The Handel Institute
The Handel Institute

Handel for Philippe Gelinaud's
Desert Island

(in no particular order)

"Operatic Arias" Operatic Arias
Includes excerpts from Rinaldo (HWV 7), Giulio Cesare in Egitto (HWV 17), Tamerlano (HWV 18), Rodelinda (HWV 19), Ariodante (HWV 33), and Serse (HWV 40)
D
avid Daniels (countertenor)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
(period instruments)
R
oger Norrington (conductor)
Virgin Veritas 7243 5 45326 2 7
(1 CD)
(Released in 1998/Recorded in 1998)

 

 

Agrippina Agrippina (HWV 6)
Agrippina: S
ally Bradshaw
Nerone: W
endy Hill
Poppea: L
isa Saffer
Claudio: N
icholas Isherwood
Ottone: D
rew Minter
Pallante: M
ichael Dean
Narciso: R
alf Popken
Lesbo: B
éla Szilágyi
Giunone: G
loria Banditelli

Capella Savaria (period instruments)
N
icholas McGegan (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMU 907063.65
(3 CDs)
(Released in 1992/Recorded in 1991 -- a Göttingen Festival production)

 

Amadigi Amadigi (HWV 11)
Amadigi: N
athalie Stutzman
Oriana:
Jennifer Smith
Melissa: E
iddwen Harrhy
Dardano:
Bernarda Fink
Orgando: P
ascal Bertin

Les Musiciens du Louvre (period instruments)
M
arc Minkowski (conductor)
Erato
disques 2292-45490-2 (2 CDs)
(Released in 1991/Recorded in 1989)

 

Ottone Ottone (HWV 15)
Ottone: D
rew Minter
Teofane: L
isa Saffer
Emireno: M
ichael Dean
Gismonda: J
uliana Gondek
Adelberto: R
alf Popken
Matilda: P
atricia Spence

Freiburger Barockorchester (period instruments)
N
icholas McGegan (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi
HMU 907073.75 (3 CDs)
(Released in 1993/Recorded in 1992 -- a Göttingen Festival Production)

 

Giulio Cesare Giulio Cesare in Egitto (HWV 17)
Giulio Cesare: J
ames Bowman
Cleopatra: L
ynne Dawson
Tolomeo: D
ominique Visse
Cornelia: Guillemette Laurens
Sesto: Eir
ian James
Achilla: N
icolas Rivenq
Curio, Nireno: J
ean-Louis Comoretto

La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy (period instruments)
Jean-Claude Malgoire (conductor)
Astrée Auvidis
E8558 (3 CDs)
(Released in 1995/Recorded in 1995)

 

Ariodante Ariodante (HWV 33)
Ariodante: A
nne Sofie von Otter
Ginevra: L
ynne Dawson
Polinesso: E
wa Podles
Dalinda: V
éronica Cangemi
Lurcanio: R
ichard Croft
Il Re di Scozia: D
enis Sedov
Odoardo: Luc Coadou

Chœur des Musiciens du Louvre
Les Musiciens du Louvre
(period instruments)
M
arc Minkowski (conductor)
DG/Archiv Produktion 457 271-2 (3 CDs)
(Released in 1997/Recorded (live) in 1997)

 

La Resurrezione La Resurrezione (HWV 47)
Angelo: A
nnick Massis
Maddalena: J
ennifer Smith
Cleofe: L
inda Maguire
San Giovanni: J
ohn Mark Ainsley
Lucifero: L
aurent Naouri

Les Musiciens du Louvre (period instruments)
M
arc Minkowski (conductor)
DG/Archiv Produktion 447 767-2 (2 CDs)
(Released in 1996/Recorded (live) in 1995)

 

Belshazzar Belshazzar (HWV 61)
Belshazzar: Markus Butscher
Nitocris: Simone Kernes
Cyrus: Christopher Robson
Daniel: Patrick van Goethem
Gobrias: Franz-Josef Selig

Kölner Kammerchor
Collegium Cartusianum  (period instruments)
Peter Neumann (conductor)
MDG 332 1079-2 (3 CDs)
(Recorded and released in 2001)

 

Alexander Balus Alexander Balus (HWV 65)
Alexander Balus: C
atherine Denley
Cleopatra: L
ynne Dawson
Ptolemee: M
ichael George
Jonathan: C
harles Daniels
Aspasia: C
laron McFadden

The Choir of New College, Oxford
The Choir of the King’s Consort
The King’s Consort
(period instruments)
Robert.King (conductor)
Hyperion
Records Ltd. CDA67241/2 (2 CDs)
(Released in 1997/Recorded in 1997)

 

Theodora Theodora (HWV 68)
Theodora: L
orraine Hunt
Didymus: D
rew Minter
Septimius: J
effrey Thomas
Irene: J
ennifer Lane
Valens: D
avid Thomas
Messenger: N
eal Rogers

Chamber Chorus of the University of California, Berkeley
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
(period instruments)
N
icholas McGegan (conductor)
Harmonia Mundi HMU 907060.62
(3 CDs)
(Released in 1992/Recorded in 1991)

 


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