Handel - Messiah | Alto ALC2032

Handel - Messiah

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Label: Alto

Cat No: ALC2032

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 15th November 2024

Contents

Artists

Lynne Dawson (soprano)
Hilary Summers (mezzo-soprano)
John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
Alastair Miles (bass)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Brandenburg Consort

Conductor

Stephen Cleobury

Works

Handel, George Frideric

Messiah, HWV56

Artists

Lynne Dawson (soprano)
Hilary Summers (mezzo-soprano)
John Mark Ainsley (tenor)
Alastair Miles (bass)
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Brandenburg Consort

Conductor

Stephen Cleobury

About

'Stephen Cleobury has opted for the "mature" score, embracing four soloists (soprano, contralto, tenor and bass) 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. Of the other two soloists, Lynne Dawson is frequently a delight: "Rejoice greatly" is both agile and well-gauged whilst "He shall feed his flock" is even more imploring. Alastair Miles demonstrates his wonderfully resonant voice with a performance of some gravitas' – Gramophone

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