Friday 28 June 2019

Handel - Rodelinde [Rodelinda sung in German] (Carl Leonhardt) [2CD]


hannsler Classic - SWR 2002 [rec.1938] | EAC LOG FLAC+CUE | 2CDs + booklet | 498MB



G.F. Handel


RODELINDA, opera in tre atti, HWV 19


[as RODELINDE - sung in German]


performed by

Cacilie Reich, soprano (Rodelinde [Rodelinda])

Gerhard Husch, baritone (Bertarich [Bertarido])

Fritz Krauss, tenor (Grimwald [Grimoaldo])

Emma Mayer, contralto (Hadwig [Eduige])

Hans Ducrue, bass (Garibald [Garibaldo])

[?], bass (Unolf [Unulfo])


Chor des SWR

Chor und Orchester des Reichssenders Stuttgart

(on modern instruments)

Carl Leonhardt, dir.


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CD 2 also contains:

Suite from "Alcina"

Orchester des Reichssenders Stuttgart

Gustav Gorlich, dir.


Aria from "Radamisto"

Georg A. Walter, tenor

Orchester des Reichssenders Stuttgart

Fritz Lehmann, dir.


Two of Cleopatra's arias from "Julius Cesar"

Marta Fuchs, soprano

Orchester des Reichssenders Stuttgart

Gustav Gorlich, dir.

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Recording: 3/1938 (Rodelinda); 1937-39 (other recordings)
TT: 124'32'' (Rodelinda: 98'37'')