Samson: Let the bright seraphim Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet) English Chamber Orchestra, Barry Rose Lascia la spina (from Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno) Cecilia Bartoli Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble, Marc Minkowski Frondi tenere e belle ... Ombra mai fù (from Serse) Plácido Domingo Giuseppe Verdi SO Milano, Marcelo Viotti Tornami a vagheggiar (from Alcina) Joan Sutherland London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge Dopo notte (from Ariodante) Anne Sofie von Otter Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski Care selve (from Atalanta) Luciano Pavarotti Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Richard Bonynge V' adoro, pupille (from Giulio Cesare) Renée Fleming Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket Ciel e terra armi di sdegno (from Tamerlano) Rolando Villazón Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh Ma che vuoi più da me (from Floridante) Joyce DiDonato Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis Ah dolce nome! (from Muzio Scevola) Russell Oberlin The Baroque Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dunn Jephtha: Waft her, angels, through the skies Nigel Robson English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner Messiah: He was despised Kathleen Ferrier London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV258 'Zadok the Priest' Choir of Westminster Abbey, The English Concert, Simon Preston Semele: Where'er you walk Bryn Terfel Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras Hercules: Where shall I fly? Janet Baker English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard Joshua: Oh! had I Jubal's lyre Magdalena Kozena Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon Judas Maccabaeus: See, the conqu'ring hero comes! Academy & Chorus of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner Judas Maccabaeus: Father of Heaven Grace Bumbry The Utah Symphony, Maurice Abravanel Solomon: Almighty pow'r Andreas Scholl Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh Semele: Myself I shall adore Danielle de Niese Les Arts Florissants, William Christie Messiah: The People that walked in darkness John Tomlinson The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock Piangerò la sorte mia (from Giulio Cesare) Teresa Berganza Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Alexander Gibson Verdi prati (from Alcina) Fritz Wunderlich Cappella Coloniensis, Ferdinand Leitner Semele: Hence, Iris, hence away Marilyn Horne New Symphony Orchestra of London, Richard Bonynge Theodora: Angels, ever bright and fair Susan Gritton Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh Messiah: I know that my Redeemer liveth Sylvia McNair Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner Messiah: Behold, I tell you a mystery... The trumpet shall sound Thomas Quasthoff Staatskapelle Dresden, Sebastian Weigle Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus The English Concert Choir, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock | 
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