Handel - Judas Maccabaeus (1993)

Disc: 1
1. Judas Maccabaeus: Overture
2. Judas Maccabaeus: Act I: Chorus
3. Judas Maccabaeus: Act I: Recitative (Israelitish Man) (Israelitish Woman)
4. Judas Maccabaeus: Act I: Duet (Israelitish Woman) (Israelitish Man)
5. Judas Maccabaeus: Act I: Chorus
6. Judas Maccabaeus: Act I: Recitative (Israelitish Man)
7. Judas Maccabaeus: Act I: Air (Israelitish Man)
8. Judas Maccabaeus: Act I: Chorus
9. Judas Maccabaeus: Act I: Recitative (Simon)
10. Judas Maccabaeus: Act I: Air (Simon)
11. Judas Maccabaeus: Act I: Recitative (Judas Maccabaeus)
12. Judas Maccabaeus: Act I: Air (Judas Maccabaeus)
13. Judas Maccabaeus: Act I: Recitative (Israelitish Woman)
14. Judas Maccabaeus: Act I: Air (Israelitish Woman)
15. Judas Maccabaeus: Act I: Air (Israelitish Woman)
16. Judas Maccabaeus: Act I: Recitative (Israelitish Man)
17. Judas Maccabaeus: Act I: Air (Israelitish Man)
18. Judas Maccabaeus: Act I: Duet (Israelitish Woman) (Israelitish Man)
19. Judas Maccabaeus: Act I: Chorus
20. Judas Maccabaeus: Act I: Recitative (Judas Maccabaeus)
21. Judas Maccabaeus: Act I: Semi-Chorus
22. Judas Maccabaeus: Act I: Recitative (Judas Maccabaeus)
23. Judas Maccabaeus: Act I: Air (Judas Maccabaeus)
24. Judas Maccabaeus: Act I: Recitative (Israelitish Man)
25. Judas Maccabaeus: Act I: Chorus
26. Judas Maccabaeus: Act II: Chorus
27. Judas Maccabaeus: Act II: Recitative (Israelitish Man)
28. Judas Maccabaeus: Act II: Air (Israelitish Man)
29. Judas Maccabaeus: Act II: Recitative (Israelitish Man)
30. Judas Maccabaeus: Act II: Duet (Israelitish Woman) (Israelitish Man) - Chorus
31. Judas Maccabaeus: Act II: Recitative (Israelitish Woman)
32. Judas Maccabaeus: Act II: Air (Israelitish Woman)

Disc: 2
1. Judas Maccabaeus: Act II: Duet (Isralitish Woman) (Israelitish Man) - Chorus
2. Judas Maccabaeus: Act II: Recitative (Judas Maccabeus)
3. Judas Maccabaeus: Act II: Air (Judas Maccabaeus)
4. Judas Maccabaeus: Act II: Recitative (Messenger)
5. Judas Maccabaeus: Act II: Air (Israelitish Woman) - Chorus
6. Judas Maccabaeus: Act II: Recitative (Simon)
7. Judas Maccabaeus: Act II: Air (Simon)
8. Judas Maccabaeus: Act II: Recitative (Judas Maccabaeus)
9. Judas Maccabaeus: Act II: Air (Judas Maccabaeus) - Chorus
10. Judas Maccabaeus: Act II: Recitative (Simon)
11. Judas Maccabaeus: Act II: Air (Simon)
12. Judas Maccabaeus: Act II: Recitative (Israelitish Man) (Israelitish Woman)
13. Judas Maccabaeus: Act II: Air (Israelitish Woman)
14. Judas Maccabaeus: Act II: Duet (Israelitish Woman) (Israelitish Man) - Chorus
15. Judas Maccabaeus: Act III: Air (Priest)
16. Judas Maccabaeus: Act III: Recitative (Israelitish Man)
17. Judas Maccabaeus: Act III: Air (Israelitish Woman)
18. Judas Maccabaeus: Act III: Recitative (Messenger)
19. Judas Maccabaeus: Act III: Chorus Of Youths - Chorus Of Virgins - Chorus
20. Judas Maccabaeus: Act III: March
21. Judas Maccabaeus: Act III: Chorus
22. Judas Maccabaeus: Act III: Recitative (Judas Maccabaeus)
23. Judas Maccabaeus: Act III: Air (Judas Maccabaeus)
24. Judas Maccabaeus: Act III: Recitative
25. Judas Maccabaeus: Act III: Chorus
26. Judas Maccabaeus: Act III: Recitative (Israelitish Woman)
27. Judas Maccabaeus: Act III: Air (Israelitish Woman)
28. Judas Maccabaeus: Act III: Air (Simon) – Chorus

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  

Robert King's Handel oratorio series for Hyperion has been, on the whole, very successful. Although King lacks some the polish associated with other English period instrument groups, he conducts the music with tremendous gusto, particularly in the big, brassy numbers that Handel wrote better than anyone else. If you already have Nicholas McGegan's performance of Judas on Harmonia Mundi, there's no reason to double up here, but as a first version, either of these recordings is worth your consideration. ---David Hurwitz, amazon.com

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