Saul ; Alexander's feast ; Apollo e Dafne ; Ode for St. Cecilia's Day ; Giulio Cesare (highlights).

Composer
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759 [Browse]
Uniform title
Format
Audio
Language
  • English
  • Italian
  • German
Published/​Created
[England?] : Warner Classics, [2008]
Description
1 online resource (1 audio file)

Availability

Available Online

Details

Subject(s)
Singer
Instrumentalist
Librettist
Editor
Author
Conductor
Library of Congress genre(s)
Getty AAT genre
Series
  • Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Works (Warner Classics (Firm)) ; 7. [More in this series]
  • Handel edition ; 7
Contains
Notes
  • The 1st work an oratorio, sung in English; the 2nd work a cantata for Saint Cecilia's Day, sung in English; the 3rd work sung in English; the 4th work sung in English; the 5th work a secular cantata, sung in Italian; the 6th work opera excerpts.
  • Libretto of the 1st work by Charles Jennens; of the 2nd work, by John Dryden, adapted by Newburgh Hamilton; of the 3rd work, by John Dryden; of the 6th work, by Nicola Francesca Haym after Giacomo Francesco Bussani.
  • Previously released material.
Time and place of event
  • 1st work recorded 1985 April 28 Musikvereinssaal, Vienna.
  • 2nd-3rd works recorded 1977 October Festsaal der Freien Waldorfschule, Bremen.
  • 4th work recorded 1978 February Casino Zögernitz, Vienna.
  • 5th work recorded 1988 September Casino Zögernitz, Vienna.
  • 6th work recorded 1984 April & 1985 May Vienna.
Source of description
Hard copy version record.
Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
Roberta Alexander, Elizabeth Gale, Felicity Palmer, Lucia Popp, Julia Varady, sopranos ; Marjana Lipovšek, Ann Murray, mezzo-sopranos ; Paul Esswood, alto ; Kurt Equiluz, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Philip Langridge, Thomas Moser, Helmut Wildhaber, tenors ; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Thomas Hampson, Stephen Roberts, baritones ; Ludwig Baumann, Matthias Hölle, basses ; Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor ; Concentus Musicus Wien ; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor ; Stockholm Bach Choir ; Anders Öhrwall, director ; Arnold-Schönberg-Chor ; Erwin Ortner, director.
Contents
  • Saul
  • Alexander's feast
  • Ode for St. Cecilia's day
  • "Utrecht" Te Deum
  • Apollo e Dafne
  • Giulio Cesare (highlights).
Publisher no.
825646956685
OCLC
962329184
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