Since you are interested in Handel: Tobit (an oratorio), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
ALBINONI / HANDEL / PACHELBEL / BACH / CORELLI
The Best of Baroque Music Cologne Chamber Orchestra / Helmut Muller-Bruhl, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Aug/2003 ] The first half of the eighteenth century saw the culmination of a musical synthesis between elements predominant in three major musical countries in Europe. From Italy came, above all, song, from France dance and from Germany the more academic... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Rinaldo (Complete opera) Aradia Ensemble, Kevin Mallon (Conductor), Nicole Bower (Soprano), Catherine Affleck (Soprano), Lenard Whiting (Tenor) [ Naxos Opera / 3 CD - released 18/Apr/2006 ] "Fine soloists make the most of their coloratura opportunities, especially Barbara Hannigan as the enchantress Armida and Kimberly Barber in the title role. Recorded in Canada, this budget-price version led by Kevin Mallon is a welcome addition to... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Gideon (Complete oratorio arr. J. C. Smith) David Cordier (counter-tenor) Barbara Hannigan (soprano) Stephan MacLeod (bass) Linda Perillo (soprano) / Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra [ Naxos English Choral Music / 2 CD - released 21/Jul/2004 ] After the death of Handel in 1759, the London public was still eager for more music from a composer who had been so dear to them. John Christopher Smith responded to this demand and to his own purposes in collaborating with Handel's former... |
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Deborah (Complete Oratorio) Elisabeth Scholl / Natache Ducret / Lawrence Zazzo / Barockorchester Frankfurt [ Naxos / 3 CD - released 3/Feb/2002 ] "There is much to admire in Martini's spirited performance...I was particularly struck by Lawrence Zazzo, who portrays with panache the Hebrew hero whose role was written for the castrato Senesino...I hope we will be hearing a lot more of him...It is... |
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Solomon, HWV 67 (Complete oratorio) Junge Kantorei / Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra / Martini Joachim Carlos [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 8/Aug/2006 ] Handel composed his powerful oratorio Solomon in less than six weeks between 3 May and 13 June 1748, and after a short break sat down at his desk to start the score of Susanna, finishing it during the last week of August. |
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Athalia (English oratorio in three acts) Markus Brutscher (tenor) / Friederike Holzhausen (soprano) / Stephan MacLeod (bass) / Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra / Joachim Carlos Martini [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 8/Jan/2005 ] "a thoughtful performance of a musically staisfying piece" - BBC Music Magazine |