MomsMobley Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 (edited) because, happily, the enthusiasm is there & because the what are you listening to thread is where good dialogue goes to die...previous Handel hootenannies includesolo keyboardbest answer = Ludger Remy on CPO, complemented by Siegbert Rampe on MDGconcerti grossi (for conte condoli) op. 6best answer = Martin Gester cond. BIS, complemented by whatever, I think Pinnock better than Hogwood, Harnoncourt better in organ concertos w/ Tachezifavorite Messiahbest answer = Cannonball Adderly, Messiaen Saint Francois D'Assise &, I dunno... Maybe Christie or Hogwood. ALL the pre-HIP ones are insufferable on x # of levels so unless you want/need to be a historically informed listener... But all the HIP performances have "issues" also and-- this will be even bigger problem with the operas-- while I used to indulge countertenors... Most are tolerable at best, many worse than that esp. the goddamn English hooters... AND it must be said that despite Handel's adopted English, it's QUITE questionable whether the mid-late 20th c. English choral tradition is best prepared to record Handel oratorios... It's a shame really. Gardiner was probably the best but surely not the best possible, some Hogwood estimable too, if usually lacking meat and sweat. (And not to blame only the English: all Nicholas McGegan-- an American-- Handel recordings are mostly awful.)***Alcina, Alan Curtis, his recording for DG very good...Alcina, Andrea Marcon cond. Freiburger Barock, w/ Patricia Petibon (JSngry's Lulu!) is excellent Edited August 13, 2015 by MomsMobley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 Heita!The Remy disc of the 1720 suites is excellent indeed! What do you think of the recording Eva Maria Pollerus has made of the 1736 Muffat edition (including embellishments by one of Händel's contemporaries and competitors) of them?Just starting to check out some more of Händel's chamber music, as you've certainly noticed. Will get the Christie disc of violin sonatas eventually, to complement the Manze/Egarr one (which I enjoyed on first - and so far only - listen).Also have this one on the way: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 (edited) Handel Harpsichord Suites — Scott Ross https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjfL04JFw4U Concerto Grossi Op. 6 and 3— Harnoncourt (Teldec). Not always immaculately played but balls to the wall; the only recording I know that gets the crucial rhetorical aspect of the music. Messiah — Mackerras Edited August 14, 2015 by Larry Kart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomsMobley Posted August 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 (edited) I should add, btw, that I don't consider "Messiah" even among Handel's Top 10 most interesting oratorios but since the subject came up... Which is also to say nobody who doesn't like or doesn't care about "Messiah" & its mostly odious performing, recording tradition (there are exceptions) shouldn't let that inhibit their Handelian tumescence.Jacobs cond. BelshazzarNeumann cond. Susanna Edited August 13, 2015 by MomsMobley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 The thing about the Messiah is that it's pretty much a one off -- a living sacred tableau or frieze -- while most of the best oratorios, including the two Moms linked to above, are pretty close to operas, works of intense, story-telling drama in which key characters are tested/evolve/express their sorrows and passions. The Messiah has none of that, though what it does have is glorious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 I love this version for all kinds of reasons which drive Moms mad. Never the less, I have 3 or 4 other versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomsMobley Posted August 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Hah, Chuck-- I'm hardcore Delian so certainly a Beecham fan & while I can still enjoy his Haydn... that Messiah always struck me as BIG but not vulgar, vivacious enough... let it rip, TB. And of course we couldn't love Handel w/o some modern performances along the way-- Mackerras certainly laudable, also Decca-era Marriner... It's certainly not my first choice but ASMF then rises well above much "NPR in the bookstore"-style pap... Richard Egarr is a fine Handelian, forgot to mention Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Д.Д. Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 I like Dantone playing Handel's keyboard works: https://play.spotify.com/album/6hZOVR3LlTMnn6fOS3lxw9 and https://play.spotify.com/album/1Bzb6iWyuTdHf7bsyt7uVn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomsMobley Posted August 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 Siroe RaScipione inamorata Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomsMobley Posted August 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2015 (edited) Rosemary Joshua & Sarah Connolly, from a duo record (Chandos) Chaconne with four "boobies" on the cover, one being pleasantly pinched or teased--http://www.amazon.com/Handel-Duets-Rosemary-Joshua/dp/B003627OLMHarry Bicket cond I might prefer a smidgen more oomph at moments but this isn't bad any meansRosemary Joshuua throbbing Partenope, Curnyn a surprisingly strong Handel cond Edited August 31, 2015 by MomsMobley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomsMobley Posted December 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 (edited) Rosemary Joshua full dorsal nudity at 3:09 btw, the Chandos complete Semele recording cond. Christian Curyn quite good also Miah Perrson diminutive, leggy, Rene Jacobs cond. dark & fleecey pubes up the stairs Edited December 10, 2015 by MomsMobley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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