Alcina / Handel ; edition prepared by Clifford Bartlett.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.

Contributor:

Bartlett, Clifford.

Augér, Arleen, performer.

Harrhy, Eiddwen, performer.

Kwella, Patrizia, performer.

Jones, Della, performer.

Kuhlmann, Kathleen, performer.

Davies, Maldwyn, performer.

Tomlinson, John, 1946 September 22- performer.

Hickox, Richard, 1948-2008, conductor.

Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533.

Opera Stage (Opera company). Chorus, performer.

City of London Baroque Sinfonia, performer.

Language:

English

French

German

Italian

Subjects (All):

Operas.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Operas.

Physical Description:

4 audio discs (218 min.) : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, stereo ; 12 in.

12 in.

Place of Publication:

[Los Angeles] : Angel, [1986]

System Details:

analog

33 1/3 rpm

microgroove

stereo

Participant:

Arleen Augér, Eiddwen Harrhy, Patrizia Kwella, sopranos ; Della Jones, mezzo-soprano ; Kathleen Kuhlmann, contralto ; Maldwyn Davies, tenor ; John Tomlinson, bass ; Opera Stage Chorus ; City of London Baroque Sinfonia ; Richard Hickox, conductor.

Notes:

On container: EMI Angel.

Opera in 3 acts.

Sung in Italian.

Librettist unknown.

Based on an episode from: Orlando furioso / Lodovico Ariosto.

"The present recording keeps to Handel's first performing version of 1735"--Booklet, p. 4.

Digital recording.

Program notes by Anthony Hicks, Jonathan Keates, and Frank Granville Barker, and synopsis by Harriet Mason, both with French, and German translations; libretto in Italian with English, French, and German translations (35 p. : 1 port.) laid in container.

Recorded July 19-23 and 29-31 at Abbey Road Studios, London, following the Opera Stage's performances at the 1985 City of London, Spitalfields, and Cheltenham festivals as part of the Handel tercentenary celebration in the European Music Year.

Related Work:

Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533. Orlando furioso.

OCLC:

16526531

Publisher Number:

7777339851

DSD-3985 Angel

EMI Angel