Recommended recordings
Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Reviewer: Sarah Lenton
Broadcast: 10th December 2011
Overall recommendation (DVD)
- HANDEL: Giulio Cesare
Andreas Scholl (Giulio Cesare); Inger Dam-Jensen (Cleopatra); Randi Steene (Cornelia); Tuva Semmingsen (Sesto); Christopher Robson (Tolomeo); Palle Knudsen (Achilla); James Huw Jeffries (Nireno); Concerto Copenhagen; Lars Ulrik Mortensen (conductor); Francisco Negrin (director)
RTV Denmark production at the Danish Royal Theatre
HARMONIA MUNDI HMD9909008-09 (2 DVD)
CD recommendation:
- HANDEL: Julius Caesar
Libretto by Nicola Haym; English translation by Brian Trowell
Dame Janet Baker (Julius Caesar); Christopher Booth-Jones (Curio); Sarah Walker (Cornelia); Della Jones (Sextus); Valerie Masterson (Cleopatra); James Bowman (Ptolemy); John Tomlinson (Achillas); David James (Nirenus); English National Opera Chorus; English National Opera Orchestra; Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
CHANDOS Opera in English CHAN3019 (3 CD, mid-price)
Acis and Galatea
Reviewer: David Vickers
Broadcast: 11th July 2009
First Choice Recommendation:
- Susan Hamilton (soprano), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Nicholas Hurndall Smith (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), Dunedin Consort and Players, John Butt (director)
- Linn CKD 319 (2 Hybrid SACDs)
Dixit Dominus
Reviewer: Simon Heighes
Broadcast: 3rd January 2009
First Choice Recommendation:
- (c/w CALDARA: Missa Dolorosa)
- Balthasar-Neumann Choir and Ensemble, Thomas Hengelbrock (conductor)
- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 82876587922 (Hybrid SACD)
Water Music
Reviewer: Colin Lawson
Broadcast: 18th April 2009
First Choice Recommendation:
- (c/w Music for the Royal Fireworks HWV351)
- L'Arte dell'Arco, Federico Guglielmo (conductor)
- CPO 7773122 (Hybrid SACD)
Messiah
Reviewer: Berta Joncus
Broadcast: 11th April 2009
First Choice Recommendation:
- Carolyn Sampson, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mark Padmore, Christopher Purves, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers (conductor)
- Coro COR16062 (2 CDs plus bonus CD, Mid Price)
