Handel: The Great Oratorios

~ Release by George Frideric Handel (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1CD: La Resurrezione - Parte prima
2CD: La Resurrezione - Parte seconda
3CD: Acis & Galatea - Act I
4CD: Acis & Galatea - Act II
5CD: Esther - Scenes 1-4
6CD: Esther - Scenes 5 & 6
7CD: Athalia - Part I
8CD: Athalia - Part II, Part III
9CD: Alexander's Feast - Part I
10CD: Alexander's Feast - Concerto grosso in C major, Part II
11CD: Saul - Symfonia, Act I
12CD: Saul - Act II
13CD: Saul - Act III
14CD: Israel in Egypt - Part I
15CD: Israel in Egypt - Part II / Coronation Anthems
16CD: Messiah - Part I, Part II (beginning)
17CD: Messiah - Part II (conclusion), Part III
18CD: Samson - Act I
19CD: Samson - Act II
20CD: Samson - Act III
21CD: Semele - Act I
22CD: Semele - Act II
23CD: Semele - Act III
24CD: Hercules - Act I
25CD: Hercules - Act II
26CD: Hercules - Act III
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1Hercules, HWV 60: Act Three, Scene 1. No. 32 Symfony
recording engineer:
Yves Baudry and Guillaume Ledu
executive producer:
Arend Prohmann (producer / editor)
producer:
Michel Gache and Arend Prohmann (producer / editor)
editor:
Yves Baudry and Michel Gache
orchestra:
Les Musiciens du Louvre (in 2000-04)
conductor:
Marc Minkowski (bassoonist and conductor) (in 2000-04)
balance engineer:
Gilles Pézerat (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon (in 2002)
recorded at:
Salle Molière, Théâtre de Poissy, Poissy, France in Poissy, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France (in 2000-04)
partial recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III (in 2000-04)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60
3:54
2Hercules, HWV 60: Act Three, Scene 1. Recitative: "Ye sons of Trachin, mourn you valiant chief" (Lichas, Trachinian man)
recording engineer:
Yves Baudry and Guillaume Ledu
executive producer:
Arend Prohmann (producer / editor)
producer:
Michel Gache and Arend Prohmann (producer / editor)
editor:
Yves Baudry and Michel Gache
alto vocals [Lichas]:
David Daniels (American countertenor) (in 2000-04)
orchestra:
Les Musiciens du Louvre (in 2000-04)
conductor:
Marc Minkowski (bassoonist and conductor) (in 2000-04)
balance engineer:
Gilles Pézerat (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon (in 2002)
recorded at:
Salle Molière, Théâtre de Poissy, Poissy, France in Poissy, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France (in 2000-04)
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 43: Recitativo "Ye sons of Trachin, mourn your valiant chief" (Lichas) (in 2000-04)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III
1:26
3Hercules, HWV 60: Act Three, Scene 1. No. 33 Air: "O scene of unexampled woe" (Lichas)
recording engineer:
Yves Baudry and Guillaume Ledu
executive producer:
Arend Prohmann (producer / editor)
producer:
Michel Gache and Arend Prohmann (producer / editor)
editor:
Yves Baudry and Michel Gache
alto vocals [Lichas]:
David Daniels (American countertenor) (in 2000-04)
orchestra:
Les Musiciens du Louvre (in 2000-04)
conductor:
Marc Minkowski (bassoonist and conductor) (in 2000-04)
balance engineer:
Gilles Pézerat (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon (in 2002)
recorded at:
Salle Molière, Théâtre de Poissy, Poissy, France in Poissy, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France (in 2000-04)
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 44: Aria "O scene of unexampled woe" (Lichas) (in 2000-04)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III
3:07
4Hercules, HWV 60: Act Three, Scene 1. No. 34 Chorus: "Tyrants now no more shall dread"
recording engineer:
Yves Baudry and Guillaume Ledu
executive producer:
Arend Prohmann (producer / editor)
producer:
Michel Gache and Arend Prohmann (producer / editor)
editor:
Yves Baudry and Michel Gache
choir vocals [Chorus]:
Chœur des Musiciens du Louvre (Choir of the Musicians of the Louvre) (in 2000-04)
orchestra:
Les Musiciens du Louvre (in 2000-04)
conductor:
Marc Minkowski (bassoonist and conductor) (in 2000-04)
balance engineer:
Gilles Pézerat (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon (in 2002)
recorded at:
Salle Molière, Théâtre de Poissy, Poissy, France in Poissy, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France (in 2000-04)
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 45: Chorus "Tyrants now no more shall dread" (in 2000-04)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III
4:15
5Hercules, HWV 60: Act Three, Scene 2. Accompagnato: "O Jove! what land is this" (Hercules)
recording engineer:
Yves Baudry and Guillaume Ledu
executive producer:
Arend Prohmann (producer / editor)
producer:
Michel Gache and Arend Prohmann (producer / editor)
editor:
Yves Baudry and Michel Gache
bass vocals [Hercules]:
Gidon Saks (bass-baritone) (in 2000-04)
orchestra:
Les Musiciens du Louvre (in 2000-04)
conductor:
Marc Minkowski (bassoonist and conductor) (in 2000-04)
balance engineer:
Gilles Pézerat (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon (in 2002)
recorded at:
Salle Molière, Théâtre de Poissy, Poissy, France in Poissy, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France (in 2000-04)
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 46: Recitativo accompagnato "O Jove! What land is this, what clime accurst" (Hercules) (in 2000-04)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III
2:24
6Hercules, HWV 60: Act Three, Scene 2. Recitative: "Great Jove! relieve his pains!" (Hyllus) - No. 36 Accompagnato: "Was it for this unnumber'd toils I bore?" (Hercules, Hyllus)
recording engineer:
Yves Baudry and Guillaume Ledu
executive producer:
Arend Prohmann (producer / editor)
producer:
Michel Gache and Arend Prohmann (producer / editor)
editor:
Yves Baudry and Michel Gache
bass vocals [Hercules]:
Gidon Saks (bass-baritone) (in 2000-04)
tenor vocals [Hyllus]:
Richard Croft (tenor) (in 2000-04)
orchestra:
Les Musiciens du Louvre (in 2000-04)
conductor:
Marc Minkowski (bassoonist and conductor) (in 2000-04)
balance engineer:
Gilles Pézerat (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon (in 2002)
recorded at:
Salle Molière, Théâtre de Poissy, Poissy, France in Poissy, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France (in 2000-04)
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 47: Recitativo "Great Jove! Relieve his pains!" (Hyllus, Hercules) (in 2000-04)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III
2:09
7Hercules, HWV 60: Act Three, Scene 2. No. 37 Air: "Let not fame the tidings spread" (Hyllus)
recording engineer:
Yves Baudry and Guillaume Ledu
executive producer:
Arend Prohmann (producer / editor)
producer:
Michel Gache and Arend Prohmann (producer / editor)
editor:
Yves Baudry and Michel Gache
tenor vocals [Hyllus]:
Richard Croft (tenor) (in 2000-04)
orchestra:
Les Musiciens du Louvre (in 2000-04)
conductor:
Marc Minkowski (bassoonist and conductor) (in 2000-04)
balance engineer:
Gilles Pézerat (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon (in 2002)
recorded at:
Salle Molière, Théâtre de Poissy, Poissy, France in Poissy, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France (in 2000-04)
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 48: Aria "Let not fame the tidings spread" (Hyllus) (in 2000-04)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III
4:03
8Hercules, HWV 60: Act Three, Scene 3. No. 38 Accompagnato: "Where shall I fly?" (Dejanira)
recording engineer:
Yves Baudry and Guillaume Ledu
executive producer:
Arend Prohmann (producer / editor)
producer:
Michel Gache and Arend Prohmann (producer / editor)
editor:
Yves Baudry and Michel Gache
mezzo-soprano vocals [Dejanira]:
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) (in 2000-04)
orchestra:
Les Musiciens du Louvre (in 2000-04)
conductor:
Marc Minkowski (bassoonist and conductor) (in 2000-04)
balance engineer:
Gilles Pézerat (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon (in 2002)
recorded at:
Salle Molière, Théâtre de Poissy, Poissy, France in Poissy, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France (in 2000-04)
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 49: Recitativo accompagnato "Where shall I fly? Where hide this quilty head?" (Dejanira) (in 2000-04)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III
6:14
9Hercules, HWV 60: Act Three, Scene 4. Recitative: "Lo! the fair fatal cause of all this ruin!" (Dejanira, Iole)
recording engineer:
Yves Baudry and Guillaume Ledu
executive producer:
Arend Prohmann (producer / editor)
producer:
Michel Gache and Arend Prohmann (producer / editor)
editor:
Yves Baudry and Michel Gache
mezzo-soprano vocals [Dejanira]:
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) (in 2000-04)
soprano vocals [Iole]:
Lynne Dawson (soprano) (in 2000-04)
orchestra:
Les Musiciens du Louvre (in 2000-04)
conductor:
Marc Minkowski (bassoonist and conductor) (in 2000-04)
balance engineer:
Gilles Pézerat (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon (in 2002)
recorded at:
Salle Molière, Théâtre de Poissy, Poissy, France in Poissy, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France (in 2000-04)
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 50: Recitativo "Lo! The fair fatal cause of all this ruin! (Dejanira, Iole) (in 2000-04)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III
1:17
10Hercules, HWV 60: Act Three, Scene 4. No. 39 Air: "My breast with tender pity swells" (Iole)
recording engineer:
Yves Baudry and Guillaume Ledu
executive producer:
Arend Prohmann (producer / editor)
producer:
Michel Gache and Arend Prohmann (producer / editor)
editor:
Yves Baudry and Michel Gache
soprano vocals [Iole]:
Lynne Dawson (soprano) (in 2000-04)
orchestra:
Les Musiciens du Louvre (in 2000-04)
conductor:
Marc Minkowski (bassoonist and conductor) (in 2000-04)
balance engineer:
Gilles Pézerat (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon (in 2002)
recorded at:
Salle Molière, Théâtre de Poissy, Poissy, France in Poissy, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France (in 2000-04)
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 51: Aria "My breast with tender pity swells" (Iole) (in 2000-04)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III
6:49
11Hercules, HWV 60: Act Three, Scene 5. Recitative: "Princess, rejoice! whose heaven-directed hand" (Priest of Jupiter, Dejanira) - Accompagnato: "His mortal part by eating fires consum'd" (Priest of Jupiter)
recording engineer:
Yves Baudry and Guillaume Ledu
executive producer:
Arend Prohmann (producer / editor)
producer:
Michel Gache and Arend Prohmann (producer / editor)
editor:
Yves Baudry and Michel Gache
bass vocals [Priest of Jupiter]:
Marcus Pujol (in 2000-04)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Dejanira]:
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) (in 2000-04)
orchestra:
Les Musiciens du Louvre (in 2000-04)
conductor:
Marc Minkowski (bassoonist and conductor) (in 2000-04)
balance engineer:
Gilles Pézerat (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon (in 2002)
recorded at:
Salle Molière, Théâtre de Poissy, Poissy, France in Poissy, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France (in 2000-04)
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 52: Recitativo "Princess, rejoice! Whose heaven heaven-directed hand" (Priest of Jupiter, Dejanira) (in 2000-04)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III
1:46
12Hercules, HWV 60: Act Three, Scene 5. No. 41 Air: "He, who for Atlas prop'd the sky" (Lichas)
recording engineer:
Yves Baudry and Guillaume Ledu
executive producer:
Arend Prohmann (producer / editor)
producer:
Michel Gache and Arend Prohmann (producer / editor)
editor:
Yves Baudry and Michel Gache
alto vocals [Lichas]:
David Daniels (American countertenor) (in 2000-04)
orchestra:
Les Musiciens du Louvre (in 2000-04)
conductor:
Marc Minkowski (bassoonist and conductor) (in 2000-04)
balance engineer:
Gilles Pézerat (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon (in 2002)
recorded at:
Salle Molière, Théâtre de Poissy, Poissy, France in Poissy, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France (in 2000-04)
partial recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III (in 2000-04)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60
1:50
13Hercules, HWV 60: Act Three, Scene 5. No. 42 Recitative and Accompagnato: "Words are too faint" (Dejanira, Priest of Jupiter) - Recitative: " How blest is Hyllus" (Hyllus, Iole)
recording engineer:
Yves Baudry and Guillaume Ledu
executive producer:
Arend Prohmann (producer / editor)
producer:
Michel Gache and Arend Prohmann (producer / editor)
editor:
Yves Baudry and Michel Gache
bass vocals [Priest of Jupiter]:
Marcus Pujol (in 2000-04)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Dejanira]:
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano) (in 2000-04)
soprano vocals [Iole]:
Lynne Dawson (soprano) (in 2000-04)
tenor vocals [Hyllus]:
Richard Croft (tenor) (in 2000-04)
orchestra:
Les Musiciens du Louvre (in 2000-04)
conductor:
Marc Minkowski (bassoonist and conductor) (in 2000-04)
balance engineer:
Gilles Pézerat (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon (in 2002)
recorded at:
Salle Molière, Théâtre de Poissy, Poissy, France in Poissy, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France (in 2000-04)
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 53: Recitativo "Words are too faint to speak the warring passions" (Dejanira, Priest, Hyllus, Iole) (in 2000-04)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III
1:07
14Hercules, HWV 60: Act Three, Scene 5. No. 43 Duet: "O prince, whose virtues all admire" (Iole, Hyllus)
recording engineer:
Yves Baudry and Guillaume Ledu
executive producer:
Arend Prohmann (producer / editor)
producer:
Michel Gache and Arend Prohmann (producer / editor)
editor:
Yves Baudry and Michel Gache
soprano vocals [Iole]:
Lynne Dawson (soprano) (in 2000-04)
tenor vocals [Hyllus]:
Richard Croft (tenor) (in 2000-04)
orchestra:
Les Musiciens du Louvre (in 2000-04)
conductor:
Marc Minkowski (bassoonist and conductor) (in 2000-04)
balance engineer:
Gilles Pézerat (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon (in 2002)
recorded at:
Salle Molière, Théâtre de Poissy, Poissy, France in Poissy, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France (in 2000-04)
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 54: Duet "O prince, whose virtues all admire" (Iole, Hyllus) (in 2000-04)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III
3:26
15Hercules, HWV 60: Act Three, Scene 5. Recitative: "Ye sons of freedom" (Priest of Jupiter)
recording engineer:
Yves Baudry and Guillaume Ledu
executive producer:
Arend Prohmann (producer / editor)
producer:
Michel Gache and Arend Prohmann (producer / editor)
editor:
Yves Baudry and Michel Gache
bass vocals [Priest of Jupiter]:
Marcus Pujol (in 2000-04)
orchestra:
Les Musiciens du Louvre (in 2000-04)
conductor:
Marc Minkowski (bassoonist and conductor) (in 2000-04)
balance engineer:
Gilles Pézerat (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon (in 2002)
recorded at:
Salle Molière, Théâtre de Poissy, Poissy, France in Poissy, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France (in 2000-04)
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 55: Recitativo "Ye sons of freedom, now in every clime" (Priest) (in 2000-04)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III
0:17
16Hercules, HWV 60: Act Three, Scene 5. No. 44 Chorus: "To him your grateful notes of praise belong"
recording engineer:
Yves Baudry and Guillaume Ledu
executive producer:
Arend Prohmann (producer / editor)
producer:
Michel Gache and Arend Prohmann (producer / editor)
editor:
Yves Baudry and Michel Gache
choir vocals [Chorus]:
Chœur des Musiciens du Louvre (Choir of the Musicians of the Louvre) (in 2000-04)
orchestra:
Les Musiciens du Louvre (in 2000-04)
conductor:
Marc Minkowski (bassoonist and conductor) (in 2000-04)
balance engineer:
Gilles Pézerat (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon (in 2002)
recorded at:
Salle Molière, Théâtre de Poissy, Poissy, France in Poissy, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France (in 2000-04)
recording of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III, no. 56: Chorus "To him your grateful notes of praise belong" (in 2000-04)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (from 1744-07 until 1744-08)
librettist:
Thomas Broughton (clergyman and librettist)
part of:
Hercules, HWV 60: Act III
2:36
27CD: Belshazzar - Act I (beginning)
28CD: Belshazzar - Act I (conclusion), Act II (beginning)
29CD: Belshazzar - Act II (conclusion), Act III
30CD: Judas Maccabaeus - Act I
31CD: Judas Maccabaeus - Act II
32CD: Judas Maccabaeus - Act III
33CD: Solomon - Act I
34CD: Solomon - Act II
35CD: Solomon - Act III
36CD: Theodora - Part I
37CD: Theodora - Part II (& alternative scene 2)
38CD: Theodora - Part III
39CD: Jephtha - Act I
40CD: Jephtha - Act II
41CD: Jephtha - Act III

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