Handel: Tamerlano, Acts 1 and 2
Penny Gore presents Acts 1 and 2 of Handel's Tamerlano. Plus Shakespeare and McCabe: Mendelssohn: Overture (A Midsummer Night's Dream). Vaughan Williams: Shakespeare Songs.
Handel Operas 2009
As part of 大象传媒 Radio 3's complete cycle of Handel operas, Penny Gore presents the tragic tale of Bajazet and Asteria, a proud Ottoman Sultan and his beautiful daughter, captured by the vicious Tartar Emperor Tamerlano. A work without the 'lieto fine' or happy ending, so beloved of Handel's London opera audiences, it is considered to be Handel's deepest, darkest and most 'Shakespearean' opera.
Handel: Tamerlano (Acts 1 and 2)
Tamerlano ...... Monica Bacelli (contralto)
Bajazet ...... Tom Randle (tenor)
Asteria ...... Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz (soprano)
Andronico, her lover ...... Graham Pushee (countertenor)
Irene, Princess betrothed to Tamerlano ...... Anna Bonitatibus (mezzo-soprano)
Leone, Andronico's sidekick ...... Antonio Abete (bass)
The English Concert
Trevor Pinnock (director)
4.10pm
Shakespeare and McCabe
Continuing a series to celebrate the birthdays of Shakespeare and composer John McCabe.
Mendelssohn: Overture (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Shakespeare Songs
大象传媒 Singers
James Weeks (conductor)
Tchaikovsky: Hamlet, Op 67 - fantasy overture
大象传媒 Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor).
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Broadcast
- Thu 23 Apr 2009 14:00大象传媒 Radio 3