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Handel: Samson RecommendedJoshua Ellicott (tenor), Sophie Bevan(soprano), Fflur Wyn (soprano), Mary Bevan (soprano), Jess Dandy (contralto), Hugo Hymas (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), Vitali Rozynko (bass-baritone)
Dunedin Consort, John Butt
Butt has created the best Samson ever...These choral forces make for a vibrancy unique among Samson recordings…Butt’s deep grasp of both Handel’s rhetoric and of large-scale structure turns the... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Vocal
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - Choral
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Choral
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one to treasure both for the sensitive and well-sustained singing of Christopher Purves and for the wonderfully wide expressive range of Handel's music...Purves has an acute ear, serving well... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Vocal Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2013, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2013, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Finalist - Vocal
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Opera, May 2013, Recording of the Month
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Handel: Brockes-Passion Sandrine Piau (soprano), Stuart Jackson, Konstantin Krimmel, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
You’re in safe hands here. Arcangelo bring their Baroque expertise to this pristine interpretation of Handel’s Brockes Passion. The soloists are fabulous, particularly Sandrine Piau, who shimmers... — More…
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Record Review, 13th March 2021, Record of the Week
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Sunday Times, 21st March 2021, Disc of the Week
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Record Review, Records of the Year 2021
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Handel's Unsung Heroes Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Paul Sharp (trumpet), Christine Rice (mezzo), Roger Montgomery (horn), Joe Walters (horn), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Leo Duarte (oboe), Thomas Gould (violin), Joe Qiu (bassoon), La Nuova Musica, David Bates
This is a stunning collection of Handel opera numbers. For originality, risk-taking and erudition, it towers above its predecessors. It also benefits from its mix of soloists – having chosen... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, Recording of the Month
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Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
The balance of Cohen’s vigorously confident singers and players allows him to make his ensemble a major character in the story...The soloists also play their parts, led by Louise Alder as the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2024, March 2024
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Handel's Finest Arias for Base Voice, Vol. 2 Christopher Purves (baritone)
Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
Some of Handel’s greatest music was written for bass-baritones, and in Purves finds its ideal interpreter. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2018, Editor's Choice
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Handel: Serse Emily D’Angelo (Serse), Lucy Crowe (Romilda), Paula Murrihy (Arsamene), Mary Bevan (Atalanta), Daniela Mack (Amastre), Ariodate (Neal Davies), William Dazeley (Elviro), The English Concert, Harry Bicket
With his ravishing, hilarious and profound recording of Serse, conductor Harry Bicket once again puts all rivals in the shade...The suave assurance of Bicket and the English Concert is expressed... — More…
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Record Review, 10th June 2023, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2023, Recording of the Month
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2023, Opera Choice
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Handel: Semele RecommendedLouise Alder (Semele), Hugo Hymas (Jupiter), Lucile Richardot (Juno/Ino), Carlo Vistoli (Athamas), Gianluca Buratto (Somnus/Cadmus), Emily Owen (Iris), Angela Hicks (Cupid), Peter Davoren (Apollo)
English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Alder is riveting in the title role as she mutates from soft seductress to vain brat to crushed victim, applying a range of styles to develop her character...Richardot’s intensity equals Alder’s,... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd October 2020
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2020, Opera Choice
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Handel: Alcina RecommendedMagdalena Kožená (Alcina), Anna Bonitatibus (Ruggiero), Erin Morley (Morgana), Elizabeth DeShong (Bradamante), Alois Mühlbacher (Oberto), Alex Rosen (Melisso), Valerio Contaldo (Oronte)
Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski
The orchestra plays with fastidious attention to Handel’s ever-changing palette, and its support for the singers – particularly with the obbligatos – is unfailingly sensitive. And the singers... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th February 2024
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These uplifting Baroque anthems are the high-water mark of music for royalty. More pomp and swagger may be found elsewhere, but Justin Doyle leads lively and stylish performances. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Choral
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