Gardiner: Handel – Water Music, Concerti grossi op.3, Israel in Egypt, The Ways of Zion Do Mourn, Semele (6 CD box set, FLAC)

Composer: George Frideric Handel
Performer: English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra
Conductor: John Eliott Gardiner
Audio CD
SPARS Code: DDD
Numaber of Discs: 6 CD box set
Format: FLAC (image+cue)
Label: Erato
ASIN: B000VPKRQG
Size: 1.8 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes

CD 01 Water Music, HWV 348-350 (Manuscript: John Eliot Gardiner)
English Baroque Soloists
Conductor – John Eliot Gardiner
Recorded: 1980

CD 02 Concerti Grossi, Op.3 HWV 312-317
Sophia McKenna – oboe
Simon Standage, Elizabeth Wilcock – violins
Lisa Beznosiuk – flute
English Baroque Soloists
Conductor – John Eliot Gardiner
Recorded: 1980

CD 03-04 Israel in Egypt, HWV 54; The Ways of Zion Do Mourn, HWV 264
Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra
Conductor – John Eliot Gardiner
Recorded: 1978

CD 05-06 Semele, HWV 58
Jupiter – Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (tenor)
Cadmus, King of Thebes – Robert Lloyd (bass)
Athamas, a prince of Boeotia – Timothy Penrose (countertenor)
Somnus, god of sleep – David Thomas (bass)
Apollo – Maldwyn Davies (tenor)
Juno – Della Jones (mezzo-soprano)
Iris – Patrizia Kwella (soprano)
Semele, daughter to Cadmus – Norma Burrowes (soprano)
Ino, sister to Semele – Catherine Denley (contralto)
Cupid – Elisabeth Priday (soprano)
Choruses of Priests and Augurs, Loves and Zephyrs, Nymphs and Swains, Attendants
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Conductor – John Eliot Gardiner
Recorded: 1981