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Here’s an Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day to rival the superb performances on Trevor Pinnock’s fine Archiv recording (type Q7125 in Search Reviews)–and it has
This raucously recorded Ariodante is very exciting. Taped live in Munich in January, 2000, it has the whiff of theater about it, and conductor Ivor
Harpsichordist Ottavio Dantone responds well to the improvisatory and decorative aspects of Handel’s keyboard suites. Note the imagination and taste with which he realizes Suite
Serse is a great opera, filled with terrific arias and a followable plot. There’s plenty of room for in-love pain and anguish from Romilda and
Whether or not Renée Fleming will ever be a great Handelian as are, say, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Janet Baker, and Julianne Baird, remains to be
Who knows the reason for the recent special interest in Handel cantatas by singers and record companies–but for the most part listeners have benefited because
This is an okay performance of Handel’s Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day–though the patron saint of music deserves better. Much of the problem rests with
While Handel’s flute sonatas have received many wonderful recordings since these 1978 modern-instrument performances by flutist Paula Robison, harpsichordist Kenneth Cooper, and cellist Timothy Eddy,
After the failure of Deidamia in 1741, Handel turned exclusively–and successfully–to the composition of oratorios. And while it’s true that tastes in England had changed
American mezzo Lorraine Hunt Lieberson gets better and better. Her quiet intensity and beautiful, warmly colored voice demand attention, and listening to her sing an
