Saturday Night at the Opera playlist for 09/11/2010

Program: 
Saturday Night at the Opera
  • Fux, Johann Josef
-
Ouverture for 2 oboes, bassoon and strings
from
  • The Concentus Musicus, Dir. Nikolaus Harnoncourt
(
  • The Bach Guild (LP, BGS - 70690)
)
  • Vivaldi, Antonio
-
Bajazet (pasticcio opera, "tragedia per musica", in 3 acts)
from
  • Europa Galante - dir, Fabio Biondi. David Daniels, Marijana Mijanovic, Patrizia Ciofi, Vivica Genaux, Elina Garanca, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo .
(
  • Virgin Classics (CD, 5 45676 2)
)
  • Gluck, Christoph Willibald
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Alessandro (balletto)
from
  • Musica Antiqua Köln, Dir. Reinhard Goebel.
(
  • Archiv Produktion (CD, 445 824-2)
)
  • Lully, Jean-Baptiste
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Le Mariage forcé (music written to accompany Molière's play)
from
  • Hilde Langfort, harpsichord; Austrian Tonkuenstler Orchestra; Dietfried Bernet, conductor.
(
  • The Musical Heritage Society (LP, MHS 704)
)
  • Handel, Georg Frideric
-
La Resurrezione (oratorio, last scene)
from
  • The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Dir. Ton Koopman.
(
  • Erato (CD, WE 815 7A)
)
An edition of Saturday Night at the Opera with a baroque focus. In addition to a Vivaldi 'pasticcio', the incidental music for Molière's "Le Mariage forcé" and a ballet were played.
Department: 
Classical