Bonynge: Handel – Overtures & Sinfonias. Overtures of the 18th Century (2 CD, APE)

Composer: George Frideric Handel
Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Richard Bonynge
Audio CD
Number of Discs: 2 CD
Format: APE (image+cue)
Label: Decca
Size: 728 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes

CD 01
01. Solomon – Overture
02. Solomon- Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba
03. Berenice – Overture
04. Teseo – Overture
05. Ariodante – Overture
06. Jephtha – Sinfonia
07. Esther – Overture
08. Rinaldo – Overture
09. Rinaldo – March And Battle
10. Sosarme – Overture
11. SemeleSinfonia (Act I)
12. Giulio Cesare – Overture & Minuet (Act I)
13. Faramondo – Overture
14. Judas Maccabaeus – Overture

CD 02
01. Radamisto – Overture
02. Arminio – Overture
03. Deidamia – Overture
04. Scipio – Overture
05. Belshazzar – Sinfonia

06. Kraus: Olympie
07. Gassmann: L’amore artigiano
08. Boieldieu: Zoraime Et Zulnar
09. Paer: Sargino
10. Gretry: Le Magnifique
11. Sacchini: La Contadina In Corte
12. Haydn: Orlando Paladino
13. Salieri: La Fiera Di Venezia

A Superb Collection

In addition to 19 Overtures and Sinfonias by Handel, CD2 finishes with the same by Kraus (Olympie), Gassmann (L’amore artigiano), Boieldieu (Zoraime et Zulnar), Paer (Sargino), Gretry (Le Magnifique), Sacchini (La contadina in corte), Haydn (Orlando Paladino) and Salieri (La fiera di Venezia). Nothing add to the other reviews here, other than to say that , though not mentioned in the booklet, but gleaned from CHARM (google Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music), for most of this DoubleDecca recorded in 1967 and 1970, the audio engineer was Kenneth Wilkinson. Times are 74:28 & 75:17.