GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Rodelinda (complete opera) Joan Sutherland, Alicia Nafe, Curtis Rayam, Isobel Buchanan / Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2019 ] "[The recorded sound] is vivid, rather spacious … Dame Joan Sutherland produces generous quantities of golden tone … Nafé does ['Dove sei'] very beautifully, gently yet with firm, well-formed tone." gramophone |
RAMEAU / VIVALDI / LULLY / MARINI / HANDEL / etc
The Galileo Project (recorded January 2009) Tafelmusik Braoque Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon [ Tafelmusik DVD / 2 DVD/CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] "The musical performance, through it all, was of the highest order … bursts of virtuosity were too widespread and numerous to list." - The New York Times (on the live concert of The Galileo Project) |
TORELLI / HANDEL / ALBINONI / GABRIELI
Baroque Trumpet Concertos Thomas Reiner (trumpet) / South West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim / Sebastian Tewinkel [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Oct/2007 ] The development of the piccolo trumpet has made it possible to tackle both original Baroque trumpet repertoire and transcriptions of works originally intended for oboe, with which it has a comparable tube length. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (complete oratorio) Marjanne Kweksilber, James Bowman, Paul Elliott & Gregory Reinhart / Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & The Sixteen, Ton Koopman [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 6/Apr/2009 ] |
SIR HAMILTON HARTY
Harty: A John Field Suite Ulster Orchestra, Bryden Thomson [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/1993 ] |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 Christina Wieland, Diana Schmid, Franz Vitzthum, Knut Schoch / Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Joachim Carlos Martini [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 27/Feb/2012 ] "it's the singer in the role of Irene, the mezzo Diana Schmid, who attracts most attention, with the generosity of her phrasing and warm even tone" Guardian |
MENDELSSOHN / HANDEL / RICHARD STRAUSS / GOUNOD / SATIE / etc
Romance Yoshikazu Mera (counter-tenor) / Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Shigeo Genda [ BIS / CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] Brilliant Japanese counter-tenor in a programme of Romance! |
HANDEL / MOZART / LEHAR / KALMAN / GERSHWIN / NOVELLO / RICHARD STRAUSS
Yvonne Kenny - Great Operatic Arias Vol 2 Yvonne Kenny (soprano) London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Opera in English / CD - released 7/Aug/2003 ] 'A fine snapshot of a much-loved soprano in some of her most celebrated roles.' Gramophone |
MOZART / DONIZETTI / HANDEL / PURCELL / BIZET / SULLIVAN / PORTER / etc
Yvonne Kenny - Great Operatic Arias Vol 1 Yvonne Kenny (soprano) Philharmonia Orchestra / David Parry [ Chandos Opera in English / CD - released 7/Aug/2001 ] This is the first disc from Yvonne Kenny in Chandos' Great Operatic Arias series |