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Handel: Jephtha RecommendedJames Gilchrist (Jephtha), Susan Bickley (Storge), Sophie Bevan (Iphis), Robin Blaze (Hamor), Matthew Brook (Zebul) & Grace Davidson (Angel)
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Christophers's taut, vibrant, and beautifully sprung account is bright and dazzling, yet so often the score ought to inhabit the tortured light and shade of Caravaggio...the choruses are finely... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Building a Library, January 2018, First Choice
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Handel: Messiah RecommendedRemastered 2014
Judith Nelson, Emma Kirkby, Carolyn Watkinson, Paul Elliott & David Thomas
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford & The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1970s
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Handel: Messiah RecommendedCarolyn Sampson, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mark Padmore, Christopher Purves
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Three of the four outstanding soloists - fine Handelians all - cut their teeth in the choir, and Catherine Wyn-Rogers has been a regular soloist. Crucially they don't stand apart, regally dispensing... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th August 2008
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Building a Library, April 2009, First Choice
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Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV54
RecommendedNancy Argenta, Emily Van Evera, Timothy Wilson, Anthony Rolfe, David Thomas, Jeremy White
Taverner Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott
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Building a Library, June 2019, Recommended Recording
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Handel: Jephtha RecommendedJames Gilchrist (Jephtha), Mona Julsrud (Iphis), Elisabeth Jansson (Storge), Håvard Stensvold (Zebul), Marianne B. Kielland (Hamor), Elisabeth Rapp (Angel)
Collegium Vocale Gent & Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Biondi
The expressive singing of Collegium Vocale Gent is one of the most attractive elements in Fabio Biondi's live recording of Jephtha. The choir sound more freethan they do under their founder,... — More…
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Building a Library, January 2018, Also Recommended
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Pilar Lorengar
RecommendedBerlin, 1959 - 1962
Pilar Lorengar, Richard Klemm (viola da gamba), Siegfried Behrend (guitar), Hertha Klust (piano)
RIAS-Kammerchor, RIAS-Orchester RSO Berlin & Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
[an] abundance of delights … if you want to revel in the beauty and freshness of one of the postwar era’s most lovable soprano voices in its youthful prime, this is a set to head for. — More…
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Opera, September 2014, Recording of the Month
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Building a Library, July 2019, Also Recommended
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Building a Library, November 1999, First Choice
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Building a Library, November 2015, First Choice
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Handel - Coronation Anthems
RecommendedSusan Gritton (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Michael George (bass)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Academy of Ancient Music, Stephen Cleobury
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2001, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, April 2023, Recommended Recording
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
RecommendedKirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Eilidh McNab, Arda Mandikian, Sheila Rex, Anna Pollak, Thomas Hemsley & David Lloyd
The Mermaid Singers and Orchestra, Geraint Jones
[On the original release in January 1953] At last we have a really satisfactory recording of Dido. — More…
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Handel: Messiah
RecommendedDorothee Mields (soprano), Benno Schachtner (alto), Benedikt Kristjánsson (tenor), Tobias Berndt (bass), Gaechinger Cantorey, Hans-Christoph Rademann
This is a generally fine account of a specific version of Messiah. — More…
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Building A Library, April 2022, Recommended Recording
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