Friday 26 April 2019

One year of The Handel Project on makdelart's blog

On Sunday 4th March 2018 on this blog was launched a series of posts with Handel's works.
A list of all his published works can be seen on The Handel Project page.

On the occasion of this anniversary, I decided to make a summary and check how many of Handel's works still remained to be published. 

This project includes all the recordings of his operas and oratorios officially published on CDs and in addition: Acis & Galatea (also Aci, Galatea e Polifemo) and Alexander's Feast.

I remind you that the condition that I set for myself is one: these must be my own rips with my own set of scans, that is - the presented recordings belong to my private collection.

Below I publish a list of Handel's works that are in my shopping plans for publication on the blog.

OPERAS:


AGRIPPINA
  • Christopher Hogwood (Mondo Musica 2000, rec. 1983, 3CD, modern instr.)

RINALDO
  • Mario Bernardi (Ponto, 2006, rec. 1982, 2CD, modern instr.)
  • Ensemble Hypothesis (Solstice, 2004, 1CD, period instr.)
  • Wolfgang Katschner (ArtHaus Musik, 2019, 2CD, period instr.)
  • [Handel - Leo] dir. Fabio Luisi (Dynamic 2019, 3CD, period instr.)
RADAMISTO
  • Horst-Tanu Margraf (Berlin Classics 1998, rec. 1961, 3CD, modern instr.)
  • Roger Norrington (Ponto, rec. 1993, 3 CD, modern instr.)
OTTONE
  • Robert King (hyperion 1993, 3CD, period instr.)
  • George Petrou (Decca 2017, 3CD, period instr.)
FLAVIO
  • Rene Jacobs (Harmonia Mundi 1990, 2CD, period instr.)
  • Christian Curnyn (Chandos 2010, 2CD, period instr.)
GIULIO CESARE
  • Herbert Albert (Walhall 2004, rec. 1950, 2CD, modern instr.)
  • Gianandrea Gavazzeni (Andromeda, rec. 1955, 2CD, modern instr.)
  • Arnold Gramm (Delta, rec. 1967, 2CD, modern instr.)
  • Ferdinand Leitner (Orfeo d'Or 1994, rec. 1965, 3CD, modern instr. [in German])
  • Nicola Rescigno (Mondo Musica 1996, rec. 1966, 2CD, modern instr.)
  • Julius Rudel (RCA 1988, rec. 1967, 2CD, modern instr.)
TAMERLANO
  • Ferdinand Leitner (Profil-Hanssler 2015, rec. 1966, 2CD, modern instr.)
  • John Moriarty (Parnassus 2002,  rec. 1970, 3CD, modern instr.)
  • Anthony Lewis (Ponto 2008, rec. 1972, 3CD, modern instr.)
RODELINDA
  • Carl Leonhardt (Hanssler-Classic 2002, rec. 1939, 2CD, modern instr.)
  • Charles Farncombe (Andromeda [and other editions], rec. 1959, 2CD, modern instr. [in English])
  • Brian Priestman (Westminster 2014, rec. 1964, modern instr. - as part of 40 CDs box: Westminster Legacy])
  • Richard Bonynge (Bella-Voce 1999, rec. 1973, 2CD, modern instr.)
  • Richard Bonynge (Decca 1987, 2CD, modern instr.)
ALESSANDRO
  • Michael Form (Pan Classics 2012, 3CD, period instr.)
  • George Petrou (Decca 2012, 3CD, period instr.)
ADMETO
  • Anthony Lewis (Ponto 2004, rec. 1968, 3CD, modern instr.)
PORO
  • Horst-Tanu Margraf (Berlin Classics 1998, rec. 1959, 3CD, modern instr. [in German])
ORLANDO
  • Arnold Goldsborough  (Ponto 2006, rec. 1968, 2CD, modern instr. [highlights])
ALCINA
  • Ferdinand Leitner (e.g. Deutsche Grammophon 2009, rec. 1959, 2CD, modern instr.)
  • Richard Bonynge (Decca 1992, rec. 1962, 3CD, modern instr.)
SERSE (XERXES)
  • Piero Bellugi (Opera d'Oro 2001 [or Urania], rec. 1962, 2CD, modern instr.)
  • Rafael Kubelik (Verona 1990 [or Orfeo 1998], rec. 1962, 3CD, modern instr.)
  • Brian Priestman (DG 2009, rec. 1965, 3CD, modern instr.)
  • Maxim Emelyanychev (DG 2018, 3CD, period instr.)
CATONE (pasticcio)
  • Carlo Ipata (Glossa 2017, 2CD, modern instr.)
DIDONE ABBANDONATA (pasticcio)
  • [Handel - Vinci] Wolfgang Katschner (DHM 2018, 2CD, period instr.)
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ORATORIOS:


IL TRIONFO DEL TEMPO E DEL DISINGANNO
  •  Rinaldo Alessandrini (Opus 111 2001, 2CD, period instr.)
BROCKES PASSION
  • Laurence Cummings (Accent 2019, 2CD, period instr.)
SAUL
  • Mogens Woldike (Vanguard 1999, rec. 1962, 2CD, modern instr.)
  • Helmuth Rilling (Hanssler 2007, 2 CD, modern instr.)
ISRAEL IN EGYPT
  • Eugen Jochum (Andromeda 2010, rec. 1959, 2CD, modern instr. [Israel in Agypten])
  • Andrew Parrott (EMI 1990, 2CD, period instr.)
  • Heinz Hennig (Thorofon 1991, 2CD, period instr.)
  • Hans Christoph Rademann & Dresdner Barockorchester (NDR3 Klassik Club, 2CD, period instr.) - extremely hard to find
  • Anthony Bramall (Brilliant Classics 2006, 2CD, period instr.)
  • Candi Escriva i Albroch [Cor Madrigal & L'Orquestra Barocca La Dispersione i Solistes] (2007, 1CD)
  • Kevin Mallon (Naxos 2008, 2 CD, period instr.)
  • Pierre Cao (Eloquentia 2010, 2CD, period instr.)
  • Julian Wachner (Musica Omnia 2012, 3CD, period instr.)
  • Werner Ehrhardt (Capriccio 2012, 2CD, period instr.)
  • Roy Goodman (Etcetera 2014, 2CD, period instr.)
L'ALLEGRO, IL PENSEROSO ED IL MODERATO
  • David Willcocks (Decca 1999, rec. 1959, 2CD, modern instr.)
  • Martin Pearlman (Caedmon-Arabesque 1995, rec. 1985, 2CD, period instr.)
  • Rolf Reuter (Berlin Classics 1995, rec. 1989, 2CD, modern instr.)
  • Rudolf Lutz (Bach-Stiftung 2016, 2CD, period instr.)
SAMSON
  • Ferenc Fricsay (Urania 2017, rec. 1955, 2CD, modern instr. [in German])
  • Raymond Leppard (Gala, rec. 1959, 2CD, modern instr.)
  • Maurice Abravanel (Vanguard 2000, rec. 1963, 2CD, modern instr.)
SEMELE
  • Anthony Lewis (Decca 2018, rec. 1956, 2CD, modern instr.)
  • Helmut Koch (Berlin Classics 1997, rec. 1974, 3CD, modern instr. [in German])
JOSEPH & HIS BRETHREN
  • Nicholas McGegan (Philharmonia Baroque 2019, 2CD, period instr.)
HERCULES
  • Lovro von Matacic (Myto 2009 [or Melodram 1998], rec. 1958, 2CD, modern instr. [as 'Eracle'])
  • John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv 1983, 2CD, period instr.)
  • Wolf-Dieter Hauschild (Berlin Classics 1997, rec. 1984, modern instr. [as Herakles, in German])
  • Marc Minkowski (Archiv 2002, 3CD, period instr.)
BELSHAZZAR
  • Dietrich Knothe (Berlin Classics 1997, rec. 1975, 3CD, modern instr.)
JUDAS MACCABAEUS
  • Ferenc Fricsay (Cantus-Line Music 2015, rec. 1954, modern instr. [in German])
  • Maurice Abravanel (rec, 1959, 3CD, modern instr.)
  • Helmut Koch (Berlin Classics 1996, rec. 1966, 2CD, modern instr. [in German])
  • Thomas Fey (Christophorus 1992, 2CD, modern instr.)
  • Heinz Ferlesch (ORF 2006, 2CD, period instr.)
  • Leonardo Garcia Alarcon (Ambronay 2010, 2CD, period instr.)  
JOSHUA
  • Otto Kargl (ORF 2004, 2CD, period instr.)
  • Robert King (hyperion 1991, 2CD, period instr.)
  • Peter Neumann (MDG 2008, 2CD, period instr.)
  • Laurence Cummings (Somm 2009, 2CD, period instr.)
SUSANNA
  • Nicholas McGegan (Harmonia Mundi 1990, 3CD, period instr.)
  • Laurence Cummings (Accent 2016, 3CD, period instr.)
SOLOMON
  • Heinz Rogner (Berlin Classics 2000, rec. 1981, 2CD, modern instr. [in German as 'Solomo'])
JEPHTHA
  • Johannes Somary (Vanguard 1995, rec. 1969, 3CD, modern instr.)
  • Neville Marriner (Decca-London 1990, rec. 1975, 3CD, modern instr.)
  • Harry Christophers (Coro 2014, 3CD, period instr.) 
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ACI, GALATEA E POLIFEMO
  • Fabio Bonizzoni (Glossa 2013, 2CD, period instr.)
ACIS AND GALATEA
  • Peter Schreier (Orfeo 1987, rec. 1983, 2CD, modern instr. [arr. Mozart in German])
  • Robert King (hyperion 1990, 2CD, period instr.)
  • Christopher Hogwood (L'Oiseau Lyre 1992, 2CD, period instr. [arr. Mozart in German])
  • Eric Milnes (Atma Classique 2003, 2CD, period instr.)
  • Antoine Plante (Mercury Baroque 2008, 1CD, period [?] instr.)
  • Martin Haselbock (NCA 2011, 2CD, period instr.)
  • Stephen Darlington (Nimbus Alliance 2012, 1CD, modern instr. [?], arr. Mendelssohn])
ALEXANDER'S FEAST
  • Christopher Hogwood (Arabesque 2003, rec. 1993, 2CD, period instr. [arr. Mozart in German])
  • Marcus Bosch (Coviello Classics 2007, 2CD, modern instr.)
  • Rolf Beck (Hanssler 2009, 2CD, modern instr.)
  • Heinz Ferlesch (ORF 2009, 2CD)
  • Richard Neville-Towle (Delphian 2010, 2CD, period instr.)
  • Benjamin Lack (Fra Bernardo 2016, 2CD, period instr.) 

In addition to the above there is still a loooooot of recordings of MESSIAH, of course.
Ugh, there is so much to collect and publish.
I'm going to do it all, but the pace of publication will not be as big as so far.

I'm still resting for now. The next post will probably be in mid-May. 

Best wishes to all

makdelart 



P.S. In addition to this list above, we can add:

- ALCESTE (Franck-Emmanuel Comte, Musisoft 1998, 1CD) & (Christian Curnyn, Chandos 2012, 1CD)
- TERPSICORE [thank you, Alice for the reminder] (Nicholas McGegan) & (James Richman)
- ODE FOR ST CECILIA'S DAY (almost 20 recordings)

... what else?