Handel: Oratorios: Messiah, Athalia, Esther and La Resurrezione [8 CD set]

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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Oratorios: Messiah, Athalia, Esther and La Resurrezione [8 CD set]
Academy of Ancient Music / Emma Kirkby / Joan Sutherland / Aled Jones / David Thomas et al

[ Decca / 8 CD Box Set ]

Release Date: Wednesday 7 December 2005

Now at budget price! Christopher Hogwood's pioneering period instrument recordings of 4 Handel oratorios.

Tracks:

CD 1-2
Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56
Performed by Academy of Ancient Music (UK)
with Paul Elliott, Judith Nelson, Emma Kirkby, David Thomas, Carolyn Watkinson
Conducted by Christopher Hogwood

CD 3-4
Athalia, oratorio, HWV 52
Performed by Academy of Ancient Music (UK)
with James Bowman, Aled Jones, Emma Kirkby, David Thomas, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Joan Sutherland
Conducted by Christopher Hogwood

CD5-6
Esther, oratorio, HWV 50a
Performed by Academy of Ancient Music (UK)
with Ian Partridge, David Thomas, Drew Minter, Andrew King, Paul Elliott, Westminster Cathedral Boys Choir, Patrizia Kwella, Emma Kirkby, Richard Wistreich, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Conducted by Christopher Hogwood

CD7-8
La Resurrezione, oratorio, HWV 47
Performed by Academy of Ancient Music (UK)
with Patrizia Kwella, Ian Partridge, Emma Kirkby, David Thomas, Carolyn Watkinson
Conducted by Christopher Hogwood