Saul Archive
HANDEL: Saul (complete oratorio) – Soloists/ The Sixteen / Harry Christophers – Coro (3 CDs)
An excellent recording—and almost a great one—of Handel’s masterwork.
“Ombra Cara: Arias of GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL” – Bejun Mehta, countertenor / Rosemary Joshua, soprano/ Freiburger Barockorchester / René Jacobs – Harmonia mundi (with DVD)
Metha negotiates those leaps, trills, and runs with the kind of ease a great flutist would command, but it’s the emotional involvement in the music that truly distinguishes his performances.