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Handel: Acis and Galatea

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from: Erato

Release Date July 05, 1999
Acis and Galatea is a delightful early work composed by Handel for James Brydges at Cannons. Unfortunately, this recording is very disappointing. Just two examples of a general lack of stylistic sympathy are insensitive and consistently perverse tempi in the first half which alienate the listener, and the miscalculated casting of bland soprano voices for Damon and Corydon. The second CD is just about acceptable, but by then you really wont care. Far better to track down the John Elliott Gardiner recording from DG with Willard White.

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Handel: Acis and Galatea [IMPORT]

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from: Delos

Release Date November 21, 2000
Acis and Galatea is a delightful early work composed by Handel for James Brydges at Cannons. Unfortunately, this recording is very disappointing. Just two examples of a general lack of stylistic sympathy are insensitive and consistently perverse tempi in the first half which alienate the listener, and the miscalculated casting of bland soprano voices for Damon and Corydon. The second CD is just about acceptable, but by then you really wont care. Far better to track down the John Elliott Gardiner recording from DG with Willard White.

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Stars of English Oratorio, Vol.2

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by: Various Artists

Release Date October 19, 1998
Acis and Galatea is a delightful early work composed by Handel for James Brydges at Cannons. Unfortunately, this recording is very disappointing. Just two examples of a general lack of stylistic sympathy are insensitive and consistently perverse tempi in the first half which alienate the listener, and the miscalculated casting of bland soprano voices for Damon and Corydon. The second CD is just about acceptable, but by then you really wont care. Far better to track down the John Elliott Gardiner recording from DG with Willard White.

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Handel: Arias and Opera Arias

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from: Dutton

Release Date November 01, 1998
Acis and Galatea is a delightful early work composed by Handel for James Brydges at Cannons. Unfortunately, this recording is very disappointing. Just two examples of a general lack of stylistic sympathy are insensitive and consistently perverse tempi in the first half which alienate the listener, and the miscalculated casting of bland soprano voices for Damon and Corydon. The second CD is just about acceptable, but by then you really wont care. Far better to track down the John Elliott Gardiner recording from DG with Willard White.

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Handel - Acis and Galatea

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by: George Frideric Handel

Release Date September 10, 2001
Acis and Galatea is a delightful early work composed by Handel for James Brydges at Cannons. Unfortunately, this recording is very disappointing. Just two examples of a general lack of stylistic sympathy are insensitive and consistently perverse tempi in the first half which alienate the listener, and the miscalculated casting of bland soprano voices for Damon and Corydon. The second CD is just about acceptable, but by then you really wont care. Far better to track down the John Elliott Gardiner recording from DG with Willard White.

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Handel - Acis and Galatea (highlights)

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from: Chandos

Release Date October 29, 2007
I have the original LPs (Oiseau-Lyre, an off-shoot of Decca) from which this CD derives. They are certainly overdue for reissue. They appeared briefly on 2 Decca CDs, long gone. I agree with all that Guy Whit says and have only two reservations about this issue. One is that, sadly, it is of substantial 'highlights' only, not quite the full work, and some good things inevitably are not there. The other (and it is marginal) is that the singing of the St. Antony Singers is a little 'beefy' by today's standards. But Sutherland and Pears are really good, Owen Brannigan is extremely characterful as the giant Polyphemus, and the work is excellently directed by Boult, with springing rhythms and a real sense of style. It is in any case a very enjoyable ... Read More:

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The Fotomaker Collection

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by: Fotomaker

Release Date December 12, 1995
I have the original LPs (Oiseau-Lyre, an off-shoot of Decca) from which this CD derives. They are certainly overdue for reissue. They appeared briefly on 2 Decca CDs, long gone. I agree with all that Guy Whit says and have only two reservations about this issue. One is that, sadly, it is of substantial 'highlights' only, not quite the full work, and some good things inevitably are not there. The other (and it is marginal) is that the singing of the St. Antony Singers is a little 'beefy' by today's standards. But Sutherland and Pears are really good, Owen Brannigan is extremely characterful as the giant Polyphemus, and the work is excellently directed by Boult, with springing rhythms and a real sense of style. It is in any case a very enjoyable ... Read More:

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Fotomaker

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by: Fotomaker

Release Date January 18, 2005
I have the original LPs (Oiseau-Lyre, an off-shoot of Decca) from which this CD derives. They are certainly overdue for reissue. They appeared briefly on 2 Decca CDs, long gone. I agree with all that Guy Whit says and have only two reservations about this issue. One is that, sadly, it is of substantial 'highlights' only, not quite the full work, and some good things inevitably are not there. The other (and it is marginal) is that the singing of the St. Antony Singers is a little 'beefy' by today's standards. But Sutherland and Pears are really good, Owen Brannigan is extremely characterful as the giant Polyphemus, and the work is excellently directed by Boult, with springing rhythms and a real sense of style. It is in any case a very enjoyable ... Read More:

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Prodigal Son

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by: Mike Cross

Release Date October 01, 1999
I have the original LPs (Oiseau-Lyre, an off-shoot of Decca) from which this CD derives. They are certainly overdue for reissue. They appeared briefly on 2 Decca CDs, long gone. I agree with all that Guy Whit says and have only two reservations about this issue. One is that, sadly, it is of substantial 'highlights' only, not quite the full work, and some good things inevitably are not there. The other (and it is marginal) is that the singing of the St. Antony Singers is a little 'beefy' by today's standards. But Sutherland and Pears are really good, Owen Brannigan is extremely characterful as the giant Polyphemus, and the work is excellently directed by Boult, with springing rhythms and a real sense of style. It is in any case a very enjoyable ... Read More:

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Prodigal Son [CASSETTE]

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by: Mike Cross

Release Date October 07, 1993
I have the original LPs (Oiseau-Lyre, an off-shoot of Decca) from which this CD derives. They are certainly overdue for reissue. They appeared briefly on 2 Decca CDs, long gone. I agree with all that Guy Whit says and have only two reservations about this issue. One is that, sadly, it is of substantial 'highlights' only, not quite the full work, and some good things inevitably are not there. The other (and it is marginal) is that the singing of the St. Antony Singers is a little 'beefy' by today's standards. But Sutherland and Pears are really good, Owen Brannigan is extremely characterful as the giant Polyphemus, and the work is excellently directed by Boult, with springing rhythms and a real sense of style. It is in any case a very enjoyable ... Read More: