Esther
Georg Friedrich Händel, Emma Kirkby, Patrizia Kwella, Drew Minter, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Paul Elliott, Andrew King, Ian Partridge, David Thomas, Westminster Cathedral Choir, The Academy Of Ancient Music Chorus, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
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Artists
Album Info
Release Date: 1985Label: L'Oiseau-Lyre
℗ & © 1985 The Decca Record Company Limited, LondonMade in Holland. Printed in England.
"The Academy Of Ancient Music" on authentic instruments. A = 415
This box set comes with an 16-page booklet (the size of the box) with extensive information on Händel's Oratorio Esther.
Included are a lot of photographs of the vocalists, conductor, choirs and orchestra.
The notes are in English, French and German.
Also the texts of the Oratorio vocalists are included.
Digital Recording.
This issue is part of the FLORILEGIUM series of Decca.
Cover illustration: "Esther before Ahasuerus" by Sebastiano Ricci (1659-1734), National Gallery, London.
Booklet cover illustration: "Händel", after a painting by Hudson, BBC Hulton Picture Library.
Plum L'Oiseau-Lyre labels with silver lettering.