Samson / Georg Friedrich Händel.

Author/creator Handel, George Frideric
Format Audio (CD)
Publication Info[Germany?] : Teldec, ℗1993.
Description2 audio discs (148 min.) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorHamilton, Newburgh, 1691-1761 librettist.
Other author/creatorAlexander, Roberta singer.
Other author/creatorVenuti, Maria singer.
Other author/creatorBlasi, Angela Maria, singer.
Other author/creatorKowalski, Jochen, 1954- singer.
Other author/creatorRolfe Johnson, Anthony, singer.
Other author/creatorPrégardien, Christoph singer.
Other author/creatorMiles, Alastair singer.
Other author/creatorScharinger, Anton singer.
Other author/creatorHarnoncourt, Nikolaus conductor.
Other author/creatorMilton, John, 1608-1674. Samson Agonistes.
Other author/creatorArnold-Schönberg-Chor performer.
Other author/creatorConcentus Musicus Wien performer.
SeriesAlte Werk
Alte Werk. ^A90269
General noteOratorio; libretto by Newburgh Hamilton, based on Milton's Samson Agonistes.
General noteSung in English.
General noteCompact discs.
General noteBiographical and program notes by Johanna Fürstauer and Nikolaus Harnoncourt, synopses, and libretto, in English, French, German and Italian (139 p. : ports., facsims.) included.
Performer Roberta Alexander, Maria Venuti, Angela Maria Blasi, sopranos ; Jochen Kowalski, countertenor ; Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Christoph Prégardien, Anton Scharinger, tenors ; Alistair Miles, bass ; Arnold Schoenberg Chor ; Concentus musicus Wien ; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded live, May 1992, Musikverein, Vienna.
UPC 9031748712
Publisher number9031-74871-2 Teldec