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... — More…
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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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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... — More…
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Special offer. 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,... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1980, Winner - Choral
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Handel: Alcina & Tamerlano
Sandrine Piau (Alcina), Maite Beaumont (Ruggiero), Angelique Noldus (Bradamante), Sabina Puertolas (Morgana), Chloe Briot (Oberto), Daniel Behle (Oronte), Giovanni Furlanetto (Melisso), Edouard Higuet (Astolfo), Sophie Karthäuser (Asteria), Ann Hallenberg (Irene), Delphine Galou (Andronico), Christophe...
The Alcina cast is led by Sandrine Piau’s involving enchantress, who keeps Maite Beaumont’s outstanding Ruggiero in thrall…[Tamerlano is] beautifully sung by Christophe Dumaux…Karthäuser is... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2017, DVD of the Month
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Sir John Eliot Gardiner - The Complete Erato Recordings
English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
64 CDs
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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
2 CDs
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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... — More…
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Handel: Tamerlano
Monica Bacelli (Tamerlano), Tom Randle (Bajazet), Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz (Asteria), Graham Pushee (Andronico), Anna Bonitatibus (Irene), Antonio Abete (Leone)
The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock
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Special offer. 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... — More…
