VA - Handel: Oratorios (2016)

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Artist: Various Artists
Title: Handel: Oratorios
Year Of Release: 2016
Label: Carus
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue, log, scans)
Total Time: 13:43:55
Total Size: 3.76 GB
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

1. Der für die Sünde der Welt, HWV 48 "Brockes Passion" by George Frideric Handel
Performer: James Oxley (Tenor), Jan Thomer (Alto), Markus Brutscher (Tenor),
Elvira Bill (Mezzo Soprano), Johanna Winkel (Soprano), Nele Gramss (Soprano),
Markus Flaig (Bass), Michael Dahmen (Bass)
Conductor: Peter Neumann
Orchestra/Ensemble: Collegium Cartusianum, Cologne Chamber Choir

2. Alexander's Feast, HWV 75 "Ode for St Cecilia's Day" by George Frideric Handel
Performer: Konstantin Wolff (Baritone), Virgil Hartinger (Tenor), Simone Kermes (Soprano)
Conductor: Peter Neumann
Orchestra/Ensemble: Collegium Cartusianum, Cologne Chamber Choir

3. Ode for St Cecilia's Day, HWV 76 by George Frideric Handel
Performer: Konstantin Wolff (Baritone), Virgil Hartinger (Tenor), Simone Kermes (Soprano)
Conductor: Peter Neumann
Orchestra/Ensemble: Collegium Cartusianum, Cologne Chamber Choir

4. Israel in Egypt, HWV 54 by George Frideric Handel
Performer: Terry Wey (Countertenor), Cornelia Winter (Soprano), Antonia Bourvé (Soprano),
Michael Hofmeister (Countertenor), Markus Flaig (Bass), Konstantin Wolff (Baritone),
Jan Kobow (Tenor)
Conductor: Holger Speck
Orchestra/Ensemble: Rastatt Vocal Ensemble, Les Favorites

5. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55 by George Frideric Handel
Performer: Benjamin Hulett (Tenor), Julia Doyle (Soprano), Maria Keohane (Soprano),
Andreas Wolf (Bass)
Conductor: Peter Neumann
Orchestra/Ensemble: Collegium Cartusianum, Cologne Chamber Choir

6. Messiah, HWV 56 by George Frideric Handel
Performer: Peter Harvey (Bass), Daniel Taylor (Countertenor), Benjamin Hulett (Tenor),
Carolyn Sampson (Soprano)
Conductor: Frieder Bernius
Orchestra/Ensemble: Stuttgart Baroque Orchestra, Stuttgart Chamber Choir

7. Solomon, HWV 67 by George Frideric Handel
Performer: Tim Mead (Countertenor), Michael Slattery (Tenor), Dominique Labelle (Soprano),
Claron McFadden (Soprano), Roderick Williams (Baritone)
Conductor: Nicholas McGegan
Orchestra/Ensemble: Winchester Cathedral Choir, Gottingen Festival Orchestra

“The finest Composition of Musick that ever was heard” – this was only one of the enthusiastic press reviews written after the world premiere of Handel’s Messiah. Handel’s oratorios were, overall, already very popular during his lifetime and were frequently performed. Since 2009, Carus has been issuing a CD series with Handel’s oratorios as well as select vocal works, operas and instrumental compositions. This box contains 13 CDs,comprising of several large-scale oratorios which includes, in addition to “The Messiah,” and “Alexander’s Feast,” “Israel in Egypt,” “Brockes-Passion,” “Solomon” as well as the relatively unknown gem “L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato.” The artists on this CD collection include the Kölner Kammerchor under Peter Neumann, Kammerchor Stuttgart under Frieder Bernius, Vocalensemble Rastatt under Holger Speck and Winchester Cathedral Choir under Nicolas McGegan.

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