MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Handel Gold
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GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Handel Gold
Various Artists: Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Cecilia Bartoli, Plácido Domingo, Joan Sutherland, Anne Sofie von Otter
[ Decca Music Group / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Monday 9 March 2009
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"This is not really an issue to ponder too much in depth, rather lean back, shut one's eyes and just enjoy. Those who find the repertoire to their liking can rest assured that the performances are fully worthy of the music."
(MusicWeb June 2009)
To celebrate the 250th Handel Anniversary, a special collection of his most beautiful arias and choruses, including all his best-loved classics such as 'Ombra mai fu' and 'Where'er you walk'. Topped off with a line-up to die for!
Tracks:
CD 1:
[1] Samson: Let the bright seraphim (5:53)
Kiri Te Kanawa
Crispian Steele-Perkins / English Chamber Orchestra / Barry Rose
[2] Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno: Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa (5:53)
Cecilia Bartoli
Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble / Marc Minkowski
[3] Serse: Frondi tenere…Ombra mai fu (3:47)
Plácido Domingo
Giuseppe Verdi SO Milano / Marcelo Viotti
[4]Alcina: Tornami a vagheggiar (4:11)
Joan Sutherland
London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Bonynge
[5] Ariodante: Dopo notte, atra e funesta (6:45)
Anne Sophie Von Otter
Les Musiciens du Louvre / Marc Minkowski
[6] Atalanta: Care selve, ombre beate (arr. Gamley) (3:19)
Luciano Pavarotti
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna / Richard Bonynge
[7] Giulio Cesare: V'adoro, pupille (4:52)
Renée Fleming
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Harry Bicket
[8] Tamerlano: Ciel e terra armi di sdegno (3:18)
Rolando Villazón
Gabrieli Players / Paul McCreesh
[9] Floridante: Ma che vuoi più da me (4:28)
Joyce DiDonato
Il Complesso Barocco / Alan Curtis
[10] Muzio Scevola: Ah, dolce nome (8:29)
Russell Oberlin
The Baroque Chamber Orchestra / Dunn
[11] Jephtha: Waft her, angels, through the skies (4:30)
Nigel Robson
English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner
[12] Messiah: He was despised (6:42)
Kathleen Ferrier
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult
[13] Zadok the Priest (5:01)
Choir of Westminster Abbey / Simon Preston / The English Concert / Trevor Pinnock
CD 2:
[1] Semele: Where'er you walk (4:37)
Bryn Terfel
Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles Mackerras
[2] Hercules: Where shall I fly (6:38)
Janet Baker
English Chamber Orchestra / Raymond Leppard
[3] Joshua: Oh! had I Jubal's lyre (2:38)
Magdalena Kozena
Venice Baroque Orchestra / Andrea Marcon
[4] Judas Maccabaeus: See the conqu'ring hero (2:12)
Academy & Chorus of St Martin in the Fields / Neville Marriner
[5] Judas Maccabaeus: Father of Heaven (6:33)
Grace Bumbry
The Utah Symphony / Maurice Abravanel
[6] Solomon: Almighty Pow'r (3:19)
Andreas Scholl
Gabrieli Players / Paul McCreesh
[7] Semele: Myself I shall adore (7:34)
Danielle De Niese
Les Arts Florissants / William Christie
[8] Messiah: The People that walked in darkness (3:56)
John Tomlinson
The English Concert Choir / The English Concert / Trevor Pinnock
[9] Giulio Cesare: Piangerò la sorte mia (5:50)
Teresa Berganza
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Alexander Gibson
[10] Alcina: Verdi prati (4:11)
Fritz Wunderlich
Cappella Coloniensis / Ferdinand Leitner
[11] Semele: Iris, hence away (3:39)
Marilyn Horne
New Symphony Orchestra of London / Richard Bonynge
[12] Theodora: Angels ever bright and fair (3:36)
Susan Gritton
Gabrieli Players / Paul McCreesh
[13] Messiah: I know that my Redeemer Liveth (5:21)
Sylvia McNair
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Neville Marriner
[14] Messiah: Behold, I tell you… The trumpet shall sound (9:15)
Thomas Quasthoff
Staatskapelle Dresden / Sebastian Weigle
[15] Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus (4:00)
The English Concert Choir / The English Concert / Trevor Pinnock
