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The choice of Hercules : Die Wahl des Herakles / G.F. Händel.

Author/creator Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
Format Audio (CD) and Musical Sound Recording
Publication InfoKönigsdorf, W.-Germany : Capriccio, ℗1984.
Description1 audio disc (51 min., 13 sec.) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
Heracles (Greek mythological character)--Songs and music.
Hercules (Roman mythological character)--Songs and music.
Cantatas, Secular.
Other author/creatorHrubá-Freiberger, Věnceslava, singer.
Other author/creatorAugér, Arleen singer.
Other author/creatorZaepffel, Alain singer.
Other author/creatorBüchner, Eberhard singer.
Other author/creatorPommer, Max conductor.
Other author/creatorLowth, Robert, 1710-1787. Judgement of Hercules.
Other author/creatorUniversitätschor Leipzig (Germany), performer.
Other author/creatorNeues Bachisches Collegium Musicum Leipzig, performer.
Parallel title Wahl des Herakles
General noteSecular cantata.
General noteLibretto based on the poem Judgement of Hercules by Robert Lowth, adapted by an unknown librettist.
General noteCompact disc.
General noteProgram notes in German by Max Pommer and in English by Teri Noel Towe, and libretto (11 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Performer Venceslava Hruba-Freiberger, Arleen Augér, sopranos ; Alaine Zaeppffel, counter-tenor ; Eberhard Büchner, tenor ; Leipziger Universitätschor ; Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum Leipzig ; Max Pommer, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded in Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche, Leipzig, June 19-25, 1982.
LanguageSung in English.
LCCN 86754527
UPC 006408100195
Publisher number10 019 Capriccio

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