Friday, 17 July 2020

Handel - Semele (Anthony Lewis) [2CD]


G.F. Handel


SEMELE, Oratorio in Three Acts, HWV 58


performed by

Jennifer Vyvyan, soprano (Semele)

Helen Watts, contralto (Ino)

William Herbert, tenor (Jupiter)

Anna Pollak, contralto (Juno)

Brenda Griffith, soprano (Iris)

George Prangnell, bass (Cadmus)

John Whitworth, countertenor (Athamas)

George James, bass (Somnus)


The Saint Anthony Singers

The New Symphony Orchestra of London

(on modern instruments)

Anthony Lewis, dir.


Edition: Decca Eloquence 2018 [1st edit L'Oiseau Lyre 1956]
Recording: London, 1956
TT: 137'22''