Friday, 12 October 2018

Handel - Esther (1720 Cannons version) (John Butt, Dunedin Consort) [2CDs]


Linn 2012 | EAC LOG FLAC+CUE | 2CDs + booklet | 538MB


ESTHER - oratorio in three acts, HWV 50a

(1720 Cannons version)


performed by

Susan Hamilton, soprano (Esther)

James Gilchrist, tenor (Habdonah / Assuerus)

Nicholas Mulroy, tenor (Mordecai)

Matthew Brook, baritone (Haman)

Electra Lochhead, soprano (Israelite Boy)

Thomas Hobbs, tenor (1st Israelite)

Ashley Turnell, tenor (2nd Israelite / Officer)

Robin Blaze, countertenor (Priest of the Israelites)


Dunedin Consort

(on period instruments)

John Butt, dir.


Recording: Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, 7/2011
TT: 99'38''