Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759): Esther (1720)

Detailinformationen

Tonformat: stereo & multichannel (Hybrid)
  • Künstler: Susan Hamilton, James Gilchrist, Nicholas Mulroy, Dunedin Consort, John Butt
  • Label: Linn, DDD, 2011
  • Bestellnummer: 2500099
  • Erscheinungstermin: 18.5.2012

Disk 1 von 2

  1. 1 Esther HV 50b (Oratorium) Start
  2. 2 Ouvertüre 1. Satz: Andante Start
  3. 3 Ouvertüre 2. Satz: Larghetto Start
  4. 4 Ouvertüre 3. Satz: Allegro Start
  5. 5 Szene 1, 1 'Tis Greater Far To Spare (Hardonah, Haman) Start
  6. 6 Szene 1, 2 Pluck Root And Branch From Out Of The Land (Haman) Start
  7. 7 Stene 1, 3 Our Souls With Ardour Glow (Persischer Offizier) Start
  8. 8 Szene 1, 4 Shall We The God Of Israel Fear? (Chor) Start
  9. 9 Szene 2, 1 Now Persecution Shall Lay By Her Iron Rod (Israelit) Start
  10. 10 Szene 2, 2 Tune Your Harps To Cheerful Strains (Arie) Start
  11. 11 Szene 2, 3 Shall We Of Servitude Complain (Chor) Start
  12. 12 Szene 2, 4 O God, Who From Suckling's Mouth (Israelitin) Start
  13. 13 Szene 2, 5 Praise The Lord With Cheerful Noise (Israelitin) Start
  14. 14 Szene 2, 6 Shall We Of Servitude Complain (Chor) Start
  15. 15 Szene 3, 1 How Have Our Sins Provoked The Lord (Priester) Start
  16. 16 Szene 3, 2 Ye Sons Of Israel Mourn (Chor) Start
  17. 17 Szene 3, 3 O Jordan, Jordan Sacred Tide (Priester) Start
  18. 18 Szene 3, 4 Ye Sons Of Israel Mourn (Chor) Start
  19. 19 Szene 4, 1 Why Sits That Sorrow On Thy Brow (Esther, Mordecai) Start
  20. 20 Szene 4, 2 Dread Not, Righteous Queen, The Danger (Mordecai) Start
  21. 21 Szene 4, 3 I Go Before The King To Stand (Esther) Start
  22. 22 Szene 4, 4 Tears Assist Me, Pity Moving (Esther) Start
  23. 23 Szene 4, 5 Save Us, O Lord (Chor) Start
  24. 24 Szene 5, 1 Who Dares Intrude Into Our Presence (Ahasver, Esther) Start
  25. 25 Szene 5, 2 Who Calls My Parting Soul From Death (Esther, Ahasver) Start
  26. 26 Szene 5, 3 O Beauteous Queen, Unclose Those Eyes (Ahasver) Start
  27. 27 Szene 5, 4 If I Find Favour In Thy Sight (Esther) Start
  28. 28 Szene 5, 5 How Can I Stay, When Love Invites (Ahasver) Start
  29. 29 Szene 5, 6 With Inward Joy His Visage Glows (Israeliten) Start
  30. 30 Szene 5, 7 Virtue, Truth And Innocence (Chor) Start

Disk 2 von 2

  1. 1 Szene 5, 8 Jehovah, Crown'd With Glory Bright (Priester)
  2. 2 Szene 5, 9 He Comes, He Comes To End Our Woes (Chor)
  3. 3 Szene 6, 1 Now, O Queen, Thy Suit Declare (Ahasver, Esther)
  4. 4 Szene 6, 2 Turn Not, O Queen, Thy Face Away (Haman)
  5. 5 Szene 6, 3 Flatt'ring Tongue, No More I Hear Thee (Esther)
  6. 6 Szene 6, 4 Guards, Seize The Traitor, Bear Him Hence (Ahasver)
  7. 7 Szene 6, 5 How Art Thou Fall'n From Thy Height (Haman)
  8. 8 Szene 6, 6 The Lord Our Enemy Has Slain (Chor)

Produktinfo

Die erste Fassung des Oratoriums schrieb Händel, als er für den Earl of Carnarvon (ab 1719 Duke of Chandos) auf dessen Landsitz Cannons arbeitete. Sie besteht zu mehr als der Hälfte aus Übernahmen aus älteren Werken, unter anderem der Brockes-Passion. Händel bearbeitete die Komposition noch mehrfach bis 1732, als es als Oratorium "Esther" eine Wiederaufführungs-Serie erlebte. Das Dunedin Consort und John Butt legen auf ihrer dritten Händelproduktion die nach aktuellem Wissensstand frühest mögliche Rekonstruktion des Oratoriums vor. Wiederum vertraut Butt auf die herausragende Sängerriege um Susan Hamilton, Nicholas Mulroy und Matthew Brook. Als Gast in der Rolle des Priesters: Robin Blaze!

Product Information


- The Dunedin Consort’s highly anticipated new recording of ‘Esther - First Reconstructable Version (Cannons), 1720’ is the third recording in its hugely successful Handel series.

- The Consort have set the bar high for this Handel performance with a Gramophone Award in 2007 for ‘Messiah’ and a BBC Radio 3 ‘Building a Library’ First Choice accolade for ‘Acis and Galatea’.

- For Esther, director John Butt has reunited his award-winning team of soloists (Susan Hamilton - Esther; Nicholas Mulroy - Mordecai; Matthew Brook - Haman; Thomas Hobbs - 1st Israelite) plus well-known guest soloists Robin Blaze – Priest, James Gilchrist – Habdonah / Assuerus and Electra Lochhead - Israelite Boy.

- The Consort has established a reputation as the finest contemporary single-part period performance choir.

- In 2011 Gramophone named the Dunedin Consort the 11th Greatest Choir in recognition of its ‘triple focus upon artistic revitalisation of over-familiar great works, meticulous musicological enquiry and the audiophile integrity of Linn Records' production values.’

- The multi-award-winning Dunedin Consort has won praise for the natural style of its soloists (‘an authoritative bass and a superb contralto’ The Guardian) and renown for the virtuosity of its singers.

- Dunedin has performed at music festivals in Scotland, Canada, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Israel and France, and broadcasts frequently on UK radio.

Rezensionen


"If there's a state-of-the-art Handel recording, it's this." Philadelphia Inquirer

"...the freshness with which they sing radiates joy throughout the entire score." Classic FM

"The playing under John Butt is admirably crisp, and the singing of the Consort disciplined and clear in enunciation." The Sunday Telegraph

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