George Frideric HANDEL
(1685 - 1759)
Esther
oratorio (1718?, Cannons?/rev. 1732, London) (HWV 50a/b)
libretto: Alexander Pope?/John Arbuthnot?/(1732) Samuel Humphreys,
after Jean Racine)
Julia Lezhneva, soprano (Esther)
Maarten Engeltjes, alto (Ahasverus, Mordecai)
Andreas Wolf, bass (Haman)
The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
DIR.: TON KOOPMAN
recorded: Oct 21, 2024, TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht
period instruments
lossless (flac)
source: NPO Klassiek (NL) (digital radio) (stream)
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(01) act 1 [52'30"]
(02) act 2 [24'53"]
(03) act 3 [34'34"]
Picture: Artemisia Gentileschi, Esther before Ahasverus (late 1620s/1630s)
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