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 |
BACH / HANDEL / MOZART
Aksel! Arias by Bach, Handel & Mozart Aksel Rykkvin (treble), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment [ Signum / CD - released 30/Sep/2016 ] "If you are going to buy just one more CD this year, make sure that it is this one." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Oct 2016) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Albrecht Mayer - New Seasons: Handel for oboe and orchestra Albrecht Mayer (oboe) / Sinfonia Varsovia [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 14/May/2007 ] |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Sosarme (complete opera recorded in 1955) Alfred Deller, William Herbert, Nancy Evans, Margaret Ritchie, etc / The Saint Cecilia Orchestra, Anthony Lewis [ ABC Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 9/Aug/2019 ] 'Sosarme should cause a good deal of excitement … L'Oiseau-Lyre has assembled a brilliant cast.' New York Times |
HANDEL
Messiah (Complete oratorio) Alison Smart (soprano) William Towers (counter-tenor) Michael Hart-Davis (tenor) Gavin Carr (baritone) English Symphony Orchestra / William Boughton [ Nimbus / 2 CD - released 15/Feb/2004 ] Recorded by Nimbus Records at Wyastone, Monmouth, UK on 17th, 18th May 2003 |
HANDEL
Water Music Suites 1, 2 & 3 Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman [ Erato / The Erato Story / CD - released 1/Jun/2015 ] |
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 |
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Oboe Concertos Andrius Puskunigis|Vincent Bernhardt|Klaip?da Chamber Orchestra [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 15/Jul/2022 ] This album presents the corpus of oboe concertos by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), of which unfortunately few original works have survived. The composer, however, was particularly fond of thisinstrument and learned to play it from his teacher,... |
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 |
BACH / HANDEL
Arias Arleen Auger (soprano) / Mostly Mozart Orchestra / Gerard Schwarz [ Delos / CD - released 2/Oct/2002 ] "This simply is one of the best-ever recordings of Bach's and Handel's Arias." - SR, What CD? |
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 |
HANDEL / VERDI / DURUFLE / POULENC / PART / etc
Gloria!: Music of praise and inspiration Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Orchestra & Chorus, Robert Shaw [ Telarc Digital / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chamber Singers & Robert Shaw Festival Singers, Robert Shaw |
HANDEL
Concerti grossi Op. 6 Nos. 1-12 HWV319-330 Australian Brandenburg Orchestra [on period instruments], Paul Dyer [ ABC Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] "These are performances of style and understanding into which Paul Dyer and his fine period orchestra have plunged with freshness, buoyancy and joyful enthusiasm...immensely enjoyable and inspiriting performances." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice... |
VIVALDI / BACH / HANDEL / GLUCK
Brandenburg Favourites Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer [ ABC Classics / CD - released 15/Aug/2019 ] A collection of popular Barque classics beautifully recorded by the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra conducted by Paul Dyer |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: La Resurrezione, HWV47 Barbara Schlick, Nancy Argenta, Guillemette Laurens, Guy de Mey, Klaus Mertens / Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2017 ] La Resurrezione, composed in Rome in 1708, was Handel's first oratorio on a sacred theme. The soloists take the roles of an Angel, Mary Magdalene, Mary Cleophas, St John and Lucifer, who are portrayed in vivid operatic terms with the help of a... |
GRAINGER
Works for Orchestra 2 (Incls 'Molly on the Shore', 'Handel in the Strand' & 'the Warriors') BBC Philharmonic. Richard Hickox [ Chandos Grainger Edition, Vol.6 / CD - released 10/Jul/2005 ] One of Britain's most gifted and versatile conductors, Richard Hickox CBE is Music Director of Opera Australia, and Principal Conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales from 2000 until 2006 when he becomes Conductor Emeritus.) |
HANDEL
Orlando (Complete opera) Bejun Mehta, Sophie Karthäuser, Kristina Hammarström, Sunhae Im / B'Rock Orchestra, René Jacobs [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2014 ] "Mehta brings lively characterisation to the mythical hero's subtle duality. I the uppermost notes of his vocal range sound a little pinched, there is ample compensation in bravura passagework...Im brings youthful playfulness to the role of Dorinda.. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Organ Concertos Op. 7 Bob Van Asperen (organ) / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment [ Erato Veritas / 2 CD - released 18/Mar/2015 ] A classic recording now available again |
J.S. BACH / PURCELL / HANDEL
Stokowski Transcriptions Vol 1 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Jose Serebrier (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Oct/2006 ] "Stokowski's Bach transcriptions have received a great deal of attention on disc lately, but this is one of the very few recordings that has the genuine flavor that Stoki himself brought to them...The engineering supports the interpretations... |