Recent Handelian Recording & Video Releases
(See recent reissues, video, and forthcoming releases)

 

New Releases
(In reverse chronological order of release)

added 27 December 2007

"Complete Sonatas & Works For Violin & Continuo"

  • Sonata in A major (HWV 361)
  • Sonata in D major (HWV 371)
  • Allegro for solo violin in G (HWV 407)
  • Sonata in G minor (HWV 364)
  • Sonata in D minor (HWV 367)
  • [Andante] -- alternative version
  • Fantasia in A major (HWV 406)
  • Sonatina in A major -- from Il Trionfo del Tempo (HWV 46b)
  • Sonata in D minor (HWV 359)
  • Andante in A minor (HWV 412)
  • Allegro in C minor (HWV 408)
  • Sonata in G major (HWV 358)

London Handel Players:
Adrian Butterfield, violin
Katherine Sharman, violoncello
Laurence Cummings, harpsichord

Somm Recordings SOMM068
(Recorded in May 2007.)

 

added 15 December 2007

Handel Arias

  • 'Da tempeste' (from Giulio Cesare)
  • 'Lascia ch'io pianga' (from Rinaldo)
  • 'Tornami a vagheggiar' (from Alcina)
  • 'Dolce riposo, ed innocente pace' (from Teseo)
  • 'O stringerò nel sen' (from Teseo)
  • 'Felicissima quest'alma' (from Apollo e Dafne)
  • 'Il mio crudel martoro' (from Ariodante)
  • 'Vo' far guerra' (from Rinaldo)
  • 'Ah, spietato' (from Amadigi)
  • 'Myself I shall adore' (from Semele)
  • 'Piangerò la sorte mia' (from Giulio Cesare)
  • 'Endless pleasure, endless love' (from Semele)

Danielle de Niese, soprano
Les Arts Florissants (on period instruments)
Director: William Christie

Decca Classics B0010035-02
(Recorded in 2007.)

 

added 30 November 2007

Esther (1732 version; HWV 50b)
- live performance
- to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the
London Handel Festival

Esther, Queen of Persia: Rosemary Joshua, soprano
Israelite Woman: Rebecca Outram, soprano
Second Israelite: Cecilia Osmond, soprano
Mordecai: Susan Bickley, mezzo-soprano
Ahasuerus: James Bowman, countertenor
First Israelite: Andrew Kennedy, tenor
Harbonah: Angus Smith, tenor
Haman: Christopher Purves, bass

London Handel Choir & Orchestra (on period instruments)
Conductor: Laurence Cummings

Somm Recordings SOMM238-9 (2 CDs)
(Recorded 23 April 2002.)

 

added 30 November 2007

Handel: Dixit Dominus (HWV 232)
JS Bach: Magnificat (BWV 243)

Natalie Dessay, soprano
Karine Deshayes, soprano
Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor
Toby Spence, tenor
Laurent Naouri, bass

Le Concert d'Astrée (on period instruments)
Director: Emmanuelle Häim

Virgin Classics 395241-2
(Recorded in 2006.)

 

 

added 30 November 2007

Messiah (HWV 56)

Joanne Lunn, soprano
Melanie Marshall, mezzo-soprano
James Gilchrist, tenor
Christopher Purves, bass-baritone

The Cambridge Singers
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (on modern instruments)
John Rutter

Collegium Records COLCD132 (2 CDs)
(Recorded at All Hallows, Gospel Oak in 2007.)

 


 


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