HANDEL Œuvres vocales

RINALDO (1731)

Filippo Mineccia

Vivica Genaux

Michele Mignoni, 

Logan Lopez Gonzalez, 

Francesca Martini, 

Roberta Mameli, 

Marco Angioloni

Ensemble Il Groviglio

Dir. Marco Angioloni 

3 CD Glossa

BROCKES PASSION

• Evangelist - Robert Sellier

•  Daughter of Zion - Vanessa Waldhart

• Believing Soul - Yulia Sokolik 

• Believing Soul / Maria - Romelia Lichtenstein 

• Jesus - Michael Zehe 

• St Peter - Jorge Navarro Colorado 

• St John - Franziska Faust 

• St James - Christina Mattaj 

• Judas / Mercenary - Leandro Marziotte 

• Caiaphas / Pilate / Captain / Believing Soul - Ki-Hyun Park 

Halle Opera Chorus (chorus master: Johannes Köhler) 

Halle Handel Festival Orchestra 

Dir. Michael Hofstetter

Walter Sutcliffe, stage director 

Dorota Karolczak, set and costume designer 

Recorded at Oper Halle, Germany, 26–27 April 2023

1 Blu-ray or 1 DVD Naxos 

LOTARIO

• Anna Bonitatibus, mezzo-soprano

• Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli, soprano

• Carlo Vistoli, countertenor

• Rafał Tomkiewicz, countertenor

• Krystian Adam, tenor

• Ki-Hyun Park, bass

Händelfestspielorchester Halle

Dir. Attilio Cremonesi

3 CD Naxos 8660570

J.s. Bach: Weihnachts-Magnificat - G. F. Handel: Utrecht Te Deum

• Marie-Sophie Pollak, soprano

• Nuria Rial, soprano

• Alex Potter, countertenor

• Kieran Carrel, tenor

• Roderick Williams, baritone

RIAS Kammerchor Berlin

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin 

Dir. Justin Doyle

 1 CD Harmonia Mundi HMM902730

IL MESSIA  (shortened version, sung in Italian)

Eleonora Bellocci, soprano

Margherita Maria Sala, contralto

Jeffrey Francis, tenor

Luigi De Donato, bass

Coro Maghini

Innsbrucker Festwochenorchester 

Dir. Alessandro De Marchi 

1 CD CPO 

PORO RE DELL'INDIE

• Christopher Lowrey (Poro)

• Marco Angioloni (Alessandro)

• Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian (Gandarte)

• Alessandro Ravasio (Timagene)

• Giuseppina Bridelli (Erissena)

• Lucía Martín Cartón (Cleofide) 

Ensemble Il Groviglio

Dir. Marco Angioloni 

3 CD Château de Versailles Spectacles CVS123 

THEODORA

• Theodora: Louise Alder, soprano

• Didymus: Tim Mead, countertenor

• Irene: Anna Stéphany, mezzo-soprano

• Septimius: Stuart Jackson, tenor

• Valens: Adam Plachetka, bass-baritone

Arcangelo

Dir. Jonathan Cohen 

3 CD Alpha Classics

MESSIAH (Early Version 1741)

• Viola Blache, soprano

• Stefanie Schaefer, mezzo-soprano

• Fabian Kelly, tenor

• Julian Dominique Clement, bass

Gutenberg-Kammerchor

Neumeyer Consort

Dir. Felix Koch Rondeau 

2 CD Rondeau Production

MESSIAH

• Marie Lys, soprano

• Margherita Maria Sala, contralto

• Pablo Bemsch, tenor

• Alex Rosen, bass 

Cor de Cambra Del Palau de La Musica Catalana

Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal

Dir. Franco Fagioli

2 CD Chateau de Versailles Spectacles

ISRAEL IN EGYPT (Adaptation by Jeannette Sorrell)

• Margaret Carpenter Haigh & Molly Netter, sopranos 

• Daniel Moody, countertenor 

• Jacob Perry, tenor 

• Edward Vogel, baritone 

Apollo's Fire

Dir. Jeannette Sorrell

1 CD Avie Records

The Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla

• 1 Coronation Anthem by Handel: Zadok the Priest HWV258

+ works by Boyce, Byrd, Davies, Elgar, Gibbons, Goss, Handel, Lloyd Webber, Mealor, O'Regan, Panufnik, Parry, Purcell, Robinson, Strauss, Walton, Weelkes, Wiseman.

Westminster Abbey Choir

The Choir of His Majesty's Chapel Royal

St James's Palace

Choristers from Truro Cathedral Choir

Choristers from Chapel Choir of Methodist College Belfast

Octet from the Monteverdi Choir

Coronation Orchestra

Peter Holder (organ)

Dir. Antonio Pappano, Andrew Nethsingha     

Recorded: 2023-05-06     

Recording Venue: Westminster Abbey, London

2 CD Decca 

*Compilation made out of previously released recordings?

SERSE

• Serse: Emily D’Angelo, mezo-soprano

• Romilda: Lucy Crowe, soprano

• Atalanta: Mary Bevan, soprano

• Amastre: Daniela Mack, contralto

• Arsamene: Paula Murrihy, mezzo-soprano

• Ariodate: Neal Davies, bass-baritone

• Elviro: William Dazeley, baritone

The English Concert

Dir. Harry Bicket

3 CD Linn Records

Coronation/Music for The Royal Occasions*

• 2 Coronation Anthems by Handel: Zadok the Priest & The King shall rejoice 

+ works by Purcell, Byrd, Britten, Tippett

The Sixteen

Dir. Harry Christophers 

1 CD Coro

*Compilation made out of previously released recordings?

L'ALLEGRO, IL PENSEROSO ED IL MODERATO

• Rachel Ramond, soprano

• Leo Jemison, treble

• James Way, tenor

• Sreten Manojlović, bass-baritone

Trinity Boys Choir (Choir) 

Les Arts Florissants

Dir. William Christie 

2 CD Harmonia Mundi

SOLOMON

• Solomon: Christopher Lowrey, countertenor

• Queen of Sheba / First Harlot: Ana Maria Labin, soprano

• Zadok: Matthew Newlin, tenor

• Queen / Second Harlot: Gwendoline Blondeel, soprano

• A Levite: Andreas Wolf, bass

Millenium Orchestra

Chœur de Chambre de Namur 

Leonardo García Alarcón

3 CD Ricercar

AMORE TRADITORE

1 Handel cantata: 

• Dalla guerra amorosa, HWV 102a 

+ music & cantatas by Bach, Keiser, Cladara, Heinichen, Platti

• Mauro Borgioni, bass-baritone

Lorenzo Feder, harpsichord

Giulio Padoin, violoncello

1 CD Bongiovanni

THEODORA

• Theodora: Lisette Oropesa, soprano

• Irene: Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano

• Didymus: Paul-Antoine Benos-Djian, countertenor

• Septimus: Michael Spyres, tenor

• Valens: John Chest, bass-baritone

Il Pomo D'Oro

Dir. Maxim Emelyanychev

3 CD Warner Classic

CHANDOS ANTHEMS

3 Chandos Anthems: 

• Chandos Anthem No. 1 'O, be joyful in the Lord', HWV 246 

• Chandos Anthem No. 4 'O sing unto the Lord new song', HWV 249b

• Chandos Anthem No. 6 'As pants the hart of cooling streams', HWV 251b

Florie Valiquette, soprano 

Nicholas Scott, tenor 

Virgile Ancely, bass-baritone

Choeur & Orchestre Marguerite Louise

Dir. Gaetan Jarry

1 CD Château de Versailles Spectacles

CORONATION ANTHEMS

• 4 Coronation Anthems HWV 258-261

• Te Deum in D Major, HWV 283

Le Concert Spirituel

Dir. Hervé Niquet 

1 CD Alpha

Handel/Hasse CAIO FABBRICIO HWV A9

• Anna Gorbachyova,

• Fleur Barron, 

• Miriam Allan, soprano

• Helen Charlston, mezzo-soprano

• Jess Dandy, 

• Hannah Poulsom, 

• Morgan Pearse, 

London Early Opera (LEO)

Dir. Bridget Cunningham

2 CD Signum Classics, SIGCD713

RODELINDA

• Rodelinda: Anna DENNIS, soprano

• Bertarido: Christopher LOWREY, countertenor

• Grimoaldo: Thomas COOLEY, tenor

• Garibaldo: Julien Van MELLAERTS, bass-baritone

• Eduige: Franziska GOTTWALD, mezzo-soprano

• Unulfo: Own WILLETTS, countertenor 

NDR Choir 

Festspielorchester Gottingen

Dir. Laurence Cummings 

3 CDs Accent

SAUL

• Saul: Daniel Okulitch, bass-baritone

• David: Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor

• Michal: Sherezade Panthaki, soprano

• Merab: Yulia Van Doren, soprano

• Jonathan: Aaron Sheehan, tenor

• Witch: Jonathan Smucker, tenor

• Samuel: Christian Pursell, bass-baritone 

NDR Choir 

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale 

Dir. Nicholas McGegan 

3 CDs PBO to be downloaded only (no physical CDs)

live recording San Francisco, April 2019

2 CANTATAS: 

    Apollo e Dafne

    Armida Abbandonata

• Kathryn Lewek, soprano

• John Chest, bass-baritone

Il promo d'oro

Dir. Francesco Corti

1 cd Pentatone

MESSIAH

Scottish Chamber Orchestra

1 cd Good Time

THE CHOICE OF HERCULES

• Hercules: Diana MOORE, mezzo-soprano 

• Pleasure: Fflur WYN, soprano 

• Virtue: Rachel KELLY, soprano 

• Attendant of Pleasure: Nathan HALLER, tenor

DETTINGEN TE DEUM 

• Cody QUATTLEBAUM, bass-baritone

Christ Church Cathedral Choir

FestspielOrchester Göttingen

Dir. Laurence CUMMINGS

2 cd Accent

RINALDO 

• Rinaldo: Raffaele PE, countertenor 

• Armida: Carmela REMIGIO, soprano 

• Goffredo: Leonardo CORTELLAZZI, tenor 

• Almirena: Francesca ASPROMONTE, soprano 

• Argante: Andrea PATUCELLI, bass-baritone 

Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino 

Dir. Federico Maria SARDELLI 

Stage Director: Pier Luigi PIZZI

1 DVD Dynamic

RODELINDA

• Rodelinda: Lucy CROWE, soprano

• Bertarido: Iestyn DAVIES, countertenor

• Grimoaldo: Joshua ELLICOTT, tenor

• Garibaldo: Brandon CEDEL, bass-baritone

• Eduige: Jess DANDY, mezzo-soprano

• Unulfo: Tim MEAD, countertenor

The English Concert

Dir. Harrry BICKET

3 CD Linn CKD 658

APOLLO E DAFNE

• Arda MADIKIAN, soprano 

• Thomas HEMSLEY, bass-baritone

The Geraint Jones Orchestra 

Dir. Geraint Jones

A BBC live concert broadcast from the Royal Festival Hall 10 January 1955

+ Harp Concerto HWV 294, Concerto Grosso HWV 312 

+ Recitative & aria 'Mio sposo...In mille dolci modi' (Sosarme) 

Margaret RITCHIE, soprano 

Alfred DELLER, countertenor 

The Saint Cecilia Orchestra 

Dir. Anthony Lewis 

Excerpt from the studio performance broadcast by the BBC 1 February 1955

1 CD Cameo

RINALDO

• Rinaldo: Delphine GALOU, alto

• Almirena, Francesca ASPROMONTE, soprano 

• Armida: Anna Maria SARRA, soprano 

• Goffredo: Raffaele PE, countertenor 

• Argante: Luigi DE DONATO, bass-baritone 

• Mago Cristiano: Federico BENETTI, bass-baritone 

• Donna: Anna BESSI, mezzo-soprano

Accademia Bizantina

Dir. Ottavio DANTONE

2 CD live recording HDB sonus 

SEMELE

• Semele: Louise ALDER, soprano

• Jupiter: Hugo HYMAS, tenor

• Juno/Ino: Lucile RICHARDOT, alto

• Athamas: Carlo VISTOLI, countertenor

• Somnus/Cadmus: Gianluca BURATTO, bass-baritone

• Iris: Emily OWEN, soprano

• Cupid: Angela HICKS, soprano

• Apollo: Peter DAVOREN, tenor

English Baroque Soloists

Monteverdi Choir

Dir. John Eliot GARDINER

3 CD SDG733 presto 

ALEXANDER'S FEAST (in German, Mozart?: ALEXANDER'S FEST) 

• Marie-Sophie Pollak, soprano

• Tobias Hunger, tenor

• Kresimir Strazanac, bass-baritone

Vox Chor

Vox Orchester

Dir. Lorenzo Ghirlanda

2 CD DHM 

SAUL

• Saul: Markus Brück, baritone

• David: Eric Jurenas, countertenor

• Michal: Mary Beevan, soprano

• Merab: Sophie Bevan, soprano

• Jonathan: Benjamin Hulett, tenor

• High Priest/Witch: Raphael Höhn, tenor

 NDR Chor (Edzard Burchards)

FestspielOrchester Göttingen

Dir. Lawrence Cummings

3 cds Accent 

MESSIAH

• Dorothee Mields, soprano

• Benno Schachtner, alto

• Tobias Knaus, alto

• Benedikt Kristjánsson, tenor

• Tobias Berndt, bass 

Gaechinger Cantorey 

Dir. Hans-Christof Rademann

2 cds Accentus fnac.com

SACRED HANDEL

Music for the Carmelite Vespers Rome 1700

Georg Friedrich Handel: Dixit Dominus, Haec est regina virginum, Te decus virgineum 

Giovanni Paolo Colonna: Domine ad adjuvandum, Lauda Jerusalem 

Antonio Maria Bononcini: Laudate pueri 

Alessandro Scarlatti: Nisi Dominus

Arcangelo Corelli: Sinfonia da Chiesa 

Girolamo Frescobaldi: Magnificat secundi toni ad organum 

• Coro da Camera Italiana

• Musica Antiqua Latina 

Dir. Giordano Antonelli 

1 cd DHM (Sony Music) 

ALMIRA

• Emöke Barath

• Amanda Forsythe

• Colin Balzer

• Christian Immler

• Jan Kobow

Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra

Dir. Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs 

4 cds CPO

BROCKES PASSION

• Maria Keohane, soprano

• Joanne Lunn, soprano

• Hanna Zumsande, soprano

• Daniel Carlsson, alto

• Daniel Elgersma, alto

• Ed Lyon, tenor

• Gwilym Bowen, tenor

• Peter Harvey, bass-baritone

• Jakob Bloch Jespersen, bass-baritone

Concerto Copenhagen

Dir. Lars Ulrik Mortensen

2 cd CPO Records

BROCKES PASSION

• Elizabeth Watts, soprano

• Ruby Hughes, soprano

• Rachael Lloyd, 

• Tim Mead, countertenor

• Robert Murray, tenor

• Gwilym Bowen, 

• Nicky Spence, tenor

• Cody Quattlebaum, 

• Morgan Pearse, bass-baritone

Accademie of Ancient Music

Dir. Richard Egarr

3 cds Academy of Ancient 

RODRIGO

• Erica Eloff, Rodrigo

• Fflur Wyn, Esilena 

• Anna Dennis, Florinda  

• Jorge Navarro Colorado, Giuliano

• Russell Harcourt, Evanco

• Leandro Marziotte, Fernando

Festspielorchester Göttingen

Dir. Laurence Cummings 

3 cds Accent 

JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN

• Sherezade Panthaki, soprano

• Gabrielle Haigh, soprano

• Diana Moore, mezzo-soprano 

• Abigail Levis, mezzo-soprano

• Nicholas Phan, tenor

• Philip Cutlip, baritone

Phuilharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale 

Dir. Nicholas McGegan

1 cd Philharmonia Baroque 

ACIS AND GALATEA

• Jeremy Budd, Acis

• Grace Davidson, Galatea

• Stuart Young, Polyphemus

• Mark Dobell, Damon

• Simon Berridge, Coridon

The Sixteen

Dir. Harry Christophers

2 cds Coro 

ACIS AND GALATEA HWV 49a (1718)

• Lucy Crowe, Galatea

• Allan Clayton, Acis

• Benjamin Hulett, Damon

• Neal Davies, Polyphemus

• Jeremy Budd, Corion 

Early Opera Company

Christian Curnyn 

2 cds Chandos  

AGRIPPINA 

• Patricia Bardon, Agrippina

• Filippo Mineccia, Ottone

• Danielle de Niese, Poppea

• Mika Kares, Claudio

• Jake Arditti, Nerone

• Tom Verney, Narciso

• Damien Pass, Pallante

• Christoph Siedl, Lesbo

Balthasar Neumann Ensemble 

Thomas Hengelbrock (conductor)

Robert Carsen (stage director)  

2 DVDs/ 1 BluRay Naxos

MESSIAH HWV 56

• Giulia Semenzato, soprano

• Benno Schachtner, countertenor

• Krystian Adam, tenor

• Kresimir Strazanak, bass-baritone

Collegium Vocale 1704

Dir. Vaclav Luks

2 cds Accent 

HANDEL / LEO : RINALDO

• Teresa Iervolino, Rinaldo

• Carmela Remigio, Armida

• Loriana Castellano, Almirena

• Francisco Fernandez-Rueda, Goffredo

• Francesca Ascioti, Argante

• Dara Savinova, Eustazio

• Valentina Cardinali, Lesbina

• Simone Tangolo, Nesso

• Dielli Hoxha, Argante's Herald

• Kim-Lillian Strebel, Spirit in the guise of a woman

• Ana Victoria Pitts, wiseman

La Scintilla

Dir. Fabio Luisi

3 cds/DVD/Blu-Ray Dynamic

CHANDOS ANTHEM Nr. 4 "O sing unto the Lord a new song" HWV 249

CANTATE DOMINO

+ works by Bach Mozart Telemann Buxtehude

• soloists?

Ensemble BachWerkVokal

Dir. Gordon Safari

1 cd MDG