Total Eclipse - Handel At Home, Vol. 2
Silas Wollston (soloist, organ), Rachel Brown (flute), Adrian Butterfield (violin), Oliver Webber, Rachel Byrt, Gavin Kibble, Naomi Burrell, Carina Cosgrave
An incandescent presence, Brown deploys her invention, and the particular qualities of the traverse flute – its sensitivity to touch and breath, its audible woodiness, its luminous colours –...
Total Eclipse - Handel At Home, Vol. 2
Silas Wollston (soloist, organ), Rachel Brown (flute), Adrian Butterfield (violin), Oliver Webber, Rachel Byrt, Gavin Kibble, Naomi Burrell, Carina Cosgrave
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An incandescent presence, Brown deploys her invention, and the particular qualities of the traverse flute – its sensitivity to touch and breath, its audible woodiness, its luminous colours –...
About
…“full of the most delicious music you could ask to hear, and the players give every indication of loving every note they play” was how one enthusiastic reviewer described the first volume of aria arrangements on SOMM, of “Handel at Home” (SOMMCD 055) with the London Handel Players in Pan Magazine.
Indeed, it is an attestation of Handel’s power to speak to the very depths of one’s soul, to touch the heart and to rouse the spirit that after many years performing the repertoire, the London Handel Players present here “Handel at Home” Vol 2. A second selection of popular operatic arias either in contemporary settings or their own arrangements inspired by the original luscious scoring.
Contents and tracklist
- Silas Wollston (soloist), Rachel Brown, Adrian Butterfield, Oliver Webber, Rachel Byrt, Gavin Kibble
- Adrian Butterfield, Oliver Webber, Rachel Byrt, Gavin Kibble, Silas Wollston, Naomi Burrell, Carina Cosgrave
- Rachel Brown, Adrian Butterfield, Gavin Kibble, Silas Wollston, Oliver Webber, Rachel Byrt
- Adrian Butterfield, Rachel Brown, Oliver Webber, Rachel Byrt, Gavin Kibble, Silas Wollston
- Rachel Brown, Adrian Butterfield, Oliver Webber, Rachel Byrt, Gavin Kibble, Silas Wollston
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Awards and reviews
Christmas 2023
An incandescent presence, Brown deploys her invention, and the particular qualities of the traverse flute – its sensitivity to touch and breath, its audible woodiness, its luminous colours – to create a music wholly her own...By restoring the role of composer to its performers, this project shows period practice coming into its own.
January 2024
Essentially, it’s not hard to picture eight musically accomplished Hanoverian-era friends gathering in some high-ceilinged townhouse to recreate the Handel music they’ve most enjoyed at the theatre... All in all, an end-to-end pleasure.
