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 ] |
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,... |
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 / 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... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Baroque Masterpieces (Incls Marcello 'Oboe Concerto' & Handel 'Largo') Capella Istropolitana / Budapest Ferenc Erkel Chamber Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] The first half of the eighteenth century brought the final flowering of music in a style that later became known as the Baroque, a term borrowed from art history and originally pejorative in its suggestion of roughness and irregularity. The music of... |
HANDEL
Great Oratorio Duets Carolyn Sampson (soprano) / Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) / The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Nicholas Kraemer [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] Pure delight: two of Britain's most exciting singers together with one of the most vibrant of the English period bands, in a collection of wonderful duets from Händel's English oratorios and odes. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Solomon (complete oratorio) Christopher Lowrey, Matthew Newlin, Ana Maria Labin, Gwendolyne Blondeel / Millenium Orchestra, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Leonardo García Alarcón [ Ricercar / 2 CD - released 26/Aug/2022 ] "This thrilling new release of the Transylvanian composer's music for string quartet embraces three contrasting periods of his output." BBC Music Choral & Song Choice April 2023 |
HANDEL
Handel Classics (Includes 'Let the Bright Seraphim', Dead March from Saul, 'Ombra mai fu' & the Arrival of the Queen of Sheba) Collegium Musicum 90, Sophie Yates (harpsichord), The Purcell Quartet, Scottish Chamber Orchestra. The Sixteen, etc [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2004 ] "Handel poured out music faster that a copyist could copy it. This outstanding 40-track selection celebrates his genius in real style." Classic FM Magazine |
GLUCK / HANDEL / PURCELL / MOZART / MAHLER / BACH / etc
Dame Janet Baker: A Celebration - Great recordings on Philips, Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, & Hyperion Dame Janet Baker (mezzo) with Gerald Moore, Geoffrey Parsons, Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra & others [ Decca / 21 CD Box Set - released 8/Dec/2023 ] Dame Janet Baker is an artist who enjoyed seldom-matched success in the concert and recital halls as well as in the opera house - not to mention on disc. She could confidently traverse the entire territory between the well-thumbed volumes of arie... |