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from Newport Classic: HANDEL - OPERAS ETC..
George Frideric HANDEL ALEXANDER BALUS
THE LASTEST EDITION IN THE OUTSTANDING HANDEL SERIES ON NEWPORT PREMIER
Rudolph Palmer conducts the 1748 English oratorio by George
Frideric Handel with period instruments orchestra and fine
American cast assembles by John Ostendorf.
Julianne Baird, CLEOPATRA • Jennifer Lane, ALEXANDER •
D’Anna Fortunato, ASPASIA • Lorie Gratis, MESSENGER
• Frederick Urrey, JONATHAN & Peter Castaldi, PTOLOMEE,
MESSENGER SYCOPHANT COURIER
PALMER SINGERS / BREWER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Edward Brewer, harpsichord
RUDOLPH PALMER, conductor
CATALOGUE NO.: NPD 85625/2 (2CD SET)
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HANDEL: FURY WITH RED SPARKLING EYES
Dramatic Arias
Jenny Lane, mezzo-soprano • Edward Brewer,
harpsichord Brewer Chamber Orchestra • Rudolph Palmer, conductor
Lascia ch’io pianga, RINALDO • Fury with red sparkling eyes, ALEXANDER BALUS • O Mithra, ALEXANDER BALUS • Act I Introduction, JOSHUA • Con Lui volate, MUZIO SCEVOLA • Ah, dolce nome, MUZIO SCEVOLA • Overture: Gigue, SIROE • Se ben mi lusinga, FARAMONDO Warlike Flourish, JOSHUA • Voglio che sia, BERENICE • Where e’re you walk, SEMELE • Si, tra I ceppi, BERENICE
Catalogue Number: NPD 85628
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HANDEL ~ MUZIO
The First Recording of Handel’s First London Opera
Julianne Baird • Eric Mills • Andrea Matthews
•D’Anna Fortunato • Jennifer Lane • Frederick
Urrey •JohnOstendorf
The Brewer Baroque Chamber Orchestra (Original Instruments)
Edward Brewer, harpsichord Rudolph Palmer,
conductor
CATALOGUE NO.: NPD 85540/2 ~ (2 CD SET)
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HANDEL ~ SOSARME
First Digital Issue
This work comes from the peak of Handel’s years in London. A
tale of violent court intrigue - civil strife, frustrated love,
treacherous ambition, and suicide - Handel’s original
setting in contemporary Portugal proved so embarrassing to King
George II that the composer was forced to reset the story in
ancient Persia
Prize winning Baroque conductor Johannes Somary directs a
distinguished American cast led by Julianne
Baird, John Aler and countertenor Drew Minter. D’Anna
Fortunato • Jennifer Lane • Nathaniel Watson and
Raymond Pellerin complete the superb cast.
Features the Amor Artis Orchestra and the Taghanic Chorale
CATALOGUE NO.: NPD 85575/2 ~ (2 CD SET)
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HANDEL ~ BERENICE (OPERA IN THREE ACTS)
PREMIERE RECORDING FEATURING JULIANNE BAIRD
Julianne Baird • Jan Opalach • Drew Minter
The Brewer Chamber Orchestra Rudolph Palmer,
conductor
CATALOGUE NO.: NPD 85620/3 ~ (3 CD SET)
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HANDEL ~ ACIS & GALATEA
RE-ISSUE ~ NEW PACKAGING ~ 2CD SET
Julianne Baird, Galatea • John Ostendorf, Polyphemus
•
Grayson Hirst, Acis • Stephen Oosting, Damon
• Jeffrey Dooley, Alto
AMORATIS ORCHESTRA ~ Johannes Somary, conductor
Composed in 1718 to a libretto by John Gay, this in a finely
and intimately scaled masque intended to provide entertainment
and edification within the framework of an entire evening of
festivities. Julianne Baird, John Ostendorf, and Jeffrey Dooley,
accompanied by the Amor Artis Orchestra - Johannes
Somary, conductor
Performed on Period Instruments
CATALOGUE NO.: NCD 60045/2 ~ (2 CD SET)
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George Frideric HANDEL ~ JOSHUA
English Oratorio in three acts (1747)
Premiere recording / period instruments - Critically Acclaimed
as the Best on CD
John Aler • Julianne Baird • D’Anna Fortunato
• John Ostendorf
The Palmer Singers The Brewer Chamber Orchestra
Edward Brewer, harpsichord
Rudolph Palmer, conductor
CATALOGUE NO.: NPD 85515/2 ~ (2 CD SET)
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HANDEL ~ ENGLISH ARIAS WHERE’RE YOU WALK
English Arias from the Oratorios
& Masques of George Frederic Handel, performed by a cast of
America’s finest Early Music Vocalists.
Brewer Chamber Orchestra Edward Brewer, harpsichord
Rudolph Palmer, conductor
CATALOGUE NO.: NPD 85610
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HANDEL ~ "FAVOURITE ARIAS"
JULIANNE BAIRD, Americas finest Early Music Soprano sings celebrated masterpieces from the operas and oratorios of George Frederic Handel. Julianne Baird is accompanied by a period-instrument orchestra led by Baroque specialist RUDOLPH PALMER in a programme assembled and produced by John Ostendorf.
Dopo notte atra e funesta - ARIODANTE Act II (1735) •
Come, Divine Inspirer, Come - JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN Act I
(1744)
Gigue - SIROE Act 1 • Overture/Fugue - MUZIO SCEVOLA Act III
Introduction - JOSHUA Part I • Myself I Shall Adore - SEMELE
(1744) • Oh Had I Jubal’s Lyre - JOSHUA Part III,
Julianne Baird, soprano
Brewer Chamber Orchestra • Rudolph Palmer, conductor
CATALOGUE NO.: NPD 85568
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DON'T FORGET TO LOOK AT THE INESSA GALANTE COLLECTION
FROM THE OPERAS OF ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD.
This historical disc traces Korngold's operatic output from his earliest opera Der Ring Des Polykrates (1915) to his final opera Die Katrin (1938). Also includes operatic excerpts from Violanta (1915), Die Tote Stadt (1920), and Das Wunder Der Heliane (1927). Early tape recordings from 1949.
The Austrian State Radio Orchestra. Various conductors including Korngold. CAMBRIA CD-1032
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Farinelli Arias
9 extended operatic arias known to have been in the
repertoire od Farinelli, including an astounding virtuoso
performance of Farinelli's "showstopper" aria SON QUAL
NAVE from ARTASERSE.
Arno Raunig, sopranist . Paul Weigold, piano
Riccardo Broschi
(1698-1756) "Ombra fedele anchio":Arie des Dario aus
der Oper Idaspe
Geminiano Giacomelli (1692-1740) "Mancare Dio mi sento"
:Arie des Farnaspe aus der Oper Adriano in Siria
Nicolo Porpora (1686-1768) "Dall'amor piu sventurato":
Arie des Orfeo aus dem Pasticcio Orfeo
Nicolo Porpora (1686-1768) "Alto Giove" : Arie des Acis
aus der Oper Polifemo
Carlo Broschi Farinelli (1705-1782): Al dolor che vo
sfogando"
Johann Adolf Hasse (1699-1783) "Per questo dolce
amplesso" Arie des Arbace aus der Oper Artaserse
Carlo Broschi Farinelli (1705-1782) "Che chiede? Che
brami?": Arie der Nice, Ainlage zu Nicolo Confortos La Danza
Johann Adolf Hasse (1699-1783) "Pallido il sole": Arie
des Artabano aus der Oper Arteserse
Ricardo Broschi (1698-1756) "Son qual nave ch'agitata":
Arie des Arbace, Einlage zu Hass Oper Artaserse
Farinelli ( 1705 - 1782) was a vocal phenomenon of his time - technically the most accomplished singer of his days with a vocal range of more than three octaves, described by Handel as a 'singing machine'! Arno Raunig has a similar vocal range. He started his career as a soloist in the Vienna Boys' Choir. This collection of songs provides a show case for Raunig's exceptional talent. A beautiful disc.
CAFFA CD 002
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Great Opera Heroines - Joan Carden, soprano
Queensland Philharmonic, Roderick Brydon
WAL20262
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Great Opera Heroes
Horst Hoffmann; SBS Radio and Television Youth Orchestra, Myer Fredman
WAL80292
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RAPPACCINI’S DAUGHTER
"La hija de Rappaccini"
Manhattan School of Music Opera Theatre
Eduardo Diazmunoz, conductor
First complete recording of the 1997 version of the evocative two-act opera in Spanish "La hija de Rappaccini" recorded live at the acclaimed spring 1997 Manhattan School of Music Opera Theatre production.
CAST:
David Alan Marshall: Dr. Rappaccini
Olivia Gorra: Beatriz Rappaccini
Brandon Jovanovich: Giovanni
Julian Rebolledo: Dr. Baglioni
Natalie Levin: Isabella
CATALOGUE NO.: NPD 85623/2
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Luigi CHERUBINI ~ "MÉDÉE"
Opera in three acts
First performed at the Theatre Feydeau, Paris, March 13, 1797
First complete recording of the original French commemorating the 200th anniversary of Luigi Cherubini’s dramatic masterpiece, with Opera Quodtannis’ cast & period-instrument orchestra based on the Brian Morgan production.
Libretto by Francois-Benoit Hoffmann • Music by Luigi Cherubini
Luigi Cerubini’s (1760-1842) seminal opera, Médée, was first performed in Paris on March 13th, 1797, only six years after Mozart’s Die Zauberflote, more than a decade before Beethoven’s Fidelio and a generation prior to the stage works of Berlioz, Weber, Rossini, Donizetti and Bellini. The work was originally conceived as an opéra-comique, in French, and with spoken dialogue between musical numbers to conform to the specification of the Théatre Feydeau, where Médée was premiered. It is in this form, for the first time on recording (based on Brian Morgan’s heavily stylised production for Opera Quotannis at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Centre, in New York City in March 1997, to commemorate the bicentennial of the opera), that Cerubini’s complete creation was finally restored and given full representation.
Cherubini’s Médée had, of course, been held in high esteem for many years as a complex, compelling stage work, famously noted for the difficulties of its role, the beauties of its orchestration and, most importantly for breaking the confines of eighteenth-century opera into the dramatic, highly charged emotionalism of the nineteenth century
Créon, King of Corinth : David Arnold • Dircé, daughter of Créon : Thais St Julien • Jason, leader of the Argonauts : Carl Halvorson • Médée, wife of Jason : Phyllis Treigle • Néris, slave of Médée : D’Anna Fortunato • Le coriphée : John Ostendorf • Une femme de Dircé : Jayne West • Une autre femme de Dircé : Andrea Matthews
Brewer Chamber Orchestra • Chorus Quotannis • Bart Folse, conductor • Brian Morgan, conductor
CATALOGUE NO.: NPD 85622/2
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DONIZETTI ~ Il Campanello di notte (The Night Bell)
Gaetano Donizetti’s one-act comic opera (THE NIGHT BELL) is the hilarious tale of a young suitor, determined to win back the hand of the new bride of a wealthy, cranky, town pharmacist - disguises, musical highjinks, gorgeous melodies, and the constant ringing of the pharmacy’s night bell - all in the finest Italian opera buffo style.
Christopher Larkin conducts the Cast & Orchestra of the acclaimed April ‘96 Manhattan School of Music production.
Shon Sims, Enrico • Samuel Hepler, Don Annibale • Madeline Bender, Serafina • Barbara Kokolus, Madame Rosa • James Powell, Spiridione
Manhattan School of Music Opera Theaatre • Christopher Larkin, conductor - Recorded Live
CATALOGUE NO.: NPD 85608
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LUKAS FOSS ~ The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
Folk-Opera based on the Mark Twain Short Story
The First Complete Recording of LUKAS FOSS’ delightful 1950 folk opera (with a reading of excerpts from the MARK TWAIN short story, upon which Jean Karsavina based the libretto) ~ cast and produced by John Ostendorf.
With :- Julianne Baird • Frederick Urrey • Kevin Deas • Peter Castaldi •Geoffrey Friedley • Christopher Arneson • Mark Moliterno.
Manhattan Chamber Orchestra • Richard Auldon Clark, conductor
CATALOGUE NO.: NPD 85609
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Premiere Recording JOSEPH HAYDN
A DELIGHTUL OPERATIC RELEASE LA CANTARINA ("THE DIVA")
(Includes SYMPHONY NO. 1 and an attributed FLUTE CONCERTO)
Brenda Harris • Jon Garrison • D’Anna Fortunato • Joyce Guyer
Emily Newbold, flute
The Palmer Chamber Orchestra • Rudolf Palmer, conductor
CATALOGUE NO.: NPD 85595
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Gian Carlo MENOTTI
THE CONSUL
FIRST COMPLETE RECORDING
Berkshire Opera Company
Camerata New York Orchestra • Joel Revzen - Conductor
Includes libretto and programme notes.
The Consul, Menotti's finest lyric composition, was first performed in the Spring of 1950 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre and was awarded both Pulitzer Prize for Music and Drama Critics Awards. The Consul is a Kafka-like drama of political intrigue, desperate love and mind numbing frustration - all the ingredients necessary for a successful opera.. The Iron Curtain may have fallen but oppression and fascist politics have not disappeared from our world and this work speaks to many issues still sadly familiar at the end of this century.
Catalogue Number: NPD 85645/2 (2CD SET)
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Gian Carlo MENOTTI
HELP, HELP, THE GLOBOLINKS!
First recording of the space-age comic opera • Madison Opera • John Demain, conductor
Cast: Rachel Joselson – Mme Euterpova • Erin Windle – Emily • Paul Radulescu – Dr Stone • David Small – Tony • Mark Schmandt – Timothy • Terry Kiss Frank – Miss Newkirk • Bert Adams – Mr Lavender-Gas • Kenneth Church – Dr Turtlespit.
Gian Carlo Menotti’s delightful Space-Age comic opera. John Demain leads Madison Opera’s Spring 1998 production in the work’s first recording produced by Joihn Ostendorf. The story begins with the arrival of unknown flying objects from another planet and creatures identified so far, only as Globolinks. It turns out that Globolinks are frightened of music – the moral of the story appears to be that if we keep music in our hearts we have nothing to fear. A delightful romp through Menotti’s music.
Catalogue Number: NPD 85633
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André MESSAGER ~ VERONIQUE
FRENCH COMIC OPERA
J. Lynn Thompson, conductor • James Stuart, Artistic Director
Charles Kondek, English Version
The first recording of the 1898 romantic French comic opera, set in 19th century Paris, performed in a delectable new English version by Charles Kondek – from live performances at the Ohio Light Opera Company, in a two-CD set produced by John Ostendorf.
PLOT: The story Véronique focuses on an impoverished aristocrat who is forced to marry. The viscount Florestan de Valaincourt, to avoid being sent to prison for debt, has become engaged to a young lady be has never seen, a Hélène de Solanges. For her part, Hélène is determined to win his heart, in cahoots with her aristocratic, but fun-loving, aunt Emerance, the two disguise themselves as shop assistants – Veronique and Estelle- to the most celebrated florist in Paris……………….
Catalogue No.: NPD 85635/2
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Douglas MOORE ~ THE BALLAD OF BABY DOE
First New Recording in nearly 40 years -
from the stage where the opera was premiered
Cast & orchestra of CENTRAL CITY OPERA • John Moriarty, conductor
FIRST ALL-DIGITAL RECORDING
Like many American operas, Douglas Moore’s The Ballad of Baby Doe contains both local interest and the anecdotal, but it has other qualities which have lifted it above the commonplace and which have won it a place in the repertoire and in opera history. Using the story of Tabors as a springboard, the opera deals with universal truths and values. It is a story of undying love (Baby’s), suffocating pride (Agusta’s) and hubris punished by the gods (Horace’s). It was the genius of Moore to create a musical score, touching in its simplicity, which provides colour, a feeling of period and soaring lyricism
CATALOGUE NO.: NPD 85593/2 (2CD SET)
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DOUGLAS MOORE ~ THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER
Dramatic one act opera of love, possession and diabolical trickery performed by the acclaimed Lyric Opera of Kansas City in a 1995 production.
Lyric Opera of Kansas City
Russell Patterson, conductor
CATALOGUE NO.: NPD 85585
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NED ROREM ~ "MISS JULIE"
WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING OF THE OPERA "MISS JULIE"
Recorded Live - Manhattan School of Music Opera Theatre - David Gilbert, conductor
"Recorded Live,...a good conservatoire production with some fine solo voices, that at last allows this corner of the American operatic repertoire to be explored".GRAMOPHONE MAY 1996
CATALOGUE NO.: NPD 85605/2
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NED ROREM ~ TWO ONE-ACT OPERAS
A CHILDHOOD MIRACLE - (Libretto Elliott Stein)
THREE SISTERS WHO ARE NOT SISTERS - (Libretto Gertrude Stein)
First Recording of the two whimsical one-act operas by Ned Rorem, America’s foremost living composer for the voice.
Magic Circle Opera Orchestra & Soloists
Andrea Matthews, soprano • Frederick Urrey, tenor
Ray Evans Harrell, conductor
CATALOGUE NO. NPD 85594
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Alessandro SCARLATTI ~ "ISHMAEL"
The First Recording of Alessandro Scarlatti’s dramatic 1683 Old Testament score
A cast of America’s finest Early Music singers & period instrumentalists - assembled by John Ostendorf and conductor Rudolph Palmer - performs the dramatic Italian opera, with two delightful Scarlatti recorder sonatas.
Julianne Baird • Brenda Harris • D’Anna Fortunato • Erie Ellis • Elissa Berardi
Edward Brewer, harpsichord • Louise Schulman, violin/leader
Brewer Baroque Chamber Orchestra • Rudolph Palmer, conductor • Original Instruments
CATALOGUE NO.: NPD 85558/2
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Georg Philippe TELEMANN
TELEMANN ~ "PIMPINONE"
Another triumph for Julianne Baird and John Ostendorf in Telemann’s comic opera in three acts.
John Ostendorf, Pimpinone
Julianne Baird, Vespetta
Baroque Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Original Instruments
CATALOGUE NO.: NCD 60117
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