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Handel: Semele / Curnyn, Joshua, Summers, et al

3 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-01-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: Semele
Performers: Croft, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Joshua, Rosemary; Pearson, Gail; Sherratt, Brindley; Wallace, Stephen
Conductors: Curnyn, Christian
Ensemble: Early Opera Company

This 3 CD set represents the first complete recording on period insruments of Handel's 'Semele'. Written at the peak of Handel's powers, and derisively described...continue...

Handel: Partenope / Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company

3 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-06-21

Works: George Frederick Handel: Partenope
Performers: Foster-Williams, Andrew; Joshua, Rosemary; Streit, Kurt; Wallace, Stephen; Zazzo, Lawrence
Conductors: Curnyn, Christian
Ensemble: Early Opera Company

"...Christian Curnyn has as infallible a sense of tempo and musico-dramatic shape - in individual numbers, in whole scenes and acts - as the composer...continue...