Tag: George Frideric Handel
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Handel: Messiah
Alto Records returns to international availability this extraordinary period-instrument Messiah, featuring the renowned King’s College Choir, Cambridge and Brandenburg Consort conducted by Stephen Cleobury, recorded live in 1994 at Leiden’s historic Pieterskerk.
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Joan Sutherland: Personal Choices
“The death of Dame Joan Sutherland and the subsequent outpourings of affection, not least in these pages, reminded the world that La Stupenda was one of those rare operatic creatures who brought her music to the wider world, touching the hearts and thrilling the ears of millions who usually wouldn’t have visited an opera house.”…
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21 Great Anthems & Choruses
Three out of three stars “[Hickox leads] fine digital collections sung with fervour and discipline… zestfully infectious… shaped beautifully… brass resonantly sonorous… fully in the demonstration bracket.” – Penguin Guide The title says it all! Alto Records presents twenty-one essential choral showpieces, performed by the London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra and some of the finest…
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Kathleen Ferrier Sings Bach and Handel
Kathleen Ferrier was Britain’s greatest lyric contralto, a superstar not only in England but internationally through her recordings and frequent appearances on radio in Europe and North America. Her tragically early death at 41 in 1953 – which coincidentally threatened to overshadow the Queen’s coronation year – was mourned worldwide. Her recordings of music from…
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Hymns from Cambridge
In 1982, Trinity College Cambridge admitted women for the first time – and Richard Marlow broke with centuries of all-male singer tradition and re-established the Choir of Trinity College Cambridge as a mixed ensemble of men and women. The ensemble quickly secured a recording contract with Conifer Classics (now a part of Sony-BMG Classics) and…
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Black Swans: at Mid-Century
Parnassus Records is pleased to release a follow-up to their acclaimed “Black Swans” anthology, which returned to international availability extraordinarily rare early recordings of African-American opera singers. The new release, “Black Swans at Mid-Century”, contains over two hours of music and focuses on Black artists of the mid-twentieth century. Selections span the late 78 era…
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A Minstrel’s Christmas
Alfred Deller was one of the most important figures in the revival of early music, authentic Baroque performance practice, and folk music of Great Britain and Europe. His inimitable countertenor voice and intrepid scholarship became a model for two generations of singers and performing musicians, and his extensive discography revived forgotten masterpieces of early, Renaissance,…
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Ginette Neveu Plays Sibelius Concerto & Violin Treasures
At age 15, violinist Ginette Neveu achieved worldwide celebrity status when she won one of the most famous music contests of all time – the 1935 Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, whose second- and third-place winners were two other legends of the instrument, David Oistrakh and Henri Temianka. Over the next fourteen years – until her…
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons & Baroque Favourites
“great spontaneity and vitality…firm resonant bass…polished, strongly characterised accompaniments…the effect is exhilarating” (Vivaldi- Penguin Guide 3 stars) “playing is alive, alert, stylish & committed….sound is first class” (Penguin Guide 3 stars)
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Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Water Music Suite
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Great Handel Choruses
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Opera for Everyone
