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George Frideric Handel (Composer), Rene Jacobs (Conductor), Concerto Koln (Orchestra), Jennifer Larmore (Performer), Bernarda Fink (Performer), Derek Lee Ragin (Performer), Furio Zanasi (Performer), Dominique Visse (Performer), Barbara Schlick / Marianne Rorholm (Performer), Olivier Lallouette (Performer)
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  • Performer: Jennifer Larmore, Bernarda Fink, Derek Lee Ragin, Furio Zanasi, Dominique Visse, et al.
  • Orchestra: Concerto Koln
  • Conductor: Rene Jacobs
  • Composer: George Frideric Handel
  • Audio CD (December 11, 1992)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 4
  • Format: Import
  • Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
  • ASIN: B000027O71
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #31,201 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Disc: 1
1. Ov - Con Koln/Rene Jacobs
2. Act 1, Scene 1. Cesare E Curio: Viva Il Nostro Alcide - Con Koln/Rene Jacobs
3. Act 1, Scene 1. Cesare E Curio: Aria: Presti Omai/Scene 2. Cornelia, Sesto E Detti - Jennifer Larmore
4. Act 1, Scene 3. Achilla, E Detti: Aria: Empio, Diro - Jennifer Larmore
5. Act 1, Scene 4. Curio, Sesto E Cornelia: Aria: Priva Son D'Ogni Conforto - Bernarda Fink
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Disc: 2
1. Act 1, Scene 9. Cesare, Tolomeo Ed Achilla: Cesare, Alla Tua Destra/Aria: Va Tacito/Scene 10... - Derek Lee Ragin/Jennifer Larmore
2. Act 1, Scene 11. Cornelia, Sesto, Ed Achilla: Aria: Tu Sei Il Cor - Furio Zanasi
3. Act 1, Scene 11. Cornelia, Sesto, Ed Achilla: Son Nata A Lagrimar - Bernarda Fink/Marianne Rorholm
4. Act 2, Scene 1. Cleopatra, E Nireno: Eseguisti, O Niren - Barbara Schlick
5. Act 2, Scene 2. Nireno, E Poi Cesare: Sinf - Con Koln/Rene Jacobs
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Disc: 3
1. Act 2, Scene 8. Curio, E Detti: Che Sento?/Aria: Se Pieta - Barbara Schlick
2. Act 2, Scene 9. Tolomeo, Cornelia, E Poi Sesto: Aria: Belle Dee/Scene 10. Achilla, E Detti - Derek Lee Ragin
3. Act 2, Scene 11. Sesto, E Cornelia. Aria: L'Aura Che Spira - Marianne Rorholm
4. Act 3, Scene 1. Achilla: Aria: Dal Fulgor - Furio Zanasi
5. Act 3, Scene 2. Tolomeo, Cleopatra: Sinf - Con Koln/Rene Jacobs
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Disc: 4
1. Act 3, Scene Ultima. Cesare, Cleopatra, Curio, Nireno, Sesto E Cornelia: Sinf - Con Koln/Rene Jacobs
2. Act 3, Scene Ultima. Cesare, Cleopatra, Curio, Nireno, Sesto E Cornelia: Caro/Bella - Barbara Schlick/Jennifer Larmore
3. Act 3, Scene Ultima. Cesare, Cleopatra, Curio, Nireno, Sesto E Cornelia: Ritorni Omai - Con Koln/Rene Jacobs
4. Appendix: Aria: Qui Perde Un Momento - Dominique Visse


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This is one of Handel's most powerful scores--in which history, wonder of wonders, is hardly mangled at all--and Jennifer Larmore's singing in the title role, heading a strong cast, makes this version a must-own for anyone with an interest in this music. Conductor René Jacobs has produced what amounts to a critical edition of Handel's score and has found the singers to do it justice. Barbara Schlick is a strong, believable Cleopatra, and Derek Lee Ragin's slightly whiny timbre is well-suited to the character of Ptolemy. Jacobs leads this dramatically engaging performance with thoughfulness and energy. --Sarah Bryan Miller

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars TOP OF THE LINE, March 25, 2001
By MOVIE MAVEN (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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"Julius Caesar" is one of my very favorite operas and I have been waiting not-so patiently for a recording as complete and first-rate as this one. The cast is perfect, headed by "the" Caesar of our time: Jennifer Larmore. I have seen Larmore perform the role at the Metropolitan Opera and this recording actually catches her strong, fervant, romantic and absolutely astonishingly sung perfomance perfectly. The sound, as usual with the Harmonia Mundi label, could not be bettered. The Concerto Koln, led by Rene Jacobs (a period instrument specialist) plays with the passion and precision that is absolutely necessary for this work.

Until this 4CD set was released, one had to do with an abridged version, of which the one on 2 discs starring Beverly Sills must be given first place because of her astounding "Cleopatra." (This is the role, remember, that catapulted Sills to international fame & even onto the cover of "Time" magazine!) Also on a Decca re-release of Handel's "Alcina" (another superb Handel opera) there are about 45 minutes worth of excerpts from "Julius Caesar" with Marilyn Horne triumphant as "Cornelia."

What an exciting opera this is! But let me warn first-time Handel opera listeners: it is very, very long--over four hours of baroque vocal music, so if you're not sure, why not buy the excerpts CD of this recording and after you fall in love with the piece as I did, you can give that CD away as a gift and buy the complete version for yourself. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

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23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Very enjoyable - finally, October 11, 2002
By Frank Paris (Beaverton, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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I am a big Charles Mackerras fan, and generally love his performances. So when I found myself less than enchanted with his recording of "Giulio Cesare" I blamed it on the music, and more or less forgot about the work, letting the album languish on my shelf for years without listening to it. Then I recently bought the "New Penguin Opera Guide" (a book to die for, by the way) and started reading through all the Handel operas, since I am a huge fan of these works (and his oratorios). Imagine my surprise to learn that "Giulio Cesare" is considered one of Handel's finest operas! I thought to myself, "Don't I have that opera?" Looking through my shelves of Handel, sure enough, I rediscovered my Mackerras recording and played it. Nope. Didn't like it, so decided to search for another recording, and the only other one of note is this Rene Jacobs recording, so I quickly ordered it from Amazon. From the first few bars, WOW! What have I been MISSING? I just LOVE this Jacobs performance. Now THAT's the Handel I know and love, I said to myself. This is a very exciting, idiomatic performance and can only wonder what happened to Mackerras when he turned his baton to it. Highly recommended.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An essential - victoire, c'est la mot, June 28, 2000
Words fail me as to this recording. Finally there is a good and young mezzo-soprano who can finally handle (no pun intended) the true complete score of Giulio Cesare. Jennifer Larmore does full justice to the part -- listen to her in soliloquy-type accompagnamentos as "Alma del gran Pompeo" and "Dall'ondoso periglio...Aure, deh, per pieta," and at the same time be astounded by her vocal acrobatics in such arias as "Quel torrente" and touched by her sensitivity and pureness of tone in "Caro...bella." I guarantee that you will be moved to tears by the end of this remarkable 4-CD set. Barbara Schlick is not my favourite Cleopatra (that is and will forever be Beverly Sills), however her voice handles with amazing agility and unsurpassed beauty the part of the seductive Egyptian queen -- she is not as visibly flamboyant as Sills, but her voice is more calming and young rather than near-startling. This innocence of tone and interpretation really works for such arias as "Non disperar," but in more pensive and introverted arias like "Piangero" I sometimes feel that something is lacking. Nonetheless, she is excellent.

Bernarda Fink is a true mother and sufferer as the best Cornelia on record, and the young Swedish beauty Marianne Rorholm's Sesto takes no lesser place. In such arias as "Svegliatevi nel core" and "La giustizia," I finally I hear a Sesto that convinces me that s/he is an upstart young man -- a skillful singer is one that convinces you that they are the only person for the part, n'est-ce pas?

The Tolomeo, Derek Lee Ragin, is part of the reason for buying this recording, as he was the first countertenor I really came into contact with. Some find his voice white in timbre, but who is a better threatening young Egyptian king than he? No one does such a convincing job. Furio Zanasi is one of the new generation of Italian singers getting into the Early Music act, and it's really about time he should get more recording contracts, because he does an excellent job as Achilla, adding nuance to the role that I am sure no one has ever done before on any recording.

In the lesser roles of Nireno, Dominique Visse does a commendable job, although I find his mezzo a bit annoyingly androgynous at times. Olivier Lallouette does justice to the small part of Curio. He makes himself known, even though his part is by far the smallest. Neither of them actually has arias, although a supplementary one for Nireno is included on the 4th CD (originally written later by Handel for a later production, I think).

Overall, Rene Jacobs has earned his stripes as a musical/musicological genius and must be remembered for both his coordination of this recording and his amazing command of period style as heard through the orchestra. I am also amazed by the interpretation of the continuo, which I have never heard as colourful in any other opera recording. I hope that others will someday follow suit.

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4.0 out of 5 stars One of Handel's best Operas. Give me his Oratorios.
'Giulio Cesare' by Georg Friedric Handel is, according to the book of notes accompanying this recording of the libretto Italian opera is one of Handel's best. Read more
Published on December 18, 2006 by B. Marold

5.0 out of 5 stars A fair treat.....
I'm always interested in how others review music, particularly opera, which I, among many others, consider the ultimate classical music experience, i.e. Read more
Published on September 7, 2006 by Nancy Eckert

3.0 out of 5 stars Oh well...
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Published on March 10, 2006 by Julia Chembel

5.0 out of 5 stars MYTHICAL RECORDING
Jacobs is very successful in making this a truly dramatic theatrical performance and not just a series of beautiful da capo arias. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars A tough choice... Jacobs or Minkowski?
I have owned Minkowski's about a year, maybe more. Being a huge fan of Handel's operas&oratoriums, this opera moved, thrilled and got me high from the first time I heard its... Read more
Published on August 19, 2005 by Leila

5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful Music, Delightful Cast
Rene Jacobs is one of the most highly respected interpreters of Handel's opera, and he proves his skills and talents once again on this Harmonia Mundi recording of Giulio Cesare... Read more
Published on May 11, 2005 by Eric Erwin

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting performance of a great Baroque opera
Handel's "Giulio Cesare" is undoubtedly his masterpiece, the greatest Baroque opera ever written. It deals with both history and the complex feelings of its characters honestly,... Read more
Published on August 20, 2004 by madamemusico

3.0 out of 5 stars Las hay mejores....
Durante mucho tiempo esta ha sido la version referencial de la obra de Haendel. Al escucharla una y otra vez yo personalmente cada vez le encuentro mas cosas mediocres. Read more
Published on January 12, 2004 by Annio mozartiano ;)

4.0 out of 5 stars Very, very good, but not perfect.
This is the best version actually of Giulio Cesare, but it isn't perfect. Really great are Jennifer Larmore (Cesare) and Bernarda Fink (Cornelia). Read more
Published on August 14, 2003 by Annio

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't miss this recording
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Published on June 5, 2001 by Rogerio Augusto

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