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    Nicholas McGegan, Lorraine Hunt, David Bowles - Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavierbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach (1991)

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    Nicholas McGegan, Lorraine Hunt, David Bowles - Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavierbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach (1991)

    Nicholas McGegan, Lorraine Hunt, David Bowles - Johann Sebastian Bach: Clavierbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach (1991)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 361 Mb | Total time: 74:20 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMU 907042 | Recorded: 1990

    We can readily imagine with what modest pride the 40-year-old Bach presented his second wife Anna Magdalena with this most delightful of all domestic scrapbooks. Bach himself started it off for her with two of the keyboard Partitas (A minor, BWV827 and E minor, BWV930) which later formed part of the collection published as the composer's Op. 1 in 1731. Thereafter it was up to Anna Magdalena herself to choose and to enter little compositions which made particular appeal. Not all the music by any means is by her husband and there are pieces for example by Couperin, Bohm, Stolzel, Hasse and her stepson Carl Philipp Emanuel as well as several by anonymous composers.

    William Christie, Les Arts Florissants, Lorraine Hunt - Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Médée (1995)

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    William Christie, Les Arts Florissants, Lorraine Hunt - Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Médée (1995)

    William Christie, Les Arts Florissants, Lorraine Hunt - Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Médée (1995)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 955 Mb | Total time: 61:17+74:36+58:39 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Erato ‎| 4509-96558-2 | Recorded: 1994

    Charpentier’s Médée is one of the glories of the Baroque. Medea’s betrayal by Jason, her comprehensive revenge and the plight of those caught up in this epic tragedy prompted Charpentier to compose music of devastating power. Transcending the constraints of the Lullian tragédie lyrique, he produced characterisations of astonishing complexity and invested vast stretches of music with a dramatic pace and a harmonic richness rivalled among contemporaries only by Purcell. The electrifying exchanges of the third act, mingling pathos with extreme violence, alone put Charpentier on the same imaginative level as Rameau and Berlioz. The machinations of the fourth act and the dénouement in the fifth maintain the same captivating impetus.

    Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Harry Bicket - George Frideric Handel: Arias from Theodora & Serse, Cantata 'La Lucrezia' (2004)

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    Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Harry Bicket - George Frideric Handel: Arias from Theodora & Serse, Cantata 'La Lucrezia' (2004)

    Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Harry Bicket, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - George Frideric Handel: Arias from Theodora & Serse, Cantata 'La Lucrezia' (2004)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 280 Mb | Total time: 67:01 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Avie Records | # AV 0030 | Recorded: 2003, 2004

    If you think you've heard Handel's "Ombra mai fu" (known as his "Largo") so often, and in so many different arrangements, and sung by so many different voices, that you can no longer be moved or surprised by it, think again. This CD of Handel arias, mostly from his Theodora or the cantata La Lucrezia, ends with "Ombra mai fu," and as sung by Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, it is so tender, so beautiful, so impeccably shaded, that you'll think you're hearing it for the first time. But that's only four of this disc's 67 minutes–-a follow-up to Hunt Lieberson's extraordinarily successful CD of Bach cantatas. There's not a dull or disinterested moment to be heard anywhere. As the violated Lucrezia, Hunt Lieberson alternately rages against the man who raped her and turns her grief inward; the former is terrifying in its intensity, the latter makes us almost feel as if we're eavesdropping.

    Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Berkeley Chamber Chorus - George Frideric Handel: Theodora (1992)

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    Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Berkeley Chamber Chorus - George Frideric Handel: Theodora (1992)

    Nicholas McGegan, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Berkeley Chamber Chorus - George Frideric Handel: Theodora (1992)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 761 Mb | Total time: 73:42+53:28+42:25 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMU 907060.62 | Recorded: 1992

    The recent Glyndbourne staging of this oratorio demonstrated how well it worked as an opera, and this recording by Nicholas McGegan creates a similar dramatic intensity out of the tragic story of oppression and resistance. He finds excellent tempi for the arias, and keeps the recitatives cracking along at a good pace. And though he has a very good ensemble team of soloists, the star of the show is definitely soprano Lorraine Hunt (who, interestingly enough, sang the mezzo role of Irene for Glyndebourne) as Theodora. She uses the rich, throaty quality of her voice to bring out all the terrible pathos of Theodora's plight, while still suggesting that she is a character lit by an inner fire of joy. Unfortunately the acoustic lacks a certain bloom, and this makes the sound world sometimes seem a little flat and dry.

    William Christie, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, The Glyndebourne Chorus - George Frideric Handel: Theodora (2012)

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    William Christie, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, The Glyndebourne Chorus - George Frideric Handel: Theodora (2012)

    William Christie, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, The Glyndebourne Chorus - George Frideric Handel: Theodora (2012)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 916 Mb | Total time: 71:47+71:25+57:27 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: GLYNDEBOURNE | # GFOCD 014-96 | Recorded: 1996

    Here for the first time on CD is Glyndebourne's acclaimed 1996 production of Handel's oratorio Theodora. Although Theodora is a story of a virtuous woman and sexual persecution, this has not proved to be an obstacle to its enduring success, the subject a deeply touching one, resonating from the age of antiquity to the present day. The recording is the debut on the Glyndebourne label for the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, one of Glyndebourne's two resident orchestras. This audio release, in no way detracting from the extraordinary Peter Sellar's production, allows the focus to be on the soloists, conductor and orchestra. This recording confirms Lorraine Hunt as a true Handelian, capturing the spirit of Irene as few others could. In counter-tenor David Daniels as Didymus, there is a breadth of range drawing the listener away from the oft strained and forced falsetto sound.

    Nicholas McGegan, Freiburger Barockorchester - George Frideric Handel: Ariodante (1995)

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    Nicholas McGegan, Freiburger Barockorchester - George Frideric Handel: Ariodante (1995)

    Nicholas McGegan, Freiburger Barockorchester - George Frideric Handel: Ariodante (1995)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 945 Mb | Total time: 70:49+72:10+59:00 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Harmonia Mundi | # HMU 907146.48 | Recorded: 1995

    This recording is an excellent place to start in acquiring an appreciation of Handel's operas, with the outstanding mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt in the title role and leading a fine cast that includes soprano Juliana Gondek, mezzo Jennifer Lane, and bass Nicolas Cavallier. The plot–an only slightly convoluted tale of true love put to the test by scheming villainy–stands up better than many stories set by the likes of Verdi and Bellini, and Handel had longer than usual to write the music, a fact which shows in the opera's low clunker-to-gold ratio. There is not a weak voice in the cast, and McGegan leads the singers and the Freiburger Barockorchester with idiomatic flair; alternative scenes are provided for those who just can't get enough.

    William Christie, Les Arts Florissants - Jean-Philippe Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie (1997)

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    William Christie, Les Arts Florissants - Jean-Philippe Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie (1997)

    William Christie, Les Arts Florissants - Jean-Philippe Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie (1997)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 940 Mb | Total time: 57:26+59:23+65:53 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Erato | # 0630-15517-2 | Recorded: 1995

    “Christie's love-affair with Hippolyte informs every note of this mesmerising performance, transporting the listener from enchanting pastoral scenes to ominous, Stygian shores.” BBC Music Magazine

    Peter Sellars, Craig Smith, Wiener Symphoniker - Mozart: Don Giovanni (2005)

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    Peter Sellars, Craig Smith, Wiener Symphoniker - Mozart: Don Giovanni (2005)

    Peter Sellars, Craig Smith, Wiener Symphoniker - Mozart: Don Giovanni (2005)
    NTSC 4:3 (720x480) | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (DTS, 6 ch) | 190 min | 6,50+6,54 Gb (2xDVD9)
    Classical | Label: DECCA | Sub: English | Recorded: 1990

    At the age of 27 Peter Sellars was hailed as a wunderkind of the U.S. theater and was already the general manager of the American National Theater in Washington's Kennedy Center. In his productions, Sellars brings out the timelessness and topicality of the works with such naturalness that he arouses interest around the world and stimulates lively discussions as to whether he is brilliantly modernizing the works or brutally maiming them. Besides "Don Giovanni," Sellars has also staged "Le nozze di Figaro" and "Cosi fan tutte" and moved their stories to present-day New York, whereby, however, he invented a new world for each opera.

    Peter Sellars, Craig Smith, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden - Handel: Giulio Cesare (2006/1990)

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    Peter Sellars, Craig Smith, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden - Handel: Giulio Cesare (2006/1990)

    Peter Sellars, Craig Smith, Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden - Handel: Giulio Cesare (2006/1990)
    NTSC 4:3 (720x480) | Italiano | LinearPCM, 2 ch | DTS, 6 ch | 6.51+6.89 Gb (2xDVD9) | 239 min
    Classical | Decca | Sub.: English, Francais, Deutsch, Espanol, Chinese

    Director Peter Sellars helms this provocative adaptation of George Frideric Handel’s opera “Giulio Cesare,” sung in the original Italian by soprano Susan Larson (who plays Cleopatra) and countertenor Jeffrey Gall (in the role of Julius Caesar) but set in a very different locale: a futuristic Middle East. Sellars personally wrote the English subtitles included in this version to match the tone he intended for his vision.