Handel: Love Duets

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Rinaldo, HWV 7 (more info)
Performed by: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra London Baroque Moscow Chamber Orchestra Capella Istropolitana Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra Handel Festival Orchestra Budapest Camerata Teatro la Fenice Orchestra Mostly Mozart Orchestra Capella Leopoldina
Composed by: George Frideric Handel
Conducted by: Hartmut Haenchen Christophe Rousset Laszlo Kovacs Kevin Mallon Charles Medlam Gerard Schwarz Alexander Weimann Daniel Taylor Constantine Orbelian John Fisher Howard Arman Holger Speck Heinz Fricke
Ewa Mallas-Godlewska, soprano
Cecilia Gasdia, soprano
Caterina Calvi, contralto
Cosetta Tosetti, soprano
Laura Whalen, soprano
Kimberley Barber, mezzo-soprano
Jennifer Ens Modolo, mezzo-soprano
Sean Watson, baritone
Nicole Bower, soprano
Catherine Affleck, soprano
Melinda Delorme, mezzo-soprano
Lenard Whiting, tenor
Nicolau De Figueiredo, harpsichord
Yosemeh Adjei, alto
Suzie Le Blanc, soprano
Sara Mingardo,
Niklas Eklund, trumpet
Maria Bayo, soprano
Natale de Carolis, baritone
Susanne Ryden, soprano
Carlo Colombara, bass
Constantine Orbelian, piano
Skip Sempe, harpsichord
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
David DQ Lee,
Yannick Nezet-Seguin,
Christine Weidinger, soprano
Veronica Cangemi, soprano
Marion Newman, mezzo-soprano
Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano
Ernesto Palacio,
Deborah York, soprano
Giles Tomkins, bass-baritone
Karina Gauvin, soprano
Barbara Hannigan, soprano
Reinhold Friedrich, trumpet
Sandrine Piau, soprano
Ewa Podles, contralto
Claire Guimond, flute
Derek Lee Ragin, alto
Arleen Auger, soprano
Jochen Kowalski, counter-tenor
Axel Kohler, counter-tenor
Stephen Stubbs, lute
Lydia Vierlinger, alto
Jorg Zwicker, cello
Felix Wilde, trumpet
Friedhelm May, timpani
Jeroen Berwaerts, trumpet
Mizuhio Yoshii, oboe
Annette Schutz, oboe
Adam Rixer, trumpet
Susanne Sonntag, bassoon
Rinaldo Alessandrini, harpsichord
Recording date: 8-13 July 1996


1.   Act I Scene 6: Scherzano sul tuo volto (Almirena, Rinaldo) - 3:34
2.   Act I Scene 7: Prelude - 0:56
3.   Act I Scene 7: Cara sposa, amante cara (Rinaldo) - 8:32
4.   Act II Scene 4: Lascia ch'io pianga (Almirena) - 4:30


Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17 (more info)
Performed by: Vienna State Opera Orchestra Capella Istropolitana Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra English Concert Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Handel Festival Orchestra Orchestra Pro Arte Bassano Mostly Mozart Orchestra Seattle Baroque Orchestra Capella Leopoldina
Composed by: George Frideric Handel
Conducted by: Robert Zeller Wolfgang Katschner Hartmut Haenchen Christophe Rousset Jeanne Lamon Gerard Schwarz Daniel Taylor Howard Arman Marcello Panni Holger Speck Luca Franco Ferrari
Giuseppe de Matteis, bass
Josella Ligi, soprano
Patrizia Orciani, soprano
Alexander Weimann, harpsichord
Yosemeh Adjei, alto
Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano
Martine Dupuy, mezzo-soprano
Suzie Le Blanc, soprano
Sara Mingardo,
Maria Bayo, soprano
Pietro Spagnoli, baritone
Harry Bicket, organ
Skip Sempe, harpsichord
Rosemary Joshua, soprano
Deborah York, soprano
Susanna Anselmi,
Angelo Manzotti, counter-tenor
Riccardo Ristori, baritone
Sandrine Piau, soprano
Claire Guimond, flute
Maureen Forrester, contralto
Maxine Eilander, harp
Arleen Auger, soprano
Jochen Kowalski, counter-tenor
Axel Kohler, counter-tenor
Stephen Stubbs, lute
Cyndia Sieden, soprano
Lydia Vierlinger, alto
Lutz Gabler, violin
Petra Hiltawsky, horn
Gunter Strobelt, oboe
Frank Benkendorf, bassoon
Raquel Pierotti, mezzo-soprano
Jorg Zwicker, cello
Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano
Jeroen Berwaerts, trumpet
Alexandra Zabala, soprano
Paola Pittaluga, alto
Patrizia Bozzo, soprano
Angelo Galeano, counter-tenor
Angelo Bonazzoli, counter-tenor
Guido Ripoli, baritone


5.   Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act III Scene 9: Caro! Bella! Piu amabile belta (Cleopatra, Cesare) - 4:47
6.   Overture - 2:51
7.   Act III Scene 6: Da tempeste (Cleopatra) - 6:15


Overture in D major, HWV 337 (more info)
Composed by: George Frideric Handel
Stephen Stubbs, lute


8.   I. Largo - 1:16
9.   II. Adagio - 2:08
10.   III. Allegro - 1:48


Tolomeo, HWV 25 (more info)
Composed by: George Frideric Handel
Conducted by: Daniel Taylor
Suzie Le Blanc, soprano
Stephen Stubbs, lute


11.   Tolomeo, re di Egitto, HWV 25, Act II: Se il cor ti perde (Seleuce, Tolomeo) - 5:40


Rodelinda, HWV 19 (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Radio Orchestra Collegium Musicum 90 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra English Concert Handel Festival Orchestra
Composed by: George Frideric Handel
Conducted by: Wolfgang Katschner Brian Priestman Hartmut Haenchen Christophe Rousset Daniel Taylor David Parry Howard Arman
Alexander Weimann, harpsichord
Simon Standage, violin
Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano
Suzie Le Blanc, soprano
Christine Brewer, soprano
Harry Bicket, organ
Della Jones, mezzo-soprano
Rosemary Joshua, soprano
Sandrine Piau, soprano
Maureen Forrester, contralto
Jochen Kowalski, counter-tenor
Axel Kohler, counter-tenor
Stephen Stubbs, lute
Lutz Gabler, violin
Petra Hiltawsky, horn
Gunter Strobelt, oboe
Frank Benkendorf, bassoon


12.   Act I Scene 7: Ombre, piante, urne funeste! (Rodelinda) - 5:31
13.   Act II Scene 7: Io t'abbraccio (Rodelinda, Bertarido) - 6:21


Serse (Xerxes), HWV 40 (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Vienna Radio Orchestra Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra John Barbirolli Orchestra English Chamber Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra Budapest Camerata
Composed by: Enrico Caruso George Frideric Handel
Conducted by: Josef A. Pasternack Charles Mackerras John Barbirolli Brian Priestman Hartmut Haenchen Laszlo Kovacs Iona Brown Daniel Taylor David Parry Warwick Braithwaite Stephen Darlington
Ulf Samuelsson, organ
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Francis Lapitino, harp
Kirsten Flagstad, soprano
Per-Arne Wahlgren, baritone
Lorenzo Regazzo, bass
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
Dino Fedri,
Della Jones, mezzo-soprano
Jozsef Mukk, tenor
Maureen Forrester, contralto
Jochen Kowalski, counter-tenor
Stephen Stubbs, lute
Rinaldo Alessandrini, harpsichord
Catrin Finch, harp
Recording date: 20 April 1955


14.   Serse (Xerxes), HWV 40, Act I: Ombra mai fu (Largo) (Serse) - 2:53

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