Handel: Joshua - Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, John Mark Ainsley, Choir of New College, Oxford, Robert King, The King's Consort

Handel: Joshua

Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, John Mark Ainsley

Choir of New College, Oxford

Robert King, The King's Consort

Achsah : Emma Kirkby : Soprano

Othniel : James Bowman : Countertenor

Angel : Aidan Oliver : Treble

Joshua : John Mark Ainsley : Tenor

Caleb : Michael George : Bass

Choir of New College, Oxford

Edward Higginbottom  : Director

The King's Consort

Robert King : Conductor

Recording : Chapel of St Joseph's College, Mill Hill, London, on 31 

July-5 August 1990

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G. F. Handel : Athalia - J. Sutherland , E. Kirkby , J. Bowman , A. Jones , C. Hogwood / The Academy of Ancient Music - 2CDs - 1986

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G. F. Handel: Athalia - J. Sutherland, E. Kirkby, J. Bowman, A. Jones, C. Hogwood / The Academy of Ancient Music - 2CDs -1986

"The first great English oratorio. It was a brillant stroke of imagination to ask Dame Joan Sutherland to take the title-role ... her singing is truly magnificent in its grandeur and its clear, bell-like, perfectly focused tone. As a whole these two discs, excellently recorded, give an admirable and often striking realization of this work, and I warmly recommend it" - Gramophone

'Hogwood's splendid set is cast from strength, with Dame Joan Sutherland's richly vibrant singing contrasting with the pure silver of Emma Kirkby, not to mention the celestial treble of Aled Jones' - Peguin Guide

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Athalia
English Oratorio in Three Acts
Athalia: Joan Sutherland
Josabeth: Emma Kirkby
Joas: Aled Jones
Joad: James Bowman
Mathan: Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Abner: David Thomas
Chorus of Young Virgins, Attendants, Sidonian Priests, Levites and Israelites: Choir of New College, Oxford
Chorus Master: Edward Higginbottom
The Academy of Ancient Music (on period Instruments)
Christopher Hogwood
Recording: St Jude's Church, London, May / June 1985
Total Playing Time: CD 01: 55min 52sec - CD 02: 65min 47 sec
Year: 1986

Vivaldi: Gloria, Nisi Dominus, Cantatas - Kirkby, AAM, Hogwood / Bott, Preston

Vivaldi: Gloria, Nisi Dominus, Motets, Cantatas, "La Folia"
Kirkby, Bowman, Hogwood, Preston / The Academy of Ancient Music 
Bott, Pickett / New London Consort
2CDs - Decca 455 727-2