Handel Gold / Various

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Format: CD
Themes: Compilations
SKU: DEC781460  |  Barcode: 028947814603

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Description

To celebrate the Handel Anniversary, a special collection of his most beautiful arias and choruses. Includes all the best-loved classics such as "Ombra mai fu (Largo)", "Lascia ch'io pianga", "Let the bright seraphim", "Dopo notte", "Where'er you walk", "I know that my redeemer liveth" and "Oh! Had I Jubal's lyre" and the great choruses "Zadok the Priest", "See the conqu'ring hero comes" and "Hallelujah". An all-star line-up of today's great singers including Cecilia Bartoli, Bryn Terfel, Renie Fleming, Rolando Villazsn, Andreas Scholl, Magdelena Ko ena, Placido Domingo and Kiri te Kanawa and legendary artists such as Kathleen Ferrier, Luciano Pavarotti, Janet Baker, Teresa Berganza and Fritz Wunderlich. An unrivalled collection from the Decca and Deutsche Grammophon catalogues.

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Specifications

  • Format
    CD
  • Composers
    George Frederick Handel
  • Orchestra
    English Chamber Orchestra, Les Arts Florissants Orchestra, Il Complesso Barocco, Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra of Milan, Bologna Community Theater Orchestra, The English Concert, Utah Symphony Orchestra, New Symphony Orchestra of London, Venice Baroque Orchestra, Gabrieli Players, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Baroque Chamber Orchestra, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus and Orchestra, Dresden Staatskapelle, Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
  • Brand
  • Number of Pieces
    2
  • Theme
  • Available Date
    4/14/2009

Tracks

  • Disc 1
  • 1 Samson: Let the Bright Seraphim
  • 2 Il Trionfo Del Tempo E Del Disinganno
  • 3 Serse: Frondi Tenere... Ombra Mai Fu
  • 4 Alcina: Tornami a Vagheggiar
  • 5 Ariodante: Dopo Notte, Atra E Funesta
  • 6 Atalanta: Care Selve, Ombre Beate
  • 7 Giulio Cesare: V Adoro, Pupille
  • 8 Tamerlano: Ciel E Terra Armi Di Sdegno
  • 9 Floridante: Ma Che Vuoi PiĂ£Æ’Ă¢Â¹ Da Me
  • 10 Muzio Scevola: Ah, Dolce Nome
  • 11 Jephtha: Waft Her, Angels, Through the Skies
  • 12 Messiah: He Was Despised
  • 13 Zadok the Priest
  • Disc 2
  • 1 Semele: Where Er You Walk
  • 2 Hercules: Where Shall I Fly
  • 3 Joshua: Oh! Had I Jubal S Lyre
  • 4 Judas MacCabaeus: See the Conqu Ring Hero
  • 5 Judas MacCabaeus: Father of Heaven
  • 6 Solomon: Almighty Pow R
  • 7 Semele: Myself I Shall Adore
  • 8 Messiah: The People That Walked in Darkness
  • 9 Giulio Cesare: PiangerĂ£Æ’Ă¢Â² la Sorte Mia
  • 10 Alcina: Verdi Prati
  • 11 Semele: Iris, Hence Away
  • 12 Theodora: Angels Ever Bright and Fair
  • 13 Messiah: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
  • 14 Messiah: Behold, I Tell You... the Trumpet Shall Sound
  • 15 Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus