(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1968(LI) - Lewis Anthony - The Baroque Opera Orchestra*
2 1978(STU) - Curtis Alan - Il Complesso Barocco*
3 2006(LI) - Arman Howard - Haendelfestspielorchestra Halle**
4 2009(LI) - McGegan Nicholas - Festspiel Orchester Göttingen*
*AUDIO ---- **VIDEO ---- ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Anthony Lewis - 1968(LI)
Orchestra - The Baroque Opera Orchestra
Admetus - Maureen Lehane
Antigona - Sheila Armstrong
Alcestis - Janet Baker
Hercules - John Kitchiner
Thrasymedes - Margaret Lensky
Orindo - Jean Temperley
Meraspes - Norman Welsby
Oracle of Apollo - Norman Welsby
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Compact Disc; - Mitridate «Ponto» PO 1029 (+Bach Cantata - Geist un Seele - Janet Baker) {3CDS} (2004)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Admeto by George Frideric Handel are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.36; CELLETTI p.308; Opera News July 1996 p.35; American Record Guide January/February 2003 Vol.66 No.1 p.63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - 1+2 Januar+Februar 2005 S.56-S.57 [GH]
Opéra International - No.299 mars-avril 2005 p.106 [VB]
Diapason - No.523 mars 2005 p.88 [IAA]
Classica Répertoire - No.70 mars 2005 p.102 (mention) [AT]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.80 mayo 2005 p.86 [JC]
Comments:- *The recording on the CDs issued on the Ponto label appear to be of a performance given at the Barber Institute, Birmingham in an English translation by Geoffrey Dunn (May 1968; see OPERA August 1968 pp,681-682).
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Conductor Alan Curtis - 1978(STU)
Orchestra - Il Complesso Barocco
Admeto - René Jacobs
Alceste - Rachel Yakar
Ercole - Ulrik Cold
Orindo - Rita Dams
Trasimede - James Bowman
Antigona - Jill Gomez
Meraspe - Max von Egmond
Apollo - Ulrik Cold
Voice - Max von Egmond
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Black Disc; - EMI 1C 163 30808-12 {5LPS} (1979)ª; Eterna 827511 {5LPS}
Compact Disc; - Virgin «Veritas» 5 61369-2 {3CDS} (1998)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Admeto by George Frideric Handel are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.36; CELLETTI p.308; Opera News July 1996 p.35; American Record Guide January/February 2003 Vol.66 No.1 p.63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1979 p.903 [SS] ; February 1999 p.95 [SS]
Opera - January 1980 p.61
HiFi News & Record Review - January 1999 p.88 [CM]
Fanfare - Vol.22 No.2 November/December 1998 p.234 [BJ]
Opéra International - octobre 1998 No.228 p.56 [JCL]
Diapason - No.450 juillet-aoüt 1998 p.76 [IAA]
BBC Music Magazine - August 1998 p.67 [GP]
American Record Guide - January/February 1999 Vol.62 No.1 p.119 [JWB]
International Opera Collector - Spring 1999 No.11 p.76 [JK]
Répertoire - No.116 septembre 1998 p.39 [XDG]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - septiembre - octubre 1998 No.29 p.96 [MC]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.114 octubre 1998 pp.47-48 [FPS]
Le Monde de la Musique - No.223 juillet-aoüt 1998 p.81 [CFD]
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Conductor Howard Arman - 2006(LI)
Orchestra - Haendelfestspielorchestra Halle
Admeto - Matthias Rexroth
Alceste - Romelia Lichenstein
Ercole - Raimund Nolte
Orindo - Melanie Hirsch
Trasimede - Tim Mead
Antigona - Mechthild Bach
Meraspe - Gerd Vogel
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DVD (Video) - ArtHaus Musik 101 257 (2007)ª; ArtHaus Musik 101 258 (Blu-ray) (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Admeto by George Frideric Handel are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.36; CELLETTI p.308; Opera News July 1996 p.35; American Record Guide January/February 2003 Vol.66 No.1 p.63
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - July 2007 p.96 [DV]
Opera - July 2007 pp.876-877 [SB]
Opera News - June 2007 p.74 [JM]
Diapason - No.546 avril 2007 p.111 [IAA]
American Record Guide - July/August 2007 Vol.70 No.4 pp.244-245 [JWB]
Opéra Magazine - No.17 avril 2007 p.79 [PG]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XXI N.215 aprile 2007 pp.85-86 [AM]
International Record Review - June 2007 pp.79-80 [HC]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.103 septiembre 2007 pp.82-83 [JV]
Comments:- *In addition to the DVDs Arthaus supplies two CDs with recordings of the arias.
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Conductor Nicholas McGegan - 2009(LI)
Orchestra - Festspiel Orchester Göttingen
Admeto - Tim Mead
Alceste - Marie Arnet
Ercole - William Berger
Orindo - Kirsten Blaise
Trasimede - Andrew Radley
Antigona - Kirsten Blaise
Meraspe - Wolf Matthias Friedrich
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Compact Disc; - premiereopera.net {3CDRS) (2009)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Admeto by George Frideric Handel are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.36; CELLETTI p.308; Opera News July 1996 p.35; American Record Guide January/February 2003 Vol.66 No.1 p.63
Comments:- *Recording of a performance the Deutsches Theater, Göttingen (May, June 2009). The CDRs issued by premiereopera.net are (were?) listed on their website (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
Abbreviations
(STU), "Studio" Recording
(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts
(STC), Composite "Studio" Recording made up from more than one source
(SCE), Composite "Studio" Recording of Excerpts from more than one source
(LI), "Live" Recording
(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts
(LC), "Live" Composite Recording from more than one performance
(LCE), Excerpts from more than one "Live" Performance
(RA), A Radio Performance
(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance
(RC), Composite Radio Performance from more than one broadcast
(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance
(FI), Film or/and sound track of a film
(FE), Excerpts of an opera from a film or/and the sound track of a film
CELLETTI, Il Teatro d'Opera in Disco by Rodolfo Celletti - Rizzoli - 1988
EJS Discography, EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings - The Golden Age of Opera, 1956-71 by William Shaman, William J. Collins, and Calvin M. Goodwin - GreenwoodPress - 1994
GIUDICI, L'Opera in CD e Video by Elvio Giudici - il Saggiatore Milano - 1995. Second Edition - 1999 - is indicated by (2)
HARRIS, Opera Recordings - A Critical Guide by Kenn Harris - David and Charles - 1973
MARINELLI, Opere in Disco by Carlo Marinelli - Discanto Edizione - 1982
MET, The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera - edited by Paul Gruber - Thames and Hudson - 1993
MET(VID), The Metropolitan Guide to Opera on Video - edited by Paul Gruber - W.W. Norton & Co. Ltd. - 1997
More EJS, More EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings by William Shaman - William J. Collins - Calvin M. Goodwin - Greenwood Press 1999
NEWTON (Verdi), Verdi - Tutti i libretti d'opera edited by Piero Mioli
PENGUIN, The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Discs by Edwin Greenfield - Robert Layton - Ivan March - Penguin Books 1993
Discos Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española
Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española