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New CDs and DVDs

A selective list of new commerical recordings featuring Handel's music that have been released recently.
The inclusion of a CD or DVD on this list does not guarantee its availability in all territories; nor does it
indicate our personal recommendation. To purchase CDs see online retailers.


Semele (HWV 58)
- recorded live at Alexandra Palace, May 2019; a few cuts but more complete than Gardiner's 1981 Erato recording -

Semele John Eliot GardinerLouis Alder (Semele; soprano)
Hugo Hymans (Jupiter; tenor)
Lucile Richardot (Ino/Juno; alto)
Carlo Vistoli (Athamas; countertenor)
Gianluca Buratto (Cadmus/Somnus; bass)
Emily Owen (Iris; soprano)
Angela Hicks (Cupid; soprano)
Peter Davoren (Apollo; tenor)
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Soli Deo Gloria


Samson (HWV 57)
- abridged version recorded live in July 2018 -

Samson NamurMatthew Newlin (Samson; tenor)
Klara Ek (Dalila; soprano)
Julie Roset (Philistine Woman / Israelite Woman; soprano)
Lawrence Zazzo (Micah; countertenor)
Maxime Melnik (Israelite Man / Philistine Man; tenor)
Luigi Di Donato (Manoah / Harapha; bass)
Choeur de Chambre de Namur
Millenium Orchestra
Leonardo García Alarcón
2 CDs
Ricercar


Concerti Grossi, Op. 6, Nos. 7-12 (HWV 325-330)

Op. 3 Akademie für Alte Musik BerlinAkademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Georg Kallweit
CD
Pentatone

 

Rinaldo (HWV 7)
- live recording made at Teatro Sociale di Como in January 2019 -

Handel Rinaldo Accademia Bizantina DantoneDelphine Galou (Rinaldo; alto)
Francesca Aspromonte (Almirena; soprano)
Anna Maria Sarra (Arminda; soprano)
Raffaele Pe (Goffredo, countertenor)
Luigi de Donato (Argante; bass)
Federico Benetti (Mago cristiano; bass)
Anna Bessi (Donna; mezzo-soprano)
Accademia Bizantina
Ottavio Dantone
2 CDs
HDB-Sonus


Saul (HWV 53)
- recorded live during the 2019 Göttingen Handel Festival -

Saul Laurence Cummings AccentMarkus Brück (Saul; bass)
Eric Jurenas (David; countertenor)
Mary Bevan (Michal; soprano)
Sophie Bevan (Merab; soprano)
Benjamin Hulett (Jonathan; tenor)
Raphael Höhn (High Priest / Witch; tenor)
NDR Choir
FestspielOrchester Göttingen
Laurence Cummings
3 CDs
Accent


Saul (HWV 53)
- recorded live in San Francisco, April 2019 -

Saul Nicholas McGeganDaniel Okulitch (Saul; bass-baritone)
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen (David; countertenor)
Sherezade Panthaki (Michal; soprano)
Yulia Van Doren (Merab; soprano)
Aaron Sheehan (Jonathan; tenor)
Jonathan Smucker (Witch; tenor)
Christian Pursell (Samuel; bass-baritone)
NDR Choir
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale
Nicholas McGegan
3 CDs
PBO [download only - not released on physical CDs]


Messiah (HWV 56)
- Dublin 1742 version -

Messiah Dublin version Hans-Christoph RademannDorothee Mields (soprano)
Benno Schachtner (countertenor)
Benedikt Kristjánsson (tenor)
Tobias Berndt (bass)
Gaechinger Cantorey
Hans-Christoph Rademann
2 CDs
Accentus


Witches, Queens and Heroines
- opera arias -

Witches Queens and Heroines Margriet Buchberger (soprano)
Il Giratempo
CD
Perfect Noise


Concerti per Organo
- concertos by Bach, CPE Bach and Handel, including Organ Concerto in B flat major, Op. 4 No. 2 (HWV 290) -

Concerti per organo Silbermann RondeauLucas Pohle (Silbermann organ, Crostau)
Dresdner Barockorchester
Margret Baumgartl
CD
Rondeau



 

Portraits de La Folie
- mixed programme of French, English and German composers includes Handel's cantata Ah! crudel nel pianto mio (HWV 78) -

Stéphanie d'Oustrac Portraits de La FolieStéphanie d'Oustrac (mezzo-soprano)
Ensemble Amarillis
Héloïse Gaillard
CD
Harmonia Mundi


Arcadian Affairs
- five continuo cantatas Nice, che fa? Che pensa? (HWV 138), Chi rapì la pace al core? (HWV 90), Fra pensieri quel pensiero (HWV 115), Lungi dal mio bel nume (HWV 127a) and La Lucrezia (HWV 145), accompanied only by harpsichord -

Handel Arcadian Affairs Simax Ditte Marie Bræin (soprano)
Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo-soprano)
Christian Kjos (harpsichord)
CD
Simax


Handel Arias
- opera arias -

Handel Operas Avery AmereauAvery Amereau (alto)
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan
CD
PBO


Care pupille: Handel - Gluck
- the high soprano countertenor's Handelian half of the recital includes arias from Atalanta, Arminio and Berenice -

Handel Care pupilleSamuel Marino (countertenor)
Händelfestspielorchester Halle
Martin Hofstetter
CD
Orfeo


Chaconne for the Princess
- music by Handel and Leclair exploring their connections to Princess Anne of Orange -

Handel Princess Anne Leclair Jana SemeradovaJana Semeradova (flute)
Erich Traxler (harpsichord)
CD
Supraphon


Handel Arias
- also includes Concerto grosso in C minor, Op. 6 No. 8 (HWV 326) -

Handel Operas DumauxChristophe Dumaux (countertenor)
FestspielOrchester Göttingen
Laurence Cummings
CD (recorded live during the 2019 festival)
Accent


The Life. The Light. The Way. Handel sacred arias
- mostly English oratorio airs -

Handel Sacred Arias Franz VitzhumFranz Vitzthum (countertenor)
L'Orfeo Barockorchester
Julian Christoph Tölle
CD
Christophorus


Messiah (HWV 56), arr. Sir Eugene Goossens and Sir Thomas Beecham

Messiah Beecham GoossensPenelope Schumate (soprano)
Claudia Chapa (mezzo-soprano)
John McVeigh (tenor)
Christopher Job (bass)
National Youth Choir of Great Britain and The Jonathan Griffith Singers
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Jonathan Griffith
2 CDs
Signum


Sacred Handel
- a quasi-liturgical mixed programme of Colonna, Antonio Maria Bononcini, Pasquini, Corelli, Alessandro Scarlatti and Handel of music mostly (but not all) connected to Carmelite Vespers feasts during the 1690s and early 1700s. Recorded in S Maria di Montesanto in Rome, it includes Dixit Dominus (HWV 232), Haec est Regina virginum (HWV 235) and Te Decus Virgineum (HWV 243) -

Sacred Handel Dixit DominusCoro da Camera Italiano
Musica Antiqua Latina
Giordano Antonelli
CD
DHM



Arianna
- cantatas by Alessandro Scarlatti, Haydn, and Handel's Ah! crudel nel pianto mio (HWV 78) -

Kate Lindsay Arcangelo AriannaKate Lindsay (mezzo-soprano)
Arcangelo
Jonathan Cohen
CD
Alpha


Almira (HWV 1)

Almira Boston Early Music Festival CPOEmöke Baráth (Almira; soprano)
Amanda Forsythe (Edilia; soprano)
Colin Balzer (Fernando; tenor)
Christian Immler (Consalvo, baritone)
Zachary Wilder (Osman; tenor)
Jesse Blumberg (Raymondo, baritone)
Teresa Wakim (Bellante, soprano)
Jan Kobow (Tabarco; tenor)
Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra
Paul O'Dette and Stephen Stubbs
4 CDs
CPO


Agrippina (HWV 6)
- complete and uncut, two bonus tracks, and performing edition by Peter Jones and David Vickers includes reconstruction of ballo -

Il Pomo d'Oro Agrippina EmelyanychevJoyce Di Donato (Agrippina; mezzo-soprano)
Jakub Józef Orliński (Ottone; countertenor)
Elsa Benoit (Poppea; soprano)
Luca Pisaroni (Claudio, bass)
Franco Fagioli (Nerone; countertenor)
Carlo Vistoli (Narciso, countertenor)
Andrea Mastroni (Pallante, baritone)
Biagio Pizzuti (Lesbo; baritone)
Il Pomo d'Oro
Maxim Emelyanychev
3 CDs
Erato


Samson (HWV 57)
- complete and uncut; CD features large choir of 39 singers including boys; Linn download has alternative small choir of 9 singers (soloists and an extra soprano) as Handel might have done at the first performance in 1743 -

Samson Dunedin Consort ButtJoshua Ellicott (Samson; tenor)
Sophie Bevan (Dalila; soprano)
Mary Bevan (Israelite Woman; soprano)
Emily Mitchell (Philistine Woman; soprano)
Jessica Dandy (Micah; contralto)
Hugo Hymas (Israelite Man / Philistine Man; tenor)
Matthew Brook (Manoah; bass)
Vitali Rozynko (Harapha; bass)
The Dunedin Consort
John Butt
3 CDs
Linn


Concerti Grossi, Op. 6, Nos. 7-12 (HWV 325-330)

Op. 6 Akademie für Alte Musik BerlinAkademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Bernhard Forck
CD
Pentatone



Messiah (HWV 56)

Messiah Jordi SavallRachel Redmond (soprano)
Damien Guillon (countertenor)
Nicholas Mulroy (tenor)
Matthias Winckhler (bass)
La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall
2 SACDs
Alia Vox


Handel Uncaged
- includes cantatas Udite il mio consiglio (HWV 172), Stanco di piu soffrire (HWV 167a), Figli del mesto cor (HWV 112) and 'Amore uccellatore' (manuscript in the Fitzwilliam Museum that contains HWV 176 and 175 organised within a single larger work) -

Lawrence Zazzo Handel UncagedLawrence Zazzo (countertenor)
Jonathan Manson (cello / viola da gamba)
Andrew Maginley (theorbo / guitar)
Guillermo Brachetta (harpsichord)
CD
Resonus


Brockes Passion (HWV 48)
- first recording to use one-voice-per-part (concertists and a few ripienists), as was normal practice in early eigtheenth-century Hamburg -

Brockes Passion Concerto Copenhagen Lars Ulrik Mortensen CPOMaria Keohane, Joanne Lunn, Hanna Zumsande (sopranos)
Daniel Carlsson, Daniel Elgersma (countertenors)
Ed Lyon, Gwilym Bowen (tenors)
Peter Harvey, Jakob Bloch Jespersen (basses)
Concerto Copenhagen
Lars Ulrik Mortensen
2 SACDs
CPO


Brockes Passion (HWV 48)
- recorded live at Barbican on Good Friday 2019 -

Brockes Passion Academy of Ancient Music Richard EgarrElizabeth Watts, Ruby Hughes (sopranos)
Tim Mead (countertenor)
Robert Murray, Gwilym Bowen, Nicky Spence (tenors)
Cody Quattlebaum (bass)
Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr
2 CDs
AAM


Rodelinda (HWV 19)

RodelindaJeanine De Bique (Rodelinda; soprano)
Tim Mead (Bertarido; countertenor)
Benjamin Hulett (Grimoaldo; tenor)
Avery Amereau (Eduige; mezzo-soprano)
Jakub Józef Orliński (Unulfo; countertenor)
Andrea Mastroni (Garibaldo; bass)
Le Concert d'Astrée
Emmanuelle Haïm
Jean Bellorini (stage director)
DVD/BluRay
Erato


Rodrigo (HWV 5)

Cummings RodrigoErica Eloff (Rodrigo; mezzo-soprano)
Fflur Wyn (Esilena; soprano)
Anna Dennis (Florinda; soprano)
Jorge Navarro Colorado (Giuliano; tenor)
Russell Harcourt (Evanco; countertenor)
Leandro Marziotte (Fernando; countertenor)
FestspielOrchester Göttingen
Laurence Cummings
3 CDs (recorded live during the 2019 festival)
Accent


Complete Solo Sonatas
- survey of all solo sonatas by or attributed to Handel -

Handel sonatas Il RossignoloIl Rossignolo:
Martino Noferi (oboe), Martino Noferi (recorder), Florian Deuter (violin), Marica Testi (flute), Paolo Biordi (viola da gamba)
Ottaviano Tenerani (harpsichord)
4 CDs
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi


Joseph and his brethren (HWV 59)

Joseph and his brethren Nicholas McGeganDiana Moore (Joseph; mezzo-soprano)
Sherezade Panthaki (Asenath; soprano)
Nicholas Phan (Simeon/Judah; tenor)
Abigail Levis (Phanor/Potiphera; mezzo-soprano)
Philip Cutlip (Pharaoh/Reuben; baritone)
Gabrielle Haigh (Benjamin; soprano)
Philharmonia Chorale
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Nicholas McGegan
3 CDs
Philharmonia Baroque


Sosarme (HWV 30)
- remastered from original L’Oiseau-Lyre tapes (1955) for the first time -

Sosarme Anthony LewisMargaret Ritche (Elmira; soprano)
Alfred Deller (Sosarme; countertenor)
Nancy Evans (Erenice; mezzo-soprano)
William Herbert (Haliate; tenor)
Helen Watts (Melo; contralto)
John Kentish (Argone; tenor)
Ian Wallace (Altomaro; bass)
St. Anthony Singers
St Cecilia Orchestra
Anthony Lewis
Eloquence


Concerti Grossi, Op. 6, Nos. 1-6 (HWV 319-324)

Op. 6 Akademie für Alte Musik BerlinAkademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Bernhard Forck
CD
Pentatone



Handel's Queens: Cuzzoni & Faustina
- arias by Handel and many others (Pollarolo, Orlandini, Bononcini, Ariosti, Vivaldi, Torri, Leo, Porpora, Hasse, Vinci, Greene) -

Handel's Queens Cuzzoni Faustina Bridget Cunningham Mary Bevan, Lucy Crowe (sopranos)
London Early Opera
Bridget Cunningham
2 CDs
Signum


Cantatas Vol. 2
- Alpestre monte (HWV 81); Chi rapì la pace al core (HWV 90); Pensieri notturni di Filli (Nel dolce dell'oblio) (HWV 134); Ah, che pur troppo è vero (HWV 77); Non sospirar, non piangere (HWV 141); Figlio d'alte speranze (HWV 113) -

Contrasto Armonico Handel Cantatas Ayros Volume 3 Beatrice Palumbo (soprano)
Contrasto Armonico
Marco Vitale
CD
Ayros


Concerti Grossi, Op. 3 (HWV 312-317)

Op. 3 Berliner Barock Solisten Reinhard GoebelBerlin Barock Solisten
Reinhard Goebel
CD
Hänssler



Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate (HWV 278 and HWV 279)
- also includes Eternal source of light divine (HWV 74) and some of the overture from Il pastor fido (1712 version) -

Rademann Handel Utrecht Te Deum Birthday OdeGaechinger Cantorey
Hans Christoph Rademann
CD
Carus



Baroque Gender Stories
- includes arias and duets from numerous operas by baroqe composers, including excerpts from Siroe, Alcina, Serse and Deidamia -

Lawrence Zazzo Handel UncagedVivica Genaux (mezzo-soprano)
Lawrence Zazzo (countertenor)
Lautten Compagney
Wolfgang Katschner
2 CDs
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi


Brockes Passion (HWV 48)

Brockes Passion Laurence CummingsJohanette Zomer, Ana Maria Labin (sopranos)
David Erler (countertenor)
Sebastian Kohlhepp, Rupert Charlesworth (tenors)
Tobias Berndt (bass)
NDR Choir
Festspiele-Orchester Göttingen
Laurence Cummings
2 CDs (recorded live during the 2017 festival)
Accent


Il Giardino dei Sospiri
- includes Qual ti riveggio, oh Dio (HWV 150) and cantatas by Benedetto Marcello, Gasparini, Leo and Sarro -

Magdalena Kožená Il giardino dei sospiri Qual ti riveggio, oh DioMagdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano)
Collegium 1704
Václav Luks
Pentatone


Messiah (HWV 56)

Messiah Collegium Vocale 1704 LuksGiulia Semenzato (soprano)
Benno Schachtner (countertenor)
Krystian Adam (tenor)
Kresimir Stražanac (bass)
Collegium 1704
Václav Luks
2 CDs
Accent


Duel: Porpora and Handel in London
- includes 'Scherza infida' with anonymous eighteenth-century embellishments preserved in the Royal Academy of Music library -

Giuseppina Bridelli Duel Handel PorporaGiuseppina Bridelli (soprano)
Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu
Franck-Emmanuel Comte
Arcana


Trio sonatas, Op. 2

Banzo Opus 2 Al Ayre Español
Eduardo López Banzo
CD
Challenge Classics


Rinaldo (HWV 7)
- revised version by Leonardo Leo (Naples, 1718) -

Rinaldo Leo Dynamic Teresa Iervolino (Rinaldo)
Carmela Remigio (Armida)
Loriana Castellano (Almirena)
Francesca Ascioti (Argante)
Francisco Fernández-Rueda (Goffredo)
Dara Savinova (Eustazio)
Ensemble La Scintilla
Fabio Luisi
Giorgio Sangati (stage director)
CD, DVD and BluRay
Dynamic


Total Eclipse: Music for Handel's Tenor
- arias for John Beard -

Aaron Sheehan Handel Total EclipseAaron Sheehan (tenor)
Pacific MusicWorks Orchestra
Stephen Stubbs
Naxos


Mio caro Händel

Simone Kermes Mio caro HändelSimone Kermes (soprano)
Amici Veneziani
Boris Begelman
Sony


Acis & Galatea (HWV 49a)
- 1718 Cannons version -

Acis and Galatea The Sixteen Harry ChristophersGrace Davison (Galatea; soprano)
Jeremy Budd (Acis; tenor)
Mark Dobell (Damon; tenor)
Stuart Young (Polyphemus; bass)
Simon Berridge (Corion; tenor)
Instrumentalists of The Sixteen
Harry Christophers
2 CDs
Coro



Chandos Te Deum (HWV 281)
- also includes Chandos anthem O come, let us sing unto the Lord (HWV 253) -

Handel Chandos Te Deum London Handel Orchestra Butterfield Grace Davidson (soprano)
Charles Daniels, Nicholas Mulroy, Benedict Hymas (tenors)
Edward Grint (bass)
London Handel Orchestra
Adrian Butterfield
CD
Onyx


Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo
- all nine sonatas for violin and continuo either by or attributed to Handel -

Brook Street Band Violin SonatasThe Brook Street Band:
Rachel Harris (violin)
Tatty Theo (cello)
Carolyn Gibley (harpsichord)
CD
Avie


Judas Maccabaeus (HWV 63)

Cummings Judas MaccabaeusKenneth Tarver (Judas Maccabaeus; tenor)
Deanna Breiwick (Israelitish Woman; soprano)
Sophie Harmsen (Israeliteish Man; mezzo-soprano)
Owen Willetts (Priest; countertenor)
Joao Fernandes (Simon/Eupolemus; bass)
NDR Choir
Festspiele-Orchester Göttingen
Laurence Cummings
2 CDs (recorded live during the 2014 festival)
Accent



Italian cantatas
- Aminta e Fillide (HWV 83), Armida abbandonata (HWV 205), La Lucrezia (HWV 145) -

Italian cantatas HaïmSabine Devieilhe (soprano)
Léa Desandre (mezzo-soprano)
Le Concert d'Astrée
Emmanuelle Haïm
Erato


Song for St Cecilia's Day (HWV 76)

Song for St Cecilia Bach Choir BethlehemCassandra Lemoine (soprano)
Benjamin Butterfield (tenor)
Bach Choir of Bethelehem
Greg Fungfeld
CD
Analekta


Recorder Sonatas

Accent Handel Recorder Sonatas Stefan Temmingh (recorder)
Wiebke Weidanz (harpsichord)
CD
Accent


Abbandonata
- Armida abbandonata (HWV 205), Tra le fiamme (HWV 170), Figlio d'alte speranze (HWV 113) and Agrippina condotta a morire (HWV 110) -

Handel Abbandonata Sampson King VivatCarolyn Sampson (soprano)
The King's Consort
Robert King
Vivat


Serse (HWV 40)

Serse Il Pomo d'OroFranco Fagioli (Serse; countertenor)
Inga Kalna (Romilda; soprano)
Vivica Genaux (Arsamene; mezzo-soprano)
Francesca Aspromonte (Atalanta; soprano)
Delphine Galou (Amastre; alto)
Biagio Pizzuti (Elviro; bass)
Andrea Mastroni (Ariodate; bass)
Il Pomo d'Oro
Maxim Emelyanychev
3 CDs
Deutsche Grammophon


Song for St Cecilia's Day (HWV 76)
- also includes Concerto Grosso in A minor, Op. 6 No. 4 -

Song for St Cecilia Dunedin Consort John Butt LinnCarolyn Sampson (soprano)
Ian Bostridge (tenor)
Polish Radio Choir
Dunedin Consort
John Butt
CD
Linn


Agrippina (HWV 6)

Handel Agrippina Henglelbrock Robert Carsen DVDPatricia Bardon (Agrippina; mezzo-soprano)
Filippo Mineccia (Ottone; countertenor)
Danielle de Niese (Poppea; soprano)
Mika Kares (Claudio, bass)
Jake Arditti (Nerone; countertenor)
Tom Verney (Narciso, countertenor)
Damien Pass (Pallante, baritone)
Christoph Siedl (Lesbo; baritone)
Balthasar Neumann Ensemble
Thomas Hengelbrock (conductor)
Robert Carsen (stage director)
DVD / BluRay Naxos


Serse (HWV 40)

Handel Serse DVDGaëlle Arquez (Serse; mezzo-soprano)
Elizabeth Sutphen (Romilda; soprano)
Lawrence Zazzo (Arsamene; countertenor)
Louise Alder (Atalanta; soprano)
Tanja Ariane Baumgartner (Amastre; alto)
Thomas Faulkner (Elviro; bass)
Brandon Cedel (Ariodate; bass)
Frankfurt Opern-und Museumsorchester
Constantinos Carydis (conductor)
Tilman Köhler (stage director)
DVD/Blu-Ray
C-Major


Semele (HWV 58)
- reissued on CD for the first time -

Semele Anthony LewisJennifer Vyvyan (Semele; soprano)
William Herbert (Jupiter; tenor)
John Whitworth (Athamus; countertenor)
Helen Watts (Ino; contralto)
Anna Pollack (Juno; mezzo-soprano)
Brenda Griffith (Iris; soprano)
George James (Somnus; bass)
George Prangnell (Cadmus; bass)
The Saint Anthony Singers
The New Symphony Orchestra of London
Anthony Lewis
Eloquence


Arminio (HWV 36)

Cummings ArminioChristopher Lowrey (Arminio; countertenor)
Anna Devin (Tusnelda; soprano)
Sophie Junker (Sigismondo; soprano)
Helen Rasker (Ramise; mezzo-soprano)
Cody Quattlebaum (Segeste; bass)
Paul Hopwood (Varo; tenor)
Owen Willetts (Tullio; countertenor)
FestspielOrchester Göttingen
Laurence Cummings
3 CDs (recorded live during the 2018 festival)
Accent

 

Acis & Galatea (HWV 49a)
- 1718 Cannons version -

Acis and Galatea Curnyn ChandosLucy Crowe (Galatea; soprano)
Allan Clayton (Acis; tenor)
Benjamin Hulett (Damon; tenor)
Neal Davies (Polyphemus; bass)
Jeremy Budd (Corion; tenor)
Early Opera Company
Christian Curnyn
2 CDs
Chandos Chaconne



Handel's Finest Arias for Base Voice, volume 2

Handel's Finest Arias for Base Voice Volume 2 Christopher PurvesChristopher Purves (bass)
Arcangelo
Jonathan Cohen
CD
Hyperion


Didone abbandonata
- pasticcio based on an opera by Vinci, performed by Handel (London, 1737) but not including any music by him -

Didone abbandonata Lauteen KatschnerRobin Johannsen (Didone; soprano)
Olivia Vermeulen (Enea; mezzo-soprano)
Antonio Giovannini (Iarba; countertenor)
Julia Böhme (Selene; alto)
Polina Artsis (Osmida; mezzo-soprano)
Namwon Huh (Araspe; tenor)
Lautten Compagney
Wolfgang Katschner
2 CDs
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi


Vivaldi - Handel
- includes Silete venti (HWV 242), Salve Regina (HWV 241) and the spurious Gloria in excelsis Deo attr. to Handel -

Handel Silete venti Salve Regina Grace DavidsonGrace Davidson (soprano)
Academy of Ancient Music
Joseph Crouch
CD
Signum


Messiah (HWV 56)

Messiah Baltimore NaxosJennifer O'Loughlin (soprano)
Diana Moore (alto)
Nicholas Phan (tenor)
Sidney Outlaw (bass)
Concert Artists of Baltimore Symphonic Chorale
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Edward Polochick
2 CDs
Naxos


Handel's last prima donna: Giulia Frasi in London
- music by Handel, Ciampi, Arne, J. C. Smith junior, and Philip Hayes -

Handel's last prima donna Giulia Frasi in London Ruby HughesRuby Hughes (soprano)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Laurence Cummings
CD
Chandos Chaconne


Sonatas for Violin and Basso Continuo
- all nine sonatas for violin and continuo either by or attributed to Handel -

Brook Street Band Violin SonatasThe Brook Street Band:
Rachel Harris (violin)
Tatty Theo (cello)
Carolyn Gibley (harpsichord)
CD
Avie


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