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GIULIO CESARE
(JULIUS CAESAR)
By George Frideric Handel
VIDEO: Janet Baker, Valerie Masterson, Della Jones,
Sarah Walker, James Bowman, Mackerras conducting [in English
translation]; English National Opera, 1984; HBO 3557; for the
most part, better than any other recording I've yet heard--despite
the English translation [G.R.]
AUDIO: A) CHANDOS: Janet Baker, Valerie Masterson,
Della Jones, Sarah Walker, James Bowman, Mackerras conducting [in
English translation]; English National Opera, 1984; CD audio
recording of the superb video above--yes, English translation and
all; stereo [G.R.]
B) ORFEO: Walter Berry, Lucia Popp, Fritz Wunderlich,
Christa Ludwig, Karl Kohn, Leitner conducting; would be a thoroughly
satisfying performance if not for the German translation; everyone is
in marvelous voice; quite good sound quality [G.R.]
C) RCA: Norman Treigle, Beverly Sills, Beverly Wolff,
Maureen Forrester, Spiro Malas, Rudel conducting; for once, a
recording in the original Italian with first-class voices;
unfortunately, this one suffers from somewhat plodding conducting and
an inflexible, wooly protagonist, basso Treigle (sadly, his undoubted
dramatic flair and the sheer magnetism of his vocal presence did not
translate well to disc); the others are accomplished Handelians and
Sills dazzles in this, possibly her finest role; score has been
heavily edited and rearranged, a number of cuts; stereo
[G.R.]
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