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Author:

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759, composer.

Title:

Giulio Cesare [sound recording] ; Ariodante ; Hercules / Georg Friedrich Händel.

Format:

[sound recording] ;

Publisher:

Archiv Produktion,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

9 audio discs ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet

Subject:

Caesar, Julius--Drama.
Hercules--(Roman mythological character)--Drama.
Heracles--(Greek mythological character)--Drama.
Operas.
Oratorios.
Compact disc.

Other Authors:

Haym, Nicola Francesco, librettist.
Broughton, Thomas, 1704-1774, librettist.
Otter, Anne Sofie von, singer.
Mijanović, Marijana, singer.
Kožená, Magdalena, singer.
Dawson, Lynne, singer.
Saks, Gidon, singer.
Minkowski, Marc, conductor.
Opera adaptation of (work): Salvi, Antonio, 1664-1724. Ginevra, Principessa di Scozia. 2nd work
Opera adaptation of (work): Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533. Orlando furioso. 2nd work
Opera adaptation of (work): Sophocles. Trachiniae. 3rd work
Opera adaptation of (work): Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. Metamorphoses. 3rd work
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Giulio Cesare. Performed music.
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Ariodante. Performed music.
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Hercules. Performed music.
Musiciens du Louvre. Chœur, singer.
Musiciens du Louvre, instrumentalist.

Notes:

Selections originally released 1997-2003. Title from container. The 1st-2nd works are operas; the 3rd work is an oratorio. Librettos by Nicola Francesco Haym, after Giacomo Francesco Bussani (1st work); anonymously adapted from Ginevra, Principessa de Scozia by Antonio Salvi, based on Orlando furioso, canti 4-6, by Ludovico Ariosto (2nd work); and Thomas Broughton, based on The women of Trachis by Sophocles and Metamorphoses by Ovid (3rd work). Anne Sofie von Otter, Marijana Mijanović (1st work), Magdalena Kožená (1st work), mezzo-sopranos ; Lynne Dawson, soprano (2nd-3rd works) ; Gidon Saks, bass (3rd work) ; additional soloists ; Chœur des Musiciens du Louvre (2nd-3rd works) ; Musiciens du Louvre ; Marc Minkowski, conductor. 1st work recorded live at the Grosser Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria, November 2002. 2nd work recorded live at the Salle Molière, Théâtre, Hôtel de Ville, Poissy, France, January 1997. 3rd work recorded at the Salle Molière, Théâtre de Poissy, France, April 2000.

Contents:

Giulio Cesare in Egitto -- Ariodante -- Hercules.

Series:

Eloquence

LCCN:

be2015026005

UPC:

028947946144

Locations:

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)