Somm 2007 | EAC LOG FLAC+CUE | 2CDs + booklet | 630MB
ESTHER - Oratorio in Three Acts, HWV 50b
(1732 version)
performed by
Rosemary Joshua, soprano (Esther)
James Bowman, countertenor (Ahasuerus)
Susan Bickley, mezzo-soprano (Mordecai)
Christopher Purves, bass (Haman)
Rebecca Outram, soprano (Israelite Woman)
Andrew Kennedy, tertenor (1st Israelite)
Cecilia Osmond, soprano (2nd Israelite)
Angus Smith, tenor (Harbonah)
London Handel Orchestra & Choir
(on period instruments)Laurence Cummings, dir.
Recorded live in St George's Church, Hanover Square, London, 4/2002
TT: 137'15''