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Handel - Tamerlano
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Handel: Tamerlano
RecommendedXavier Sabata (Tamerlano), Max Emanuel Cencic (Andronico), John Mark Ainsley (Bajazet), Karina Gauvin (Asteria), Ruxandra Donose (Irene), Pavel Kudinov (Leone)
Il Pomo d’Oro, Riccardo Minasi
The cast is of exceptional and even strength...[Sabata and Cencic] deliver brilliant tone and lively fioritura, while the scenes between Sabata and Ainsley crackle with fury...An all-round outstanding... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2014, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Building a Library, January 2021, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Handel: Tamerlano
Nicholas Spanos (Tamerlano), Mata Katsuli (Asteria), Mary-Ellen Nesi (Andronico), Tassis Christoyannis (Bajazet), Irina Karaianni (Irene) & Petros Magoulas (Leone)
Orchestra of Patras, George Petrou
Nicholas Spanos presents the title role positively. His chief opponent, the Turkish Emperor Bajazete, is a complex, weighty role, grasped fully by Tassis Christoyannis. Mati Katsuli delivers... —
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Handel: Tamerlano
Gwendolyn Killebrew (Tamerlano), Alexander Young (Bajazet), Sophia Steffan (Andronico), Joanna Simon (Irene), Carole Bogard (Asteria), Marius Rintzler (Leone)
Chamber Orchestra of Copenhagen, John Moriarty
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Handel Edition Volume 3 - Tamerlano, L'Allegro ed il Penseroso, etc.
RecommendedDerek Lee Ragin (Tamerlano), Nigel Robson (Bajazet), Nancy Argenta (Asteria), Michael Chance (Andronico), Jane Findlay (Irene), René Schirrer (Leone)
English Baroque Soloists & Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner
Taking Milton as his starting point, Handel illustrated in music the contrasts of mood and character between the cheerful and the thoughtful. Then, prompted by his librettist, Charles Jennens,... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1980, Winner - Choral
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Handel: Tamerlano
Franz Mazura (Tamerlano), Helen Donath (Asteria), Kieth Engen (Andronico), Raili Kostia (Irene) & Kari Nurmela (Leone)
Kantorei Barmen-Gemarke & Cappella Coloniensis, Ferdinand Leitner
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Handel: Tamerlano
Monica Bacelli (Tamerlano), Thomas Randle (Bajazet), Graham Pushee (Andronico), Anna Bonitatibus (Irene), Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz (Asteria), Antonio Abete (Leone)
The English Consort, Trevor Pinnock, stage direction by Jonathan Miller
This is an uncommonly interesting examination of how a great Handel opera may be performed without insisting that only Baroque specialists need apply. Some of the singers here aren't obvious... —
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John Eliot Gardiner - Handel
Derek Lee Ragin (Tamerlano), Nigel Robson (Bajazet), Nancy Argenta (Asteria), Michael Chance (Andronico), Jane Findlay (Irene), René Schirrer (Leone)
English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
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Handel: Tamerlano
Monica Bacelli (Tamerlano), Thomas Randle (Bajazet), Graham Pushee (Andronico), Anna Bonitatibus (Irene), Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz (Asteria), Antonio Abete (Leone)
The English Consort, Trevor Pinnock, stage direction by Jonathan Miller
This is an instance where the DVD...is greatly preferable to the CDs, with solo voices anturally caught and strongly projected against the beautifully recorded and balanced orchestra...It is... —
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Handel: Tamerlano
Plácido Domingo (Bajazet), Monica Bacelli (Tamerlano), Ingela Bohlin (Asteria), Sara Mingardo (Andronico) & Jennifer Holloway (Irene)
Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Real, Paul McCreesh (conductor) & Graham Vick (stage director)
The grandly tragic figure of the enslaved Turkish sultan Bajazet… is a recent departure for Plácido Domingo, and one that could be supposed to lie outside his comfort zone. So it says much for... —
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Handel: Tamerlano
Plácido Domingo (Bajazet), Monica Bacelli (Tamerlano), Ingela Bohlin (Asteria), Sara Mingardo (Andronico) & Jennifer Holloway (Irene)
Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Real, Paul McCreesh (conductor) & Graham Vick (stage director)
The grandly tragic figure of the enslaved Turkish sultan Bajazet… is a recent departure for Plácido Domingo, and one that could be supposed to lie outside his comfort zone. So it says much... —
