Spring 2006 saw the release of our first project.

 

Handel Great Oratorio Duets BIS SACD-1436 Carolyn Sampson, soprano, Robin Blaze, counter tenor, The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Nicholas Kraemer, director Recorded at St Paul’s Church, New Southgate, January 2005 Producer: Ingo Petry. Engineer: Marian Schwebel UK Release: April 3, 2006. Buy this CD on amazon.co.uk Press Cuttings Home

Track	Reference
Georg Friedrich Händel: These labours past	(from Jephtha, HWV70)
Oh peerless maid; Our limpid streams	(from Joshua, HWV64)
Great victor, at your feet I bow	(from Belshazzar, HWV61)
When thou art nigh; To my chaste Susanna’s praise	(from Susanna, HWV66)
To thee, thou glorious son of worth; Streams of pleasure ever flowing	(from Theodora, HWV68)
Welcome as the dawn of day; Ev’ry joy that wisdom knows	(from Solomon, HWV67)
Kind Health descends	(from Ode for the birthday of Queen Anne, HWV74)
O fairest of ten thousand fair; At persecution I can laugh	(from Saul, HWV53)
Where do thy ardours raise me!; Smiling freedom, lovely guest	(from Deborah, HWV51);
Hail wedded love	(from Alexander Balus, HWV65)
Let’s imitate her notes above	(from Alexander’s Feast, HWV75)
Who calls my parting soul	(from Esther, HWV50b)

Pure delight: two of Britain’s most exciting singers together with one of the most vibrant of the English period bands, in a collection of wonderful duets from Händel&requo;s English oratorios and odes. This selection of duets which, while mainly gathered from religious works, focus on that general subject of interest: Love. Love between husband and wife, between Kings and Queens, between lovers, between conqueror and vanquished. In the course of this string of melodious pearls flow streams of pleasure, great victors are greeted and freedom smiles - all depicted with wonderful charm and feeling by Sampson, Blaze and The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment conducted by Nicholas Kraemer.

Please note: The music on this Hybrid Super Audio CD can be played back in Stereo (CD and SACD) as well as in 5.0 Surround sound (SACD).

 

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