Handel
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]
Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor) Complete Stereo Recordings on Warner Classics
Beecham’s stereo discography in a sturdy box albeit largely in pre-existing remasterings [JW]
Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor) Complete Stereo Recordings on Warner Classics
A Beecham stereo treasury from the 1950s in wonderful sound [LM]
Handel and Colonna: Sacred music (Ricercar)
A good case for Colonna and one of the best performances of Handel’s Dixit Dominus [JV]
Handel: Music for the Chapel Royal (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) The Musicians Extra-ordinary sound like an expert group of specialists [JW]
Handel: Sonatas for Violin and Basso continuo (Arcana)
Excellent playing, but the concept is debatable [JV]
Wood conducts Bach and Handel (Pristine Audio)
Performances from another era, in fine transfers, which can be enjoyed without apology [PSt]
The Convict Harpsichordist (Move)
(Déjà Review) An fascinating recital themed around the first harpsichord to arrive in Australia [RH]
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem (BIS)
A recreation of the 1868 Bremen Cathedral premiere of Brahms’ German Requiem with massed choirs and players [PH]
Handel: Water Music & Royal Fireworks Suites (Naxos)
(Déjà Review) A winner from start to finish – Handel’s music is given a splendid rendition
Wood conducts Bach and Handel (Pristine Audio)
Wood’s reputation belied by his recordings: mobility and directness in Bach [JW]
Handel: Lotario (Naxos)
A thoroughly enjoyable, very well sung and played – if rather small-scale – performance of a neglected Handel opera [RMo]
Handel: Ópera Viva (IBS Classical)
Underwhelming singing compromises the attractiveness of this medley of Handel numbers from his operas played in strict period style [RMo]
Shura Cherkassky (piano) The Ambassador Auditorium Recitals 1981-9 (First Hand Records)
Autumnal never-before-released Cherkassky recitals show few signs of fatigue [JW]
Handel: Arias (Sony Classical)
Another highly attractive addition to my already impressive collection of present-day mezzos [GF]
Handel: Fernando, Re di Castiglia (Erato)
(Déjà Review) A delightful score, fortunate here in being both sensitively and expressively performed [IB]
Earliest French Piano Recordings (APR)
A splendidly remastered and historically important tranche of piano recordings [JW]
Handel: Messiah (Alto)
A brilliant, flawless live performance graced by some stellar solo singing [RMo]
