HANDEL Œuvres vocales

DIXIT DOMINUS

3 Handel motets: 

• motet 'Dixit Dominus'

• motet 'Laudate Pueri'

• motet 'Nisi Dominus' 

Rias Kammerchor

Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin

Dir. Justin Doyle

1 CD Harmonia Mundi

ALCINA

• Alcina: Magdalena Kozena, mezzo-soprano

• Ruggiero: Anna Bonitatibus, mezzo-soprano

•  Morgana: Erin Morley, soprano 

•  Bradamante: Elizabeth DeShong, contralto 

• Oronte: Valerio Contaldo, tenor

• Oberto: Alois Mühlbacher, countertenor 

• Melisso: Alex Rosen, bass 

Les Musiciens du Louvre 

Dir. Marc Minkowski

3 CD Pentatone 

DIXIT DOMINUS + Ferrandini Il Pianto di Maria

• Sophie Rennert

• Deborah Cachet

• Rachel Redmond

• Michiel Haspeslagh

• Alberto Martinez 

Il Gardellino

Vlaams Radiokoor

Dir. Bart Van Reyn

1 CD Passacaille 

MESSIAH

• Lucy Crowe, soprano

• Alex Potter, counter-tenor

• Michael Spyres, tenor

• Matthew Brook, bass

The English Concert & Choir

Dir. John Nelson

2 CD + 1 bonus DVD Warner Classics

Elly Ameling The Philips Recital 

3 Handel pieces (previously on LP, first time on CD to our knowledge)

• cantata 'Crudel tiranno Amor' HWV97     

• recit. & aria 'E pur così in un giorno ... Piangerò, la sorte mia' (Giulio Cesare)     

• motet 'Silete venti' HWV242

+ works by Barber, Beethoven, Bizet, Blake, Brahms, Canteloube, Caplet, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Chabrier, Chausson, Chopin, Debussy, Dowland, Duke, Duparc, Ellington, Espinosa, Lía Cimaglia (1906-98), Fauré, Franck, Franz, Gershwin, Giordani, Giraud, Gluck, Goemans, Gounod, Green, Hahn, Haydn, Heinichen, Honegger, Jobim, Katscher, Kern, Kosma, Loewe, Mahler, Marx, Massenet, Mendelssohn, Messiaen, Mozart, Nakada, Obradors, Paisiello, Pergolesi, Pfitzner, Porter, Poulenc, Purcell, Quilter, Ravel, Reger, Rodgers, Roussel, Satie, Schubert, Schumann, Sondheim, Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Tosti, Vivaldi, Wolf, Yamada.

English Chamber Orchestra

Dir. Raymond LEPPARD

29 CD Eloquence

CLEOFIDA (PORO)  (German version by Telemann)

• Suzanne Jerosme

• Florian Gotz

• Jorge Navarro-Colorado

• Johanna Pommranz

• Leandro Marziotte

• Josep-Ramon Olive

Il Gusto Barocco

Stuttgarter Barockorchester

Dir. Jorg Halubek

3 CD CPO

THEODORA

• Theodora: Julia Bullock, soprano

• Irene: Joyce Didonato, mezzo-soprano

• Didymus: Jakub Jozef Orliński, countertenor

• Septimus: Ed Lyon, tenor

• Valens: Gyula Orendt, bass-baritone

the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Royal Opera Chorus

Dir. Harry Bicket

Directed by Katie Mitchell

2 DVD or 1 Blu-Ray Opus Arte 

HANDEL - PURCELL: THE CROWN, Coronation Anthems, Hymnes du Couronnement

• 4 Coronation Anthems by Handel

• "Praise the Lord" chorus from Solomon

+ 2 Anthems by Purcell 

Choeur Orchestre de l Opéra Royal

Dir. Gaetan Jarry 

1 CD Chateau de Versailles Spectacles

CORONATION ANTHEMS

• Handel 4 Coronation anthems

• Overture to An Occasional Oratorio

+ works by Blow & Croft. 

Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin

Rias Kammerchor

Dir. Justin Doyle

1 CD Harmonia Mundi

SEMELE

• Semele: Emma Pearson, soprano

• Jupiter/Apollo: Amitai Pati, tenor

• Juno/Ino: Sarah Castle, mezzo-soprano

• Cadmus/Somnus: Paul Whelan, bass-baritone

• Athamas: Stephen Diaz, countertenor

• Iris: Chelsea Dolman, soprano

• Priest: Sashe Angelovski, 

New Zealand Opera Chorus

holy Trinity Cathedral Choir

New Zealand Opera Baroque Orchestra

Dir. Peter Walls

1 DVD Opus Arte (Naxos Deutschland GmbH)

GIULIO CESARE

• Giulio Cesare: Bejun Mehta, countertenor

• (Cesare), (Cleopatra), (Sesto), (Cornelia), (Tolomeo), (Achilla), Keith Warner

• Cleopatra: Louise Alder, soprano

• Tolomeo: Christophe Dumaux, countertenor

• Sesto: Jake Arditti, countertenor

• Cornelia: Patricia Bardon, bass-baritone

• Achilla: Simon Bailey, bass-baritone

• Curio: 

• Nireno: 

Concentus musicus Wien

Dir. Ivor Bolton

3 DVD Unitel Editions

Handel 9 German arias + 2 instrumental pieces: 

• German arias HWV 202 - 210

+ Andante (from Sonata Op. I No. 3 Hwv371) & Affettuoso (from Sonata Op. 1 No. 13 Hwv 371)

Fernando Cordella

Juliano Buosi

Marília Vargas

1 CD Marília Vargas only available within a book, otherwise only available as digital download

AMADIGI DI GAULA

Amadigi: Tim Mead, countertenor

Dardano: Hilary Summers, contralto

Melissa: Mary Bevan, soprano

Oriana: Anna Dennis, soprano

Orgando: Patrick Terry, countertenor

Ripieno: Jeremy Budd, Jonathan Brown

Early Opera Company

Dir. Christian Curnyn

1 CD Chandos

ITALIAN CANTATAS

Carlotta Colombo, soprano 

Maria Dalia Albertini, soprano 

Marta Fumagalli, mezzo-soprano 

Ensemble Fantazyas

Dir. Roberto Balconi 

1 CD Brilliant Classics

SERSE

• Serse: Arianna Venditelli, mezzo-soprano

• Romilda: Monica Piccinini, soprano

• Arsamene: Marina De Liso, mezzo-sopran

• Amastre: Delphine Galou, mezzo-soprano

• Atalanta: Francesca Aspromonte, soprano

• Ariodate: Luigi De Donato, bass-baritone

• Elviro: Biagio Pizzuti, baritone

Accademia Bizantina 

Dir. Ottavio Dantone

3 CDs HDB sonus

LA RESUREZZIONE

• Angelo: Lucy Crowe, soprano

• Maria Maddalena: Sophie Bevan, soprano

• Cleofe: Iestyn Davies, countertenor

• San Giovanni: Hugo Hymas, tenor

• Lucifero: Ashley Riches, bass-baritone

The English Concert

Dir. Harry Bicket

2 cd Linn Records

SAUL  HWV 53

• Florian Boesch, bass-baritone (Saul) 

• Jake Arditti, countertenor (David) 

• Anna Prohaska, soprano (Merab) 

• Giulia Semenzato, soprano (Michal) 

• Rupert Charlesworth, tenor (Jonathan) 

• David Webb, tenor (Abner/Le Grand Prêtre/Doeg L'Edomite) 

• Rafal Towkiewicz, countertenor (La Sorcière d'Endor) 

• Andrew Morstein, tenor (Un Amalécite) 

Arnold Schoenberg Chor 

Erwin Ortner, direction 

Freiburger Barockorchester 

Christopher Moulds, direction 

Claus Guth, mise en scène

2 DVD or 1 Blu-ray C Major Entertainment

MESSIAH (excerpts from performances from 2014 to 2019)

• Amanda Forsythe, soprano

• Paula Murrihy, mezzo-soprano

• Ann McMahon Quintero, mezzo-soprano 

• Christopher Lowrey, countertenor

• William Burden, tenor

• Thomas Cooley, tenor

• Aaron Sheehan, tenor

• Stephen Powell, bass-baritone

• Dashon Burton, bass-baritone

Boston Baroque

Martin Pearlman 

video prime 2h19mn Amazon

SEMELE

• Semele: Ana Maria Labin, soprano 

• Jupiter: Matthew Newlin, tenor 

• Ino/Juno: Dara Savinova, mezzo-soprano

• Athamas: Lawrence Zazzo, countertenor 

• Cupid: Gwendoline Blondeel, soprano 

• Iris: Chiara Skerath, soprano 

• Cadmus/Somnus/High Priest: Andreas Wolf, bass-baritone

Millenium Orchestra 

Dir. Leonardo Garcia Alarcon

3 cd Ricercar

ACI, GALATEA e POLIFEMO

• Aci: Raffaele PE, countertenor 

• Galatea: Giuseppina BRIDELLI, mezzo-soprano 

• Polifemo: Andrea MASTRONI, bass-baritone

La Lira di Orfeo 

Dir. Luca GUGLIELMI

2 cd Glossa

ARIODANTE 

• Ariodante: Cecilia BARTOLI, mezzo-soprano 

• Ginevra: Kathryn LEWEK, soprano 

• King of Scotland: Nathan BERG, bass-baritone

• Polinesso: Christophe DUMAUX, countertenor 

• Dalinda: Sandrine PIAU, soprano 

• Lurcanio: Rolando VILLAZON, tenor 

• Odoardo: Kristofer LUNDIN, tenor 

Les Musiciens du Prince - Monaco 

Dir. Gianluca CAPUANO

Stage Director: Christof LOY

2 DVD or 1 Blu-ray  C Major Entertainment

BROCKES PASSION

• Sandrine PIAU, soprano (Tochter Zion) 

• Stuart JACKSON, tenor (Evangelist) 

• Konstantin KRIMMEL, baritone (Jesus)

Arcangelo Ensemble

Dir. Jonathan COHEN

2 CD Alpha 

MESSIAH

• Julia Doyle, soprano

• Tim Mead, countertenor

• Thomas Hobbs, tenor 

• Roderick Williams, bass-baritone

RIAS Kammerchor Berlin 

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Dir. Justin Doyle 

2 CD Pentatone 

MESSIAH (arr. MOZART: Der Messias, in German)

• Elena TSALLAGOVA, soprano

• Wiebke LEHMKUHL, mezzo-soprano

• Richard CROFT, tenor

• José COCA LOZA, bass-baritone

Philharmonia Chor Wien

Les Musiciens du Louvre

Dir. Marc MINKOWSKI

staging: Robert Wilson

1 DVD / Blu-ray Unitel Editions 

HERCULES (pasticcio with music by Handel & Bach)

• Christina ROTERBERG

• Susanne LANGNER

• Kaspar KRÖNER

• Tobias HUNGER

Stadtsingechor zu Halle Gemischter 

Händelfestspielorchester Halle 

Dir. Clemens FLÄMIG

2 CD Querstand (Klassik Center Kassel) 

SAMSON

• Samson, Matthew NEWLIN, tenor

• Dalila, Klara EK, soprano

• Micah, Lawrence ZAZZO, countertenor

• Manoa/Harapha: Luigi DI DONATO, bass-baritone

• Virgin/Israelitish Woman/Attendant of Dalila: Julie Roset, soprano

Chœur de Chambre de Namur

Millenium Orchestra

Dir.: Leonardo GARCIA ALARCON

2 CD Ricercar

MESSIAH

• Sandrine Piau, soprano

• Anthéa Pichanick, mezzo-soprano

• Kresimir Speicer, tenor

• Bozidar Smiljanic, bass-baritone

Le Concert Spirituel

Dir. Hervé Niquet

1 dvd Versailles 

MESSIAH... REFRESHED!

• Penelope Shumate, soprano

• Claudia Chapa, mezzo-soprano

• John McVeigh, tenor

• Christopher Job, bass

The Jonathan Griffith Singers

National Youth Choir of Great Britain 

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 

Dir. Jonathan Griffith 

2 cd Signum 

AGRIPPINA

• Agrippina: Joyce DiDOnato

• Poppea: Esla Benoit

• Nerone: Franco Fagioli

• Ottone: Jakub Jozef Orlinski

• Claudio: Luca Pisaroni

• Narciso: Carlo Vistoli

• Giunone: Marie-Nicole Lemieux

• Pallante: Andrea Mastroni

• Lesbo: Biagio Pizzuti

Il Pomo d'Oro

Dir. Maxim Emelyanychev

3 cds Erato 

SAMSON

• Samson: Joshua Ellicott, tenor

• Dalila: Sophie Bevan, soprano

• Micah: Jess Dandy, countertenor

• Harapha: Vitali Rozynko, bass

• Manoa: Matthew Brook, bass-baritone

• An Israelite/A Philistine/Messenger: Hugo Hymas, tenor

• A Virgin/An Israelite Woman/A Philistine Woman: Mary Bevan, soprano

• A Virgin/A Philistine Woman: Fflur Wyn, soprano

Dunedin Consort, Tiffin Boys' Choir

Dir. John Butt

3 cds Linn

MESSIAH

• R. Redmond, soprano

• D. Guillon

• N. Mulroy, tenor

• M. Winckhler, bass-baritone

La Capella Reial de Catalunya 

Le Concert des Nations

Dir. Jordi Savall

2 cds AliaVox

RODELINDA

• Rodelinda: Jeanine De Bique

• Bertarido: Tim Mead

• Grimoaldo: Benjamin Hulett

• Eduige: Avery Amereau

• Unolfo: Jakub Józef Orlinski

• Garibaldo: Andrea Mastroni

Le Concert d’Astrée

Dir. Emmanuelle Haïm

Director Jean Bellorini

1 DVD / BluRay Warner Classics amazon.fr 

DIXIT DOMINUS + BACH & SCHÜTZ Motets

• Daniel Taylor, countertenor

Ottawa Bach Choir

Dir. Lisette Canton

1 cd ATMA 

BROCKES PASSION HWV 48

• Johannette Zorner, soprano 

• Ana Maria Labin, soprano 

• David Erler, Countertenor

• Rubert Charlesworth, tenor 

• Sebastian Kohlhepp, tenor

• Tobias Bernd, Bariton

NDR Chor (Bart Van Reyn)

FestspielOrchester Göttingen

Harpsichord & Dir.: Laurence Cummings

2 cds Accent

CHANDOS TE DEUM HWV 281

CHANDOS ANTHEM n° 8 HWV 253

• Grace Davidson, soprano

• Charles Daniels, tenor I

• Nicholas Mulroy, tenor II

• Benedict Hymas, tenor III (Te Deum only)

• Edward Grint, bass

London Handel Orchestra & Soloists

Dir. Adrian Butterfield

1 cd Onyx 

HANDEL/VINCI and others: DIDONE ABBANDONATA (1737)

• Robin Johannsen, Didone

• Olivia Vermeulen, Enea

• Antonio Giovannini, Iarba

• Julia Böhme, Selene

• Polina Artsis, Osmida

• Namwon Huh, Araspe 

Lautten Compagney

Wolfgang Katschner 

2 cds Deutsche Harmonia Mundi

UTRECHTER TE DEUM & JUBILATE

• Il Pastor Fido (suite) HWV 8a

• Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne HWV 74

• Utrecht Te Deum HWV 278

• Utrecht Jubilate HWV 279

Christina Landshamer, soprano

Anja Scherg, soprano

Reginald Mobley, countertenor

Benedikt Kristjansson, tenor

Andreas Wolf, bass-baritone

Gaechinger Kantorei

Dir. Hans-Christof Rademann

1 cd Carus 

SERSE

• Franco Fagioli, Serse

• Inga Kalna, Romilda

• Vivica Genaux, Arsamene

• Delphine Galou, Amastre

• Francesca Aspromonte, Atalanta

• Andrea Mastroni, Ariodate

• Biagio Pizzuti, Elviro

Il Pomo d'Oro

Dir. Maxim Emelyanychev

3 cds DG

Music for Queen Caroline

1) Coronation Anthem HWV 260 The King shall rejoice

2) Te Deum "Caroline" HWV 280

3) Funeral Anthem HWV 264 The Ways of Zion do mourn

Mead, Clayton, Abadie, Les Arts Florissants. W.Christie

1 cd Arts Flori (Harmonia Mundi) / Les Arts Florissants Edition

MESSIAH

• Erin Wall, soprano

• Elizabeth DeShong, mezzo-soprano

• Andrew Staples, tenor

• John Relya, bass

Toronto Mendelssohn Choir

Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Dir. Sir Andrew Davis

2 cds Chandos