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When it comes to Handel aria collections, it's the countertenors and sopranos that get all the recording time. The entirely beneficial trend of organizing these recordings by the people who sang the music in Handel's time may touch on a tenor here for the first time, and the effect is different from the various albums devoted to the soprano and countertenor repertoire. The tenor John Beard was not a flashy Italian import, but a native Englander, and he had a long career with Handel. He might, the detailed booklet observes, have sung Handel's anthems as a 12-year-old at the coronation of George II in 1727. One imagines that while Faustina Bordoni and Francesca Cuzzoni were making headlines by duking it out on-stage, connoisseurs preferred a quieter appreciation of Beard. There are several attractive features here, starting with the voice of tenor Allan Clayton: it seems suited to languid pastoral melodies, but explodes quite unexpectedly with power in the heroic ones. You get several chunks of music beyond single arias, including one by William Boyce (tracks 11-14), which breaks up the elevated Handelian mood nicely. The gentle playing of the choir and orchestra of Classical Opera under Ian Page fits the general concept well, and much of the material deserves a fresh, careful performance. Sample Clayton's extraordinarily graceful reading of "As steals the morn" from L'Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato (track ten), and enjoy!
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George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Allan Clayton, MainArtist - Ian Page, Conductor - James Eastaway, MainArtist - The Mozartists, Ensemble
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Allan Clayton, MainArtist - Ian Page, Conductor - The Mozartists, Ensemble
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Allan Clayton, MainArtist - Ian Page, Conductor - The Mozartists, Ensemble
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Allan Clayton, MainArtist - Ian Page, Conductor - The Mozartists, Ensemble
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Allan Clayton, MainArtist - Ian Page, Conductor - The Mozartists, Ensemble
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Allan Clayton, MainArtist - Ian Page, Conductor - The Mozartists, Ensemble
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Allan Clayton, MainArtist - Ian Page, Conductor - The Mozartists, Ensemble
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Allan Clayton, MainArtist - Ian Page, Conductor - The Mozartists, Ensemble
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Allan Clayton, MainArtist - Ian Page, Conductor - The Mozartists, Ensemble
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Allan Clayton, MainArtist - Mary Bevan, MainArtist - Ian Page, Conductor - James Eastaway, MainArtist - Philip Turbett, MainArtist - The Mozartists, Ensemble
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - William Boyce, Composer - Allan Clayton, MainArtist - Ian Page, Conductor - The Mozartists, Ensemble
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - William Boyce, Composer - Allan Clayton, MainArtist - Ian Page, Conductor - The Mozartists, Ensemble
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - William Boyce, Composer - Allan Clayton, MainArtist - Ian Page, Conductor - Philip Turbett, MainArtist - The Mozartists, Ensemble
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - William Boyce, Composer - Allan Clayton, MainArtist - Ian Page, Conductor - Philip Turbett, MainArtist - The Mozartists, Ensemble
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Allan Clayton, MainArtist - Ian Page, Conductor - The Mozartists, Ensemble
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Allan Clayton, MainArtist - Ian Page, Conductor - The Mozartists, Ensemble
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Allan Clayton, MainArtist - Ian Page, Conductor - The Mozartists, Ensemble
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Allan Clayton, MainArtist - Ian Page, Conductor - The Mozartists, Ensemble
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Allan Clayton, MainArtist - Ian Page, Conductor - The Mozartists, Ensemble
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Allan Clayton, MainArtist - Ian Page, Conductor - The Mozartists, Ensemble
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Allan Clayton, MainArtist - Ian Page, Conductor - The Mozartists, Ensemble
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - John Christopher Smith, Composer - Allan Clayton, MainArtist - Ian Page, Conductor - The Mozartists, Ensemble
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Thomas Arne, Composer - Allan Clayton, MainArtist - Ian Page, Conductor - The Mozartists, Ensemble
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Allan Clayton, MainArtist - Ian Page, Conductor - The Mozartists, Ensemble
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Allan Clayton, MainArtist - Ian Page, Conductor - The Mozartists, Ensemble
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
Album review
When it comes to Handel aria collections, it's the countertenors and sopranos that get all the recording time. The entirely beneficial trend of organizing these recordings by the people who sang the music in Handel's time may touch on a tenor here for the first time, and the effect is different from the various albums devoted to the soprano and countertenor repertoire. The tenor John Beard was not a flashy Italian import, but a native Englander, and he had a long career with Handel. He might, the detailed booklet observes, have sung Handel's anthems as a 12-year-old at the coronation of George II in 1727. One imagines that while Faustina Bordoni and Francesca Cuzzoni were making headlines by duking it out on-stage, connoisseurs preferred a quieter appreciation of Beard. There are several attractive features here, starting with the voice of tenor Allan Clayton: it seems suited to languid pastoral melodies, but explodes quite unexpectedly with power in the heroic ones. You get several chunks of music beyond single arias, including one by William Boyce (tracks 11-14), which breaks up the elevated Handelian mood nicely. The gentle playing of the choir and orchestra of Classical Opera under Ian Page fits the general concept well, and much of the material deserves a fresh, careful performance. Sample Clayton's extraordinarily graceful reading of "As steals the morn" from L'Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato (track ten), and enjoy!
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 25 track(s)
- Total length: 01:09:00
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Ian Page The Mozartists Allan Clayton
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Signum Records
- Genre: Classical Opera
(C) 2016 Signum Records (P) 2016 Signum Records
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