Handel: Solomon

Advantages: A large selection of great tracks
Disadvantages: Just a couple of bad ones thrown in, but it all really depends on your taste

...) 20. Star Wars - Star Wars Main Theme (John Williams) Disc 2 1. Four Weddings And A Funeral - The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba (Solomon/Handel) 2. The Aviator - Fugue/Toccata & Fugue In D Minor Bwv 565 (J. S. Bach Arr. Stokowski) 3. Saving Private Ryan - Hymn To The Fallen (Williams) 4. The Bridges Of Madison County - Casta Diva (Norma/Bellini) (Angela Gheorghiu Soprano) 5. The Deer Hunter - Cavatina (Stanley Myers) 6. Shine - Piano Concerto No.3 In D Minor (Rachmaninov) / I. Allegro Ma Non Tanto (Opening) 7. Lemony Snickert's A Series Of Unfortunate Events - The Letter That Never Came (Thomas Newman) 8. Minorty Report - Unfinished Symphony (Schubert) / I. Allegro Moderato (Opening) 9. Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World - Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis (Vaughan Williams) (Opening) 10. What... Read review

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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!

...If you’ll kindly pardon the gushing tone of this review, the blame for which you can lay wholly on the phenomenal British mezzo-soprano, Sarah Connolly (whom I hereby unofficially dub the operatic Anjelica Huston). Her riveting portrayal of the title character in Glyndebourne’s 2005 staging by David McVicar of Georg Frideric Händel’s ‘Giulio Cesare’ first made this writer into a very interested listener [reviewed here: http://dvd.ciao.co.uk/GiulioCesareHandelThreeDiscsReview5644748]. With this disc, she’s become a full-fledged Connolly fan. This 2004 CD comprises airs (arias) and orchestral sinfonias from four works by Händel, and any Händel/Baroque music or opera/vocal music lover will not regret its acquisition. This disc also heralds Ms Connolly’s superb turn as the aforementioned Giulio Cesare the very next year... Read review

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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 Available in most good music stores 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 and most loved... Read review

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Advantages: A large selection of great tracks
Disadvantages: Just a couple of bad ones thrown in, but it all really depends on your taste

...) 20. Star Wars - Star Wars Main Theme (John Williams) Disc 2 1. Four Weddings And A Funeral - The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba (Solomon/Handel) 2. The Aviator - Fugue/Toccata & Fugue In D Minor Bwv 565 (J. S. Bach Arr. Stokowski) 3. Saving Private Ryan - Hymn To The Fallen (Williams) 4. The Bridges Of Madison County - Casta Diva (Norma/Bellini) (Angela Gheorghiu Soprano) 5. The Deer Hunter - Cavatina (Stanley Myers) 6. Shine - Piano Concerto No.3 In D Minor (Rachmaninov) / I. Allegro Ma Non Tanto (Opening) 7. Lemony Snickert's A Series Of Unfortunate Events - The Letter That Never Came (Thomas Newman) 8. Minorty Report - Unfinished Symphony (Schubert) / I. Allegro Moderato (Opening) 9. Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World - Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis (Vaughan Williams) (Opening) 10. What... Read review

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