GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759): Giove in Argo.

Description: Handel assembled this pasticcio in 1739 from six of his own operas, two of his own serenatas and also using several new arias by Francesco Araja (c.1709-1770). To complete with the new popular English oratorios, there are many extended and virtuosic choruses. 2 CDs. Italian-German libretto. Tanya Aspemeier, Lisa Tjalve, Theresa Nelles (sopranos), Benoît Haller (tenor), Würzburg Chamber Choir, Concert Royal Köln; Sylvie Kraus, Matthias Beckert.