Georg Friedrich H?ndel: Great Oratorio Duets [Hybrid SACD]
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Composer: George Frederick HandelPerformer: Robin Blaze
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Orchestra: The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Performer: Carolyn Sampson
Edition: Music CD
Format: Hybrid SACD, Import
CD Release Date: 2006-03-28
Music Label: Bis
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Free Music Review: Ravishing performances of Fine Handel Duets
Hit: 5 Stars
This is a lovely CD. There have been several discs devoted to Handel's Italian duets, both the non-dramatic chamber genre and the operas - in the latter case, notably the superb Patrizia Ciofi/Joyce Di Donato 'Amor e gelosia' (Virgin Veritas) - but this is the first I've run across comprising only ones from English-language works. It's a well-chosen and -sequenced selection from a dozen works, ten of them plotted 'sacred dramas,' plus one number each from the 'Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne' and 'Alexander's Feast'; ending the program with a relatively downbeat duet from 'Esther' is an unexpected and inspired stroke. Soprano Carolyn Sampson and counter-tenor Robin Blaze sing ravishingly and blend beautifully, and are stylish and sensitive interpreters. They receive excellent support from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under Nicholas Kraemer. The more overtly dramatic duets from 'Belshazzar,' 'Theodora' and 'Saul' may not pack quite the intense punch of other versions - no doubt Sampson and Blaze would go further in specific characterization in the context of a complete performance of those works - but that's an observation, not a reservation. I do not own an SACD player, so I can't report on that aspect of the disc, but the sound on a standard CD player is excellent. Complete texts. Highly recommended.
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