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Handel: Messiah / Hickox, Terfel, Langridge, Rodgers, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-12-05

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias
Performers: Langridge, Philip; Robson, Christopher [Counter Tenor Vocals]; Rodgers, Joan; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

Starring bass Bryn Terfel, this recording is acknowledged as ranking among the best period instrument versions of this work available and has received first-rate reviews....continue...
Personnel: Jane Butler, Lucinda Houghton, Ruth Dean, Janet Coxwell, Fiona Clarke, Carol Hall (soprano); Della Jones (mezzo soprano); Gerard O'Beirne, Philip Slane, Paul Badley, Philip Daggett, Philip ...continue...

Bear Essentials - Classics for Funerals

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-02-22

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Sonata for Piano no 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 "Funeral March"; Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Johann Sebastian Bach: Komm, süsser Tod, komm, sel'ge Ruh'!, BWV 478; Conc...
Performers: Austin, Michael [Organ]; Comberti, Micaela; Crabtree, Libby; Kenyon, Philip; Kirkby, Emma; Lortie, Louis; Rodgers, Joan; Scott, Jonathan; Standage, Simon; Torchinsky, Yuri [Violin]
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias; Hickox, Richard; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Standage, Simon; Järvi, Neeme; Parrott, Andrew; Guest, George; Christophers, Harry; Handley, Vernon; Hurst, Geor...
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Collegium Musicum 90; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Chorus; R...

Bear Essentials - Handel Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-05-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Der Messias; Tolomeo, HWV 25; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Largo; Suite for keyboard (Suite de piece), Vol.2, no 8 in G major, HWV 441; Tra le fiamme,...
Performers: Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Yates, Sophie
Conductors: Standage, Simon; Hickox, Richard; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Bamert, Matthias; ; Turovsky, Yuli
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Collegium Musicum 90; I Musici de Montréal; Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Sellers Engineering Band

Bear Essentials - Dining Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-10-21

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for strings & continuo in D major, Op. 12/3, RV 124; Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Australia, Soloists of; Barnert, Matthias; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Cantilena [Instrumental Ensemble]; City of Birmingham ...
Conductors: Shelley, Howard; ; Manze, Andrew; Thomas, Ronald [Violin]; Standage, Simon; Preston, Stephen; Hickox, Richard; Garforth, David; Shepherd, Adrian; Leppard, Raymond; Weller, Walter; Turovsky, Yuli; Bam...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; Ambache Chamber Ensemble; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Cantilena; Collegium Musicum 90; Concerto Copenhagen; English Chamber Ensemble; English Cha...

Bear Essentials - Wedding Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-03-25

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Cantata no 147, ...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Austin, Michael [Organ]; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bott, Paula; Elms, Roderick; Hicks, Malcolm; Isserlis, Steven; Jackson, Francis; Kee, Piet; Kennedy, Nig...
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias; Thomas, Ronald [Violin]; Newsome, Roy; ; Shepherd, Adrian; Hickox, Richard; Standage, Simon; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Spicer, Paul; Williams, Glyn; Williams, J. Glyn; Robinson, Chris...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ens.; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Besses o' th' Barn Band; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Cantilena (Instrumental Ensemble); Collegium Musicum 90; Collegium Mu...

Personnel: Nigel Kennedy (violin); Steven Isserlis (cello); Phillip McCann (cornet); Peter Pettinger (piano); Michael Austin , Roderick Elms, Malcolm Hicks, Francis Jackson, Simon Lindley (organ)....continue...

Handel and the Oratorio / Standage, Collegium Musicum 90

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-06-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Joseph and his brethren, HWV 59; Semele; Jephtha; Susanna, HWV 66; Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63; Solomon
Conductors: Standage, Simon
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

"Handel 'pops' as selected by his 18th-century publisher, Walsh. Seven complete overtures, five glorious arias, 'the song parts' (vocal lines) given variously to oboe, bassoon...continue...

Handel at the Opera / Simon Standage, Collegium Musicum 90

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-04-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Arminio, HWV 36; Largo; Berenice, Regina d'Egitto, HWV 38; Rinaldo; Rodelinda; Ariodante
Conductors: Standage, Simon
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Handel's music is never more winsome than when it's written for special occasions, not least operas. Several of the items in this...continue...

Handel: Concerti grossi Op 6 Vol 2 / Standage, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-06-16

Works: George Frederick Handel: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Concerto Grosso in B flat major, Op.6/7, HWV 325; Concerto Grosso in F major, Op.6/9, HWV 327
Conductors: Standage, Simon
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

"The playing of Collegium Musicum 90 under Simon Standage's leadership is as crisp and musical as ever...Standage uses Handel's optional added wind parts, [enjoying] a...continue...

Handel: Concerti grossi Op 6 Vol 1 / Standage, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1997-06-17

Works: George Frederick Handel: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Concerto Grosso in E minor, Op.6/3, HWV 321; Concerto Grosso in D major, Op.6/5, HWV 323
Conductors: Standage, Simon
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

"...The performances are brimful of vitality...the clean articulation and light, predominantly detached style give the music buoyancy and help to bring out Handel's often mischievous...continue...

Handel: Apollo e Dafne, etc / Argenta, George, Standage

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-09-19

Works: George Frederick Handel: Apollo e Dafne (La Terra è Liberata), dramatic cantata for soprano, bass & orchestra, HWV 122; Crudel Tiranno Amor, cantata, HWV 97
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; George, Michael
Conductors: Standage, Simon
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

"Nancy Argenta sings coolly as Dafne as she wards off the sun-god's advances, but the drama really belongs to Apollo. Michael George, a genuine bass,...continue...