헨델의 중요 오라토리오 16작품을 모은 박스세트가 발매된다.

메시아는 물론이고, 부활, 아시스와 갈라테아, 에스더, 아탈리아, 알렉산더의 향연, 사울, 이집트의 이스라엘인, 삼손, 세멜레, 헤라클레스, 벨사자르, 유다스 마카베우스, 솔로몬, 테오도라, 예프타를 가디너, 맥크리시, 피노크, 민코프스키, 호그우드 등 거장들의 명녹음으로 만나게 된다.

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[CD 1-2]
LA RESURREZIONE, HWV 47

Angelo: Emma Kirkby
Maddalena: Patrizia Kwella
Cleofe: Carolyn Watkinson
San Giovanni: Ian Partridge
Lucifero: David Thomas

The Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood


[CD 3-4]
ACIS & GALATEA, HWV 49 (First version)

Galatea: Norma Burrowes
Acis: Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Damon: Martyn Hill
Polyphemus: Willard White
Tenor: Paul Elliott

English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner


[CD 5-6]
ESTHER, HWV 50 (First version)

Esther: Patrizia Kwella
Ahasuerus: Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Mordecai: Ian Partridge
Haman: David Thomas
Israelite woman: Emma Kirkby
1st Israelite: Paul Elliott
2nd Israelite/Habdonah/Officer: Andrew King
Priest: Drew Minter

Westminster Cathedral Boys’ Choir
Chorus and Orchestra of The Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood


[CD 7-8]
ATHALIA, HWV 52

Athalia: Joan Sutherland
Josabeth: Emma Kirkby
Joas: Aled Jones
Joad: James Bowman
Mathan: Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Abner: David Thomas

Chorus of Young Virgins, Attendants, Sidonian Priests, Levites and Israelites
Choir of New College, Oxford
Chorus master: Edward Higginbottom
The Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood


[CD 9-10]
ALEXANDER’S FEAST, HWV 75

Donna Brown soprano
Carolyn Watkinson contralto
Ashley Stafford countertenor
Nigel Robson tenor
Stephen Varcoe bass

Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner


[CD 11-13]
SAUL, HWV 53

Saul: Alastair Miles
David: Derek Lee Ragin
Jonathan: John Mark Ainsley
Michal: Lynne Dawson
Merab: Donna Brown
Abner/Amalekite: Philip Slane
High Priest: Neil Mackie
Doeg: Simon Oberst
Witch of Endor: Philip Salmon
Soprano: Ruth Holton

Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner


[CD 14-15]
ISRAEL IN EGYPT, HWV 54

Ruth Holton, Elisabeth Priday, Donna Deam sopranos I & II
Ashley Stafford, Michael Chance, Patrick Collin, Jonathan Peter Kenny altos
Nicolas Robertson, Philip Salmon, Paul Tindall, Andrew Tusa tenors
Julian Clarkson, Christopher Purves basses I & II

Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner


[CD 16-17]
MESSIAH, HWV 56

Arleen Auger soprano
Anne Sofie von Otter alto I
Michael Chance alto II
Howard Crook tenor
John Tomlinson bass

The Choir of the English Concert
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock


[CD 18-20]
SAMSON, HWV 57

Samson: Thomas Randle
Israelite man/Philistine man: Mark Padmore
Dalila: Lynda Russell
Micah: Catherine Wyn Rogers
Israelite woman/Philistine woman/Virgin: Lynne Dawson
Messenger: Matthew Vine
Manoa: Michael George
Harapha: Jonathan Best

Chorus of Philistines, Israelites, Virgins
The Sixteen
The Symphony of Harmony and Invention
Harry Christophers


[CD 21-23]
SEMELE, HWV 58

Semele: Kathleen Battle
Juno/Ino: Marilyn Horne
Cadmus/Somnus: Samuel Ramey
Jupiter: John Aler
Athamas: Michael Chance
Apollo: Neil Mackie
Iris: Sylvia McNair
Priest: Mark S. Doss

Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Chorus Master: John McCarthy
English Chamber Orchestra
John Nelson


[CD 24-26]
HERCULES, HWV 60

Hercules: Gidon Saks
Dejanira: Anne Sofie von Otter
Hyllus: Richard Croft
Lichas: David Daniels
Iole: Lynne Dawson
Priest of Jupiter/Trachinian man: ?Marcos Pujol

Choeur des Musiciens du Louvre
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski


[CD 27-29]
BELSHAZZAR, HWV 61

Belshazzar: Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Nitocris: Arleen Auger
Daniel: James Bowman
Cyrus: Catherine Robbin
Gobrias: David Wilson-Johnson
Arioch: Nicolas Robertson
Messenger: Richard Wistreich

Choir of the English Concert
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock


[CD 30-32]
JUDAS MACCABAEUS, HWV 63

Judas Maccabaeus: Ryland Davies
Israelitish woman: Palmer
Israelitish man: Janet Baker
Simon: John Shirley-Quirk
Eupolemus: Christopher Keyte
Messenger: Paul Esswood

Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir
English Chamber Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras


[CD 33-35]
SOLOMON, HWV 67

Solomon: Andreas Scholl
Solomon’s Queen: Inger Dam-Jensen
1st Harlot: ?Alison Hagley
2nd Harlot: Susan Bickley
Queen of Sheba: Susan Gritton
Zadok: Paul Agnew
A Levite: Peter Harvey

Gabrieli Consort & Players
Paul McCreesh


[CD 36-38]
THEODORA, HWV 68

Theodora: Susan Gritton
Irene: Susan Bickley
Didymus: Robin Blaze
Septimius: Paul Agnew
Valens: Neal Davies
Messenger: Angus Smith

Gabrieli Consort & Players
Paul McCreesh


[CD 39-41]
JEPHTHA, HWV 70

Jephtha: Nigel Robson
Iphis: Lynne Dawson
Storge: Anne Sofie von Otter
Hamor: Michael Chance
Zebul: Stephen Varcoe
Angel: Ruth Holton

Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner