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Esther / by G. F. Handel.
Van Pelt - Ormandy Music and Media Center CD 06628
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- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
- Standardized Title:
- Esther, HWV 50b
- Language:
- English
- French
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Esther, Queen of Persia.
- Oratorios.
- Esther, Queen of Persia--Drama.
- Esther.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Sound recordings.
- Oratorios.
- Physical Description:
- 2 audio discs (137 min., 19 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- Thames Ditton, Surrey, England : Somm Recordings, [2007]
- Language Note:
- Sung in English.
- System Details:
- digital
- optical
- 1.4 m/s
- stereo
- digital recording
- Participant:
- Rosemary Joshua (Esther) ; James Bowman (Ahasuerus) ; Susan Bickley (Mordecai) ; Christopher Purves (Haman) ; Rebecca Outram, Andrew Kennedy, Cecilia Osmond, Angus Smith, supporting soloists ; London Handel Orchestra & Choir ; Laurence Cummings, conductor.
- Notes:
- Oratorio in 3 acts, to a libretto by Samuel Humphreys and others ; 1732 version.
- Recorded in performance , Apr. 23 and 25, 2002, St. George's Church, Hanover Square, London.
- Notes and texts in English with French and German translations (63 p.) laid in container.
- "[F]irst modern revival of the 1732 version of Esther without omissions or additions"--notes, p. 16.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Isaac Norris Library Fund.
- OCLC:
- 223999796
- Publisher Number:
- 748871238923
- SOMMCD 238--SOMMCD 239 Somm
- SOMMCD 238-9 Somm
- CDS SOMMCD 238-9 Somm
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