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100 Best Handel | EMI - 100 Best 0960462

100 Best Handel

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Label: EMI - 100 Best

Cat No: 0960462

Barcode: 5099909604629

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 6

Release Date: 4th April 2011

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This 6 CD set offers an impressive assortment of well-known and beloved works by one of the greatest Baroque composer, George Frideric Handel.

This collection features performances by prestigious artists of some of his best loved works, including excerpts of Ariodante, Giulio Cesare, Sarabande, Water Music, etc.

Contents:
CD 1
1. Rinaldo HWV7a: Lascia ch'io pianga (Act II)
Jane Gilchrist / Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Kirk Trevor

2. Ariodante: Scherza, infida
Philippe Jaroussky / Emmanuelle Haïm / Le Concert d`Astrée

3. Radamisto: Aria: Ombra caro di mia sposa
Zachary Stains / Dominique Labelle / Carlo Lepore / Patrizia Ciofi / Joyce Di Donato / Maite Beaumont

4. Orlando HWV 31 (1733): Verdi allori
Max Emanuel Cencic / Diego Fasolis / I Barocchisti

5. Rodrigo HWV5: Aria: 'Empiro fato, e fiera sorte' (Esilena)
Gloria Banditelli / Sandrine Piau / Elena Cecchi Fedi / Rufus Müller / Roberta Invernizzi

6. Amadigi di Gaula HWV 11 (1715): Pena tiranna
Max Emanuel Cencic / Diego Fasolis / I Barocchisti

7. Arminio: Duri lacci! voi non siete
Vivica Genaux / Geraldine McGreevy / Dominique Labelle / Manuela Custer / Luigi Petroni / Sytse Buwalda / Riccardo Ristori / Il Complesso Barocco

Alcina HWV34
8. Aria: Tornami a vagheggiar (Morgana)
Arleen Augér / Eiddwen Harrhy / Della Jones / Kathleen Kuhlmann / Patrizia Kwella / Maldwyn Davies / Sir John Tomlinson / Opera Stage
9. Aria: Ombre pallide, lo so, mi udite (Alcina)
Arleen Augér / City of London Baroque Sinfonia / Simon Standage / Ian Watson / John Heley
10. Aria: Sta nell'Ircana pietrosa tana (Ruggiero)
Arleen Augér / Eiddwen Harrhy / Della Jones / Kathleen Kuhlmann / Patrizia Kwella / Maldwyn Davies / Sir John Tomlinson / Opera Stage
11. Duetto: Son nata a lagrimar
Stephanie Blythe / David Daniels / Emmanuelle Haïm / Martin Isepp / John Nelson / Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
 
CD 2
1. Serse: Aria: Ombra mai fu
Gérard Lesne / Il Seminario Musicale

Giulio Cesare
2. Aria: Cara speme, questo core
3. Aria: L'angue offeso mai riposa
4. Aria: Va tacito e nascosto
David Daniels / Roger Montgomery / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Sir Roger Norrington

5. Agrippina HWV 6 (1709) : Come nube, che fugge dal vento
Max Emanuel Cencic / Diego Fasolis / I Barocchisti
 
6. Arianna in Creta: Ove son... Qui ti sfido - Teseo
Philippe Jaroussky / Emmanuelle Haïm / Le Concert d`Astrée

7. Teseo (1713): Act II, scene 1 - Dolce Riposo
Joyce DiDonato / Christophe Rousset / Les Talents Lyriques

Fernando, re di Castiglia
8. Aria: "Padre, germano e sposo"
9. Aria: "Sincero affetto"
Alan Curtis / Il Complesso Barocco / Lawrence Zazzo / Veronica Cangemi / Marianne Pizzolato / Max Emanuel Cencic / Filippo Adami

10. Rinaldo: Aria: Venti turbini
David Daniels / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Sir Roger Norrington

11. Deidamia: Duetto: Ama: nell'armi, e nell'amar (Deidamia, Ulisse)
Simone Kermes / Dominique Labelle / Anna Maria Panzarella / Anna Bonitatibus / Furio Zanasi / Antonio Abete / Coro del Complesso Barocco

Admeto, re di Tessaglia
12. Aria: Luci care, addio, posate!
13. Aria: Ah, si morrò
14. Aria: Chi è nato alle sventure
René Jacobs / Rachel Yakar / Ulrik Cold / Rita Dams / James Bowman / Jill Gomez / Max van Egmond / Il Complesso Barocco / Alan Curtis

Rodelinda, Regina dei Longobardi
15. Aria: Se'l mio duol non è si forte (Rodelinda)
Sophie Daneman / Daniel Taylor / Adrian Thompson / Catherine Robbin / Robin Blaze / Christopher Purves / Raglan Baroque Players
 
CD 3
Harpsichord Suite No.4 in D minor HWV437
1. Sarabande
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields / Alexander Briger

Water Music
Suite No.1 in F major
2. I. Overture:Largo-Allegro
3. II. Adagio e staccato
4. III. [Allegro]
5. VI. Air
6. VIII. Bourée
7. IX. Hornpipe
8. X. [Allegro moderato]
Suite No.2 in D major
9. XII. Alla Hornpipe
10. XIII. Minuet
Suite No.3 in G major
11. XVII - Rigaudon
12. XIX - Menuet
Linde Consort / Hans-Martin Linde

Music for the Royal Fireworks
13. II. Bourrée
14. III. Largo alla siciliana
15. IV. La Réjouissance
Cappella Coloniensis / Hans-Martin Linde

Concerto grosso in B flat Op.3 No.2 (HWV 313)
16. I. Vivace
17. II. Largo
18. III. Allegro
Linde Consort / Hans-Martin Linde

Concerto Grosso in F major Op.3 No.4 (HWV 315)
19. II. Andante
20. III. Allegro
Linde Consort / Hans-Martin Linde

Concerto Grosso in A minor Op.6 No.4
21. I. Larghetto affetuoso
22. II. Allegro
23. III. Largo e piano
24. IV. Allegro
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Nicholas McGegan

Trio Sonata in G major Op.5 No.4
25. II. A tempo ordinario - Allegro non presto
Il Seminario Musicale
 
CD 4
1. Solomon HWV67: Sinfonia: Act 3, The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Taverner Players / Andrew Parrott

2. Arminio: Ouverture
Vivica Genaux / Geraldine McGreevy / Dominique Labelle / Manuela Custer / Luigi Petroni / Sytse Buwalda / Riccardo Ristori / Il Complesso Barocco

Sonata in D Op.1 No.13 (HWV 371)
3. I. Affetuoso
4. II. Allegro
5. III. Larghetto
6. IV. Allegro
Hiro Kurosaki / William Christie

Concerto in D minor Op.7 No.4 (HWV 309)
7. I. Adagio
8. II. Allegro così così
9. III. Ad libitum (Air from Suite III, Suites de pieces pour clavecin)
10. IV. Allegro
Bob van Asperen / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

11. Suite No.4 in E minor HWV 429: Sarabande (Allegretto con moto)
Andrei Gavrilov

12. Suite No.5 in E major HWV 430: Air con Variazioni (Andantino)
Sviatoslav Richter

13. Concerto En Si Bémol Majeur Pour Harpe Et Cordes Op.4 No.6 : I Andante
Orchestre de Chambre

Alexander's Feast
14. The list`ning crowd
15. He chose a mournful Muse
16. He sung Darius, great and good
Sir Philip Ledger / English Chamber Orchestra / Choir of King's College, Cambridge / Sir Thomas Allen / Robert Tear / Sally Burgess

17. Zadok the Priest HWV 258
Choir of King's College, Cambridge / English Chamber Orchestra / Sir Philip Ledger
 
CD 5
Messiah HWV56
1. Overture (Grave - Allegro moderato)
2. Comfort ye my people (tenor)
3. Ev'ry valley shall be exalted (tenor)
4. For unto us a child is born
5. He was despised (alto)
6. Hallelujah (chorus)
7. The trumpet shall sound (bass)
Emma Kirkby / Emily Van Evera / Margaret Cable / James Bowman / Joseph Cornwell / David Thomas / Taverner Choir / Taverner Players

Israel in Eygpt
8. Overture (Largo assai)
9. The sons of Israel do mourn
Nancy Argenta / Emily Van Evera / Timothy Wilson / Anthony Rolfe Johnson / David Thomas / Jeremy White / Taverner Choir / Taverner Players / Andrew Parrott

Oratorio per la Resurrezione di Nostro Signor Gesù Cristo, HWV 47
10. Aria: Così la tortorella (S. Giovanni)
11. Aria: Per me già di morire (Maddalena)
Toby Spence / Emmanuelle Haïm / Le Concert d`Astrée

Samson HWV57
12. Total eclipse
Ian Bostridge / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Harry Bicket

Jephtha HWV70
13. Waft Her Angels
Ian Bostridge / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Harry Bicket

Joshua HWV64
14. O had I Jubal's lyre
Kathleen Battle / Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields / Sir Neville Marriner

Dixit Dominus HWV 232
15. Dixit Dominus Domino meo (chorus)
16. De torrente in via bibet (sopranos, chorus)
Emmanuelle Haïm / Natalie Dessay / Karine Deshayes / Le Concert d`Astrée / Denis Comtet
 
CD 6
1. Il Delirio Amoroso: Aria: Per te lasciai la luce
Natalie Dessay / Le Concert d`Astrée / Emmanuelle Haïm

2. Lucrezia HWV 32: Aria: Il suol che preme
Véronique Gens / Les Basses Réunies

3. Armida abbandonata HWV105: Aria: In tanti affermi miei
Véronique Gens / Les Basses Réunies

4. Agrippina condotta a morire HWV110: Scena: Come, o Dio! bramo la morte
Véronique Gens / Les Basses Réunies

Cantata IX - Conservate, raddoppiate HWV185
5. Conservate, raddoppiate
6. Nodi voi, che gli stringeste
Juanita Lascarro / Brian Asawa / Le Concert d`Astrée / Emmanuelle Haïm

Cantata 1a - Caro autor di mia doglia HWV182a
7. Caro autor di mia doglia
8. No, che d'altrui che di te
9. Dagli amori flagellata
Patricia Petibon / Paul Agnew / Le Concert d`Astrée / Emmanuelle Haïm

10. Aci, Galatea e Polifemo: Aria: Fra l'ombre e gl'orrori (Polifemo)
Emmanuelle Haïm / Le Concert d`Astrée / Sandrine Piau / Sara Mingardo / Laurent Naouri

11. Semele (1744), Air de Juno: Act II, scene 1 - Hence, Iris Hence away
Joyce DiDonato / Christophe Rousset / Les Talents Lyriques

12. Acis and Galatea HWV49b : Happy We
Ian Bostridge / Kate Royal / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Harry Bicket

13. The Choice of Hercules: Yet can I hear that dulcet lay
Sir Philip Ledger / Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields / Choir of King's College, Cambridge / Heather Harper

Il Trionfo del Tempo a del Disinganno
14. Duo: "Il voler nel fior degl'anni" (Bellezza / Piacere)
15. Aria: "Un pensiero nemico di pace" (Bellezza)
16. Aria: "Lasci la spina" (Piacere)
Natalie Dessay / Emmanuelle Haïm / Le Concert d`Astrée / Ann Hallenberg

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