Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto

Kristina Hammarström (Cesare), Emanuela Galli (Cleopatra), Mary-Ellen Nesi (Sesto), Irini Karaianni (Cornelia), Romina Basso (Tolomeo), Tassis Christoyannis (Achilla), Petros Magoulas (Curio), Nikos Spanatis (Nireno)

Orchestra of the Patras (period instruments), George Petrou

Release Date: 15th Feb 2010
Catalogue No: MDG6091604
Label: MDG
Series: Scene

Presto Recording of the Week

15th February 2010

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Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto

Kristina Hammarström (Cesare), Emanuela Galli (Cleopatra), Mary-Ellen Nesi (Sesto), Irini Karaianni (Cornelia), Romina Basso (Tolomeo), Tassis Christoyannis (Achilla), Petros Magoulas (Curio), Nikos Spanatis (Nireno)
Orchestra of the Patras (period instruments)
George Petrou

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Recording of the Week, Handel: Giulio Cesare and the Brockes Passion

15th February 2010

A stylish account of Handel’s best-known opera from the young Greek conductor George Petrou (with Swedish mezzo Kristina Hammarström in the title-role), and a ‘superbly played and sung’ reading of an early rarity from Peter Neumann.

Although Julius Caesar is Handel’s most famous and frequently performed opera, it has never really been recorded in its entirety as it is here. Previous recordings from the group have been critically acclaimed.

Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto

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Recording of the Week, Handel: Giulio Cesare and the Brockes Passion

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