Willem Hiele

Händel’s La Resurrezione is an oratorio for Easter. It was first performed on Easter Sunday 1708 in Rome. The libretto was written by Carlo Sigismondo Capece. The events related in the story are those of the period between the Crucifixion and the Resurrection, when Christ ‘descended into Hell’ to redeem the souls of the patriarchs and prophets who had prepared for His coming. The events in the underworld are set out in series of lively exchanges between an Angel and Lucifer. Meanwhile, the story as seen on earth is related through the conversations of three mortal characters, Mary Magdalene, Mary Cleophas and St John the Evangelist. The two planes of the drama are united when the Angel appears to the women at the sepulchre and announces the Resurrection to them.

These recordings were made between 1937 and 1942, and they represent the sum of Mengelberg's commercially released Beethoven for the Telefunken label.

Willem van Otterloo was by no means a dictatorial conductor, nor was he a glamour-seeker or showman. The music itself had the highest priority. His thorough knowledge of each and every score was legendary, and he conducted nearly all the larger works from memory. But above all he was a true orchestral trainer. From this legendary conductor we now have an unique document in our hands. It consists of 38 works (from a total of 125) which where recorded for Philips in the years 1950-60 with the Residency Orchestra The Hague. Also there are two DGG recordings of Haydn symphonies from 1962. The 13 cd’s are all digitally remasterd. This box is a real event: here musical history is written ánd immortalized.

Christophe Willem est issu de la myriade de jeunes chanteurs rendus célèbres par le phénomène de la téléréalité du début du 21e siècle. Né en France à Enghien-les-Bains le 3 août 1983, Willem participe au long-métrage Alive en 2004, mais sa carrière d’acteur s’immobilise et il commence une série de petits boulots. Il se présente à un casting en 2006 pour la série télévisée française Nouvelle Star, un tremplin pour chanteurs amateurs. Il y devient rapidement le favori des fans. Battant finalement sa rivale, Dominique Michalon, il est sacré Nouvelle Star. En mai 2006, il sort son premier album solo, J'irai Chanter, dont le titre "Sunny" se hisse au Top 5.