Countertenor > Martini, Joachim Carlos

Handel: Semele / Martini, Scholl, Schmidt, Popken, Frankfurt Junge Kantorei, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-07-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Semele
Performers: Mertens, Klaus; Popken, Ralf [Countertenor]; Schmidt, Julla; Schoch, Knut; Scholl, Elisabeth
Conductors: Martini, Joachim Carlos

Handel's oratorio 'Semele' was composed in 1743 and tells of a beautiful mortal (Semele), whose short but spectacular love affair with Jupiter, King of the...continue...

Handel: Hercules, HWV 60 / Martini, Wemyss, Sämann, Schoch, Kühn, Schneider, Junge Kantorei, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-05-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Hercules
Performers: Kühn, Liselotte; Kooij, Peter; Sämann, Gerlinde; Schneider, Frank; Schoch, Knut; Vitzthum, Franz; Wemyss, Nicola
Conductors: Martini, Joachim Carlos

Handel composed 'Hercules' for his 1744-45 oratorio season as the secular foil to one of his most ambitious sacred dramas, 'Belshazzar', hoping to repeat the...continue...

Handel: Gideon / Martini, Hannigan, Perillo, Wemyss, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-07-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Gideon, oratorio (compiled from the music of Handel by John Christopher Smith)
Performers: Cordier, David; Hannigan, Barbara; MacLeod, Stephan; Perillo, Linda; Schoch, Knut; Wemyss, Nicola
Conductors: Martini, Joachim Carlos

After Handel's death in 1759 his assistant, John Christopher Smith, continued the tradition of regular oratorio performances. Smith compiled new works, making use of the...continue...

Handel: Deborah / Martini, Scholl, Ducret, Zazzo, et al

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-03-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Deborah, HWV 51
Performers: Draijer, Jelle; Ducret, Natacha; Schoch, Knut; Scholl, Elisabeth; Wolak, Ewa; Zazzo, Lawrence
Conductors: Martini, Joachim Carlos

"There is much to admire in Martini's spirited performance. Handel wrote the brief role of Sisera, the Canaanite commander, for a female alto, and Ewa...continue...

Handel: Saul / Martini, Macleod, Cordier, Schoch, et al

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1998-11-26

Works: George Frederick Handel: Saul
Performers: Beekman, Marcel; Cordier, David; MacLeod, Stephan; McFadden, Claron; Schlick, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Schoch, Knut; Schwarz, Gotthold
Conductors: Martini, Joachim Carlos

"Saul", composed in order to recoup losses from the disastrous opera season of 1738 was designed as a musical extravaganza to take the public by...continue...