Main Performer: Alexander Young (Tenor); Elsie Morison (Soprano); John Cameron (Baritone); Lois Marshall (Soprano)
Orchestra / Ensemble(s): Beecham Choral Society Choir; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Date of Release: 14/06/2004
Label / Distributor: Somm Recordings / Coda Distribution Ltd
Pieces in Set: 2
Running Time: 2 hours 54 minutes
Genre(s): Vocal and choral
Stereo: Stereo
SPAR Code: ADD
EAN: 7488712517246
Work 1
Work Title: Solomon, HWV67
Excerpt(s): 1. Overture; Your harps and cymbals sound 2. Almighty power; With pious heart and holy tongue 3. Imperial Solomon, thy prayers are heard; Sacred raptures cheer my breast 4. Blest be the Lord; What tho' I trace each herb and flower 5. Blest the day 6. Thou fair inhabitant of Nile; Welcome as the dawn 7. When thou art absent from my heart; With thee th' unsheltered moor 8. My blooming fair come; May no rash intruder; Sinfonia (Arrival of Queen of Sheba) 9. From Arabia's spicy shores; Every sight these eyes 10. Sweep, sweep the string; Music, spread thy voice 11. Now a different measure try 12. Then at once from rage 13. Next the tortured soul release; Thus rolling surges 14. Thy harmony's divine; From the censer curling rise 15. From the East unto the West 16. Thrice happy king; Golden columns bright and fair 17. Beneath the vine 18. Gold now is common; How green our fertile pastures 19. Swell the full chorus 20. May peace in Salem ever dwell; Will the sun forget to streak 21. Adieu, fair Queen; Praise the Lord.; Ev'ry joy that wisdom knows
Composer: George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
Genre: Vocal & Choral
Date Written: 1749
Conductor: Sir Thomas Beecham
Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra / Ensemble: Beecham Choral Society Choir
Main Performer: Alexander Young (Tenor), Elsie Morison (Soprano), John Cameron (Baritone), Lois Marshall (Soprano)
Opera Part(s): Alexander Young, Elsie Morison, John Cameron, Lois Marshall
Advantages: Awe inspiring memorable music. Disadvantages: Long - 2 hrs 20 mins
...Composed by George Frideric Handel
Lyrics compiled from the bible by Charles Jennens
Performed by Cambridge King's College Choir Academy of St Martin in the Fields directed by Sir Neville Marriner with James Bowman (Countertenor), Robert Tear (tenor), Benjamin Luxon (Bass)
Conducted by Sir David Willcocks
Label EMI
Price £15.99
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Handel is a German born English composer. He was born in Halle, Germany on 23rs February 1685. He first moved to London in 1710 settling there in 1712. He was eventually nationized English in 1726.
In 1741 Handel was invited to visit Dublin and give concerts in aid of charities there. In the same year Jennens sent Handel a religious text and Handel duly composed the music to Messiah (not The Messiah). It debutted in Dublin in 1742.
Messiah is the most famous...
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Advantages: Handel's music, Padmore's tonal beauty, excellent Manze & English Concert. Disadvantages: Too much uniformity in rhythm, volume and tone.
...British tenor Mark Padmore has stolen my heart with his sheer tonal beauty and cool, suave delivery on this disc of Handel arias, 'As steals the morn' from Harmonia Mundi. This recent release (4 February 2007 in the UK) is a collection of songs, recitatives and airs by German-born English composer, George Frideric Handel, taken from his operas, Alceste, Tamerlano and Rodelinda, and oratorios, Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, Semele, Samson, Esther, Jephtha and L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato.
ON MARK PADMORE’S SOOTHING TONAL BEAUTY (AND HIS LOOKS AREN'T TOO SHABBY, EITHER).
Mr Padmore sings with such ease and delicacy that every note becomes a soothing balm and a restorative for the droopy soul. Melismas (ornamental phrase of several notes sung to one syllable) are few and far between, and present small difficulty...
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Advantages: Rich, creamy vocal; enveloping warmth; text, character alive; facile Baroque ornamentation; impeccable diction; fine Symphony. Disadvantages: Only over an hour of music here; wanted more!
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Notes:
*Melisma, roulade = a string of several notes sung to one syllable.
+For the Ciao police: this review has also been posted elsewhere in modified form by the author.+
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CD Notes:
SARAH CONNOLLY
HEROES and HEROINES
Georg Frideric Händel)
The Symphony of Harmony and Invention
Harry Christophers
Track List:
Alcina (Ruggiero)
* 1. Sinfonia (Act 3) 0.48
* 2. Sta nell' Ircana 5.39
* 3. Mi lusingha il dolce affetto 7.15
Solomon (Queen Of Sheba)
* 4. Sinfonia - 'Arrival Of The Queen Sheba' 3.00
* 5. Recit & Aria: Will The Sun Forget To Streak 6.36
Ariodante (Ariodante)
* 6. Sinfonia To Act 2 1.29
* 7. Recit & Aria: Scherza Infida 12.12
* 8. Dopo Notte 6.56
Alcina (Ruggiero)
* 9. Entrée Des Songes Agréables 2.35
* 10. Verdi Prati 4...
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