Friday, 10 July 2020

Handel - Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Arnold Gramm) [2CD]


G.F. Handel


GIULIO CESARE IN EGITTO, opera in tre atti, HWV 17 [excerpts]


(Bonus: Montserrat Caballe recital, sings Handel and Schubert)


performed by

Kostas Paskalis, baritone (Cesare)

Montserrat Caballe, soprano (Cleopatra)

Huguette Tourangeau, mezzo-soprano (Cornelia)

Frederick D. Mayor, tenor (Sesto)

Amin Feres, bass (Tolomeo)

Simon Estes, bass (narrator)


Chorus and Orchestra of the American Opera Society

(on modern instruments)

Arnold Gramm, dir.


Edition: Gala 1999
Recording: Carnegie Hall, New York, 21/3/1967 (Giulio Cesare) & New York, 24/11/1970 (recital)
TT: 140'