Arthaus Musik
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Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Flavio Oliver (Giulio Cesare), Elena de la Merced (Cleopatra), Ewa Podlés (Cornelia) & Maite Beaumont (Sesto)
Orchestra and Chorus of The Gran Teatre del Liceu, Michael Hofstetter (conductor) & Herbert Wernicke (stage director)
Arias from Rinaldo, Orlando and Tolomeo pop up in Wernicke's witty, sexy, stylish production. Pathos, bathos, a singing severed head and a crocodile combine to great effect. —
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Special offer. Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z629
Yvonne Kenny (Titania), Thomas Randle (Oberon), Simon Rice (Puck) & Richard Van Allan (King Theseus)
Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera, Nicholas Kok (conductor) & David Pountney (director)
Pountney's 1995 ENO production cuts the spoken text of Purcell's semi-opera and plays the rest for laughs —
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Special offer. Handel: Rinaldo
Antonio Giovannini (Rinaldo), Gesche Geier (Armida), Friederike Schöder (Almirena Marie), Florian Götz (Argante), Yosemeh Adjei (Goffredo), Owen Willetts (Eustazio); Lautten Compagney Berlin & Compagnia Marionettistica Carlo Colla & Figli, Wolfgang Katschner, Eugenio Monti Colla (dir.)
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Blu-ray + 2 CDs
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Handel: Rinaldo
Antonio Giovannini (Rinaldo), Gesche Geier (Armida), Friederike Schöder (Almirena Marie), Florian Götz (Argante), Yosemeh Adjei (Goffredo), Owen Willetts (Eustazio); Lautten Compagney Berlin & Compagnia Marionettistica Carlo Colla & Figli, Wolfgang Katschner, Eugenio Monti Colla (dir.)
Visually, there's a lot to charm. The sets are traditional and often magical, recreating the environs of medieval Jerusalem with style and with flamboyant period (First Crusade) costumes…the... —
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Handel: Rinaldo
Antonio Giovannini (Rinaldo), Gesche Geier (Armida), Marie Friederike Schöder (Almirena), Florian Götz (Argante), Yosemeh Adjei (Goffredo), Owen Willetts (Eustazio), Gesche Geier (Due Sirene), Gesche Geier (Donna)
Lautten Compagney Berlin, Wolfgang Katschner
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Handel: Tamerlano
Monica Bacelli (Tamerlano), Thomas Randle (Bajazet), Graham Pushee (Andronico), Anna Bonitatibus (Irene), Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz (Asteria), Antonio Abete (Leone)
The English Consort, Trevor Pinnock, stage direction by Jonathan Miller
This is an uncommonly interesting examination of how a great Handel opera may be performed without insisting that only Baroque specialists need apply. Some of the singers here aren't obvious... —
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Bacchetti’s fine touch and keen intellect is all on show here, and ignoring any issues with the sound it is easy to find his Bach stimulating and refreshing. There is an animated and ‘alive’... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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2 CDs
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Handel: Tamerlano
Monica Bacelli (Tamerlano), Thomas Randle (Bajazet), Graham Pushee (Andronico), Anna Bonitatibus (Irene), Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz (Asteria), Antonio Abete (Leone)
The English Consort, Trevor Pinnock, stage direction by Jonathan Miller
This is an instance where the DVD...is greatly preferable to the CDs, with solo voices anturally caught and strongly projected against the beautifully recorded and balanced orchestra...It is... —
