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 soprano
Robin Blaze, James Bowman countertenor
Paul Agnew, James Gilchrist tenor
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)
Covey-Crump tenor (Damon Rogers)
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 Cathedra
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, chamber 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)
Claron McFadden (Teofane)
Jennifer Smith (Gismonda)
Dominique Visse (Adelberto)
Catherine Denley (Matilda)
Michael George (Emireno)
The King's Consort
Robert King conductor

HANDEL: The Choice of Hercules

Greene: Hearken unto me
Hyperion CDA 67298

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