Happy Birthday, George Frideric Handel

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We celebrate Handel’s birthday with a bouquet of arias from eight of his operas.

Playlist:
12:00 pm
  • Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Overture (excerpt)
  • Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
  • Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras
  • CD/Album: Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail
  • Record co./Cat #: Telarc 80544
  • Release Year: 2000
12:04 pm
  • Giulio Cesare: "Svegliatevi nel core"
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre
  • Soloists: Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano
  • Conductor: Marc Minkowski
  • CD/Album: Handel: Giulio Cesare
  • Record co./Cat #: Archiv 0000314
  • Release Year: 2003
12:10 pm
  • Radamisto: "Cara sposa, amato bene"
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco
  • Soloists: Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano
  • Conductor: Alan Curtis
  • CD/Album: Handel: Radamisto
  • Record co./Cat #: Virgin Classics 45673
  • Release Year: 2005
12:15 pm
  • Ottone: "Falsa imagine"
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Ensemble: The King's Consort
  • Soloists: Claron McFadden, soprano
  • Conductor: Robert King
  • CD/Album: Handel - Ottone Re di Germania
  • Record co./Cat #: Hyperion 66751/3
  • Release Year: 1993
12:21 pm
  • Acis and Galatea: "Love sounds th'alarm"
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists
  • Soloists: Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor
  • Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
  • CD/Album: Handel: Acis and Galatea
  • Record co./Cat #: Archiv 423406
  • Release Year: 1978
12:27 pm
  • Giulio Cesare: "Presti omai l'egizia terra"
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra
  • Soloists: Dame Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano
  • Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras
  • CD/Album: Handel - Julius Caesar
  • Record co./Cat #: Chandos 3019
  • Release Year: 1985
12:29 pm
  • Giulio Cesare: "Aure, deh, per pietà"
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra
  • Soloists: Dame Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano
  • Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras
  • CD/Album: Handel - Julius Caesar
  • Record co./Cat #: Chandos 3019
  • Release Year: 1985
12:37 pm
  • Serse: "Ombra mai fu"
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Soloists: Kirsten Flagstad, soprano
  • Conductor: Warwick Braithwaite
  • CD/Album: Kirsten Flagstad
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI C 147-01491/92 [vinyl]
12:42 pm
  • Atalanta: "Come, my beloved"
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Soloists: John McCormack, tenor
  • CD/Album: The Art of John McCormack
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 63306
  • Release Year: 1942
12:45 pm
  • Il pastor fido: "Caro amor"
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Soloists: John McCormack, tenor
  • Conductor: Walter Goehr
  • CD/Album: The Art of John McCormack
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 63306
  • Release Year: 1942
12:50 pm
  • Semele: "Where'er you walk"
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Soloists: John McCormack, tenor
  • Conductor: Walter Goehr
  • CD/Album: The Art of John McCormack
  • Record co./Cat #: EMI 63306
  • Release Year: 1942
12:54 pm
  • Semele: "Oh, sleep, why dost thou leave me?"
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Soloists: John McCormack, tenor
  • Conductor: Josef Pasternack
  • CD/Album: John McCormack, A Legendary Performer
  • Record co./Cat #: RCA CRM1-2472 [vinyl]
  • Release Year: 1977

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