Giulio Cesare Archives

HANDEL: Giulio Cesare (complete opera) (2016)

by Audiophile Audition | Oct 7, 2016 | Classical CD Reviews

May the good Lord spare us from these kinds of inanities. HANDEL: Giulio Cesare (complete opera) (2016) Performers: Cecilia Bartoli (Cleopatra)/ Andreas Scholl (Cesare)/ Philippe Jaroussky (Sesto)/ Anne Sofie von Otter (Cornelia)/ Christophe Dumaux (Tolomeo)/ Ruben Drole (Achilla)/ Jochen Kowalski (Nireno)/ Peter Kálmán (Curio)/ Il Giardino Armonico/ Giovanni Antonini Directors: Moshe Leiser, Patrice Caurier Studio: […]

“HANDEL: Bad Guys” = Countertenor arias – Xavier Sabata – Arparté

by John Sunier | Nov 13, 2013 | Classical CD Reviews

We’ll never know what Handel’s castrato soloists actually sounded like, thank goodness, but Xavier Sabata seems to have the full measure of this music’s emotional range.