Thursday, 30 July 2026

Handel Week (4): Joseph and his brethren - Laurence Cummings

 


George Frideric HANDEL

(1685 - 1759)


Joseph and his brethren

oratorio in 3 parts (HWV 59) (London, 1744)

libretto: James Miller (after Genesis and Zeno)


Michael Strik, soprano [treble] (Benjamin)

Elizabeth Watts, soprano (Asenath)

Hilary Summers, contralto (Phanor, Potiphera)

Tim Mead, alto (Joseph)

Robert Sellier, tenor (Judah, Simeon)

George Humphreys, bass (Pharaoh, Reuben)


NDR Chor

FestspielOrchester Göttingen


DIR: LAURENCE CUMMINGS


recorded: May 17, 2013, Stadthalle, Göttingen

[Internationale Händel-Festspiele Göttingen 2013]


period instruments

flac (original bitrate unknown)


included: libretto & programme notes [pdf]


(01) part 1 [59'26"]

(02) part 2 [63'27"]

(03) part 3 [46'17"]


Picture: Joseph and his brothers (Ottavio Vannini, 1585-c1643)


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Joseph and his brethren

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Elizabeth Watts

Hilary Summers

Tim Mead

Robert Sellier

George Humphreys

NDR Chor

FestspielOrchester Göttingen


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