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Handel, Mozart: Arias and Overtures - Eriksmoen, de Vriend

Challenge Classics  CC 72832

Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid

Classical - Vocal

Handel: Excerpts from Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Joshua, Teseo, Silla
Mozart: Excerpts from Mitridate, rè di Ponto, Acis und Galatea, Der Messias, Idomeneo, Aria 'Alma grande e nobil core', Das Alexander-Fest, Don Giovanni, Die Zauberflöte

Mari Eriksmoen, soprano
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

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Works (19)

• George Frideric Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 Oh, Didst Thou Know... As When the Dove
• George Frideric Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 Overture
• George Frideric Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV 75 Overture
• George Frideric Handel: Giulio Cesare, HWV 17 Da tempeste il legno infranto
• George Frideric Handel: Joshua, HWV 64 Oh! had I Jubal's lyre
• George Frideric Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 How Beautiful Are the Feet
• George Frideric Handel: Silla, HWV 10 Secondate, oh giusti dei
• George Frideric Handel: Teseo, HWV 9 Amarti si vorrei
• George Frideric Handel: Teseo, HWV 9 M'adora l'idol mio
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Alma grande e nobil core, K. 578
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K. 620 Ach, ich fühl's
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527 Crudele? Ah no, mio bene! ... Non mi dir, bell'idol mio
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527 Or sai chi l'onore
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Handel: Acis und Galatea, K. 566 O fühltest du die Qualen... Wie’s Täubchen klagt um den Gemahl
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Handel: Acis und Galatea, K. 566 Overture
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Handel: Das Alexander-Fest, K. 591 Overture
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Handel: Der Messias, K. 572 Wie lieblich ist der Boten Schritt
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo, K. 366 Quando avran fine omai… Padre, germani, addio!
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mitridate, re di Ponto, K. 87/74a Al destin che la minaccia