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Choral » Oratorios & Passions
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Handel: Joshua, HWV 64
RecommendedEmma Kirkby, James Bowman & John Mark Ainsley
New College Choir & King's Consort, Robert King
With first-rate casts and careful attention to Handel's original texts, King has blown the dust off some magnificent music —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Handel: Joshua, HWV 64
Katherine Manley (soprano), Alexandra Gibson (mezzo-soprano), Allan Clayton (tenor) George Humphreys (bass) & Richard Rowntree (tenor)
London Handel Orchestra and Chorus, Laurence Cummings
….a beautifully paced reading, reflective and dramatic by turns and always stylish….The bright soprano of Catherine Manley as Achsah is particularly attractive, especially in the oratorio’s... —
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Handel: Joshua, HWV 64
Mark Le Brocq (tenor), James Rutherford (bass), Miriam Allan (soprano), David Allsopp (counter-tenor)
Hannoversche Hofkapelle, Maulbronner Kammerchor, Jürgen Budday
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Handel: Joshua, HWV 64
Kenneth Tarver (Joshua), Tobias Berndt (Caleb), Renata Pokupic (Othniel) & Anna Dennis (Achsah)
NDR Choir & Göttingen Festival Orchestra, Laurence Cummings
the FestspieleOrchester Göttingen, playing with exceptional grace and clarity, and the nimble, noble NDR Choir, emoting with fabulous power and dymanic range. The disc has expressively rich... —
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Special offer. Handel: Joshua, HWV 64
James Gilchrist, Konstantin Wolff, Myung-Hee Hyun, Alex Potter & Georg Poplutz
Collegium Cartusianum, Peter Neumann
Collegium Cartusianum play stylishly and with impressive detail, and the choral singing and English pronunciation of the Cologne Chamber Choir is generally impeccable… —
