Friday 23 August 2019

Handel - Alcina (& Giulio Cesare [highlights]) (Richard Bonynge) [3CD]


Decca 1992 [1962] | EAC LOG FLAC+CUE | 3CDs + booklet | 1,01GB



G.F. Handel


ALCINA, opera in tre atti, HWV 34


performed by

Joan Sutherland, soprano (Alcina)

Teresa Berganza, mezzo-soprano (Ruggiero)

Monica Sinclair, alto (Bradamante)

Luigi Alva, tenor (Oronte)

Graziella Sciutti, soprano (Morgana)

Mirella Freni, soprano (Oberto)

Ezio Flagello, bass (Melisso) 

 

London Symphony Orchestra

(on modern instruments)

Richard Bonynge, dir.


Recording: Walthamstow Town Hall, London, 3-4/1962
TT:162'39''
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GIULIO CESARE, opera in tre atti, HWV 17

[highlights]


performed by

Joan Sutherland, soprano (Cleopatra)

Margreta Elkins, mezzo-soprano (Cesare)

Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano (Cornelia)

Monica Sinclair, alto (Tolomeo)

Richard Conrad, tenor (Sesto)


New Symphony Orchestra of London

(on modern instruments)

Richard Bonynge, dir.


Recording: Decca Studio No. 3, West Hampstead, 7/1963
TT: 48'51''