(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1958(LI) - Matacic Lovro von - Teatro alla Scala*
2 1967(STU) - Priestman Brian - Wiener Rundfunk Orchester*
3 1977(LI) - Gardiner John Eliot - Monteverdi Orchestra*
4 1982(STU) - Gardiner John Eliot - English Baroque Soloists*
5 1984(STU) - Hauschild Wolf-Dieter - Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig*
6 2000 - Minkowski Marc - Les Musiciens du Louvre*
7 2004(LC) - Christie William - Les Arts Florissants**
8 2004(LI) - Christie William - Les Arts Florissants*
9 2006(LI) - Martini Joachim Carlos - Barock-orchester Frankfurt*
*AUDIO ---- **VIDEO ---- ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Lovro von Matacic - 1958(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Iole - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Lichas - Ettore Bastianini
Dejanira - Fedora Barbieri
Hyllus - Franco Corelli
Hercules - Jerome Hines
Priest - Agostino Ferrin
Trachinian - Vittorio Tatozzi
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 395 {3LPS} (1967)ª; Giuseppe di Stefano Records GDS 3002 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Golden Melodram GM 3.0025 {3CDS} (1998)ª; Premiere Opera Ltd. CDNO 1516-2 {2CDRS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Hercules by George Frideric Handel are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.46; CELLETTI p.316; PENGUIN p.135: GIUDICI p.296 (2) p.512; American Record Guide January/February 2003 Vol.66 No.1 pp.78-79; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.221 p.80
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - März 1999 S.58-59 [GH]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.3 No.3 Autumn 1985 pp.201-203 [GJ]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.190 p.177 [AP]
Classical Express - Issue 102 September 1998 p.6 [JTH]
Comments:- *Recording of a performance at La Scala (29 December 1958; see OPERA March 1959 p.173). The year of the performance recorded is given as 1959 in Premiere's 2004 CD Catalog and it is possible that there are two recordings, one of a performance is December 1958 and one of a performance in January 1959.
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Conductor Brian Priestman - 1967(STU)
Orchestra - Wiener Rundfunk Orchester
Chorus - Wiener Akademie Chor
Iole - Teresa Stich-Randall
Lichas - Norma Lerer
Dejanira - Maureen Forrester
Hyllus - Alexander Young
Hercules - Louis Quilico
Priest - Barich Grabowski
Trachinian - Gerhard Eder
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Black Disc; - RCA Victor «Red Seal» LSC 6181 {3LPS} (USA) (1968)ª; RCA Victor RE 5569-71 {3LPS} (UK) (1968)ª; RCA Victor SER 5569-71 {3LPS} (UK) (1968)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Hercules by George Frideric Handel are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.46; CELLETTI p.316; PENGUIN p.135: GIUDICI p.296 (2) p.512; American Record Guide January/February 2003 Vol.66 No.1 pp.78-79; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.221 p.80
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - May 1968 p.605; July 1968 p.139
Opera - June 1968 p.482 [AB]
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Conductor John Eliot Gardiner - 1977(LI)
Orchestra - Monteverdi Orchestra
Chorus - Monteverdi Choir
Iole - Jennifer Smith
Lichas - Margaret Cable
Dejanira - Sarah Walker
Hyllus - Anthony Rolfe-Johnson
Hercules - John Tomlinson
Priest - David Wilson-Johnson
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Open Reel Tape - mr. tape 3176
Recordings of Hercules by George Frideric Handel are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.46; CELLETTI p.316; PENGUIN p.135: GIUDICI p.296 (2) p.512; American Record Guide January/February 2003 Vol.66 No.1 pp.78-79; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.221 p.80
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in The Maltings, Snape (10 October 1977). This performance was broadcast by BBC Radio 3. See Radio Times Issue dated 8-14 October 1977 p.38.
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Conductor John Eliot Gardiner - 1982(STU)
Orchestra - English Baroque Soloists
Chorus - Monteverdi Choir
Iole - Jennifer Smith
Lichas - Catherine Denley
Dejanira - Sarah Walker
Hyllus - Anthony Rolfe-Johnson
Hercules - John Tomlinson
Priest - Peter Savidge
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Black Disc; - Archiv Produktion 2742 004 {3LPS} (1983)ª
Compact Cassette; - Archiv Produktion 3383 004 {3LPS} (1983)ª
Compact Disc; - Archiv Produktion 423 137-2 {3CDS} (1987)ª; Archiv Produktion 447 689-2 {2CDS} (1995)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Hercules by George Frideric Handel are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.46; CELLETTI p.316; PENGUIN p.135: GIUDICI p.296 (2) p.512; American Record Guide January/February 2003 Vol.66 No.1 pp.78-79; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.221 p.80
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - June 1983 p.68 [SS]; January 1988 p.1114 [JAS]
Opera Now - January 1996 p.56
Opera Quarterly - Vol.3 No.3 Autumn 1985 pp.201-203 [GJ]
Opéra International - décembre 1995 No.197 p.75
Diapason - No.421 décembre 1995 p.114
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.169 p.124
BBC Music Magazine - December 1995 p.86
Répertoire - No.86 décembre 1995 p.41
Le Monde de la Musique - No.194 décembre 1995 p.91
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.18 diciembre 1995 - febrero 1996 p.61
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Conductor Wolf-Dieter Hauschild - 1984(STU)
Orchestra - Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig
Chorus - Leipziger Rundfunkchor
Iole - Kari Lövaas
Lichas - Hebe Dijkstra
Dejanira - Doris Soffel
Hyllus - Eberhard Büchner
Hercules - Hermann Christian Polster
Priest - Rolf Tomaszewski
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Black Disc - Eterna 827741-3 {4LPS}
Compact Disc - Berlin Classics 009113-2BC {3CDS}
Recordings of Hercules by George Frideric Handel are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.46; CELLETTI p.316; PENGUIN p.135: GIUDICI p.296 (2) p.512; American Record Guide January/February 2003 Vol.66 No.1 pp.78-79; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.221 p.80
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Fanfare - Vol.21 No.3 January/February 1998 p.114 [DJ]
American Record Guide - November/December 1997 Vol.60 No.6 p.131 [JWB]
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Conductor Marc Minkowski - 2000
Orchestra - Les Musiciens du Louvre
Chorus - Les Musiciens du Louvre
Iole - Lynne Dawson
Lichas - David Daniels
Dejanira - Anne Sofie von Otter
Hyllus - Richard Croft
Hercules - Gidon Saks
Priest - Marcos Pujol
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Compact Disc; - Archiv Produktion 469 532-2 {3CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Hercules by George Frideric Handel are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.46; CELLETTI p.316; PENGUIN p.135: GIUDICI p.296 (2) p.512; American Record Guide January/February 2003 Vol.66 No.1 pp.78-79; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.221 p.80
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 2002 p.76 [SS]
Opera News - July 2002 pp.53-54 [WRB]
Fanfare - Vol.26 No.1 September/October 2002 pp.146-148 [BR2]
Orpheus - August + September 2002 S.95 [KP]
Opera Quarterly - Vol 19 No.1 Winter 2003 pp.138-142 [RG]
Diapason - No.491 avril 2002 p.95 [PK]
BBC Music Magazine - August 2002 p.78 [NA]
American Record Guide - July/August 2002 Vol.65 No.4 pp.113-115 [JWB]
Répertoire - No.157 mai 2002 p.71 [XDG]
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Conductor William Christie - 2004(LC)
Orchestra - Les Arts Florissants
Iole - Ingela Bohlin
Lichas - Malena Ernman
Dejanira - Joyce DiDonato
Hyllus - Toby Spence
Hercules - William Shimell
Priest - Simon Kirkbride
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DVD (Video) - Bel Air Classiques BAC 013 (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Hercules by George Frideric Handel are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.46; CELLETTI p.316; PENGUIN p.135: GIUDICI p.296 (2) p.512; American Record Guide January/February 2003 Vol.66 No.1 pp.78-79; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.221 p.80
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - April 2006 p.79, p.81 [DV]
Opera News - April 2006 p.81 [DS]
Fanfare - Vol.29 No.6 July/August 2006 pp.273-275 [ME] [BR2]
Diapason - No.533 février 2006 p.113 [GN]
American Record Guide - March/April 2006 Vol.69 No.2 pp.269-270 [JWB]
Opéra Magazine - No.3 janvier 2006 p.73 [PG]
Comments:- *Video recording made at performances in the Palais Garnier, Paris of the production originally given at Aix-en-Provence (December 2004).
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Conductor William Christie - 2004(LI)
Orchestra - Les Arts Florissants
Chorus - Les Arts Florisants
Iole - Camilla Tilling
Lichas - Malena Ernman
Dejanira - Joyce DiDonato
Hyllus - Toby Spence
Hercules - William Shimell
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Compact Disc; - Premiere Opera Ltd. 1554-3 {3CDRS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Hercules by George Frideric Handel are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.46; CELLETTI p.316; PENGUIN p.135: GIUDICI p.296 (2) p.512; American Record Guide January/February 2003 Vol.66 No.1 pp.78-79; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.221 p.80
Comments:- *Recording of a performance in the Théâtre de l'Archevêché, Aix-en-Provence (17 July 2004). The performances on 15 and 13 July are reviewed in OPÉRA INTERNATIONAL No.293 septembre 2004 pp.36-37.
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Conductor Joachim Carlos Martini - 2006(LI)
Orchestra - Barock-orchester Frankfurt
Chorus - Junge Kantorei
Iole - Gerlinde Sämann
Lichas - Franz Vitzthum
Dejanira - Nicola Wemyss
Hyllus - Knut Schoch
Hercules - Peter Kooij
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Compact Disc; - Naxos 8.557960/62 {3CDS} (2008)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Hercules by George Frideric Handel are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.46; CELLETTI p.316; PENGUIN p.135: GIUDICI p.296 (2) p.512; American Record Guide January/February 2003 Vol.66 No.1 pp.78-79; L'Avant Scène Opéra No.221 p.80
Comments:- *Recording of a concert performance in the Basilika des Klosters Eberbach (5 June 2006). This recording was issued previously by Junge Kantorei in 2006.
Abbreviations
(STU), "Studio" Recording
(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts
(STC), Composite "Studio" Recording made up from more than one source
(SCE), Composite "Studio" Recording of Excerpts from more than one source
(LI), "Live" Recording
(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts
(LC), "Live" Composite Recording from more than one performance
(LCE), Excerpts from more than one "Live" Performance
(RA), A Radio Performance
(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance
(RC), Composite Radio Performance from more than one broadcast
(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance
(FI), Film or/and sound track of a film
(FE), Excerpts of an opera from a film or/and the sound track of a film
CELLETTI, Il Teatro d'Opera in Disco by Rodolfo Celletti - Rizzoli - 1988
EJS Discography, EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings - The Golden Age of Opera, 1956-71 by William Shaman, William J. Collins, and Calvin M. Goodwin - GreenwoodPress - 1994
GIUDICI, L'Opera in CD e Video by Elvio Giudici - il Saggiatore Milano - 1995. Second Edition - 1999 - is indicated by (2)
HARRIS, Opera Recordings - A Critical Guide by Kenn Harris - David and Charles - 1973
MARINELLI, Opere in Disco by Carlo Marinelli - Discanto Edizione - 1982
MET, The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera - edited by Paul Gruber - Thames and Hudson - 1993
MET(VID), The Metropolitan Guide to Opera on Video - edited by Paul Gruber - W.W. Norton & Co. Ltd. - 1997
More EJS, More EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings by William Shaman - William J. Collins - Calvin M. Goodwin - Greenwood Press 1999
NEWTON (Verdi), Verdi - Tutti i libretti d'opera edited by Piero Mioli
PENGUIN, The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Discs by Edwin Greenfield - Robert Layton - Ivan March - Penguin Books 1993
Discos Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española
Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española