Handel - Orlando
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Handel: Orlando
RecommendedBejun Mehta (Orlando), Sophie Karthäuser (Angelica), Kristina Hammarström (Medoro), Sunhae Im (Dorinda), Konstantin Wolff (Zoroastro)
B'Rock Orchestra, René Jacobs
Mehta brings lively characterisation to the mythical hero's subtle duality. I the uppermost notes of his vocal range sound a little pinched, there is ample compensation in bravura passagework...Im... —
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Building a Library, September 2014, First Choice
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Handel: Orlando
Owen Willetts (Orlando), Karina Gauvin (Angelica), Allyson McHardy (Medoro), Amanda Forsythe (Dorinda), Nathan Berg (Zoroastro)
Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Alexander Weimann
Weimann's pacing of the action, choice of tempi and shaping of orchestral ritornellos are freshly marvellous...Berg's articulation of his coloratura and calmly authoritative characterisation... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2014, Editor's Choice
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Opera, July 2014, Recording of the Month
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Handel: Orlando
Christophe Dumaux (Orlando), Elena de la Merced (Angelica), Jean Michel Fumas (Medoro), Rachel Nicholis (Dorinda) & Alain Buet (Zoroastro)
Grande Ecurie & Chambre du Roy, Jean-Claude Malgoire
The real vocal find is Nicholls, who sparkles as the innocent Dorinda, picks off effortless top Ds and ornaments authentically the da capo repeats...Malgoire conducts this live staging with... —
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Handel: Orlando
James Bowman (Orlando), Arleen Augér (Angelica), Catherine Robbin (Medoro), Emma Kirkby (Dorinda), David Thomas (Zoroastro)
Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
For the jewelled sequences of arias and duets, Hogwood has assembled a near-ideal cast, with Arleen Auger at her most radiant as the queen, Angelica, and Emma Kirkby characteristically bright... —
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Handel Edition Volume 1 - Alcina and Orlando
Renée Fleming (Alcina), Susan Graham (Ruggiero), Natalie Dessay (Morgana), Kathleen Kuhlmann (Bradamante), Timothy Robinson (Oronte), Juanita Lascarro (Oberto), Laurent Naouri (Melisso), Patricia Bardon (Orlando), Rosemary Joshua (Angelica), Hilary Summers (Medoro), Rosa Mannion (Dorinda), Harry...
Christie is very much concerned with a smooth and generally rich texture and with delicacy of rhythmic shaping. His management of the recitative could hardly be bettered and moments of urgency... —
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