Summer Opera Sale - Up to 40% off
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Summer Opera Sale - Up to 40% off, Harry Christophers (conductor)
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Handel: Jephtha RecommendedJames Gilchrist (Jephtha), Susan Bickley (Storge), Sophie Bevan (Iphis), Robin Blaze (Hamor), Matthew Brook (Zebul) & Grace Davidson (Angel)
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Christophers's taut, vibrant, and beautifully sprung account is bright and dazzling, yet so often the score ought to inhabit the tortured light and shade of Caravaggio...the choruses are finely... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Building a Library, January 2018, First Choice
3 CDs
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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... — More…
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Building a Library, September 2011, First Choice (CD)
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Building a Library, February 2023, Also Recommended
2 CDs
Original price ($20.50) Reduced price $15.25Downloads
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Handel: Saul Christopher Purves (Saul), Sarah Connolly (David), Robert Murray (Jonathan), Elizabeth Atherton (Merab), Joélle Harvey (Michal), Mark Dobell (High Priest), Jeremy Budd (Witch of Endor) & Stuart Young (Ghost of Samuel)
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
the choruses are always beautifully contoured, as is the incisive playing of The Sixteen's house band. Christopher Purves and Sarah Connolly all but steal the show: Purves's splenetic Saul is... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2012, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
3 CDs
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Handel: Acis and Galatea Jeremy Budd (Acis), Grace Davidson (Galatea), Stuart Young (Polyphemus), Mark Dobell (Damon), Simon Berridge (Coridon)
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Without undue hurry, [Christophers] keeps the delightful score bouncing merrily along; the instrumentalists supply expert playing…Davidson’s Galatea offers a small but pretty soprano and Jeremy... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Vocal
2 CDs
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Purcell: The Indian Queen Julie Cooper, Kirsty Hopkins, Jeremy Budd, Mark Dobell, Matthew Long, Ben Davies, Eamonn Dougan & Stuart Young
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Christophers leads a trim, affectionate performance of Purcell’s last (unfinished) semi-opera. The musical forces are small and flexible, and though some previous recordings bring more star... — More…
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