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Baroque celebration.
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Series:
- Opera in English
- Naxos Music Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Operas--Excerpts.
- Operas.
- Genre:
- Downloadable audio file.
- Sound recordings.
- Operas.
- Excerpts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 audio file).
- Place of Publication:
- Colchester, Essex, England : Chandos, 2002.
- System Details:
- digital recording
- Contents:
- King Arthur. Venus' air: Fairest Isle (3:04) ; The Indian Queen. Aerial spirit's solo: I attempt from love's sickness (1:31) / Henry Purcell
- Julius Caesar. Cornelia's aria: Grief and woe all hope deny me (6:10) ; Semele. Jupiter's air: Where'er you walk (4:20) ; Julius Caesar. Sextus' aria: Wounded, the serpent ne'er reposes' (5:05) ; Acis and Galatea. Polyphemus' recitative and air: O ruddier than the cherry (4:41) ; Rinaldo. Almirena's aria: Hear thou my weeping (Lascia ch'io pianga) (4:16) ; Julius Caesar. Ptolemy's aria: I shall tame your pride unbending (4:18) ; Julius Caesar. Cleopatra's aria: Flow, my tears (6:53) ; Julius Caesar. Caesar's aria: How silently, how slyly (6:32) ; Xerxes. Xerxes' recitative and aria: Under thy shade (Ombra mai fu) (3:38) ; Samson. Harapha's air: Honour and arms scorn such a foe (6:29) ; Julius Caesar. Cornelia and Sextus' duet: Condemned to grieve and cry (7:44) ; Julius Caesar. Cleopatra's aria: Stormy winds my ship had shaken (6:26) / George Frideric Handel
- Orpheus and Eurydice. Orpheus's aria: What is life to me without thee (Che farò senza Euridice) (4:21).
- Participant:
- Various soloists ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; David Perry, conductor (1st-2nd, 4th, 6th-7th, 12th and 15th works) ; English National Opera Orchestra ; Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor (3rd, 5th, 8th-10th, 13th-14th works) ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; David Perry, conductor (11th work).
- Notes:
- Recorded at Blackheath Halls, London & Abbey Road Studios, London.
- Consists of previously released material.
- Description based on hard copy version record.
- Contains:
- Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. King Arthur. Fairest isle
- Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Indian queen. I attempt from Love's sickness to fly
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Giulio Cesare. Selections
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Semele. Where'er you walk
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a. O ruddier than the cherry
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Rinaldo. Lascia ch'io pianga mia cruda sorte. English.
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Serse. Ombra mai fù. English.
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Samson. Honour and arms
- Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787. Orfeo ed Euridice. Che farò senza Euridice. English.
- Other Format:
- Source record: Baroque celebration.
- OCLC:
- 811240299
- Publisher Number:
- GBLWD0201906
- GBLWD0201908
- GBLWD0201909
- GBLWD0201910
- GBLWD0201913
- GBLWD0201914
- GBLWD0201903
- GBLWD0201905
- GBLWD0201901
- GBLWD0201915
- GBLWD0201907
- GBLWD0201912
- GBLWD0201904
- GBLWD0201911
- GBLWD0201902
- CHAN3078 Chandos
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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