: Music for a While; If Love's a Sweet Passion; Fairest Isle; Handel: Silete Venti

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

Works: Henry Purcell: King Arthur, Z 628; Fairy Queen, Z 629; The Indian Queen, Z 630; She loves and she confesses too, song, Z. 413; A New Ground for Harpsichord in E minor, Z T682 "Welcome to all the plea...
Performers: Allan, Miriam
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ironwood (Chamber Ensemble)

Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012
Alla reveals herself as what these days could almost be termed an 'old-fashioned' early music singer, which is to say bell-like...continue...
Recording information: Eugene Goossens Hall ABC Center, Sydney, New South Wale; Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Center, Sydney, Australia....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...

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: 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

The Art of Renee Fleming - in music of Richard Rodgers, JS Bach, Handel, Bernstein, Puccini, Schubert, Gershwin et al.

1 CD / Decca / 2012-09-11

Works: Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Ave Maria; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt; Antoni...
Performers: Anderson, Rusty; Beroukhim, Cyrus; Fleming, Renee; Gerlach, Alexis Pia; Hakim, William; Hartley, David; Kahne, David; Mills, Jesse; O'Connor, Mark [Violin]; Pearce, Steve; Pelton, Shawn; Salmins, Ral...
Conductors: Delfs, Andreas; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Tate, Jeffrey; Solti, Sir Georg; Gergiev, Valery; Levine, James; Barenboim, Daniel; Bicket, Harry; Gemignani, Paul; Summers, Patrick

A new priority album of the very best from the world's favorite soprano, released to coincide with a major international TV appearance

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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...

The Unforgettable - Arias and Songs / Lucia Popp, soprano (rec. 1976 - 1983) [4 CDs]

4 CD / Acanta / 2012-07-31

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Albert Lortzing: Zar und Zimmermann; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Sc...
Performers: Kraus, Adalbert; Parsons, Geoffrey; Popp, Lucia; Reinhart, Carole Dawn
Conductors: Eichhorn, Kurt; Wallberg, Heinz; Voorberg, Marinus
Ensemble: ; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

Lucia Popp (1939-1993) richly endowed the world of music during her short life. Her artistry and personality are apparent in a multitude of recordings, many...continue...
Recording information: 1976-1983....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...

Handel: Nine German Arias, HWV 202-210 / Emma Kirkby, soprano

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-19

Works: George Frederick Handel: German Arias (9); Süsser Blumen Ambraflocken (German Aria no 3), hymn for soprano & continuo, HWV 204; Sonata for Violin in F major, Op.1/12, HWV 370 (doubtful); In den ...
Performers: Kirkby, Emma
Conductors:
Ensemble: London Baroque

Virgin Classics presents Rediscoveries - a brand new series devoted to the finest classical recordings that are no longer in print. The second edition is...continue...
Recording information: Abbey Road Studios, London (01/03/1985-01/04/1985)....continue...

Great European Choral Works / The Sixteen

1 CD / Coro / 2012-06-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Dixit Dominus; Claudio Monteverdi: Beatus vir; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Assumpta est Maria; Tomás Luis de Victoria: Gaude, Maria virgo, motet for 5 voices; Diet...
Performers: Beckley, Lisa; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Cornwell, Joseph; Crabtree, Libby; Davidson, Grace; Dean, Ruth; Dobell, Mark; Dunkley, Sally; Evans, Robert; Jones, Tim [Vocals]; Macdonald, Rob...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen (Choir)

Since they were founded in 1979, Harry Christophers and The Sixteen have recorded over 100 discs of choral music spanning 600 years. On this new...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

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...

This is the Day: Music on Royal Occasions by Cambridge Singers - Rutter

1 CD / Collegium / 2012-04-24

Works: John Rutter: This is the day which the Lord hath made, anthem for chorus; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore, K 339; Franz Schubert: Psalm 23, D 706/Op. 132; Johannes Brahms: Ge...
Performers: Alden, Ben; Cox, Simon; Davidson, Grace; Hill, Alison; Lucas, Andrew; Thomas, Elin Manahan; Wall, Simon
Conductors: Rutter, John
Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

Music on royal occasions. Includes John Rutter's anthem, written for the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton...continue...

Handel: Sing-Along Messiah / Ivars Taurins, Tafelmusik Baroque [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Tafelmusic / 2012-04-24

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah, HWV 56
Performers: Chung, Locky; LeBlanc, Suzie; Muller, Rufus; Taylor, Daniel
Conductors: Taurins, Ivars
Ensemble: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra; Tafelmusik Chamber Choir

Resplendent in his powdered wig and 18th-century garb, Maestro Handel (aka Director of the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir Ivars Taurins) leads Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber...continue...
Run Time: 76 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Letterbox, Color
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Ladies Sing Baroque / Piau, Kozena, Lemieux, Antonacci, Petibon, Stutzmann, Crowe et al.

2 CD / Naïve / 2012-03-27

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat mater dolorosa a due; Antonio Vivaldi: Mottetto In furore iustissimae irae; Ercole sul Termodonte, RV 710; Juditha triumphans; La verità in cimento; Orlando furioso;...
Performers: Antonacci, Anna Caterina [Soprano]; Bertagnolli, Gemma; Bertini, Rossana; Cangemi, Veronica; Cousin, Florian; Crowe, Lucy; Gauvin, Karina; Hallenberg, Ann; Invernizzi, Roberta; Kazimierczuk, Angela; ...
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Dantone, Ottavio; Minkowski, Marc; Sardelli, Federico Maria; Marchi, Alessandro de; Spering, Christoph; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Rousset, Christophe; ; Curtis, Alan; Antonini,...
Ensemble: ; Academia Montis Regalis; Accademia Bizantina; Bizzarrie Armoniche; Concerto Italiano; Ensemble Amarillis; Ensemble Matheus; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Giardino Armonico; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Gre...

Naïve Classique presents a special project dedicated to the gorgeous voices that enlighten masterpieces of the baroque masters, featuring Sandrine Piau, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Karina Gauvin,...continue...

Handel: Xerxes / Mackerras, Murray, Garrett, Masterson, Robson [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-03-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Xerxes, HWV 40
Performers: Booth-Jones, Christopher; Garrett, Lesley; Masterson, Valerie; Murray, Ann; Rigby, Jean; Robson, Christopher
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: English National Opera Chorus; English National Opera Orchestra

Nicholas Hytner's highly innovative production of Handel's comic opera won the coveted Laurence Olivier Opera Award. This live recording from the English National Opera stars...continue...
Run Time: 186 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: German, French, English, Italian, Dutch, Greek...continue...

Une fête Baroque! / Anne Sofie von Otter; Sandrine Piau; Natalie Dessay; Philippe Jaroussky; Patricia Petibon

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Indes galantes, Opéra-ballet; Hippolyte et Aricie, Tragédie lyrique; Dardanus, Tragédie lyrique; Platée, Ballet-bouffon; Castor et Pollux, Trag&e...
Performers: Azzaretti, Jael; Benichou, Olivier; Bertin, Pascal; Billiet, Jeroen; Claycomb, Laura; Degand, Stephanie-Marie; Degout, Stephane; Deshayes, Karine; Dessay, Natalie; Fierro, Sydney; Haidan, Delphine; H...
Conductors: Haïm, Emmanuelle
Ensemble: Le Concert dÆ Astree

Paris's Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Le Concert d' Astree, under its founder and conductor Emmanuelle Haim gave a concert entitled Fetes Baroques to celebrate its 10th...continue...
Recording information: Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, France (12/19/2011)....continue...

The Very Best of Victoria de Los Angeles

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Alfredo...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; De Larrocha, Alicia; de los Angeles, Victoria; Monte, Carlo del; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Soriano, Gonzalo
Conductors: Santini, Gabriele; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Serafin, Tullio; Morelli, Giuseppe; Cellini, Renato; Gui, Vittorio; Susskind, Walter; Fistoulari, Anatole; Monteux, Pierre; Cluytens, André; Frühbec...

Much of her charm and ease of communication derived from her Spanish background. The dark-hued good looks married to the warm, Mediterranean tints in her...continue...

Joan Sutherland: A Portrait

3 CD / Traditions Alive / 2012-03-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Acis and Galatea; The Messiah; Alcina; Samson; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; La Traviata; Rigoletto; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Charle...
Performers: Brannigan, Owen; Malcolm, George; Pears, Peter, Sir; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Lewis, Anthony

Gramophone Magazine
In her own time there was a tendency to take Sutherland for granted, so consistent were her high standards of technique, musicianship and, yes,...continue...

The Erato Recitals / Soprano Sumi Jo (10 CDs)

10 CD / Erato / 2012-01-31

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Semiramide; Tancredi; Les soirées musicales; L'assedio di Corinto; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; I Capuleti e Montecchi; ...
Performers: Arevalo, Octavio; Bach, Gottfried; Barritt, Paul; Bennett, William; Black, Neil; Conlon, James; Davis, Mike [Violin]; Gerhardt, Alban [Cello]; Graham, Susan; Jo, Sumi; Kurosaki, Hiro; Maugue, Anne; R...
Conductors: Olmi, Paolo; Jordan, Armin; Montgomery, Kenneth; Carella, Giuliano; Bibl, Rudolf; Stratta, Ettore; Conlon, James; Schneider, Michael
Ensemble: ; Cappella Coloniensis

Praised for the remarkable agility, precision and warmth of her voice, and for her outstanding musicianship, Sumi Jo has established herself as one of her...continue...

Handel: Complete Cantatas, Vol. 4 / Klaartje van Veldhoven; Stefanie True

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-01-31

Works: George Frederick Handel: Clori, mia bella Clori, cantata, HWV 92; Sans y penser, cantata for soprano, HWV 155; Clori, vezzosa Clori, cantata for soprano, HWV 95; Pensieri notturni di filli (Nel dolce...
Performers: True, Stefanie; Veldhoven, Klaartje van
Conductors: Vitale, Marco;
Ensemble: Contrasto Armonico

This new recording is a new installment in a series which is quickly establishing itself as one of the most ambitious and prestigious projects of...continue...
Recording information: Oud-Kathilieke Kerk, Delft, The Netherlands (04/2010)....continue...

Handel: La Resurrezione / Gasdia, Koroneos, Biavati, Attanasi [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2012-01-31

Works: George Frederick Handel: La Resurrezione di Nostro Signor Gesù Cristo, HWV 47
Performers: Biavati, Elena; Gasdia, Cecilia; Koroneos, Stefano; Lana, Carla; Nardis, Marcello
Conductors: Attanasi, Walter
Ensemble: Coro Aramus Orchestra di Roma e del Lazio

George Frideric Handel’s 1708 oratorio is performed in the magnificent Chiesa del Gesù in Rome, Italy. Walter Attanasi conducts the Coro Aramus Orchestra di Roma...continue...
Run Time: 118 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
Subtitles: English
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Leontyne Price: Arias & Duets / Complete Album Collection (14 CDs)

14 CD / RCA Records / 2012-01-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il trovatore; La traviata; Otello; Macbeth; I lombardi alla prima crociata; Simon Boccanegra; Don Carlo; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Giacomo Pu...
Performers: Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Barioni, Daniele; Boatwright, McHenry; Bubbles, John W.; Burton, Miriam; Davies, Ryland; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Hage, Robert El; Hall, Berniece; Henso...
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Basile, Arturo; Henderson, Skitch; Leinsdorf, Erich; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Schippers, Thomas; Adler, Peter Herman; Downes, Edward; Cleva, Fausto; Santi, Nello; Lewis, Hen...

This Limited Edition fourteen CD set, 'The Complete Collection of Operatic Recital Albums' brings together for the first time all the recital and duet albums...continue...

Classical 2012 / Gheorghiu, Fray, Balsom, Kaufmann, Netrebko, Jaroussky, DiDonato, Pahud

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-01-10

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Gioachino Rossini: William Tell Overture; La Cenerentola; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 18 'P...
Performers: Andsnes, Leif Ove; Angelich, Nicholas; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Balsom, Alison; Braley, Frank; Callas, Maria; Capucon, Renaud; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Damrau, Diana; Dessay, Natalie; DiDonato, Joyce; F...
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco; Pappano, Antonio; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Balsom, Alison; Paavo, Järvi; Serafin, Tullio; ; Rousset, Christophe; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Ono, Kazushi; Noseda, Gianandrea; Thielemann,...
Ensemble: ; I Barocchisti; L'Arpeggiata; Les Talens Lyriques; Les Violons du Roy; London Steve Reich Ensemble; Scottish Ensemble

Following the enormous success of the previous albums in the annual Classical series, Virgin Classics is releasing Classical 2012 in November 2011. With 45 tracks,...continue...

Handel: Nine German Arias; Gloria / Dorothea Craxton, soprano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-11-15

Works: George Frederick Handel: German Arias (9); Süsser Blumen Ambraflocken (German Aria no 3), hymn for soprano & continuo, HWV 204; In den angenehmen Büschen (German Aria no 8), hymn for sopran...
Performers: Craxton, Dorothea; From, Fredrik; Meyer, Leif; Steffensen, Kjeld Lybecker; Ydmark, Hanna

Handel seldom set texts in his native language but for the Nine German Arias he took poems by Barthold Heinrich Brockes, called Earthly Pleasure in...continue...
Recording information: Blågårds Kirke, Copenhagen, Denmark (04/27/2010-05/01/2010)....continue...

Il Caro Sassone: Handel in Italy / Lucy Crowe, soprano

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-11-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: Dietro l'orme fuggaci, HWV 105 "Armida abbandonata"; Delirio Amoroso, HWV 99; Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a; Salve Regina, antiphon for soprano, strings, org...
Performers: Crowe, Lucy
Conductors: Bicket, Harry
Ensemble: The English Concert

Young British soprano Lucy Crowe is poised to take the opera world by storm. Her powerful, expressive performances have been hailed on both sides of...continue...
Recording information: All Hallows' Church, Gospel Oak, London, UK (08/2010)....continue...

The Art of the Prima Donna / Joan Sutherland, soprano

3 CD / Decca / 2011-11-08

Works: Thomas Arne: Artaxerxes; George Frederick Handel: Samson; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Charles Gounod: Faust; Roméo et ...
Performers: Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France

Many albums claim to be legendary but few have been as genuinely influential as this one, for singers as for aficionados of opera and the...continue...
Recording information: Kingsway Hall, London (08/1960)....continue...

Bellissimo Baroque: Handel & Vivaldi Arias

1 CD / Dynamic / 2011-10-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Agrippina; Ariodante; Aci, Galatea e Polifemo; Antonio Vivaldi: Catone in Utica; Motezuma
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Bertagnolli, Gemma; Cangemi, Veronica; Cherici, Laura; Edwards, Simon [Tenor Vocal 1]; Gens, Véronique; Gottwald, Franziska; Hallenberg, Ann; Jaroussky, Philippe; Lepore, Carlo...
Conductors: Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Curtis, Alan; Florio, Antonio

Recording information: 2001; 2004; 2008; 2009....continue...

Great Singers Live: Lucia Popp / Arias by Stolz, Lehar, Weber, Lortzing, Mozart et al.

1 CD / BR Klassik / 2011-10-25

Works: Robert Stolz: Der Favorit; Venus in Seide; Franz Lehár: Paganini; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz; Albert Lortzing: Undine; George Frederick Handel: Julius Cäsar; Wolfgang Amadeus...
Performers: Popp, Lucia
Conductors: Schmidt-Bolcke, Werner; Zanotelli, Hans; Eichhorn, Kurt; Wallberg, Heinz; Gardelli, Lamberto

Lucia Popp is one of the best-documented and most versatile singers of her generation. Because of her linguistic and stylistic flexibility she was able to...continue...
Recording information: Kongress Saal, Deutches Museum, Munich, Germany....continue...

Handel: Joshua / Cummings, London Handel Orchestra

2 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Joshua
Performers: Clayton, Allan; Gibson, Alexandra; Humphreys, George; Manley, Katherine; Rowntree, Richard
Conductors: Cummings, Laurence

Joshua, an oratorio in three parts was recorded live in St. George's Church, London in March, 2008. This is the first recording of the original...continue...

Beecham Collection - Handel: Solomon / Cameron, Young, et al

2 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon, HWV 67
Performers: Cameron, John [baritone (50s)]; Marshall, Lois; Morison, Elsie; Young, Alexander
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir
Ensemble: Beecham Choral Society; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Handel: Esther / Bowman, Watson, Bickley

2 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Esther, oratorio, HWV 50b
Performers: Bickley, Susan; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Joshua, Rosemary; Osmond, Cecilia; Outram, Rebecca; Purves, Christopher; Smith, Angus; Vocal], Andrew Kennedy [Tenor; Watson, Christopher
Conductors: Cummings, Laurence
Ensemble: London Handel Orchestra

Handel: The Occasional Songs /Kirkby, Daniels, Miller, et al

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Airs (7) françois, HWV 155; Sans y penser; Quand on suit l'amoureuse loi; Der Mund spricht zwar; Dicente mis ojos; Beneath a shady willow; Chloe, you're witty; Di gode...
Performers: Butterfield, Adrian; Carwood, Andrew; Daniels, Charles [Classical]; Davies, Simon; Kirkby, Emma; Miller, David [Lute/Guitar]; Nicholson, Paul; Sharman, Katherine; Thorpe, William

100 Best Soprano Arias

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2011-10-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 51; "Hunt" Cantata BWV 208; George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Joshua; Rinaldo; Alcina; Serse; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet; Henry...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Argenta, Nancy; Augér, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Bella, Benito di; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Régine; Croisie...
Conductors: Huggett, Monica; Schreier, Peter; Parrott, Andrew; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Fischer, Georg; Trevor, Kirk; Hickox, Richard; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Barbirolli, John; Rousset, Ch...
Ensemble: ; Europa Galante; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Les Talens Lyriques; Sonnerie; Taverner Players

The Best of Yvonne Kenny

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-10-11

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Gypsy Songs, Op. 55; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Messiah; Alcina; Richard Strauss: Lieder (4), Op. 27; Four Last Songs; Rudolf Sieczynski: Wien, du Stadt meiner Tr...
Performers: Almonte, Caroline; Chindamo, Joe; Kenny, Yvonne; Martineau, Malcolm; Sandilands, Ron; Vries, Doug de
Conductors: Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Fritzsch, Johannes; Bonynge, Richard; Noble, Guy; Dyer, Paul

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...

Streams of Pleasure: Solos & Duets by G.F. Handel / Karina Gauvin, soprano; Marie-Nicole Lemieux, contralto

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-09-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61; Theodora, HWV 68; Alexander balus, HWV 65; Susanna, HWV 66; Judas maccabaeus, HWV 63; Joseph and his brethren, HWV 59; Joshua, HWV 64; Solomon, HWV 67; Al...
Performers: Gauvin, Karina
Conductors: Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

In this highly anticipated recording, Canadian singers Marie-Nicole Lemieux and Karina Gauvin perform some of the most beautiful and beloved solos and duets composed by...continue...
Recording information: Villa San Fermo, Lonigo, Italy (01/2011)....continue...