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Handel: Messiah
arranged for wind ensemble
Susanna Hurrell (soprano), Rebecca Afonwy Jones (mezzo), Samuel Boden (tenor), James Platt (bass)
BBC Singers, The Norwegian Wind Ensemble, David Hill
If not revelatory, this performance in Aareskjold’s transcription is rather more than a curiosity: it’s the underlying tenderness of the new orchestration which will ensure return visits, and... —
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if none of these songs are instantly memorable, then it’s good to have encountered them on disc and one hopes for future reacquaintance in the occasional song recital. —
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Scott is the leading virtuoso on the natural horn. Here, with Steven Devine, she performs four works by close contemporaries of Beethoven which offer an interesting journey down a music history... —
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In each work, Lucy Gould (violin), Richard Lester (cello) and Benjamin Frith (piano) display lyrical beauty, burning brio and an awesome degree of ensemble spirit, especially clear in fast tempos. —
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As on the previous volume…Jones renders this music with assurance and keen insight. —
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Sopranos Emily Owen and Jenni Harper are at their best in the duet from Dioclesian, ‘O the sweet delights of love’, where they control the waves of ecstasy with technical aplomb and conviction,... —
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Peter Hanson is a veteran of the period-instrument movement (he served as concertmaster of the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique for quarter of a century), and his tone is on the lean... —
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All are world-premiere recordings, and if that implies at least a little barrel scraping, everything is meticulously played. —
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Beautifully shaped and balanced with superb smooth blend, this elegant male voice ensemble lives up to the title of the programme —
