Browse: Handel and Haydn Society (series)

an exceptional account of the oratorio from all points of view…but what is wholly exceptional is the diction of both soloists and choir; you can hear every word without referring to the text... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2016, 5 out of 5 stars More…

[Owens's] instrument sounds magisterial as it rolls along, matching well with the three remaining soloists. Elizabeth Watts is a luminous soprano. Phyllis Pancella can rely on the almost contralto-like... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

[the Paris Symphony No. 83 is] a marvellously intense piece, and it gets a no-holds barred performance from Harry Christophers and the Handel and Haydn Society orchestra. They bring a fine sense... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Christophers draws a gold-standard execution from his choir. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Christophers once again demonstrates that his 203-year-old band are in rude health. — Gramophone Magazine, January 2019 More…

These Haydn performances with the period players of the venerable Handel and Haydn Society...are as insightful in their way as anything [Christophers] has done with his own choir The Sixteen...Christophers... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

[Symphony No. 26] Christophers presents the powerful, restless first movement perfectly, the raucous valveless horns of its close perfectly judged. The first plainchant melody provides the first... — Classical Music, April 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

[Christophers] fields an impressive period-instrument orchestra, and a game and regularly strong choir...Of the soloists, the finest is Gillian Keith, consistently graceful and utterly winning... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, 3 out of 5 stars More…

The singing of the Boston Handel and Haydn Society Chorus is spirited throughout, with Harry Christophers highlighting some of the work's most expressive moments, notably the agonised Crucifixus,... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…