Frederick Long
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Special offer. Handel: Messiah
Hilary Cronin (soprano), Helen Charlston (mezzo), Alexander Chance, Nathan Mercieca (countertenors), Guy Cutting (tenor), Frederick Long, Edward Grint (bass-baritones), Irish Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Peter Whelan
My spirits were uplifted almost throughout the recording. A current of gentle zephyrs refreshes every bar of the music...Complementing the instrumental vitality is the invigorating choral singing... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2026, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2026, Choral Choice
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The vocal timbre Hollingworth has coaxed from his soloists is intensely pure and smooth, yet there is nothing pallid about this particular early-music sound – surges of passion abound. —
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Delius: Hassan - Complete Incidental Music
Britten Sinfonia (chamber ensemble), Jamie Phillips, Zeb Soanes, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Frederick Long (bass-baritone), Ruairi Bowen (tenor)
How seriously was it taken in its day? More to the point, how seriously can we take it now? After listening, I really can’t say...But the music itself, stylishly delivered by the Britten Sinfonia... —
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J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio
Hugh Cutting (countertenor), Frederick Long (bass), Nick Pritchard (tenor), Alison Ponsford-Hill (soprano), Christopher Webb (bass), Jonathan Hanley (tenor), Dingle Yandell (bass), Hilary Cronin (soprano), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
this performance overflows with a sense of surprise and delight at the inexhaustible riches of Bach’s music – in particular, for his tireless invention and gift for scene-painting. —
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A Meridian Christmas
Meridian, Martha McLorinan (vocalist), Frederick Long (bass-baritone), Irene Messoloras
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