Messiah Archive
HANDEL: Messiah (complete) – Soloists/Mormon Tabernacle Choir – CFN – (2 CDs + DVD)
The third complete Messiah recording from this legendary ensemble. HANDEL: Messiah – Sonya Yoncheva (soprano), Tamara Mumford (mezzo-soprano), Rolando Villazon (tenor), Bryn Terfel (bass), Mormon Tabernacle Choir/ Orch. at Temple Square/ Mack Wilberg – Mormon Tabernacle Choir CFN 1631-2 (2 CDs) + Bonus DVD – 320k or FLAC download, TT: 2:23:26, 40:17 (DVD) (3/4/16) ****: […]
HANDEL: Messiah at Grace Cathedral – audio-only Blu-ray (2015)
Rather laidback for my taste. HANDEL: Messiah at Grace Cathedral (1753 Foundling Hospital Version) – audio-only Blu-ray (2015) Mary Wilson, sop./ Eric Jurenas, countertenor/ Kyle Stegall, tenor/ Jesse Blumberg, bar./ John Thiessen, trumpet/ American Bach Soloists/ American Bach Ch./ Jeffrey Thomas (Live from Grace Cathedral, San Francisco 2014) Producer: Abigail McKee Director: Frank Zamacona Studio: […]
C.P.E. BACH: Die Letzten Leiden des Erlösers (The Last Sufferings of the Savior) -Soloists/ Ch. Orch. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach/ RIAS Ch. Choir/ Hartmut Haenchen – Berlin Classics (2 CDs)
C.P.E. Bach’s oratorio-in-all-but-name builds in color and intensity as it progresses in this performance – sympathetic, beautifully-played and well-sung.
HANDEL: Messiah – Lucy Crowe, sop./ Andrew Staples, alto/ Tim Mead, tenor/ Christopher Purves, bass/ Le Concert D’Astree/ Emmanuelle Haim – Erato (2 CDs)
Less than I had hoped for, but more than run-of-the-mill, with some glorious moments.
HANDEL: Messiah – Soloists/ Le Concert D’Astree/ Emmanuelle Haim – Erato (2 discs)
Less than I had hoped for, but more than run-of-the-mill, with some glorious moments.
MAHLER: Symphony No. 8 in E-flat, “Symphony of a Thousand” – Soloists/ Wiener Staatsoperchor/ Wiener Singverein/ Wiener Sangerknaben/ Chicago Sym. Orch./ Georg Solti – Decca Pure Audio Blu-ray
Heading to that desert island? Don’t forget to pack this one.
HANDEL: Messiah – Heather Harper, sop./ Helen Watts, alto/ John Wakefield, tenor/ John Shirley-Quirk, bass/ London Sym. Orch. and Chorus/ Colin Davis – Decca Pure Audio Blu-ray
A radiant and one-of-a-kind reading that ranks as one of the most desirable records ever made.
CPE BACH: Magnificat; Heilig ist Gott; Sinfonie in D – Elizabeth Watts, sop./ Wiebke Lehmkuhl, alto/ Lothar Odinius, tenor/ Markus Eichae, bass/ RIAS Kammerchor/ Akademie fur Alte Musik/ Hans-Christoph Rademann – Harmonia mundi
A spirited and exemplary performance of essential CPE Bach.
HANDEL: Belshazzar – Allan Clayton, tenor (Belshazzar)/ Rosemary Joshua, sop. (Nitocris)/ Caitlin Hulcup, mezzo-sop. (Cyrus)/ Iestyn Davies, countertenor (Daniel)/ Les Arts Florissants/ William Christie – Les Arts Florissants – William Christie Editions (3 CDs)
With this recording of Belshazzar, Les Arts Florissants inaugurates its own label; an auspicious debut.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
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