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Handel - Tune your harps to cheerful strains (from Esther)
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As Steals the Morn
RecommendedHandel - Arias & scenes for tenor
Mark Padmore (tenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor) & Katharina Spreckelsen (oboe obligato)
The English Concert, Andrew Manze
Handel was one of the first Baroque composers to invest his talents in the tenor voice and here this unique English legacy is recalled. Through his shading, dynamic range and commitment to... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 11th June 2007
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2007, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2008, Vocal Award Winner
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Special offer. 'Where'er You Walk'
Arias For Handel's Favourite Tenor
Allan Clayton (tenor) & Mary Bevan (soprano)
The Mozartists, The Choir of Classical Opera, Ian Page
there’s a guileless beauty of tone in Clayton’s Handel … he is a stylish but not slavish Handelian … led by Matthew Truscott, the string playing is reliably silky, well articulated and quick-witted,... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Recital
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Handel: English Arias
James Bowman (countertenor), with Susan Gritton (soprano), with Katharina Spreckelsen (oboe)
The King’s Consort, Robert King
Arias from the oratorios are sung with the distinctive vocal timbre and panache for which Bowman is well-known. Twice joined by Susan Gritton this recital finds both artists on engaging form. —
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Special offer. Great British Choral Works
Michael Chance, Michael George & Mark Padmore
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
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Handel’s Harp
Maxine Eilender (harp) & Cyndia Sieden (soprano)
Seattle Baroque Orchestra, Stephen Stubbs
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Special offer. Your Tuneful Voice: Handel Oratorio Arias
Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
The King’s Consort, Robert King
Davies's quick coloratura is dazzling in the final aria, 'How can I stay when love invites?' —
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Handel: Arias
Bernadette Greevy (contralto), Joan Sutherland (soprano), William Herbert (tenor), Hervey Alan (bass), Forbes Robinson (bass)
An earlier generation of superb Handelians, led by Joan Sutherland, Bernadette Greevy’s opulent contralto, William Herbert’s textured tenor and the refulgent basses of Hervey Alan and Forbes... —
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