Michael George
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Handel: Deborah
Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Susan Gritton (soprano), Catherine Denley (mezzo soprano), James Bowman (countertenor), Michael George (bass)
The King's Consort, New College Choir, Oxford, Choristers Of Salisbury Cathedral, Robert King
Superb ... The recording is another of these inspired ventures by Hyperion into music we ought to know better —
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Special offer. Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
RecommendedLynda Russell (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (contralto), Mark Padmore (tenor, Evangelist), Michael George (bass, Herod), Libby Crabtree (angel, Echo)
The Sixteen, The Symphony of Harmony and Invention, Harry Christophers
Like Gardiner… the Sixteen's recording throbs with the joy of it all. —
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Building a Library, December 2005, First Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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JS Bach: Cantatas Nos. 82, 202 & 208
Emma Kirkby (soprano), David Thomas (bass), Jennifer Smith (soprano), Simon Davis (tenor), Michael George (bass)
The Parley of Instruments, The Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott, Roy Goodman
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Fauré: Requiem and other choral music
Mary Seers (soprano), Isabelle Poulenard (soprano), Michael George (baritone)
Corydon Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Best
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Handel - Coronation Anthems
RecommendedSusan Gritton (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Michael George (bass)
Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Academy of Ancient Music, Stephen Cleobury
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2001, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, April 2023, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z629
RecommendedAnn Murray, Lorna Anderson, Gillian Fisher, John Mark Ainsley, Michael Chance, Richard Suart, Ian Partridge, Michael George
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
The Fairy Queen hardly an 'opera' in the conventional sense: its musical virtues lie in the composer's uncanny ability to summon a discrete, potent atmosphere whose capacity to move the listener... —
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Building a Library, September 2011, First Choice (CD)
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Building a Library, February 2023, Also Recommended
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Bruckner: Requiem
Joan Rodgers (soprano), Catherine Denley (contralto), Maldwyn Davies (tenor), Michael George (bass), Thomas Trotter (organ)
Corydon Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Best
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Special offer. Handel: Alexander's Feast
Nancy Argenta, Ian Partridge, Michael George
The Sixteen, The Symphony of Harmony and Invention, Harry Christophers
Handel's 1736 setting of Dryden's ode is heard here with two interpolations made in the first performance - a concerto for harp and one for organ. Harry Christophers's feeling for sonority... —
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Sacred Music of Jan Dismas Zelenka
Carolyn Sampson, Rebecca Outram (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor), James Gilchrist (tenor), Michael George, Peter Harvey (bass)
Choir of the King's Consort & Kings Consort, Robert King
