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Händel: Messiah
from: Philips
: :John Eliot Gardiner's is a highly musical and inspired account of Messiah, featuring an excellent group of soloists and an outstanding period-instrument band. With dance rhythms athletically sprung and da capo arias tastefully ornamented, the performance generates consistent interest and is lively in spite of its length. There is splendid choral singing from the Monteverdi Choir--the ending of 'All We Like Sheep' is quite potent--and much wonderful work from the soloists. The recording, made in 1982, is impeccable. --Ted Libbey
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A Copland Celebration Vol. 3
from: Sony
: :John Eliot Gardiner's is a highly musical and inspired account of Messiah, featuring an excellent group of soloists and an outstanding period-instrument band. With dance rhythms athletically sprung and da capo arias tastefully ornamented, the performance generates consistent interest and is lively in spite of its length. There is splendid choral singing from the Monteverdi Choir--the ending of 'All We Like Sheep' is quite potent--and much wonderful work from the soloists. The recording, made in 1982, is impeccable. --Ted Libbey
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Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen (Ring Cycle) / Sawallisch, Bayerischer Staatsoper
: :Those without access to video disc players can now enjoy this 1989 Ring production, although stage noises and singers husbanding their resources come off less forgivingly in an audio-only context. But the recording is surprisingly crisp and vibrant, save for distortion in loud tuttis. Wolfgang Sawallisch has a sixth sense for pacing, proportion, and keeping singers secure. A bargain worth considering, but no texts are included. --Jed Distler
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Strauss - Salome / Inge Nielsen · Hale · Goldberg · Silja · Schønwandt
: :With so many fine recordings of Salome already available, the question must be asked if this new recording was really necessary. The answer is an emphatic 'Yes!' The reason: Inga Nielsen is an extraordinary, magnificent singing actress in the title role. Her voice has something of the legendary Ljuba Welitsch's girlish innocence, and her way with the text reveals an artist totally attuned to every dramatic nuance that Strauss offers. From its innocent beginnings, her portrayal reaches a positively terrifying apotheosis of decadent savagery in one of the most disturbing final ...
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Dreamer: A Portrait of Langston Hughes
: :With so many fine recordings of Salome already available, the question must be asked if this new recording was really necessary. The answer is an emphatic 'Yes!' The reason: Inga Nielsen is an extraordinary, magnificent singing actress in the title role. Her voice has something of the legendary Ljuba Welitsch's girlish innocence, and her way with the text reveals an artist totally attuned to every dramatic nuance that Strauss offers. From its innocent beginnings, her portrayal reaches a positively terrifying apotheosis of decadent savagery in one of the most disturbing final ...
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America
from: Fortress
:Album Description:Opera singers Hale and Wilder, with arrangements by arranger-orchestrater-conductor Ovid Young and vocal accompaniments by The Singing Men of Texas, bring passion, excitement, and nostalgia to some of the favorite songs about America. Their deep feeling for this country and its people is strongly evidenced in this stirring collection of musical Americana.
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Ultimate Irving Berlin, Vol. 1
:Album Description:Opera singers Hale and Wilder, with arrangements by arranger-orchestrater-conductor Ovid Young and vocal accompaniments by The Singing Men of Texas, bring passion, excitement, and nostalgia to some of the favorite songs about America. Their deep feeling for this country and its people is strongly evidenced in this stirring collection of musical Americana.
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Dowland - The Collected Works / The Consort of Musicke, Rooley
:Album Description:Opera singers Hale and Wilder, with arrangements by arranger-orchestrater-conductor Ovid Young and vocal accompaniments by The Singing Men of Texas, bring passion, excitement, and nostalgia to some of the favorite songs about America. Their deep feeling for this country and its people is strongly evidenced in this stirring collection of musical Americana.
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Messiah: The Dream Cast
from: Decca
:Album Description:Opera singers Hale and Wilder, with arrangements by arranger-orchestrater-conductor Ovid Young and vocal accompaniments by The Singing Men of Texas, bring passion, excitement, and nostalgia to some of the favorite songs about America. Their deep feeling for this country and its people is strongly evidenced in this stirring collection of musical Americana.
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Handel - Messiah / M. Marshall · Quirke · Robbin · Brett · Rolfe Johnson · Hale · The Monteverdi Choir · The English Baroque Soloists · Gardiner
: :John Eliot Gardiner's is a highly musical and inspired account of Messiah, featuring an excellent group of soloists and an outstanding period-instrument band. With dance rhythms athletically sprung and da capo arias tastefully ornamented, the performance generates consistent interest and is lively in spite of its length. There is splendid choral singing from the Monteverdi Choir--the ending of 'All We Like Sheep' is quite potent--and much wonderful work from the soloists. The recording, made in 1982, is impeccable. --Ted Libbey
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