Messiah
HÄNDEL Georg Friedrich (1685-1759)
Lynne Dawson (Sopran) - Hilary Summers (Mezzosopran) - John Mark Ainsley (Tenor) - Alastair Miles (Bass) - King's College Choir Cambridge - Brandenburg Consort - Stephen Cleobury (Dir)
Label : Alto
Artikelnummer: ALC2032
2 CD
CHF 18.00
Cleobury has opted for the 'mature' score, embracing four soloists as Handel revived it in 1752 and he has a strong line-up of soloists. John Mark Ainsley sings with remarkable spiritedness throughout, exhibiting an accomplishment and beauty of articulation ... Hilary Summers takes a little to settle but her soft-grained and controlled renderings of "O thou that tellest" and, in particular, "He was despised" show a younger singer of considerable sensitivity... (Gramophone)