Playlist 07-32
Handel and the Seven Deadly Sins

Ariodante
George Frideric Handel
Soloists, Choir and Orchestra of Les Musiciens du Louvre (Marc Minkowski, dir.)
Archiv 457 271-2 (1997) [ASIN: B0000060AK]
Act 1, scene 13: Ballo (CD 1)
---Tr. 29: [Gavotte] (:56)
---Tr. 30: Musette 1: Lentement (2:02)
---Tr. 32: Allegro (1:33)

Alexander's Feast
George Frideric Handel
Stephen Varcoe, bass
Soloists, Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists (John Eliot Gardiner, dir.)
Philips 422 053-2 (1987) [ASIN: B000GYHZ7G]
Part One (CD 1)
---Tr. 9: Air and Chorus - Bacchus, ever fair and young (4:40)

Endless Pleasure
Mozart and Handel Arias
Ruth Ann Swenson, soprano
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (Sir Charles Mackerras, cond.)
EMI 7243 5 56672 2 9 [ASIN: B00000DFNV]
from Semele (act 3, scene 3)
---Tr. 2: Aria (Semele) - Myself I shall adore (7:03)

:29 Music bed: Baldassare Galuppi (1706-1785), Forgotten Arias of a Venetian Master, Catherine King, soprano, Il Canto di Orfeo (Gianluca Capuano, dir.), Avie 2116 (2006) [ASIN: B000IHZIZ2], Concerto a Quattro in Bb major, ---Tr. 9: 1.Grave e sostenuto

Cantates
George Frideric Handel
Véronique Gens, soprano, and Les Basses Réunies
Virgin Veritas 7243 5 45283 2 3 (1999) [re-released 2006 ASIN: B000F3T396]
La Lucrezia HWV 145
---Tr. 1: Recitativo - O numi eterni! (:49)
---Tr. 2: Aria - Gia superbo del mio affano (3:53)
---Tr. 3: Recitativo - Ma voi forse nel cielo (:44)
---Tr. 4: Aria - Il suol she preme (2:53)

Theme Music bed: Ensemble Alcatraz, Danse Royale, Elektra Nonesuch 79240-2, T.12: La Prime Estampie Royal

:59 Midpoint Break: Baldassare Galuppi (1706-1785), Forgotten Arias of a Venetian Master, Catherine King, soprano, Il Canto di Orfeo (Gianluca Capuano, dir.), Avie 2116 (2006) [ASIN: B000IHZIZ2], Concerto a Quattro in Bb major, ---Tr. 10: 2.Allegro e spiritoso

Solomon
George Frideric Handel
Andreas Scholl, Solomon, and Susan Bickley, 2nd Harlot
Soloists, Choir and Orchestra of the Gabrieli Consort & Players (Paul McCreesh, dir.)
Archiv 459 688-2 (1999) [ASIN: B00000JLFG]
Act 2 (CD 2)
---Tr. 8: Recitative (Solomon, 2nd Harlot) - What says the other (1:22)
---Tr. 9: Air (2nd Harlot) -Thy sentence, great king (1:48)

Ariodante
George Frideric Handel
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano
Soloists, Choir and Orchestra of Les Musiciens du Louvre (Marc Minkowski, dir.)
Archiv 457 271-2 (1997) [ASIN: B0000060AK]
Act 3, scene 8 (CD 3)
---Tr. 15: Aria (Ariodante) - Dopo notte (6:47)

:29 Music bed: Baldassare Galuppi (1706-1785), Forgotten Arias of a Venetian Master, Catherine King, soprano, Il Canto di Orfeo (Gianluca Capuano, dir.), Avie 2116 (2006) [ASIN: B000IHZIZ2], Concerto a Quattro in Bb major, ---Tr. 11: 3. Allegro

Israel in Egypt 4.34
George Frideric Handel
Soloists, King's College Choir (Cambridge), and the Brandenburg Consort (Stephen Cleobury, dir.)
Decca 289 452 295-2 (2000) [ASIN: B00004SDRE]
Part 2: Exodus (CD 1)
---Tr. 23: Chorus Egypt was glad (2:15)

Johan Caspar Kerll (1627-1693)
Complete Keyboard Works
John O'Donnell, organ and harpsichord
Tall Poppies TP121 (1999) [ASIN: B00004T219]
CD 1
---Tr. 12: Canzona IV (2:19)

Aci, Galetea e Polifemo
George Frideric Handel
David Thomas, bass
Soloists and Orchestra of London Baroque (Charles Medlam, cond.)
HMC 901253 (1987) [ASIN: B000005Z3M]
CD 1
---Tr. 5: Aria (Polifemo) - Sibilar l'angui (4:16)

Recent Release:
Baldassare Galuppi (1706-1785)
Forgotten Arias of a Venetian Master
Catherine King, mezzo-soprano
Il Canto di Orfeo (Gianluca Capuano, dir.)
Avie 2116 (2006) [ASIN: B000IHZIZ2]
From Il Trionfo della Continenza
---Tr. 8: Cedo alla sorte (4:48)

RELATED WEB LINKS

Les Musiciens du Louvre - http://www.mdlg.net/eng/01_orchestre_bio.htm
English Baroque Soloists - http://www.monteverdi.co.uk/about_us/ebs.cfm
Monteverdi Choir - http://www.monteverdi.co.uk/about_us/mc.cfm
Sir John Eliot Gardiner - http://www.monteverdi.co.uk/about_us/jeg.cfm
Ruth Ann Swenson - http://www.associatedentertainment.com/aec/National-Acts/Music-Category-1/Ruth-Ann-Swenson
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - http://www.oae.co.uk/
Gabrieli Consort & Players - http://www.gabrieli.com/
King's College Choir - http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/
London Baroque - http://www.londonbaroque.com/
Tall Poppies Records - http://members.iinet.net.au/~tallpoppies/

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