We celebrate Handel's birthday with a bouquet of arias from eight of his operas.
Playlist
Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Overture (excerpt)
Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ensemble Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Conductor Sir Charles Mackerras
Album Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Record Label Telarc
Giulio Cesare: "Svegliatevi nel core"
Composer George Frideric Handel
Ensemble Les Musiciens du Louvre
Conductor Marc Minkowski
Album Handel: Giulio Cesare
Record Label Archiv
Radamisto: "Cara sposa, amato bene"
Composer George Frideric Handel
Ensemble Il Complesso Barocco
Conductor Alan Curtis
Album Handel: Radamisto
Record Label Virgin Classics
Ottone: "Falsa imagine"
Composer George Frideric Handel
Ensemble The King's Consort
Conductor Robert King
Album Handel - Ottone Re di Germania
Record Label Hyperion
Acis and Galatea: "Love sounds th'alarm"
Composer George Frideric Handel
Ensemble English Baroque Soloists
Conductor John Eliot Gardiner
Album Handel: Acis and Galatea
Record Label Archiv
Giulio Cesare: "Presti omai l'egizia terra"
Composer George Frideric Handel
Ensemble English National Opera Orchestra
Conductor Sir Charles Mackerras
Album Handel - Julius Caesar
Record Label Chandos
Giulio Cesare: "Aure, deh, per pietà"
Composer George Frideric Handel
Ensemble English National Opera Orchestra
Conductor Sir Charles Mackerras
Album Handel - Julius Caesar
Record Label Chandos
Serse: "Ombra mai fu"
Composer George Frideric Handel
Ensemble Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor Warwick Braithwaite
Album Kirsten Flagstad
Record Label EMI
Atalanta: "Come, my beloved"
Composer George Frideric Handel
Album The Art of John McCormack
Record Label EMI
Il pastor fido: "Caro amor"
Composer George Frideric Handel
Conductor Walter Goehr
Album The Art of John McCormack
Record Label EMI
Semele: "Where'er you walk"
Composer George Frideric Handel
Conductor Walter Goehr
Album The Art of John McCormack
Record Label EMI
Semele: "Oh, sleep, why dost thou leave me?"
Composer George Frideric Handel
Conductor Josef Pasternack
Album John McCormack, A Legendary Performer
Record Label RCA
