Handel's Greatest Arias - Bartoli, Fleming, Kozena et al

 

Release Date: April 14, 2009 Label: Decca Number of discs: 2 Composer: Georg Friedrich Handel Performer: Cecilia Bartoli, Renee Fleming, Magdalena Kozena et al.  cd info/ buy

Review:

This is a special collection of Handel's most beautiful arias and choruses. Including all the best-loved classics such as "Ombra mai fu (Largo)", "Lascia ch'io pianga", "Let the bright seraphim", "Dopo notte", "Where'er you walk", "I know that my redeemer liveth" and "Oh! Had I Jubal's lyre" and the great choruses "Zadok the Priest", "See the conqu'ring hero comes" and "Hallelujah". An all-star line-up of today's great singers including Cecilia Bartoli, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Rolando Villazón, Andreas Scholl, Magdelena Kozená, Plácido Domingo and Kiri te Kanawa and legendary artists such as Kathleen Ferrier, Luciano Pavarotti, Janet Baker, Teresa Berganza and Fritz Wunderlich. An unrivalled collection from the Decca and Deutsche Grammophon catalogues.

 

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