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bass vocals [chorus aam] Brian Etheridge
bass vocals [chorus aam] Richard Wistreich
bassoon Alastair Mitchell
bassoon Felix Warnock
choir The Academy Of Ancient Music Chorus
choir Westminster Cathedral Choir
chorus master [westminster cathedral boys choir] David Hill
composed by Georg Friedrich Händel
conductor Christopher Hogwood
countertenor vocals [chorus aam] Drew Minter
countertenor vocals [chorus aam] Michael Chance
double bass Barry Guy
engineer John Pellowe
harp [triple harp] Ann Griffiths
harpsichord Alastair Ross
horn Anthony Halstead
horn Christian Rutherford
oboe Clare Shanks
orchestra The Academy Of Ancient Music
painting Sebastiano Ricci
photography by Clive Barda
photography by Jason Shenai
photography by Martin Cole
producer Peter Wadland
sleeve notes Anthony Hicks
tenor vocals [tenor 1, chorus aam] Brian Parsons
tenor vocals [tenor 1, chorus aam] Rufus Müller
tenor vocals [tenor 2, chorus aam] Julian Pike
tenor vocals [tenor 2, chorus aam] Neil Lunce
trumpet Crispian Steele-Perkins
viola Judith Tarling
viola Katherine Hart
violin Brian Smith
violin Catherine Mackintosh
violin Christopher Hirons
violin David Woodcock
violin Elizabeth Wallfisch
violin John Willison
violin Julie Miller
violin William Thorp
violoncello Jane Coe
violoncello Mark Caudle
vocals [chorus westminster cathedral] Anthony Oliver
vocals [chorus westminster cathedral] Domenic Sewell
vocals [chorus westminster cathedral] Francis Sheperd
vocals [chorus westminster cathedral] Keith Roberts
vocals [chorus westminster cathedral] Marc Stevens
vocals [chorus westminster cathedral] Robert Ogden
vocals [chorus westminster cathedral] Roderic Unwin
vocals [chorus westminster cathedral] Sean Evans
Phonographic Copyright (p) The Decca Record Company Limited
Copyright (c) The Decca Record Company Limited
℗ & © 1985 The Decca Record Company Limited, London
Made 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.
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