Greene, M
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Handel: The Choice of Hercules
Robin Blaze (countertenor), Charles Daniels (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass), with Susan Gritton (soprano), Alice Coote (mezzo soprano)
King's Consort, Robert King
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Crowe and Bevan recreate two prime donne through their own blazing talents. —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Recital
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Italophilia - Discovering the Italian Style in Handel's London
Aljosja Mietus, Thomas Triesschijn, Matthea de Muynck, Petr Hamouz, Giulio Quirici, Kristen Witmer (leadvocalist), Anne-Linde Visser, The Counterpoints
Though the larger, formalised structures are excellently performed, the more folky, embroidered, improvisatory moments of the album stand out as exceptional. —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2025, Editor's Choice
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Heavenly Voices
(Corina Belcea, violin)
The Boys of King's College Choir, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2004, Editor's Choice
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Kathleen Ferrier: The Complete EMI Recordings
RecommendedKathleen Ferrier (contralto), Gerald Moore (piano), Isobel Baillie (soprano), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Kathleen Ferrier (Orfeo), Greet Koeman (Euridice), Nel Duval (Amore)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Symphoniker, Chorus & Orchestra of the Netherlands Opera, Bruno Walter, Herbert...
The voice is unique, its emotional power palpable after all these years. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd April 2012
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Choirs of Cambridge: Queen's College Choir 'Evening Hymn'
English Choral Music
Choir of Queens' College Cambridge & Cambridge University Brass Group, John Gibbons & Philip Walsh
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The transfer to CD is excellent: play this to your musical friends and get them to guess when it was recorded. —
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The English Orpheus 50 - Orpheus with his Lute
Music for Shakespeare from Purcell to Arne
Catherine Bott (soprano), Rachel Brown (flute)
The Parley of Instruments, Peter Holman
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Maurice Greene: Jephtha
Andrew Staples (tenor), Mary Bevan (soprano), Michael Mofidian (bass-baritone), Jeremy Budd (tenor), Jessica Cale (soprano), Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn
Bevan is incandescent as the luckless daughter, adjusting her expression and vocal quality to her character’s fluctuating extremes...Staples infuses his Jephtha with muscle and soul, bringing... —
