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This six-disc set of music by George Frederick Handel presents an unlikely combination of genres: the oratorio L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato; the opera Tamerlano; and ballet music from Alcina, Il pastor fido, and Terpsichore. Each is surely a masterpiece in its form, but it is odd to have such heterodox works grouped together. Aside from the composer, the common thread here is conductor John Eliot Gardiner with his orchestra, the English Baroque Soloists, and the Monteverdi Choir. Baroque specialist Gardiner turns in apt performances, all recorded in the 1980s. His L'Allegro is mighty and monumental, with lovely lyrical touches; his Tamerlano deeply expressive and highly dramatic, with astounding vocal writing; and his trio of ballets catchy, colorful, and buoyantly rhythmic. The oratorio and the opera have large and entirely different casts, and amazingly, both casts are superb: Patrizia Kwella, Marie McLaughlin, and Martyn Hill being the standouts in the oratorio and Derek Ragin and especially the clarion Nancy Argenta being the standouts in the opera. Recorded in warm, clear early digital sound by Erato, this set will appeal to any Handel fan who doesn't already have one or more of these works or is looking for excellent recordings of any of them.
© TiVo
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L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Martyn Hill, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Patrizia Kwella, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Marie McLaughlin, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited
Jennifer Smith, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Martyn Hill, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist - Maldwyn Davies, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited
Jennifer Smith, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist - Patrizia Kwella, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Martyn Hill, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Michael Ginn, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Patrizia Kwella, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Stephen Varcoe, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited
Jennifer Smith, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Marie McLaughlin, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Maldwyn Davies, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Marie McLaughlin, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist - Michael Ginn, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited
Jennifer Smith, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Patrizia Kwella, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Stephen Varcoe, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Maldwyn Davies, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Patrizia Kwella, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Martyn Hill, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Marie McLaughlin, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble, FeaturedArtist - Marie McLaughlin, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist - Martyn Hill, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Patrizia Kwella, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist - Patrizia Kwella, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited
Jennifer Smith, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist - Patrizia Kwella, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Stephen Varcoe, Bass Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited
Jennifer Smith, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Martyn Hill, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Maldwyn Davies, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Patrizia Kwella, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Monteverdi Choir, Choir, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1981 Warner Music UK Limited
Tamerlano, HWV 17 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1987 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1987 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Michael Chance, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Nigel Robson, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1987 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Nigel Robson, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1987 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Michael Chance, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Derek Lee Ragin, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1987 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Derek Lee Ragin, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1987 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Michael Chance, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1987 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Michael Chance, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1987 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Derek Lee Ragin, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Nancy Argenta, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1987 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Nancy Argenta, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1987 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Michael Chance, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Nancy Argenta, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Nigel Robson, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1987 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Nigel Robson, Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1987 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Michael Chance, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Nancy Argenta, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1987 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Nancy Argenta, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1987 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Michael Chance, Counter-Tenor Vocals, FeaturedArtist - René Schirrer, Baritone Vocals, FeaturedArtist - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Jane Findlay, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1987 Warner Music UK Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor, MainArtist - English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra - Jane Findlay, Soprano Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd A Warner Classics/Erato Disques release, ℗ 1987 Warner Music UK Limited
Album review
This six-disc set of music by George Frederick Handel presents an unlikely combination of genres: the oratorio L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato; the opera Tamerlano; and ballet music from Alcina, Il pastor fido, and Terpsichore. Each is surely a masterpiece in its form, but it is odd to have such heterodox works grouped together. Aside from the composer, the common thread here is conductor John Eliot Gardiner with his orchestra, the English Baroque Soloists, and the Monteverdi Choir. Baroque specialist Gardiner turns in apt performances, all recorded in the 1980s. His L'Allegro is mighty and monumental, with lovely lyrical touches; his Tamerlano deeply expressive and highly dramatic, with astounding vocal writing; and his trio of ballets catchy, colorful, and buoyantly rhythmic. The oratorio and the opera have large and entirely different casts, and amazingly, both casts are superb: Patrizia Kwella, Marie McLaughlin, and Martyn Hill being the standouts in the oratorio and Derek Ragin and especially the clarion Nancy Argenta being the standouts in the opera. Recorded in warm, clear early digital sound by Erato, this set will appeal to any Handel fan who doesn't already have one or more of these works or is looking for excellent recordings of any of them.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 121 track(s)
- Total length: 05:42:11
- Main artists: John Eliot Gardiner
- Composer: Georg Friedrich Händel
- Label: Warner Classics International
- Genre: Classical
© 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2008 Warner Classics & Jazz, Warner Music UK Ltd
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