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Judith Nelson
Judith Anne Nelson, née Manes was an American soprano, noted for her performances of baroque music at the beginning of the "early music revival" of the 1970s and 1980s. Nelson was born in Evanston, Illinois. She graduated with a degree in music from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota in 1961. On August 5 of the same year she married Alan H. Nelson, with whom she moved to Berkeley, California. In Paris, Nelson joined the Five Centuries Ensemble, then in 1976 she was a founding member, with William Christie, and Wieland Kuijken, of René Jacobs' Concerto Vocale, the chamber music ensemble which preceded Christie's own Les Arts Florissants in 1979. She also performed with Christopher Hogwood’s Academy of Ancient Music, and Anthony Rooley's Consort of Musicke - in soprano duets together with Emma Kirkby. Later she was one of the founding members of Nicholas McGegan's San Francisco-based Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, specialising in Handel and Purcell. In opera she made her debut in Brussels in 1979, in Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea under Alan Curtis. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Nelson) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)

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Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589: III. Laudamus te
Judith Nelson
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Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589: VI. Domine Deus, Rex caelestis
Judith Nelson
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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 1: Scene Of The Drunken Poet: "Fill up the Bowl"
Judith Nelson
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Handel: "Quel fior che all'alba ride" (Duetto XV), HWV 192
Emma Kirkby
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Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 / Act 2: Song And Chorus: "Sing while we trip it on the Green"
Judith Nelson

Albums

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Vivaldi: Gloria; Stabat Mater

2012
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Bach, J.S. / Vivaldi: Magnificat / Nisi Dominus / Nulla in Mundo Pax Sincera etc.

1994
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Handel: Messiah

1980
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Handel: Messiah Highlights

2008
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas

1981
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Mondonville: Pièces de clavecin, Op. 5

2008
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Handel: Là resurrezione

2006
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas

1981
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Vivaldi: Gloria/Nisi Dominus/4 Cantatas etc.

1997
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Handel: Messiah

1980

Videos

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Kyrie (Missa Sancti Nicolai) - Haydn

morphthing1 • 87K views
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Monteverdi - Duo seraphim a 3 voci -Birgit Grenat-Judith Nelson-Renè Jacobs *** Orazio Gentileschi

argesarge2 • 517 views
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Vivaldi: Gloria - 6. Domine Deus, Rex coelestis - Preston

pannonia77 • 4.5K views
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Gloria (Missa Sancti Nicolai) - Haydn

morphthing1 • 149K views
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Henry Purcell - The Fairy Queen Z 629 - Dance For The Green Men (Act 3) - #25

Henry Purcell • 2.7K views
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Henry Purcell – Te Deum (1694)

Ars Musicorum • 4.4K views
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Händel: Foundling Hospital Anthem - 4. The Charitable shall be had - Preston

pannonia77 • 8.7K views
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Händel: Quel fior, HWV 192 - Kirkby, Nelson

HandelCantatas • 64K views
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Handel: "Nò, di voi non vo' fidarmi" - Duetto XVI, HWV 189

Harpsichord246 • 18K views