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Handel - Semele
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Special offer. Handel: Semele
RecommendedLouise Alder (Semele), Hugo Hymas (Jupiter), Lucile Richardot (Juno/Ino), Carlo Vistoli (Athamas), Gianluca Buratto (Somnus/Cadmus), Emily Owen (Iris), Angela Hicks (Cupid), Peter Davoren (Apollo)
English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Alder is riveting in the title role as she mutates from soft seductress to vain brat to crushed victim, applying a range of styles to develop her character...Richardot’s intensity equals Alder’s,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd October 2020
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2020, Opera Choice
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Special offer. Handel: Semele
Rosemary Joshua (Semele), Hilary Summers (Juno/Ino), Richard Croft (Jupiter), Stephen Wallace (Athamas), Brindley Sherratt (Cadmus/Somnus) & Gail Pearson (Iris), David Croft (Apollo)
Early Opera Company (on period instruments), Christian Curnyn
In the title role, soprano Rosemary Joshua applies light and graceful tone and conveys Semele's wilful, pleasure-seeking nature. As her immortal lover Jupiter, tenor Richard Croft is equally... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2008, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Handel: Semele
Ana Maria Labin (Semele), Matthew Newlin (Jupiter/Apollo), Lawrence Zazzo (Athamas), Dara Savinoya (Juno/Ino), Chiara Skerath (Iris), Andreas Wolf (Cadmus/Somnus/High Priest)
Millenium Orchestra, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Leonardo García Alarcón
Alarcón’s cast is without exception highly personable and youthful sounding. Ana Maria Labin is a captivating Semele, encompassing both the impetuous and tragic sides of the character…This is... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Handel: Semele
RecommendedKathleen Battle (Semele), Marilyn Horne (Juno/Ino), Samuel Ramey (Cadmus/Somnus), John Aler (Jupiter), Michael Chance (Athamas), Neil Mackie (Apollo), Sylvia McNair (Iris)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra, John Nelson
[The recording] turns away from current fashion in using modern rather than period instruments, but the balance of advantage is in its favour. Nelson's performance is briskly paced, with rhythms... —
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Grammy Awards, 36th Awards (1993), Best Opera Recording
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Handel: Semele
Jennifer Vyvyan (Semele), Anna Pollack (Juno), William Herbert (Jupiter), John Whitworth (Athamas), George Pragnell (Cadmus), Helen Watts (Ino), George James (Somnus)
New Symphony Orchestra, The St. Anthony Singers, Anthony Lewis
Not Handel as we like him now, but a groundbreaking recording by Anthony Lewis. Well-mannered vocally in an English way rather than unsettlingly erotic, but Jennifer Vyvyan is incomparable as... —
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Handel: Semele
Sheila Armstrong (Semele), Helen Watts (Juno), Robert Tear (Jupiter), Mark Deller (Athamas), Justino Díaz (Cadmus/Somnus), Edgar Fleet (Apollo), Felicity Palmer (Iris), Helen Watts (Ino)
English Chamber Orchestra, Johannes Somary
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Handel: Semele
Elisabeth Scholl (Semele), Julla Schmidt (Iris), Ralf Popken (Athamas), Britta Schwarz (Ino), Annette Markert (Juno), Knut Schoch (Apollo), Klaus Mertens (Cadmus/Somnus/Priest)
Junge Kantorei & Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra, Joachim Carlos Martini
There are many pleasures to be had...given a generally enjoyable performance, stylishly accompanied by the excellent Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra...Elisabeth Scholl's dashing coloratura in the... —
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Koch/Berlin R.S.: Handel;semele
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Helmut Koch, Wolf-Dieter Hauschild (harpsichord), Regina Werner (soprano), Renate Hoff (soprano), Gisela Pohl (alto), Ingeborg Springer (alto), Hermann Christian Polster (bass), Eberhard Büchner (tenor), Hans-Jürgen Wachsmuth (tenor), Siegfried Lorenz (baritone),...
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John Eliot Gardiner - Handel
Norma Burrowes (Semele), Della Jones (Juno), Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (Jupiter), Timothy Penrose (Athamas), Robert Lloyd (Cadmus), Maldwyn Davies (Apollo), Patrizia Kwella (Iris), Catherine Denley (Ino), David Thomas (Somnus), Elisabeth Priday (Cupid)
English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Orchestra...
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Handel Edition Volume 5 - Semele, Israel in Egypt, etc
Norma Burrowes (Semele), Della Jones (Juno), Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (Jupiter), Timothy Penrose (Athamas), Robert Lloyd (Cadmus), Maldwyn Davies (Apollo), Patrizia Kwella (Iris), Catherine Denley (Ino), David Thomas (Somnus), Elisabeth Priday (Cupid)
Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra, English...
Koopman re-creates something of the occasion in his colourful interpretation of Handel's orchestration and in his pacing of the work. The expressive and dulcet oboe tone produced by Ku Ebbinge... —
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