Handel Joshua
A Handel rarity comes out of the shadows for a moment in the sun
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Composer or Director: George Frideric Handel
Genre:
Vocal
Label: Somm Recordings
Magazine Review Date: 8/2009
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 119
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: SOMMCD240-2
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Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Joshua |
George Frideric Handel, Composer
Alexandra Gibson, Mezzo soprano Allan Clayton, Tenor Catherine Manley, Soprano George Frideric Handel, Composer George Humphreys, Bass Laurence Cummings, Conductor London Handel Orchestra London Handel Singers |
Author: David Vickers
Laurence Cummings is a superb Handelian conductor with a sure sense of style, pacing and narrative, and he fields an excellent team of young British singers. George Humphreys’s authoritative yet sweet singing of “Shall I in Mamre’s fertile plain” is superb, and Catherine Manley’s “Hark! ’tis the linnet” is ideally supple and affectionate (the accompaniment is beautifully played, with lovely solo contributions from violinist Adrian Butterfield and flautist Katy Bircher). Allan Clayton has a grainier voice than his competitors on disc (Robert King’s John Mark Ainsley and Neumann’s James Gilchrist) but he does a good job of Joshua’s fiendishly tricky solos. I hope to hear much more Handel from these promising singers.
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