Album Description

Two-CD Set

Esther is one of Handel's most intimate sacred oratorios, presented here in its original 1718 version, performed and recorded 'in the round'.

Includes solo performances by Lynda Russell, Nancy Argenta Michael Chance, Tom Randle, Mark Padmore, Matthew Vine, Simon Berridge, Michael George, Robert Evans, Simon Birchall and Anthony Robson.

Artists

Track Listing

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Esther

CD1 
1. Overture 
2. - 5. Scene 1 
6. - 12. Scene 2 
13. - 16. Scene 3 
17. - 20. Oboe Sonata in G minor

TOTAL PLAYING TIME: 47.31

CD2 
1. - 5. Scene 4 
6. - 14. Scene 5 
15. - 20. Scene 6 

TOTAL PLAYING TIME: 57.49