Great Handel choirs/Haydn's Heiligmesse
Aled Jones previews ENO's Sing Hallelujah celebrations with choral director Simon Lole's pick of great Handel choirs on disc. Plus a complete performance of Haydn's Heiligmesse.
Ahead of English National Opera's Sing Hallelujah celebrations Aled Jones talks to choral director Simon Lole, who picks great Handel choirs on disc, from the very first complete recording of Messiah to a stunning performance of Saul. Plus the last in the series of postcards from Eisenstadt introducing Haydn's Heiligmesse performed by the Monteverdi Choir.
Tracklist:
Blas Galindo
Dos Corazones
Gregg Smith Singers
NEWPORT CLASSIC NCD85639, track 1
George Frideric Handel
Messiah - 芒聙聹For unto us芒聙聺 excerpt
蜜芽传媒 Chorus and Symphony Orchestra conducted by Thomas Beecham (recording from 1927)
PEARL GEMM CDS 9456, track 12
George Frideric Handel
Israel in Egypt - 芒聙聹He smote all the first born in Egypt芒聙聺
Huddersfield Choral Society and Liverpool Philharmonic conducted by Malcolm Sargent (recording from 1955)
DUTTON CDLX7045, track 10
George Frideric Handel
Messiah - Behold the Lamb of God
Choir of King芒聙聶s College, Cambridge with the Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields conducted by David Willcocks (1972 recording)
EMI CLASSICS 07777637842 8, track 21
George Frideric Handel
Semele - 芒聙聹Bless the glad earth with heavenly lays芒聙聺
Ambrosian Singers conducted by John McCarthy
DG 4357822 CD2, track 10
George Frideric Handel
Acis and Galatea - 芒聙聵Wretched Lovers!芒聙聶
Scholars Baroque Ensemble conducted by David can Asch (1992 recording)
NAXOS 8553188, track 13
George Frideric Handel
Hercules - 芒聙聹Wanton God of amorous fires芒聙聺
Monteverdi Choir, with the English Baroque Soloists, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner ARCHIV 423 137-2 CD2, track 9
George Frideric Handel
Saul - 芒聙聹Envy! Eldest born of hell芒聙聺
Gabrieli Consort and Players, directed by Paul McCreesh
ARCHIV 4745102 CD2, track 1
George Frideric Handel
Saul - 芒聙聹Envy! Eldest born of hell芒聙聺 (excerpt)
Rias Chamber Choir with Concerto Koln conducted by Rene JACOBS
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC90187778 CD 1, track 21
George Frideric Handel
Saul - 芒聙聹Gird on thy sword, thou man of might芒聙聺
Rias Chamber Choir with Concerto Koln conducted by Rene JACOBS
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC90187778 CD 2, track 23
Carl Nielsen
Sidskensang
Canzone-Koret, conducted by Frans Rasmussen
DANACORD DACOCD368 t9
George Frideric Handel
Heiligmesse Hob. XXII: 10
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, conducted by John Eliot-Gardiner
DECCA 470 819-2, tracks 1-11
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