ESSENTIAL HANDEL

Hyperion KING6

Overture to The Occasional Oratorio : Welcome as the dawn of day : The trumpet's loud clangour : Un puro ardour : Zadok the Priest : Yet, can I hear that dulcet lay : Allegro from The Water Music : As steals the morn upon the night : La Réjouissance : In Jehovah's awful sight : See the conqu'ring hero : Eternal source of light divine : Largo from Concerto grosso op 3 no 2 : Or let the merry bells ring round : Solemn March : Hark, hark he strikes : To God, our strength, sing loud and clear : Oh liberty : Let the bright seraphim : Kings shall be thy nursing fathers

Lorna Anderson, Lynne Dawson, Susan Gritton, Yvonne Kenny, Emma Kirkby, Claron McFadden, Carolyn Sampson sopranos
Robin Blaze, James Bowman countertenors
Paul Agnew, James Gilchrist tenors
Michael George bass
Alexandra Bellamy oboe
Crispian Steele-Perkins trumpet
Choir of New College, Oxford
Choir of The King’s Consort
The King’s Consort
Robert King conductor

HANDEL: Acis and Galatea

Hyperion CDA 66361/2

Claron McFadden soprano (Galatea)
John Mark Ainsley tenor (Acis)
Rogers Covey-Crump tenor (Damon)
Michael George bass (Polyphemus)
Robert Harre-Jones alto (Chorus)
The King's Consort
Robert King director

HANDEL: Alexander Balus

Hyperion CDA 67241/2

Catherine Denley mezzo-soprano (Alexander Balus)
Michael George bass (Ptolomee)
Charles Daniels tenor (Jonathan)
Lynne Dawson soprano (Cleopatra)
Claron McFadden soprano (Aspasia)
Choir of New College Oxford
Choir of The King's Consort
The King's Consort
Robert King conductor

HANDEL: An Ode for St Cecilia's Day

Hyperion CDA 67463

An Ode for St Cecilia's Day
Cecilia, volgi un sguardo

Carolyn Sampson soprano
James Gilchrist tenor
Choir of The King’s Consort
The King’s Consort
Robert King

HANDEL: Deborah

Hyperion CDA 66841/2

Yvonne Kenny soprano (Deborah)
Susan Gritton soprano (Jael/Israelite Woman)
Catherine Denley mezzo-soprano (Sisera)
James Bowman countertenor (Barak)
Michael George bass (Abinoam)
Choristers of Salisbury Cathedral
Choir of New College Oxford
The King's Consort
Robert King conductor

HANDEL: English Arias

Hyperion CDA 66797

Yet can I hear that dulcet lay (Choice of Hercules) : How can I stay (Esther) : O fairest of ten thousand fair (Saul) : Great God, who yet but darkly known (Belshazzar) : The raptured soul (Theodora) : Father of heaven (Judas Maccabaeus) : Oh Lord, whose mercies numberless (Saul) : What though I trace (Solomon) : Overture (Esther) : Martial Symphony and Destructive War (Belshazzar) : Welcome as the dawn of day (Solomon) : Kind heaven (Theodora) : Almighty power (Solomon) : Tune your harps (Haman and Mordecai)

James Bowman countertenor
The King's Consort
Robert King conductor 

HANDEL: Heroic Arias

Hyperion CDA 66483

Pena tiranna (Amadigi) : Va tacito e nascosto (Giulio Cesare) : Venti turbini (Rinaldo) : Scherza infida (Ariodante) : Overture to Serse : Zeffiretto che scorre (Giustino) : Al lampo dell' armi (Giulio Cesare) : Tanti affanni (Ottone) : Or la tromba & Battaglia (Rinaldo) : Cara sposa (Rinaldo) : Se parla nel mio cor (Giustino) : Verdi prati (Alcina)

James Bowman countertenor
The King's Consort
Robert King director, harpsichord, organ

HANDEL: Italian Duets

Hyperion Helios CDH 55262

Tanti strali : A mirarvi io son intento : Troppo cruda : Se tu non lasci : Conservate, raddoppiate: Langue, geme, sospira e si lagna : Nò, do voi non vo' fidarmi : Sono liete : Fronda leggier

Gillian Fisher soprano
James Bowman countertenor
Jane Coe cello
David Miller archlute, theorbo
Robert King chamber organ, harpsichord

HANDEL: Joseph and his Brethren

Hyperion CDA 67171/3

Yvonne Kenny soprano (Asenath)
Catherine Denley mezzo-soprano (Potiphera, Phanor)
James Bowman countertenor (Joseph)
Connor Burrowes treble (Benjamin)
John Mark Ainsley tenor (Simeon, Judah)
Michael George bass (Pharaoh, Reuben)
Choir of New College Oxford
Choir of The King's Consort
The King's Consort
Robert King conductor

HANDEL: Joshua

Hyperion CDA 66461/2

Emma Kirkby soprano (Achsah)
Aidan Oliver treble (Angel)
James Bowman countertenor (Othniel)
John Mark Ainsley tenor (Joshua)
Michael George bass (Caleb)
Choir of New College Oxford
The King's Consort
Robert King conductor

HANDEL: Judas Maccabaeus

Hyperion CDA 66641/2

Emma Kirkby soprano (Israelite Woman)
Catherine Denley mezzo-soprano (Israelite Man)
James Bowman countertenor (Priest, Messenger)
Jamie MacDougall tenor (Judas)
Michael George bass (Simon)
Choir of New College Oxford
The King's Consort
Robert King conductor 

HANDEL: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato

Hyperion CDA 67283/4

Susan Gritton, Lorna Anderson, Claron McFadden sopranos
Paul Agnew tenor
Neal Davies bass
Choir of The King's Consort
The King's Consort
Robert King conductor

HANDEL: Music for Royal Occasions

Hyperion CDA 66315

Birthday Ode for Queen Anne "Eternal source of light" : Queen Caroline Te Deum : Wedding Anthem "Sing unto God"

Gillian Fisher soprano
James Bowman countertenor
John Mark Ainsley tenor
Michael George bass
Choir of New College Oxford
The King's Consort
Robert King conductor

HANDEL: Music for the Royal Fireworks

Hyperion CDA 66350

The Four Coronation Anthems: Zadok the priest : Let thy hand be strengthened : The King shall rejoice : My heart is inditing

Choir of New College Oxford
The King's Consort
Robert King conductor

HANDEL: Nine German Arias

Hyperion CDA67627

Carolyn Sampson soprano
Stéphanie-Marie Degand violin
Alexandra Bellamy oboe
The King's Consort
Robert King harpsichord

HANDEL: Ottone

Hyperion CDA 66751/3

James Bowman (Ottone) countertenor
Claron McFadden (Teofane) soprano
Jennifer Smith (Gismonda) soprano
Dominique Visse (Adelberto) countertenor
Catherine Denley (Matilda) mezzo-soprano
Michael George (Emireno) bass
The King's Consort
Robert King conductor

HANDEL: The Choice of Hercules

Hyperion CDA 67298

Greene: Hearken unto me

Susan Gritton soprano (Pleasure)
Robin Blaze countertenor (Hercules)
Alice Coote mezzo-soprano (Virtue)
Charles Daniels tenor
Peter Harvey bass
Choir of The King's Consort
The King's Consort
Robert King conductor

HANDEL: The Occasional Oratorio

Hyperion CDA 66961/2

Susan Gritton, Lisa Milne sopranos
James Bowman countertenor
John Mark Ainsley tenor
Michael George bass
Choir of New College Oxford
Choir of The King's Consort
The King's Consort
Robert King conductor

HANDEL: Water Music

Hyperion CDA66967

Telemann Wassermusik (Ouverture Hamburger Ebb' und Flut)

The King's Consort
Robert King conductor