Handel

Earliest French Piano Recordings APR7318

The Earliest French Piano Recordings (APR)

A perfect picture of French pianism in the early part of the twentieth century [RCh]

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Golden Thread – The Art of Piano Transcription (Acis Productions)

An interesting collection of transcriptions let down by lacklustre playing [RCh]

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Handel: Il Messia (cpo)

Perhaps little more than an abridged curiosity, but mostly well done within the limitations of the form [RMo]

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Shura Cherkassky (piano) The Ambassador Auditorium Recitals 1981-9 (First Hand Records)

A desirable collection that captures the Cherkassky magic [SG]

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Handel: Arias for mezzo soprano (Apex)

This music springs to life as Handel’s operatic music rarely does [CH]

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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]

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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]

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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]

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Isolde Menges (violin) (Biddulph)

A great artist’s important legacy restored, including first recordings of Beethoven, Bach and Vaughan Williams [JW]

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Handel: Complete Violin Sonatas (Delphian)

An accomplished partnership presents Handel’s violin sonatas most attractively [MC]

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Handel: Complete Violin Sonatas (Delphian)

Fine advocacy from these gifted performers [SG]

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Handel: The Six Organ Concertos Op. 4 (Avie)

Very imaginative and enthralling interpretations [JV]

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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]

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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]

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Handel & Ferrandini: Choral works (Passacaille)

Convincing performances of two very different masterpieces [JV]