George Frideric Handel - Semele, Israel In Egypt, La Resurrezione etc. (Gardiner & Koopman)

Works and Performers

Disc 1-2

Semele, HWV 058
John Eliot Gardiner
English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Jupiter (Anthony Rolfe Johnson/tenor), Cadmus (Robert Lloyd/bass), Semele (Norma Burrowes/soprano), Athamas (Timothy Penrose/countertenor), Ino (Catherine Denley/contralto), Somnus (David Thomas/bass), Juno (Della Jones/mezzo-soprano), Iris (Patrizia Kwella/soprano), Cupid (Elisabeth Priday/soprano)

Disc 3-4, track 1-10

Israel In Egypt, HWV 054
John Eliot Gardiner
Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra

Disc 4, track 11-23

The Ways of Zion Do Mourn, HWV 264
John Eliot Gardiner
Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra

Disc 4, track 24

Zadok The Priest, HWV 258
John Eliot Gardiner
Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra

Disc 5 & 6, track 1-16

La Resurrezione, HWV 047
Ton Koopman
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Maddalena (Nancy Argenta/soprano), Angelo (Barbara Schlick/soprano),
Cleofe (Giullemette Laurens/contralto), San Giovanni (Guy de Mey/tenor),
Lucifero (Klaus Mertens/bass)

Disc 6, track 17-24

Dixit Dominus, 232
John Eliot Gardiner
Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra
Felicity Palmer, Margaret Marshall (soprano), Charles Brett, John Angelo
Messana (countertenor), Richard Morton, Alastair Thompson (tenor),
David Wilson-Johnson (bass)

Total Time: 7 hours, 30 minutes, 55 seconds