G.F.Handel - Alexander Balus

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'This is a landmark in recording history ... Self-recommending, I think' (The Sunday Times)

'All Handelians will want this set' (Gramophone)

'An outstanding recording … an enthralling experience' (Choir & Organ)

'A winner … one of those experiences where you know almost from the first chord that an enjoyable and rewarding evening lies ahead of you. The cast is on top form' (Early Music)

'A very well sung and very welcome appearance of one of Handel's most rarely performed works … For her [Lynne Dawson] interpretation alone the recording is worth buying' (Classic CD)

'We may be grateful that yet another glory has been restored by Robert King and his accomplished forces' (The Times)

'King and his musicians approach the piece with vitality and affection and, in so doing, carried me along from start to finish' (BBC Music Magazine)

cast:

Catherine Denley, mezzo-soprano (Alexander Balus)
Michael George, bass (Ptolomee)
Charles Daniels, tenor (Jonathan)
Lynne Dawson, soprano (Cleopatra)
Claron McFadden, soprano (Aspasia)

Choir of New College Oxford
Choir of The King's Consort
The King's Consort
dir. Robert King