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AmsterdamWilliam Christie conducts Handel
Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato, HWV 55
William Christie; Les Arts Florissants; Rachel Redmond; James Way; Andrew Foster-Williams
BarcelonaGabrieli Consort & Players & McCreesh: Christmas cantatas and hymns
Bach
Paul McCreesh; Gabrieli Consort & Players
LondonChristmas Fantasia
Britten, Gauntlett, Fletcher, Rutter, Chilcott, Ireland, Vaughan Williams
Michael Waldron; Elizabeth Karani; Philip Smith; Sally Pryce; London Choral Sinfonia
AmsterdamLe lacrime di Eros
Various: Le lacrime di Eros
Raphaël Pichon; Romeo Castellucci; Dutch National Opera; Huw Montague Rendall; Mariana Flores; Lucile Richardot; Zachary Wilder
LondonVoices Unwrapped: Riot Ensemble - This Lunar Beauty
Gubaidulina, Clyne, Sánchez-Verdú, Elliot, Xenakis
The Riot Ensemble; Sarah Dacey
VallettaAlessandro Scarlatti: Il Giardino di Rose
Scarlatti: La Santissima Annunziata
Massimo Mazzeo; Divino Sospiro
BarcelonaPartenope
Handel: Partenope
William Christie; Gran Teatre del Liceu; Ana Vieira Leite; Helen Charlston; Jacob Lawrence; Matthieu Walendzik
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Les Arts Florissants dazzle in Handel’s Partenope in Lucerne
William Christie leads his legendary orchestra and a group of young singers in a successful performance of Handel’s semi-serious opera.
Luxury casting in Aix for a radiantly transcendent St Matthew Passion
Even outstanding soloists had to wait their turn in this Rolls-Royce performance in Aix-en-Provence.
Brahms' German Requiem proves to be timeless as ever in new edition
The revisions were minor, but the Requiem remained a fitting work for a modern metropolis: reverent, mysterious, a little bit distant but a powerful prayer for peace.
Operatic magic: Ercole Amante at the Opéra Comique
Voices, orchestra staging: everything in this Ercole Amante is light and magic, to the great delight of the Salle Favart audience.
The Gabrielis shine in Purcell's confusing King Arthur
King Arthur is an opera without a plot and, in musical terms at least, Arthur without the King.
Polifemo by Bononcini: a Baroque rarity in Potsdam
An entertaining night of Baroque music, costume and movement, but above all wonderful singing, at the historic Orangerieschloss at Potsdam
Apollo e Dafne at the Handel Festival in Halle
A performance of Handel's short masterpiece Apollo e Dafne at the Halle Handel Festival was somewhat disappointing but Fulvio Bettini impressed in the bass role.
Performers
Apollo's Fire, The Cleveland Baroque OrchestraCappella MediterraneaChœur et Orchestre du Concert SpirituelDivino SospiroEnsemble 1700Ensemble ConstantinopleEnsemble PygmalionGabrieli Consort & PlayersGaechinger CantoreyJove Capella Reial de CatalunyaLe Poème HarmoniqueLes Arts FlorissantsLes Cris de ParisLes Nouveaux CaractèresLondon Choral SinfoniaMusica SecretaNederlandse BachverenigingSolomon's KnotThe Riot EnsembleVox Luminis