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Giulio Cesare in Egitto
By George Frideric Handel (Georg Friedrich Händel)
Recordings
Click here for movement-by-movement comparisons of the Jacobs, Malgoire and Minkowski recordings.
| Handel. Giulio Cesare in Egitto. (HWV 17, London 1724). Carus (?) (3 CDs, forthcoming). Nicholas McGegan, Göttingen Festpiel Orchester, Opernkammerchor Hannover. Giulio Cesare: Kai Wessel, countertenor; Cleopatra: Sophie Daneman, soprano; Cornelia: Cecile van de Sant, contralto; Sesto: Diana Moore, soprano; Tolomeo: José Lemos, countertenor; Achilla: Konstantin Wolff, bass; Curio: Thomas Bonni, baritone; Nireno: Yosemeh Adjei, countertenor. |
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Giulio Cesare in Egitto. (HWV 17, London 1724). Harmonia
Mundi HMC 901385/87(4 CDs 1991). René Jacobs, Concerto Köln.
Giulio Cesare: Jennifer Larmore, contralto; Cleopatra: Barbara
Schlick, soprano; Cornelia: Bernarda Fink, contralto; Sesto:
Marianne Rørholm, soprano; Tolomeo: Derek Lee Ragin,
countertenor; Achilla: Furio Zanasi, bass; Curio: Olivier
Lallouette, baritone; Nireno: Dominique Visse, countertenor. The
only complete HIP recording, even including the aria added for
Nireno in 1725. Total time: 243'21.
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Giulio Cesare in Egitto. (HWV 17, London 1724). Astrée E
8558 (3 CDs, 1995). Jean-Claude Malgoire. La Grand Écurie & La
Chambre du Roy. Giulio Cesare: James Bowman, countertenor;
Cleopatra: Lynne Dawson, soprano; Cornelia: Guillemette Laurens,
contralto; Sesto: Eirian James, soprano; Tolomeo: Dominique
Visse, countertenor; Achilla & Curio: Nicolas Rivenq, bass;
Nireno: Jean-Louis Comoretto, countertenor. Total time: 220'39.
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Giulio Cesare in Egitto. (HWV 17, London 1724). DG-Archiv
474 210-2 (3 CDs, June 2003).
Review by Carlo Vitali. Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du
Louvre. Cesare:
Marijana Mijanović, contralto; Cleopatra: Magdalena Kožená,
soprano; Sesto: Anne Sofie Von Otter, mezzo-soprano; Cornelia:
Charlotte Hellekant, contralto; Tolomeo: Bejun Mehta,
countertenor; Achilla: Alan Ewing, bass; Nireno: Pascal Bertin,
countertenor; Curio: Jean-Michael Ankaoua, bass. My initial
reaction was quite negative, based largely on the extravagant,
inauthentic ornamentation and cadenzas, speeds often too fast
for the singers, distortion in the Cleopatra's frequent,
unpleasant fff shrieks, and a weak and wobbly Cornelia, but it
seems unfair to judge the recording in a vacuum. Upon detailed
comparison with the other available and likewise flawed
recordings, it holds its own. Indeed, despite her apparent
ignorance of baroque performance practice and the Italian
language, Mijanović clearly has the most interesting voice of
the Cesares on the three recordings. I would still buy the
Jacobs and Malgoire recordings before this one. Tiny, unreadable
print in the booklet, but the English version is Lionel Salter's
1970 translation which appeared with the Richter LP set. Total
time: 219'15.
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Related Operas
| Antonio Sartorio (1630-1680). Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Venice 1676). ORF CD 409 (3 CDs + CD-ROM, January 2006). Details. Attilio Cremonesi, La Cetra. Giulio Cesare: Alexandrina Pendatschanska, soprano; Cleopatra: Laura Alonso, soprano; Tolomeo: Dominique Visse, countertenor: Curio: Andries Cloete, tenor; Achilla: Federico Sacchi, bass; Sesto Pompeo: Amel Brahim-Djelloul, soprano; Nireno: Maria Cristina Kiehr, soprano; Cornelia: Claire Brua, mezzo-soprano; Rodisbe: Steven Cole, tenor. From the Innsbrucker Festwochen 2004. The libretto by G.F. Bussani was adapted for Handel by Haym. FR |
References
Winton Dean & J. Merrill Knapp. Handel's Operas, 1704-1726. (Oxford University Press 1995 (1987)).
R. Strohm, "Handel and his Italian opera texts." Essays on Handel and the Italian Opera. (Oxford University Press 1985).
Links
Le magazine de l'opera-baroque page on Giulio Cesare in Egitto