Handel
Shura Cherkassky (piano) The Ambassador Auditorium Recitals 1981-9 (First Hand Records)
A desirable collection that captures the Cherkassky magic [SG]
Handel: Arias for mezzo soprano (Apex)
This music springs to life as Handel’s operatic music rarely does [CH]
Handel: Arias (Linn)
(Déjà Review) I will treasure this disc as a record of a fine singer at a wonderful peak in her career [RH]
Jakub Józef Orlínski (vocals): #LetsBaRock (Erato)
A highly professional crossover album, that should be attractive to lovers of rock music, but is not quite my cup of tea [GF]
Alison Balsom (piccolo trumpet) Baroque Concertos (Warner Classics)
Doesn’t take the place of the Maurice André transcriptions in my affections, but still has much to offer [DJB]
Aaron Rosand (violin) In Memoriam (Rhine Classics)
The vibrant, alluring art of arch-Romanticist, Aaron Rosand [JW]
Handel: Total Eclipse (SOMM Recordings)
The best of Handel in instrumental arrangements [JV]
Alfred Dubois (violin): Mozart & Vieuxtemps Violin Concertos (Biddulph)
Superior transfers of a great violinist, cut down too soon [JW]
Handel: Trio Sonatas op. 5 (Avie)
(Déjà Review) Intoxicating, sometimes quixotic, but always entertaining [JW]
Moriz Rosenthal (piano) Complete Solo Recordings (APR)
The complete recorded legacy of a great Golden Age pianist, ideally transferred to CD [RWe]
Handel: Coronation Anthems (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Perfectly elegant and passionate renditions, with excellent pacing and a blended, lovely choral sound [KS]
Isolde Menges (violin) (Biddulph)
A great artist’s important legacy restored, including first recordings of Beethoven, Bach and Vaughan Williams [JW]
Handel: Complete Violin Sonatas (Delphian)
An accomplished partnership presents Handel’s violin sonatas most attractively [MC]
Handel: Complete Violin Sonatas (Delphian)
Fine advocacy from these gifted performers [SG]
Handel: The Six Organ Concertos Op. 4 (Avie)
Very imaginative and enthralling interpretations [JV]
Handel: Deborah (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Tread carefully, and be warned: if you give this modestly-priced issue a miss, you’ll be depriving yourself of some truly wonderful music, expertly executed [PJL]
Sylvie Spycket (harpsichord) (Forgotten Records)
A short-lived harpsichordist heard in a bracingly robust recital [JW]
Neville Marriner (conductor): The Complete Warner Classics Recordings (Warner Classics)
An 80-CD centenary salute to Marriner, with (or without) his ASMF [JW]
Handel: Handel for Trumpet (Linn)
A superbly programmed set of pieces by Handel, reimagined for trumpet and piano [PB]
Handel: Theodora (Alpha Classics)
A splendidly cohesive musically-rewarding example of integrated casting and performance [JW]
Handel & Ferrandini: Choral works (Passacaille)
Convincing performances of two very different masterpieces [JV]
Handel: Messiah (Erato)
Period-instrument Messiah, not to be missed [DF]
Scenes of Horror: Baroque Arias From the Shadows (Perfect Noise)
Thoroughly disappointing – a voice of no great distinction in a gimmicky programme [RMo]
A Choral Christmas (Decca)
Beautiful sounds in big-boned arrangements which are best sample piecemeal rather than all at once [MP]
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