Handel
Sir Thomas Beecham: The Great Communicator (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) An excellent insight into the human relationships and stories behind some of the great symphonic and vocal music on record [DBe]
If Music: Jakub Józef Orliński (Erato)
A recital that sets up tensions, fruitful and otherwise, between voice and piano [JW]
Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks
by Alan George
Handel: Serse (Erato)
Arrestingly beautiful, sung with passion and intensity [ST]
Handel: Arias of Love and Madness (Channel Classics)
(Déjà Review) Successfully mixes familiar and unfamiliar and performed with style, charm and a nice poignancy. What more could you want? [RH]
Handel: Water Music (Naïve)
(Déjà Review) Vividly realized and thoroughly entertaining performances [MG]
Handel: Messiah (Pristine Audio)
A grand, classic, sui generis recording of ‘Messiah’ in revitalised sound [RMo]
Handel: Israel in Egypt (Alpha Classics)
A lot going for this recording – but significant reservations too [JQ]
Gundula Janowitz (soprano) In Concert (VAI)
I’d be willing to stay up all night to hear her [RMo]
Handel: Messiah (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) A middle-of-the-road performance which just about presses all the right buttons [BW]
Handel: Acis and Galatea (Linn)
A strong contender for the Recording of the Year [BW]
Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Naxos)
A typically thought-provoking Calixto Bieito production of Handel’s masterpiece, well sung and played [DHa]
Heinrich Koll (viola): The Art of the Viola (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) Fluent and elegant, and very pleasing [JW]
Handel & Haydn: Piano Works (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) Even harpsichord lovers will appreciate the Handel [BW]
Handel: Concerti Grossi Op.6 (BIS)
(Déjà Review) As they say in the trade: ‘a winner!’ [DC]
Handel: Chandos Anthems, Vol 2 (Chandos)
A reminder that there is more than one way to do “authentic” performance [ST]
Handel: Italian Cantatas & Arias (cpo)
A selection of vocal and instrumental works from Handel’s Italian sojourn performed with flair [CRo]
Handel: Chandos Anthems (Alpha Classics)
Four of Handel’s Chandos Anthems, stripped back and spring cleaned [ST]
Handel: Alexander’s Feast (Arcana)
Apart from the tenor’s contribution and spritelier tempi here, nothing else about this new recording sways my loyalty to the old Ledger recording [RMo]
Handel: Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) A fine recording of a remarkable and fascinating masterpiece from Handel’s years in Italy [GPu]
Handel: Alexander’s Feast & Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day (Carus)
Very good reasons to add this set to your collection [JS]
Handel: Great Handel Choruses (BIS)
Look no further for a cross-section of Handel’s best choral music [GF]
Handel: Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks (Erato)
(Déjà Review) Clarity of texture is here combined with freshness of projection and immediacy of recording [MG]
Handel: Dettingen Te Deum (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) Superb … all the commitment and excitement imaginable [LW]
