Handel Edition
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Handel Edition Volume 8 - Theodora, Acis and Galatea, etc.
RecommendedSophie Daneman (Galatea), Paul Agnew (Acis), Alan Ewing (Polyphemus), Patricia Petibon (Damon), Joseph Cornwell (Coridon), Sophie Daneman (Theodora), Richard Croft (Septimius), Juliette Galstian (Irene), Daniel Taylor (Didymus), Nathan Berg (Valens), Laurent Slaars (Messenger), Eva Mei (soprano)
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Building a Library, September 2013, CD Recommendation
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Handel Edition Volume 3 - Tamerlano, L'Allegro ed il Penseroso, etc.
RecommendedDerek Lee Ragin (Tamerlano), Nigel Robson (Bajazet), Nancy Argenta (Asteria), Michael Chance (Andronico), Jane Findlay (Irene), René Schirrer (Leone)
English Baroque Soloists & Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner
Taking Milton as his starting point, Handel illustrated in music the contrasts of mood and character between the cheerful and the thoughtful. Then, prompted by his librettist, Charles Jennens,... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1980, Winner - Choral
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Handel Edition Volume 6 - Belshazzar and Jephtha
Felicity Palmer, Maureen Lehane, Robert Tear, Paul Esswood, Peter van der Bilt & Thomas Sunnegårdh, Werner Hollweg, Thomas Thomaschke, Glenys Linos, Elizabeth Gale, Paul Esswood & Gabriele Sima
Stockholmer Kammerchor & Concentus musicus Wien, Arnold Schoenberg Chor & Concentus...
The particular strength of the Teldec reissue is its splendid cast, all of whom are technically outstanding, invest their every word with meaning and make recitatives fully alive. The titlerole... — More…
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Handel Edition Volume 7 - Saul, Alexander's Feast, etc.
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Saul), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Jonathan), Paul Esswood (David), Julia Varady (Merab), Elizabeth Gale (Michal), Helmut Wildhaber (Witch of Endor, Amelikite, High Priest), Matthias Hölle (Samuel), Felicity Palmer (soprano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Stephen Roberts (bass),...
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Handel Edition Volume 9 - Concerti Grossi, Water Music, Fireworks Music, etc.
Les Musiciens du Louvre, Concentus musicus Wien, English Baroque Soloists, Orchestre de chambre, Marc Minkowski, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, John Eliot Gardiner, Jean-Francois Paillard
…listening now to these searching, unceasingly imaginative performances of Handel’s finest instrumental music, I can’t help feeling that Harnoncourt was (as he has been so often) simply ahead... — More…
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Handel Edition Volume 2 - Il Trionfo, Teseo and Amadigi di Gaula
Isabelle Poulenard (Bellezza), Jennifer Smith (Piacere), Nathalie Stutzmann (Disinganno), John Elwes (Tempo), Eirian James (Teseo), Della Jones (Medea), Julia Gooding (Agilea), Derek Lee Ragin (Egeo), Catherine Napoli (Clizia), Jeffrey Gall (Arcane), Nathalie Stutzmann (Amadigi), Jennifer Smith (Oriana),...
Minkowski, among the liveliest of period-performance specialists, brings out the inventiveness, helped by an excellent cast… these include Della Jones as Medea, Eirian James in the castrato... — More…
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Handel Edition Volume 5 - Semele, Israel in Egypt, etc
Norma Burrowes (Semele), Della Jones (Juno), Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (Jupiter), Timothy Penrose (Athamas), Robert Lloyd (Cadmus), Maldwyn Davies (Apollo), Patrizia Kwella (Iris), Catherine Denley (Ino), David Thomas (Somnus), Elisabeth Priday (Cupid)
Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra, English...
Koopman re-creates something of the occasion in his colourful interpretation of Handel's orchestration and in his pacing of the work. The expressive and dulcet oboe tone produced by Ku Ebbinge... — More…
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Handel Edition Volume 1 - Alcina and Orlando
Renée Fleming (Alcina), Susan Graham (Ruggiero), Natalie Dessay (Morgana), Kathleen Kuhlmann (Bradamante), Timothy Robinson (Oronte), Juanita Lascarro (Oberto), Laurent Naouri (Melisso), Patricia Bardon (Orlando), Rosemary Joshua (Angelica), Hilary Summers (Medoro), Rosa Mannion (Dorinda), Harry...
Christie is very much concerned with a smooth and generally rich texture and with delicacy of rhythmic shaping. His management of the recitative could hardly be bettered and moments of urgency... — More…
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Handel Edition Volume 4 - Messiah and Samson
Felicity Palmer (soprano), Helen Watts (alto), Ryland Davies (tenor) & John Shirley-Quirk (bass), Janet Baker (Delilah), Helen Watts (Micah), Robert Tear (Samson), John Shirley-Quirk (Manoah) & Benjamin Luxon (Harapha), Marilyn Horne (mezzo), Jennifer Larmore (mezzo)
English Chamber...
[on The Messiah] Tempos are lively, though never breathless, and always well judged, and ornamentation is judicious. Choruses are resilient and have an agreeable sense of joy, especially ''For... — More…
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