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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Opera and Oratorio Arias (Judas Maccabaeus, Dettingen Te Deum, Serse +) Bryn Terfel (baritone) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 19/Jun/2000 ] "The singing here incorporates a good deal of embellishment, some of it of Sir Charles Mackerras's devising. He is an excellent conductor for Terfel, sharing with him an appreciation of the zest in Handel." Gramophone |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Dixit Dominus / Laudate Pueri Dominum / Organ Concerto Anne Mackay, Isobel Buchanan, William Kendall / The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra, Stephen Cleobury [ Decca Eclipse / CD - released 14/Nov/1995 ] Original recordings from 1985 & 1986 |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Complete Organ Concertos Christian Schmitt (organ) Charlotte Balzereit (harp) / Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra. Nicol Matt [ Brilliant Classics Quintessence / 5 CD Box Set - released 22/Jan/2021 ] The first complete recording of the Breitkopf Urtext Edition of the organ concertos of George Frideric Handel. Handel's organ concertos enjoy a wide popularity, they are brilliant concert pieces, in which the organ plays a joyous, "worldly" part. |
ALBINONI / HANDEL / PACHELBEL / BACH / CORELLI
The Best of Baroque Music Cologne Chamber Orchestra / Helmut Muller-Bruhl, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 7/Aug/2003 ] The first half of the eighteenth century saw the culmination of a musical synthesis between elements predominant in three major musical countries in Europe. From Italy came, above all, song, from France dance and from Germany the more academic... |
PARRY / ELGAR / HANDEL / LLOYD WEBBER / WEIR / JENKINS et al
The Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla The Coronation Orchestra, Bryn Terfel, John Eliot Gardiner, Antonio Pappano & more [ Decca / 2 CD - released 9/Jun/2023 ] A life-long music enthusiast and champion of the arts, His Majesty has overseen, influenced and been personally involved in the commissioning process and the detail of the music programme, which will showcase and celebrate musical talent from across... |
W. A. MOZART / CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK / GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: David Daniels - Sento Amor: Operatic arias David Daniels (counter-tenor) / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket [ Virgin Records / CD - released 26/Nov/1999 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (Feb 2000) Gramophone 2000 Award Finalist - Recital |
TCHAIKOSVKY / BRAHMS / SHOSTAKOVICH / SIBELIUS / HANDEL / RIMSKY KORSAKOV / etc
Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra - The Columbia Stereo Collection Isaac Stern (violin) William Kincaid (flute) Anthony Gigliotti (clarinet) Gary Graffman (piano) / Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy [ Sony RCA Original Masters / 88 CD Box Set - released 17/Nov/2023 ] The Sony label now presents Eugene Ormandy's stereo recordings from Philadelphia containing all recordings released from 1958 to 1963 (plus some fillers from later years). |
ARNE / HANDEL / BELLINI / ROSSINI / MEYERBEER / MOZART / VERDI / etc
Joan Sutherland - The Art of the Prima Donna Joan Sutherland (Soprano) / Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Francesco Molinari-Pradelli [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] Sutherland's sensational debut recital album, long unavailable on its own, reissued with photographs and rarely seen costume designs for the soprano's signature roles. |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Kindertotenlieder + Songs & Arias by Gluck, Greene, Handel, Purcell etc Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter [ Warner Classics Masters / CD - released 3/Jul/2000 ] "...outstandingly beautiful, so moving and deeply felt" (Gramophone) |
GOUNOD / MOZART / BACH / GOUNOD / MENDELSSOHN / FRANCK / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kiri te Kanawa: Ave Maria Kiri te Kanawa with the choir of St Paul's Cathedral, English Chamber Orchestra [ Philips / CD - released 25/Jan/2001 ] Ave Maria, Jesu joy of man's desiring, Panis Angelicus, Ave verum, On wings of song and more |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Semele New Zealand Opera Chorus, Holy Trinity Cathedral Choir, New Zealand Opera Baroque Orchestra, Peter Walls [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 21/Jul/2023 ] "Amitai Pati is the pick of the bunch. The Samoan tenor is an outstanding Jupiter, bright-toned and fullvoiced, lyrical lines anchored by enough weight to make this reluctant smiter believable as both lover and thug." Gramophone |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Semele (Blu-ray) Emma Pearson, Amitai Pati, Sarah Castle, Paul Whelan / New Zealand Opera Chorus, Holy Trinity Cathedral Choir, NZ Opera Baroque Orchestra, Peter Walls [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 21/Jul/2023 ] "Amitai Pati is the pick of the bunch. The Samoan tenor is an outstanding Jupiter, bright-toned and fullvoiced, lyrical lines anchored by enough weight to make this reluctant smiter believable as both lover and thug." Gramophone |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Renee Fleming sings Handel Renee Fleming (soprano) / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket [ Decca Records / CD - released 12/Sep/2004 ] Gramophone Editors Choice - November 2004 |
RODRIGO / VIVALDI / HANDEL WEISS / FASCH
Rodrigo Guitar Concertos / Baroque Guitar Concertos Slava & Leonard Grigoryan (guitar) / Queensland Symphony Orchestra • Brett Kelly / Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Northey [ ABC Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2017 ] A reappearance on the market of the ABC Classics recording that features Joaquín Rodrigo's three guitar concertos. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
The Best Of Handel Johann Aratore (organ), Jozef Cejka (oboe), Miroslav Kejmar (trumpet) Cappella Istropolitana, Budapest Strings, Handel Festival Chamber Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 7/May/1997 ] Handel was successful in developing a new form, the English oratorio, which combined the musical felicities of the Italian operatic style with an increased role for the chorus, relative economy of production, and the satisfaction of an English text. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Baroque For Brides To Be Academy St Martins, English Chamber Orchestra, Kiri te Kanawa, etc [ Philips Lifestyle / CD - released 5/May/2000 ] A Musical Bouquet For Your Wedding Day |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Concerti Grossi Op. 6 - Nos 1, 2, 4, 6 Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman [ Erato / CD - released 24/Apr/1987 ] A transformative force in historically informed performance, Ton Koopman is renowned as a conductor, harpsichordist and organist. In 1979, aged 35, he founded the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra in the city where he had studied with the great Dutch... |
BACH / CHOPIN / HANDEL / MOZART / PROKOFIEV / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Andrei Gavrilov Andrei Gavrilov (piano) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle [ EMI / Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2000 ] "The most gorgeous of Scriabin's studies has a fine sweep and sensitivity too, and the heavy torpor of the Rachmaninov Moments musicaux and the elegance of the Tchaikovsky Variations are nicely captured. Gavrilov's Islamey is justly famous," Gramophone |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (CD+DVD) Apollo's Fire, Cleveland Baroque Orchestra, JeannetteSorrell [ Avie / 2 CD - released 24/Oct/2011 ] "The 18-strong Apollo's Fire ensemble...plays with great crispness and vigour, offering terse supporting musical pillars to the voices and emphasizing rhythmic vigour over a sense of line." International Record Review |
HANDEL / VERDI / MASCAGNI / BIZET / MOUSSORGSKY / etc
Grand & Glorious-Great Operatic Choruses Atlanta Symphony Chorus and Orchestra / Robert Shaw [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 10/Dec/2005 ] "...there are many beautiful moments here...Telarc's sound is detailed and clear...Anyone who wants a souvenir of Shaw's choral career will want this disc." -American Record Guide |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Water Music / etc (with Mozart: Epistle Sonatas) Boyd Neal Orchestra, Philomusica of London, Thurston Dart (organ & conductor) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 6/Sep/2019 ] Handel orchestral favourites from the 1950s in a winning combination of old-school polish and unaffected stylistic refinement. With this and several other albums, Eloquence celebrates the art of Thurston Dart, the harpsichordist, conductor and... |
BACH / CESTI / HANDEL / PURCELL / PALESTRINA / OCKEGHEM / TCHAIKOVSKY
An Evening With Leopold Stokowski Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Egarr [ Glossa SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] "What's a period-instrument specialist doing conducting the notoriously inauthentic orchestral arrangements of Stokowski? Having fun, that's what...The Brussels Philharmonic plays persuasively for Egarr, and the programme's terrific" The Times |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Harp Concertos Charlotte Balzereit, Giselle Herbert, Jutta Zoff, Jana Bouskova, Roberta Alessandrini, etc (harps) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, etc [ Brilliant Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 4/Dec/2020 ] The harp is an ancient instrument, with origins in the antiquity of perhaps many civilisations, and the modern orchestral harp is the culmination of a long evolution in form and technology. |
ELGAR / HANDEL / BYRD / PURCELL / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / WALTON / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Glorious Majestry - Music for English King's and Queens Felicity Lott, Alfreda Hodgson, Richard Morton, Norma Burrowes / Various orchestra & choirs / Sir Philip Ledger, Stephen Cleobury, King's college choi [ EMI Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 22/May/2012 ] "Stephen Cleobury's collection of Handel's Coronation Anthems (Academy of Ancient Music and Choir of King's College Cambridge) is one of the best currently available with great articulation and verve" MusicWeb |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel Box Set: Rinaldo / Saul / Giulio Cesare (Recorded live at Glyndebourne Opera House, 2005-2015) Glyndebourne Opera / Sonia Prina, Anett Fritsch, Sarah Connolly, Danielle de Niese, Christopher Purves, Iestyn Davies / Orchestra of the Age of Enligh [ Opus Arte DVD / 5 DVD Box Set - released 20/Mar/2017 ] "Dantone conducts a strongly characterised performance founded on the alert playing of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment." (BBC Music on Rinaldo) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Chandos Anthems Volume 4 Lynne Dawson (soprano), Ian Partridge (tenor) / The Sixteen Choir & Orchestra, Harry Christophers [ Chaconne / CD ] The Sixteen are a United Kingdom-based choir and period instrument orchestra; founded by Harry Christophers, they started as an unnamed group of sixteen friends in 1977, giving their first billed concert in 1979. The group performs early English... |
SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT
Tippett: Symphony No. 4, Fantasia Concertante & Fantasia on a Theme of Handel Howard Shelley (piano) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD ] Penguin Guide 3 Star Awarded for general excellence of the disc |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah (complete oratorio recorded in 1954) (with Bach: Magnificat) Jennifer Vyvyan, Norma Procter, George Maran, Owen Brannigan, London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 3 CD Box Set - released 27/Sep/2019 ] "Beautifully engineered sound. Balance is exceptional … excellent singing … really fine choral discipline" High Fidelity (Handel) |
VERDI / PUCCINI / BELLINI / DONIZETTI / MASSENET / OFFENBACH / etc
Live at the Sydney Opera House 1983 & 1985 Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Luciano Pavarotti, Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ ABC Opera Australia / 2 CD - released 22/Jan/2021 ] This double CD restores to the catalogue two landmark events, and performances never to be forgotten. |
PICCINNI / DONIZETTI / VERDI / BELLINI / MOZART / HANDEL / etc
Joan Sutherland - The Age of Bel Canto (2CD) Joan Sutherland (Soprano) / London Symphony & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge, with Marilyn Horne & Richard Conrad [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] A groundbreaking Decca album celebrating the glory of both bel canto and the voice of Sutherland in her prime, long unavailable on its own, reissued complete with a booklet introduction from Richard Bonynge. |
GERSHWIN / MOZART / HANDEL / R. STRAUSS / DONIZETTI / LISZT / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Art of Kathleen Battle Kathleen Battle (soprano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Campanella, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine (cond/piano), Margo Garrett (p [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 11/Aug/2002 ] Kathleen Deanna Battle (born August 13, 1948) is an American operatic soprano known for her distinctive vocal range and tone. Born in Portsmouth, Ohio, Battle initially became known for her work within the concert repertoire. |
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GLUCK / HANDEL / SCHUBERT / MENDELSSOHN / BRAHMS / PURCELL / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Kathleen Ferrier - A Tribute Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) with various orchestras and accompanists [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 13/Jul/2003 ] One of the most celebrated English singers, Kathleen Ferrier brought a unique level of musicianship and emotional commitment to everything she performed during her tragically short life. Born in Lancashire in the north of England on 22 April 1912 she... |
POUL RUDERS
Ruders: Viola Concerto & Handel Variations Lars Anders Tomter (viola) / Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Marc Soustrot, Andreas Delfs [ Dacapo / CD - released 10/Jul/2018 ] "The music is always Ruders's own, with a strong element of parody throughout, although the work's conclusion is subdued, almost melancholic. Dacapo's sound is vivid with terrific depth." (Gramophone) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: La Resurrezione, HWV47 (complete oratorio recorded in 1989) Lisa Saffer, Judith Nelson, Patricia Spence, Jeffrey Thomas, Michael George Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD Box Set - released 16/Jan/1997 ] Recorded at the Berkeley Festival, University of California at Berkeley, June 15 & 17, 1989 |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Chandos Te Deum HWV 281, Chandos Anthem No.8 HWV 253 London Handel Orchestra & Soloists, Adrian Butterfield [ Onyx / CD - released 23/Nov/2018 ] Before coming into contact with James Brydges, Earl of Carnarvon, Handel was is dire straits in London. His pension of £200 a year for teaching the Royal princesses had stopped, so had the public taste for opera. London had plunged into a hedonistic,... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL, arr BEECHAM
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel arr. Beecham: The Gods Go A'Begging' / The Great Elopement / etc London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham [ Dutton / CD - released 20/Aug/1996 ] Digitally remastered from the original 78rpm shellac pressings |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Arias from Operas & Oratorios Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (soprano) / Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra / Nicholas McGegan [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] "Lorraine Hunt has all the light and color of the best burgundy. This CD...is an economical way to re-create the intense pleasure provided by this singer's stratospheric talents. Glorious melodies, gloriously sung. Highly recommended." Classical CD... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Ah! Mio Cor - Handel Arias Magdalena Kozena (mezzo soprano) / Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon [ Archiv / CD - released 20/Aug/2007 ] "Clear away preconceptions and be prepared for one of the most extraordinary vocal displays to have been issued in recent years" (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Oct 2007) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL, arr. Paul Mills
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel's Young Messiah Matthew Ward, Cynthia Clawson, First Baptist Church, Norkolk, Virginia, Young Messiah Orchestra, with Barry McGuire (narrator) [ WLIW / CD - released 11/Nov/2006 ] THE YOUNG MESSIAH gives Handel's choral masterpiece an exciting modern interpretation - predominantly gospel in tone, and also integrating soul. |
