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KING6 - Essential Handel
KING6
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Recording details: Various dates
Various recording venues
Produced by Various producers
Engineered by Various engineers
Release date: September 2005
Total duration: 76 minutes 0 seconds

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George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Essential Handel
The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor)
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The Occasional Oratorio English Français Deutsch
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Act 1 No 1, Overture: Overture  [5'12]
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Welcome as the dawn of day (Solomon/Solomon's wife)   (Act 1, Duet from Solomon)  [3'33] English English Français Deutsch
James Bowman (countertenor), Susan Gritton (soprano)
An Ode for St Cecilia's Day HWV76 English Français Deutsch
3
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No 6, Aria and Chorus: The trumpet's loud clangour  [3'40] EnglishFrançaisDeutsch
James Gilchrist (tenor), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Charles Fullbrook (timpani), King's Consort Choir
Cecilia, volgi un sguargo HWV89 English Français Deutsch
4
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No 6b, Aria: Un puro ardor  [2'44] ItalianoEnglishFrançaisDeutsch
Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
5
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Zadok the Priest HWV258  [5'56] EnglishFrançaisDeutsch English Français Deutsch
King's Consort Choir
The Choice of Hercules HWV69 English Français Deutsch
6
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No 15, Air: Yet, can I hear that dulcet lay (Hercules)  [4'18] EnglishFrançaisDeutsch
Robin Blaze (countertenor)
Water Music HWV348
7
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Movement 3a: Allegro  [2'24]
L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato HWV55
8
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Part 3 No 7, Duet: As steals the morn upon the night (Il Moderato)  [7'28]
Susan Gritton (soprano), Paul Agnew (tenor)
Musick for the Royal Fireworks English Français Deutsch
9
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Movement 4: La Réjouissance  [2'18]
Deborah HWV51 English Français Deutsch
10
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Part 2 No 5, Air: In Jehovah's awful sight (Deborah)  [2'33] EnglishFrançaisDeutsch
Yvonne Kenny (soprano)
Judas Maccabaeus English Français Deutsch
11
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Act 3 No 5, Chorus: See, the conqu'ring hero comes! (Chorus of youths/Chorus of virgins)  [2'31]
New College Choir Oxford
Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne 'Eternal source of light divine' English
12
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Movement 1: Eternal source of light divine  [3'20]
James Bowman (countertenor), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet)
Concerto Grosso Op 3 No 2
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Movement: Largo  [2'34]
Alexandra Bellamy (oboe)
L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato HWV55
14
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Part 1 No 22, Air with chorus: Or let the merry bells ring round (L'Allegro)  [4'32]
Claron McFadden (soprano), King's Consort Choir
Joshua English Français Deutsch
15
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Act 2 No 2: Solemn March during the circumvection of the Ark of the Covenant  [1'38]
Alexander Balus English Français Deutsch
16
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Act 1 Scene 1 No 8, Air: Hark! hark! he strikes the golden lyre (Cleopatra)  [5'56] EnglishFrançaisDeutsch
Lynne Dawson (soprano)
The Occasional Oratorio
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Act 2 No 10, Aria and Chorus: To God, our strength, sing loud (bass)  [7'46] EnglishFrançaisDeutsch
Michael George (bass), New College Choir Oxford, King's Consort Choir
Judas Maccabaeus
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Act 1 No 14, Air: O liberty, thou choicest treasure (Israelitish woman)  [2'14]
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Samson
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Movement: Let the bright seraphim  [2'21]
Lorna Anderson (soprano), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet)
My heart is inditing HWV261
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Part 4: Kings shall be thy nursing fathers  [3'02] EnglishFrançaisDeutsch
King's Consort Choir

This new budget-price compilation disc brings together twenty favourite tracks from The King’s Consort’s acclaimed Handel recordings. There are movements from recent releases such as ‘The trumpet’s loud clangour’ from An Ode for St Cecilia’s Day plus two tracks released for the first time on Hyperion—‘Largo’ from Concerto Grosso Op 3 No 2 and ‘Let the bright seraphim’ from Handel’s much-loved oratorio Samson.


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