The Glories of Handel Opera – Emma Kirkby, Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi & Teresa Berganza

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Handel: Alcina, HWV 34 / Act 1: "Tornami a vagheggiar"

Emma Kirkby, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood & George Frideric Handel

4:21

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Handel: Orlando, HWV 31 / Act 2: Ah Stigie larve!

James Bowman, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood & George Frideric Handel

2:23

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Handel: Orlando, HWV 31 / Act 2: Già latra Cerbero

James Bowman, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood & George Frideric Handel

1:46

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Handel: Orlando, HWV 31 / Act 2: Vaghe pupille, non piangete, no

James Bowman, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood & George Frideric Handel

4:08

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Handel: Riccardo Primo, Rè d'Inghilterra / Act 3: "Atterrato il muro cada"

Sara Mingardo, Timothy Hutchins, Janet Creaser Hutchins & Les Talens Lyriques

1:56

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Handel: Atalanta, HWV 35, Act I: Care selve

Luciano Pavarotti, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Richard Bonynge & George Frideric Handel

3:19

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Handel: Semele HWV 58 / Act 2: "Hence, Iris, hence away"

Marilyn Horne, New Symphony Orchestra of London, Richard Bonynge & George Frideric Handel

3:40

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Handel: Rodelinda, HWV 19 - Ed. Bonynge / Act 2: "Io t'abbraccio

Joan Sutherland, Alicia Nafé, Welsh National Opera Orchestra & Richard Bonynge

5:44

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Handel: Ezio (or Aetius), HWV 29: "Se un bell'ardire"

Forbes Robinson, Academy of St Martin in the Fields & George Frideric Handel

3:46

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Handel: Giulio Cesare, HWV 17 / Act 3: "Piangerò la sorte mia"

Teresa Berganza, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Alexander Gibson & George Frideric Handel

5:50

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Handel: Alcina, HWV 34, Act II: Entrée de songes funestes - Le combat

Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner & George Frideric Handel

6:07

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Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7a / Act 2: "Lascia ch'io pianga"

Bernadette Greevy, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Raymond Leppard & George Frideric Handel

4:49

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Handel: Alcina / Act 3: Sta nell'Ircana pietrosa tana

Teresa Berganza, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge & George Frideric Handel

6:26

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Handel: Serse, HWV 40 / Act 1: "Frondi tenere e belle...Ombra mai fù"

Renata Tebaldi, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge & George Frideric Handel

4:02

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Handel: Berenice: Si, tra i ceppi

Geraint Evans, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Bryan Balkwill & George Frideric Handel

5:36

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Handel: Rodelinda, HWV 34 / Act 1: "Dove sei, amato bene?"

Marilyn Horne, Vienna Cantata Orchestra, Henry Lewis & George Frideric Handel

6:53

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Handel: Giulio Cesare / Act 3: Da tempeste il legno infranto

Joan Sutherland, New Symphony Orchestra of London, Richard Bonynge & George Frideric Handel

5:34