Upload: Handel The Occasional Oratorio QEH 2004

An inhouse recording, with good sound, of a performance at the Queen
Elizabeth Hall, London, on 28 January 2004.

G.F.Handel: The Occasional oratorio

Lisa Milne soprano
Timothy Mead countertenor
Charles Daniels tenor
Andrew Foster-Williams bass

Choir of The King's Consort & The King's Consort
directed by Robert King

Two MP3 files at 320Kbps
File 1/CD1: 114MB & 60:35mins
File 2/CD2: 111MB & 58:24mins

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Upload: Handel Oreste Linbury 2000

Inhouse recording of a performance during the English Bach Festival
at the Linbury Theatre in the Royal Opera House, London, on 16
January 2000.

G.F.Handel: Oreste

Oreste Louise Winter
Ifigenia Jennifer Smith
Ermione Lynda Russell
Pilade Joseph Cornwell
Toante John Rath
Filotete Victoria Simmonds

English Bach Festival Baroque Orchestra
directed by Howard Williams

Three MP3 files at 320Kbps
File 1/Act 1/CD1: 97.1MB & 49:30mins
File 2/Act 2/CD2: 103MB & 54:01mins
File 3/Act 3/CD3: 96.8MB & 50:01mins

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Upload: Handel Oreste Linbury 2000

Inhouse recording of a performance during the English Bach Festival
at the Linbury Theatre in the Royal Opera House, London, on 16
January 2000.

G.F.Handel: Oreste

Oreste Louise Winter
Ifigenia Jennifer Smith
Ermione Lynda Russell
Pilade Joseph Cornwell
Toante John Rath
Filotete Victoria Simmonds

English Bach Festival Baroque Orchestra
directed by Howard Williams

Three MP3 files at 320Kbps
File 1/Act 1/CD1: 97.1MB & 49:30mins
File 2/Act 2/CD2: 103MB & 54:01mins
File 3/Act 3/CD3: 96.8MB & 50:01mins

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Upload: Handel Orlando Gent 2002

Inhouse recording, with quite good sound, of a performance by
Flanders Opera in Gent on 10 July 2002

G.F.Handel: Orlando

Orlando Patricia Bardon
Angelica Anke Berndt
Medoro Sara Fulgoni
Dorinda Kathleen Brett
Zoroastro Christophe Fel

Orchestra of Flanders Opera
directed by Paul Goodwin

Two MP3 files at 320Kbps
File 1/CD1: 158MB & 77:14
File 2/CD2: 163MB & 79:50

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Upload: Handel Orlando ROH [Coote]

BBC Radio 3 broadcast on 1 November 2003 of a performance recorded at
the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in October 2003. Alice Coote
was the production's original Orlando, with Bejun Mehta as Medoro.
This broadcast was previously uploaded to OperaShare but the links
have expired.

G.F.Handel: Orlando

Orlando Alice Coote
Angelica Barbara Bonney
Medoro Bejun Mehta
Dorinda Camilla Tilling
Zoroastro Jonathan Lemalu

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
directed by Harry Bicket

Three MP3 files at 320Kbps
File 1/Act 1/CD1: 145MB & 71:16mins
File 2/Act 2/CD2: 124MB & 62:12mins
File 3/Act 3/CD3: 116MB & 57:28mins

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Upload: Handel Partenope Chicago 2003

Inhouse recording at the Lyric Opera Chicago on 14 February 2003.
Taking into account the fact that it took place at the height of the
coughing season, the sound quality is quite good. The cast is very
interesting too.

G.F.Handel: Partenope

Partenope Elizabeth Futral
Arsace David Daniels
Rosmira Patricia Bardon
Armindo Bejun Mehta
Ormonte Mark S.Doss
Emilio Kurt Streit

Lyric Opera Orchestra, directed by Harry Bicket

Three MP3 files at 320Kbps
File 1/Act 1/CD1: 137MB & 65:22mins
File 2/Act 2/CD2: 106MB & 50:30mins
File 3/Act 3/CD3: 111MB & 53:23mins

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Upload: Handel Orlando NYCO 2005

Inhouse recording of a performance at New York City Opera on 20 March
2005. Okay sound and rather ponderous playing from the orchestra.

G.F.Handel: Orlando

Orlando Bejun Mehta
Angelica Amy Burton
Medoro Matthew White
Dorinda Jennifer Aylmer
Zoroastro David Pittsinger

Orchestra of NYCO directed by Antony Walker

Two MP3 files at 320Kbps
File 1/CD1: 138MB & 66:04mins
File 2/CD2: 156MB & 74:50mins

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Premium-Repost: Händel, Samson mcgegan

"Samson"
Oratorium von Georg Friedrich Händel,
Bearbeitung von Donald Burrows

Thomas Cooley und Michael Slattery, Tenor
Sophie Daneman und Maren Roederer, Sopran
Franziska Gottwald, Alt

William Berger und Wolf Matthias Friedrich, Bass
NDR Chor / FestspielOrchester Göttingen
Ltg.: Nicholas McGegan

Aufzeichnung vom 9.5.2008 im Rahmen der
Internationalen Händel-Festspiele Göttingen in der Stadthalle

mp3, 256 k/Bits, 3 Acts"

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Upload: Handel Poro Halle 1998

I'm not sure whether this performance, from the Handel Festival
Halle, on 13 June 1998, is inhouse or radio. The sound is pretty good.

G.F.Handel: Poro, Rè dell'Indie

Poro Patricia Spence
Cleofide Romelia Lichtenstein
Erissena Sally Bruce-Payne
Gandarte Nicholas Hariades
Alessandro Rufus Müller
Timagene Ulrich Studer

Handel Festival Orchestra, directed by Paul Goodwin

Three MP3 files at 320Kbps
File 1/CD1: 126MB & 62:41mins
File 2/CD2: 106MB & 52:51mins
File 3/CD3: 128MB & 63:43mins

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Upload: Handel Orlando RFH 1998

Inhouse recording with okay but slightly distant sound from a
performance at the Royal Festival Hall, London, on 4 September 1998.

G.F.Handel: Orlando

Orlando Louise Mott
Angelica Geraldine McGreevy
Medoro Sally Bruce-Payne
Dorinda Anna-Clare Monk
Zoroastro Matthew Hargreaves

The Early Opera Company directed by Christian Curnyn

Three MP3 files at 320Kbps
File 1/Act 1/CD1: 135MB & 66:10mins
File 2/Act 2/CD2: 108MB & 52:46mins
File 3/Act 3/CD3: 110MB & 53:57mins

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Upload: Handel Orlando ROH [Mehta] 2003

Inhouse recording of a performance at the Royal Opera House Covent
Garden on 23 October 2003. The sound is distant but reasonable. Bejun
Mehta took over the role of Orlando from Alice Coote after the
latter withdrew on realising that the role was potentially damaging
to her voice.

G.F.Handel: Orlando

Orlando Bejun Mehta
Angelica Barbara Bonney
Medoro William Towers
Dorinda Camilla Tilling
Zoroastro Jonathan Lemalu

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
directed by Harry Bicket

Three MP3 files at 320Kbps
File 1/Act 1/CD1: & 62:47mins
File 2/Act 2/CD2: & 53:01mins
File 3/Act 3/CD3: & 55:25mins

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UPLOAD: Handel - The Ways of Zion do Mourn. Dixit Dominus. Saintes F

The Ways of Zion do Mourn
Dixit Dominus
Broadcast 22 Oct 2008 BBC Radio 3
Collegium Vocale, Ghent, conducted by Daniel Reuss, in Handel's The Ways of Zion Do Mourn and Dixit Dominus, performed at the 2008 Saintes Festival, Bordeaux.

Hanna Blazikova, Elisabeth Rapp (sopranos)
Alex Potter (countertenor)
Malcolm Bennett (tenor)
Matthias Lutze (bass)
Collegium Vocale, Ghent
Daniel Reuss (conductor)

Saintes, France 11 July 2008

Satellite broadcast BBC radio 3 (192kbps)
MP3

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UPLOAD Video of Ottavia by D. Scarlatti dir. by A. Florio

Here is the recording of what was broadcasted by Mezzo TV on October
18th at 9pm (concert version, not staged)

D. SCARLATTI:
L'Ottavia restituita al trono.

Nerone : Filippo Mineccia (contralto)
Ottavia : Yolanda Auyanet (soprano)
Poppea : Maria Grazia Schiavo (soprano)
Floro : Maria Ercolano (soprano)

Rosilda : Valentina Varriale (soprano)
Balisa : Giuseppe de Vittorio (tenor)
Dorillo : Paolo L€ ¦ópez (sopraniste)

Cappella Della Piet€ ¦á de Turchini.
Dir. : A. Florio.

Beaune Samedi 05 juillet 2008

it's one long big file 1.1Gb

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Premium-Upload: Telemann, Brockes-Passion

Here is today's broadcast of Telemann's Brockes-Passion from the
Netherland Radio 4:

Programma
zaterdag 25 oktober 2008 13.30 uur
Concertgebouw Amsterdam
Nederlandse Bachvereniging
Jos van Veldhoven dirigent
Dominique Labelle sopraan
Geraldine McGreevy sopraan
Tim Mead altus
Andrew Tortise tenor
Matthew Brook bariton
-
Telemann Der für die Sünde der Welt gemarterte und sterbende Jesus
(`Brockes-Passion') TWV5:1

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Premium-Upload: Cavalli, La Calisto

Here is today's BBC broadcast of Cavalli's La Calisto,

Cavalli's La Calisto

Ivor Bolton conducts young soprano Sally Matthews and countertenor
Lawrence Zazzo in David Alden's Royal Opera House production of
Cavalli's tale of the shenanigans of the Roman gods and the mortals with
whose lives they meddle.

A sex comedy based on an Ovid myth, the plot focuses on the
complications and confusion that arises as the chief of the Gods, Giove,
lusts for the virginal and naive Calisto.

Presented by Catherine Bott.

Calisto ...... Sally Matthews (soprano)
Destiny/Diana/First Fury ...... Monica Bacelli (mezzo-soprano)
Endimione ...... Lawrence Zazzo (countertenor)
Giove ...... Joao Fernandes (bass)
Nature/Satirino/Second Fury ...... Dominique Visse (countertenor)
Eternity/Giunone ...... Veronique Gens (soprano)
Mercurio ...... Markus Werba (baritone)
Linfea ...... Guy de Mey (tenor)
Pane ...... Ed Lyon (tenor)
Silvano ...... Clive Bayley (bass)
Monterverdi Continuo Ensemble
Members of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Ivor Bolton (conductor).

mp3, 256 kBit/s

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