Lorraine Hunt Lieberson: Handel Arias
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano), Stephen Stubbs, Phoebe Carrai, Margriet Tindemans, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2025, Archive Choice
If you knew nothing about the background to this 2003 recording it would still be one of the most poignant albums of Handel arias, for the intensity of engagement and communicative power of...
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson: Handel Arias
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano), Stephen Stubbs, Phoebe Carrai, Margriet Tindemans, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket
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Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2025, Archive Choice
If you knew nothing about the background to this 2003 recording it would still be one of the most poignant albums of Handel arias, for the intensity of engagement and communicative power of...
About
This deluxe, 21st anniversary reissue of Lorraine Hunt Lieberson’s legendary recording of the character Irene’s arias from George Frideric Handel’s Theodora – plus the composer’s cantata La Lucrezia and the evergreen aria “Ombra Mai Fu” from Serse – evokes vivid memories of the mezzo-soprano’s galvanizing musicianship and opens the ears of a new generation of music lovers to appreciate the timelessness of Lorraine’s poignant interpretations.
Specially remastered for this CD and newly available digitally in Dolby Atmos, the longevity of these performances is a testament to Lorraine’s unique voice and soul.
Contents and tracklist
- Stephen Stubbs, Phoebe Carrai, Margriet Tindemans, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano)
- Harry Bicket
Awards and reviews
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BBC Music MagazineDecember 2025Archive Choice
December 2025
If you knew nothing about the background to this 2003 recording it would still be one of the most poignant albums of Handel arias, for the intensity of engagement and communicative power of American mezzo Lorraine Hunt Lieberson...Truly great Handel, and we're blessed to be able to remember Lorraine like this.
Awards Issue 2005
Weaving together the familiar and unfamiliar, this is a collection of real light and shade, all done with awe-inspiring power and characterisation.
30th May 2004
This is a sumptuous recording; no wonder the New Yorker has described her as 'the most potent mezzo since Callas'.
The New York Times 15th August 2004
Could it possibly surpass Ms. Hunt Lieberson's disc of Bach cantatas released last year by Nonesuch, which stands as one of the great recordings of the young century? Well, rival if not surpass. It is full of golden moments.
