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Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a

2 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2011-02-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
Conductors: Curnyn, Christian
Ensemble: Early Opera Company

Recorded for Wigmore Hall Live in January 2010 by the Early Opera Company, one of Britain’s leading early music ensembles, the group features contralto Hilary...continue...
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Handel: Nine German Arias / Davies

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2011-01-25

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Jubilate Domino, omnis terra, BuxWV 64; Henry Purcell: Gentle shepherds, you that know, song, Z. 464; What a sad fate is mine, a song on a Ground, Z. 428; An Evening Hymn to the ...
Performers: Davies, Iestyn
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Ensemble: Ensemble Guadagni

Winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Best Young Artist 2009, countertenor Iestyn Davies demonstrated that he is the outstanding artist of his generation....continue...
Recording information: Wigmore Hall, London (06/06/2009)....continue...

Harpsichord: Haydn, Purcell

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2010-02-23

Works: Henry Purcell: Suite for Harpsichord no 4 in A minor, Z 663; Suite for Harpsichord no 2 in G minor, Z 661; A New Ground for Harpsichord in E minor, Z T682 "Welcome to all the pleasures"; Franz Joseph...
Performers: Pinnock, Trevor

To date, only one CD of historically informed performance has featured in the catalogue of Wigmore Hall Live. It is now joined by another disc:...continue...
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Schumann: Frauenliebe und leben, etc; Brahms: Songs Op. 57 / Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Julius Drake

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2008-11-11

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 106; Robert Schumann: Lieder aus Wilhelm Meister, Op. 98a; Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42; Claude Debussy: Fantoches; George Frederick Handel: Theodora
Performers: Drake, Julius [Piano]; Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine

"The stillness achieved in the song which deals with the coming of the couple's child, 'Sußer Freund', is spellbinding, and the profundity of the expression...continue...

Mahler, Handel, etc / Lieberson, Vignoles

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2007-04-10

Works: Gustav Mahler: Rückert Lieder (5); George Frederick Handel: Ariodante; Theodora; Peter Lieberson: Rilke Songs (5); Ashoka's Dream, opera; Spoken Word: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson's spoken introducti...
Performers: Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

"The major work in Lorraine Hunt-Lieberson's recital is the five Ruckert settings of Mahler, whose orchestrally conceived piano parts are realised by Roger Vignoles. The...continue...

Fauré, Hahn, Head, Rossini, Handel: Songs and Arias/DiDonato

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2006-08-22

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Les soirées musicales; Péchés de vieillesse, Volume 1 "Album italiano"; Anzoleta dopo la regata ("Ciapa un baso"), for voice & piano (La regata veneziana) (P...
Performers: DiDonato, Joyce; Drake, Julius [Piano]