Baroque Arias – George Frideric Handel

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Serse, HWV 40: Aria, Ombra mai fu

Gerard Lesne, Il Seminario Musicale & George Frideric Handel

2:39

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Rinaldo, HWV 7a, Act II: Lascia ch'io pianga

Kirk Trevor, Jane Gilchrist, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra & George Frideric Handel

4:24

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Raise, raise the voice, Z. 334

Douglas Nasrawi, Simon Grant, Stephen Stubbs & Tragicomedia

12:34

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Serse, HWV. 40, Act 1, Scene XIII: No. 16 Aria, Saprà delle mie offese (Amastre)

William Christie, Les Arts Florissants & George Frideric Handel

4:23

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Messiah, HWV. 56, Part 1: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (Soprano)

Emmanuelle Haïm, Lucy Crowe, Orchestre du Concert d'Astrée & George Frideric Handel

4:05

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St. Cecilia Mass in G Major, CG. 56: IV. Sanctus

Georges Prêtre, Barbara Hendricks, Jean-Philippe Lafont & Laurence Dale

5:34

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Iphigénie et Aulide, Wq. 40: Act III Scene 6: Dieux puissants que j'atteste...Jupiter, lance la foudre

Christophe Rousset, Veronique Gens, Les Talens Lyriques & Christoph Willibald Gluck

3:33

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Serse, HWV. 40, Act I Scene 5: Aria, Meglio in voi col mio partire (Arsamene)

William Christie, Les Arts Florissants & George Frideric Handel

2:22

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Semele, HWV. 58, Act II: Where'er you walk

John Mark Ainsley, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis & George Frideric Handel

4:26

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Semele, HWV. 58, Act I: Your tuneful voice

David Daniels, Ensemble Orchestral De Paris & George Frideric Handel

5:48

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Semele, HWV. 58, Act II: Iris, Hence away

Emmanuelle Haïm, Ensemble Orchestral De Paris & Stephanie Blythe

3:31

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Dido & Aeneas, Z. 626, Act II: Behold, upon my bended spear... Haste, haste to town (Aeneas, Dido, Belinda, Chorus)

Raymond Leppard, Felicity Palmer, Richard Stilwell & Tatiana Troyanos

1:36

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Messiah, HWV. 56: Part III: I know that my Redeemer liveth

Raymond Leppard, Felicity Palmer, English Chamber Orchestra & George Frideric Handel

6:38

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Dido & Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III: Your counsel all is urg'd in vain... Great minds against themselves conspire (Dido, Belinda, Aeneas, Chorus)

Raymond Leppard, Felicity Palmer, Richard Stilwell & Tatiana Troyanos

5:08

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Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75, Part II: Revenge Timotheus cries

English Chamber Orchestra, Helen Donath, Robert Tear & Sally Burgess

2:03

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Alexander's Feast, HWV. 75, Part II: Your voices tune

English Chamber Orchestra, Helen Donath, Robert Tear & Sally Burgess

0:39

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Orlando, RV 728, Act I: Sol da te mio dolce amore (Ruggiero)

Claudio Scimone, Sesto Bruscantini & I Solisti Veneti

7:31

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Orlando, RV. 728: Act I: Amorose ai rai del sole (Alcina)

Claudio Scimone & I Solisti Veneti

6:17

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Il Trionfo del Tempo a del Disinganno, HWV. 46a, Part II: Lasci la spina (Piacere)

Emmanuelle Haïm, Le Concert d'Astrée & George Frideric Handel

6:30

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Joshua, HWV. 64, Part III: O had I Jubal's lyre

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

2:47

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Samson, HWV. 57, Act III: How willing my paternal love the weight to share of filial care (Manoah)

Raymond Leppard, English Chamber Orchestra & George Frideric Handel

3:36

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Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, Act I: Printemps qui commence (Dalila)

Georges Prêtre, Maria Callas & Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française

5:19

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Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, Act II: Samson, recherchant ma présence...Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse! (Dalila)

Georges Prêtre, Maria Callas & Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française

4:14

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Samson, HWV. 57, Act III: Let the bright Seraphim

Paul Daniel, Alison Balsom & Denise Leigh

5:36