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Bestes für die Besten: Händels Israel in Egypt zum 60. des Monteverdi Choir

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“Der Monteverdi schlägt ein wie ein Blitz – hoffentlich „for ever and ever“!”
Reviewed at Elbphilharmonie: Grand Hall, Hamburg on 26 March 2024
Handel, Israel in Egypt
English Baroque Soloists
Monteverdi Choir
Peter Whelan, Conductor
A rare Handel pastoral ode at Carnegie Hall
****1
Gardiner and the English Baroque Soloists roll back the centuries
****1
Semele crashes and burns, but Louise Alder soars up at Ally Pally
****1
Gardiner steps into his Ring of Cantatas in Leipzig
****1
A religious experience at Prague Spring
****1
Evil triumphs beautifully in Monteverdi 450 Poppea
****1
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