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Georg Friedrich Händel - Emma Kirkby • Patrizia Kwella • Drew Minter • Anthony Rolfe Johnson • Paul Elliott • Andrew King • Ian Partridge • David Thomas • Westminster Cathedral Choir • The Academy Of Ancient Music Chorus & The Academy Of Ancient Music - Christopher Hogwood
Esther

Album UK 1985 on L'Oiseau-Lyre label
Classical (Baroque, Oratorio)

℗ & © 1985 The Decca Record Company Limited, London Made in Holland. Printed in England. "The Academy Of Ancient Music" on authentic instruments. A = 415 This box set comes with an 16-page booklet (the size of the box) with extensive information on Händel's Oratorio Esther. Included are a lot of photographs of the vocalists, conductor, choirs and orchestra. The notes are in English, French and German. Also the texts of the Oratorio vocalists are included. Digital Recording. This issue is part of the FLORILEGIUM series of Decca. Cover illustration: "Esther before Ahasuerus" by Sebastiano Ricci (1659-1734), National Gallery, London. Booklet cover illustration: "Händel", after a painting by Hudson, BBC Hulton Picture Library. Plum L'Oiseau-Lyre labels with silver lettering.

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	Georg Friedrich Händel , 1685-1759 GB album by
	Emma Kirkby voc, acg, *1949 GB album by, soprano vocals, israelite woman
	Patrizia Kwella voc, *1953 GB album by, vocals, esther
	Drew Minter voc, *1955 US countertenor vocals, chorus aam, album by, vocals, priest, vocals, alto solo
	Anthony Rolfe Johnson voc, 1940-2010 GB album by, vocals, ahasuerus
	Paul Elliott ts, AU album by, tenor vocals, 1st israelite
	Andrew King voc, album by, vocals, habdonnah, vocals, officer, vocals, 2nd israelite
	Ian Partridge voc, *1938 GB album by, vocals, mordecai
	David Thomas voc, *1943 GB album by, bass vocals, haman, bass vocals, solo
	Westminster Cathedral Choir , GB choir, album by
	The Academy Of Ancient Music Chorus , choir, orchestra, album by
	The Academy Of Ancient Music , GB album by
	Christopher Hogwood hps, org, 1941-2014 GB conductor, album by
	Brian Etheridge voc, GB bass vocals, chorus aam
	Richard Wistreich voc, GB bass vocals, chorus aam, vocals, solo
	Alastair Mitchell bsn, bassoon
	Felix Warnock bsn, bassoon
	Jane Coe vc, 1953-2007 GB cello, violincello
	Mark Caudle vc, vn, *1950 GB cello, violincello
	David Hill org, *1957 GB chorus master, westminster cathedral boys choir
	Michael Chance voc, fl, *1955 GB countertenor vocals, chorus aam
	Barry Guy cb, *1947 GB double bass
	Ann Griffiths hrp, harp, triple harp
	Alastair Ross hps, org, GB harpsichord
	Anthony Halstead alp, *1945 GB horn
	Christian Rutherford alp, horn
	Clare Shanks ob, oboe
	Brian Parsons voc, tenor vocals, tenor 1, chorus aam
	Rufus Müller voc, tenor vocals, tenor 1, chorus aam
	Julian Pike , tenor vocals, tenor 2, chorus aam
	Neil Lunce , tenor vocals, tenor 2, chorus aam
	Crispian Steele-Perkins tr, trumpet
	Judith Tarling vl, vn, GB viola
	Katherine Hart vl, viola
	Brian Smith vn, violin
	Catherine Mackintosh vn, *1947 GB violin
	Christopher Hirons vn, violin
	David Woodcock vn, violin
	Elizabeth Wallfisch vn, *1952 AU violin
	John Willison vn, violin
	Julie Miller vn, violin
	William Thorp vn, acg, violin
	Anthony Oliver voc, vocals, chorus westminster cathedral
	Domenic Sewell voc, vocals, chorus westminster cathedral
	Francis Sheperd voc, vocals, chorus westminster cathedral
	Keith Roberts voc, vocals, chorus westminster cathedral
	Marc Stevens voc, vocals, chorus westminster cathedral
	Robert Ogden voc, vocals, chorus westminster cathedral
	Roderic Unwin voc, vocals, chorus westminster cathedral
	Sean Evans voc, vocals, chorus westminster cathedral

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