Dramatic sweep and top talent make Handel soar

‘Incisive, sensitive and saturated with colour, the choir’s sound moves effortlessly between intentionally nasty and utterly gorgeous’

 

Handel
Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63
Deanna Breiwick(soprano), Sophie Harmsen(mezzo-soprano), Owen Willetts(countertenor), João Fernandes (bass); NDR Chor; FestspielOrchester Göttingen/ Laurence Cummings
AccentACC26410  137mins (2 discs) 

Freya Parr

Published: April 8, 2019 at 10:25 am

‘Incisive, sensitive and saturated with colour, the choir’s sound moves effortlessly between intentionally nasty and utterly gorgeous’

Handel Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63 Deanna Breiwick(soprano), Sophie Harmsen(mezzo-soprano), Owen Willetts(countertenor), João Fernandes (bass); NDR Chor; FestspielOrchester Göttingen/ Laurence Cummings AccentACC26410 137mins (2 discs)

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Freya Parr

Digital Editor and Staff Writer, BBC Music Magazine

Freya Parr is BBC Music Magazine's digital editor and staff writer, editing and writing on all styles of music across both the website and print magazine. She has also written for titles including the Guardian, Circus Journal, Frankie and Suitcase Magazine, and runs The Noiseletter, a fortnightly arts and culture publication. Freya's main areas of interest and research lie in 20th-century and contemporary music. She's a regular sea shanty singer, folk obsessive and occasional flautist, pianist, organist and musical theatre director.
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