We celebrate Handel’s birthday with a bouquet of arias from eight of his operas.
Happy Birthday, George Frideric Handel
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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