VA - Handel Operas (2009) [22CD Box Set]
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BAND/ARTIST: VA
- Title: Handel Operas
- Year Of Release: 2009
- Label: Sony / Harmonia Mundi
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: FLAC (*tracks + .cue, log)
- Total Time: 23:31:04
- Total Size: 6,22 GB (+3%rec.)
- WebSite: Album Preview
Handel composed nearly fifty operas, but until relatively recently they remained significantly underpresented on record. Though a handful of operatic arias (often sung in translation) cropped up on recital-discs during the 50s and 60s, complete recordings of most of the operas were comparatively rare until the last two decades of the twentieth century, when conductors such as Charles Mackerras, Sigiswald Kuijken, John Eliot Gardiner and Christopher Hogwood began to commit their interpretations to disc. (Giulio Cesare, still probably Handel's best-known work for the stage, is a notable exception, with over forty recordings having appeared since 1950!)
Alan Curtis, Marc Minkowski, René Jacobs and Diego Fasolis are among the leading lights in current Handel performance (both live and on disc), with relative newcomers such as Christian Curnyn, George Petrou and Jonathan Cohen also making their mark in the last couple of years.
Tracks:
CD 1-3
Rinaldo Opera in three acts
RINALDO, Christian hero, betrothed to Almirena – Carolyn Watkinson
GOFFREDO, General of the Christian armies – Paul Esswood
ALMIRENA, Goffredo’s daughter, betrothed to Rinaldo – Ileana Cotrubas
EUSTAZIO, Brother of Goffredo – Charles Brett
ARGANTE, King of Jerusalem, lover of Armida – Ulrik Cold
ARMIDA, a sorceress, Queen of Damascus and lover of Argante – Jeanette Scovotti
MAGO christano – Armand Arapian
DONA - Sophie Boulin
Le Grande Ecurie et La Chambre du Roy, Jean-Claude Malgoire
CD 4-5
Julius Caesar Opera in three acts
Beverly Sills: Soprano (Cleopatra)
Beverly Wolff: Mezzo-Soprano (Sextus)
Maureen Forrester: Contralto (Cornelia)
William Beck: Baritone (Curio)
Dominic Cossa: Baritone (Achillas)
Norman Treigle: Bass Baritone (Julius Caesar)
Michael Devlin: Bass Baritone (Nirenus)
Spiro Malas: Bass (Ptolemy)
Eugenia Earle, Julius Rudel: Harpsichord
New York City Opera Chorus & Orchestra, Julius Rudel
CD 6-8
Tamerlano Opera in three acts
Mieke van der Sluis: Soprano (Asteria)
Isabelle Poulenard: Soprano (Irene)
Henri Ledroit: Countertenor (Tamerlano)
John Elwes: Countertenor (Bajazet)
René Jacobs: Countertenor (Andronico)
Gregory Reinhart: Bass (Leone)
La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy, Jean-Claude Malgoire
CD 9-11
Rodelinda, Regina de Langobardi Opera in three acts
Barbara Schlick: Soprano (Rodelinda)
Claudia Schubert: Alto (Eduige)
David Cordier: Countertenor (Bertarido)
Kai Wessel: Countertenor (Unulfo)
Christoph Prégardien: Tenor (Grimoaldo)
Gotthold Schwarz: Bass (Garibaldo)
La Stagione, Michael Schneider
CD 12-14
Alessandro Opera in three acts
Sophie Boulin: Soprano (Rossane)
Isabelle Poulenard: Soprano (Lisaura)
Ria Bollen: Contralto (Cleone)
René Jacobs: Countertenor (Alessandro)
Jean Nirouet: Countertenor (Tassile)
Guy de Mey: Tenor (Leonato)
Stephen Varcoe: Bass (Clito)
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken
CD 15-16
Lotario, HWV 26 - Opera seria in three acts
Simone Kermes: Adelaide, Soprano
Sara Mingardo: Lotario, Contralto/Alt
Hilary Summers: Idelberto, Contralto/Alt
Sonia Prina: Matilde, Contralto/Alt
Steve Davislim: Berendario, Tenor
Vito Priante: Clodomiro, Bass
Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis
CD 17-19
Partenope – Opera in three acts
Krisztina Laki: Partenope, Soprano
Rosmira: Helga Müller Molinari, Contralto
Arsace: René Jacobs, Contralto
Emilio: Martyn Hill, Tenor
John York Skinner, Countertenor
Ormonte: Stephen Varcoe, Bass
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken
CD 20-22
Serse Opera in three acts
Carolyn Watkinson: Serse, mezzo-soprano
Paul Esswood: Arsamene, countertenor
Ortrun Wenkel: Amastre, contralto
Barbara Hendricks: Romilda, soprano
Anne-Marie Rodde: Atalanta, soprano
Ulrik Cold: Ariodate, bass
Ulrich Studer: Elviro, baritone
Ensemble Vocal Jean Bridier, La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy, Jean-Claude Malgoire
Alan Curtis, Marc Minkowski, René Jacobs and Diego Fasolis are among the leading lights in current Handel performance (both live and on disc), with relative newcomers such as Christian Curnyn, George Petrou and Jonathan Cohen also making their mark in the last couple of years.
Tracks:
CD 1-3
Rinaldo Opera in three acts
RINALDO, Christian hero, betrothed to Almirena – Carolyn Watkinson
GOFFREDO, General of the Christian armies – Paul Esswood
ALMIRENA, Goffredo’s daughter, betrothed to Rinaldo – Ileana Cotrubas
EUSTAZIO, Brother of Goffredo – Charles Brett
ARGANTE, King of Jerusalem, lover of Armida – Ulrik Cold
ARMIDA, a sorceress, Queen of Damascus and lover of Argante – Jeanette Scovotti
MAGO christano – Armand Arapian
DONA - Sophie Boulin
Le Grande Ecurie et La Chambre du Roy, Jean-Claude Malgoire
CD 4-5
Julius Caesar Opera in three acts
Beverly Sills: Soprano (Cleopatra)
Beverly Wolff: Mezzo-Soprano (Sextus)
Maureen Forrester: Contralto (Cornelia)
William Beck: Baritone (Curio)
Dominic Cossa: Baritone (Achillas)
Norman Treigle: Bass Baritone (Julius Caesar)
Michael Devlin: Bass Baritone (Nirenus)
Spiro Malas: Bass (Ptolemy)
Eugenia Earle, Julius Rudel: Harpsichord
New York City Opera Chorus & Orchestra, Julius Rudel
CD 6-8
Tamerlano Opera in three acts
Mieke van der Sluis: Soprano (Asteria)
Isabelle Poulenard: Soprano (Irene)
Henri Ledroit: Countertenor (Tamerlano)
John Elwes: Countertenor (Bajazet)
René Jacobs: Countertenor (Andronico)
Gregory Reinhart: Bass (Leone)
La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy, Jean-Claude Malgoire
CD 9-11
Rodelinda, Regina de Langobardi Opera in three acts
Barbara Schlick: Soprano (Rodelinda)
Claudia Schubert: Alto (Eduige)
David Cordier: Countertenor (Bertarido)
Kai Wessel: Countertenor (Unulfo)
Christoph Prégardien: Tenor (Grimoaldo)
Gotthold Schwarz: Bass (Garibaldo)
La Stagione, Michael Schneider
CD 12-14
Alessandro Opera in three acts
Sophie Boulin: Soprano (Rossane)
Isabelle Poulenard: Soprano (Lisaura)
Ria Bollen: Contralto (Cleone)
René Jacobs: Countertenor (Alessandro)
Jean Nirouet: Countertenor (Tassile)
Guy de Mey: Tenor (Leonato)
Stephen Varcoe: Bass (Clito)
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken
CD 15-16
Lotario, HWV 26 - Opera seria in three acts
Simone Kermes: Adelaide, Soprano
Sara Mingardo: Lotario, Contralto/Alt
Hilary Summers: Idelberto, Contralto/Alt
Sonia Prina: Matilde, Contralto/Alt
Steve Davislim: Berendario, Tenor
Vito Priante: Clodomiro, Bass
Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis
CD 17-19
Partenope – Opera in three acts
Krisztina Laki: Partenope, Soprano
Rosmira: Helga Müller Molinari, Contralto
Arsace: René Jacobs, Contralto
Emilio: Martyn Hill, Tenor
John York Skinner, Countertenor
Ormonte: Stephen Varcoe, Bass
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken
CD 20-22
Serse Opera in three acts
Carolyn Watkinson: Serse, mezzo-soprano
Paul Esswood: Arsamene, countertenor
Ortrun Wenkel: Amastre, contralto
Barbara Hendricks: Romilda, soprano
Anne-Marie Rodde: Atalanta, soprano
Ulrik Cold: Ariodate, bass
Ulrich Studer: Elviro, baritone
Ensemble Vocal Jean Bridier, La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy, Jean-Claude Malgoire
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