classical music: Christopher Purves     classical music:     Christopher Purves      Mozart: Zaide Olaf Bär, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, ... Harmonia Mundi Fr., 2004 a voice teacher and early music fan TEXT UNFINISHED BUT MUSIC UNDIMINISHED! "Oh, Mozart, immortal Mozart, what countless images of a brighter and better world you have stamped upon our souls!" Thus spake Franz Schubert of Mozart. "Zaide"-Mozart's unfinished work-a Singspiel in two Acts-original ...             Handel - Messiah (complete, in English, historically informed) George Frideric Handel, Jurgen Budday, ... K&K Verlagsanstalt, 2007 a voice teacher and early music fan ROUSING RECITATIVES AND OPULENT ORNAMENTATION CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS 'LIVE' PERFORMANCE FROM MAULBRONN MONESTERY: a most dynamic and highly emotional performance of 'The Messiah'. It astounded me from the very first note and captured my attention to the very end! When ...             Mozart: The Magic Flute Simon Keenlyside, Christopher Purves, ... Chandos, 2005 This 2-CD set soars! Mozart's Magic Flute has stood on its own merit through the ages and needs no comment from this or any other reviewer. It is an opera written of and in a period where what was expressed made sense to the librettist and the intended audience, and independent of the ...             Handel - Alcina / Harteros, Kasarova, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Bolton (Bayerische Staatsoer) George Frideric Handel, Ivor Bolton, ... Farao Records, 2007 A supercast that delivers! One of the most beautiful opera Handel ever wrote! This is taken from Cantos 6 & 7 of Ariosto's 'Orlando Furioso'. The story of the liberation of the Saracen knight Ruggiero from the love enchantment of the sorceress Alcina with the help of his Christian fiancee ...             Purcell: Hail, Bright Cecilia! Charles Pott, Christopher Purves, ... Polygram Records, 1995 Not easy to understand, but worth the effort As well as the St Cecilia ode this disc contains two superb biblical 'verse anthems', the second ending with a lovely and most unusual quiet Alleluia. The disc is thus excellent value in terms of the amount of music provided, the performances have authority and ...             Handel: Messiah [Includes Bonus CD] Christopher Purves, Robert Evans, ... Coro, 2008 Impeccable, not stuffy, from a landmark of early music I had the extreme pleasure of working with Mr. Christophers less than a month after this recording was made when he came to Boston to work with the Handel & Haydn Society on our annual Messiah. What many of us in the choir were expecting was another "white" performance ...             Christmas Mass in Rome Christopher Purves, Paul McCreesh, ... Polygram Records, 1993 Why this one is no longer produced i have no idea... Next to the Praetorius Mass (OUTSTANDING recording...), this is my favorite recording by McCreesh and the Gabrielis (I have 10 or so of their recordings). As this recording is no longer produced (deleted from dg's catalog, in fact - a REAL shame), i paid through the ...             Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro Christopher Purves, William Dazeley, ... Chandos, 2004 A wonderful recording by any standard This performance of The Marriage of Figaro has made me a firm believer in the Opera in English mission. I've had the Solti/London recording for years but never was my response as strong and immediate as to this Chandos release conducted by David Parry. The English ...             Handel: Messiah Christopher Purves, George Frederick Handel, ... Hendrickson Worship, 2007 The best recorded performance of Messiah I've heard This is the newest recording of Messiah and it is wonderful. John Rutter and his band of musicians have captured the essence of this oratorio. Tempi are appropriate and not exessively fast. The balance between choir and orchestra is excellant and the soloists fit the ...             Walton: Belshazzar's Feast Christopher Purves, William Walton, ... Naxos, 2004 High quality recording I wasn't expecting much based on the inexpensive price, but this recording blew me away. The recording is phenomenol. The orchestra is outstanding and the brass section is wholesome (and even has a little edge, in a good way). The choir is powerful and full of ...             Verdi: Masked Ball Anthony Michaels-Moore, Christopher Purves, ... Chandos, 2004 Better off not knowing While I am a fan of the Opera In English series, it is hard to like A Masked Ball in any language. Hearing it in English only emphasizes how lame the plot is. Chandos restores the setting to Sweden as originally intended by Verdi, but it doesn't enhance the story much. ...             Purcell: Ode for St. Cecilia's Day Charles Pott, Christopher Purves, ... Archiv Produktion, 2002             The English Orpheus - A Series of English Discoveries 1600-1800 Christopher Purves, Henry Wickham, ... Hyperion UK, 1994 Delightful - why was this music so underrated? Conductor Peter Holman has done a tremendous service to English baroque music by researching, restoring, staging and recording some of the half-forgotten masterpieces by English composers of the 16th and 17th centuries. This disc is a collection of excerpts from ...             Handel: Rodelinda / Kraemer George Frideric Handel, Nicholas Kraemer, ... Virgin Veritas (EMI), 2002 One of the very best Handel recordings This is a top-notch recording. The three high voices (Daneman, Taylor & Blaze) are absolutely magnificent. They sing with lightness and elegance that, to me, only add to, rather than detract from, the dramatic import of their roles. Amazon's in-house review, ...             Beethoven: Fidelio Christine Brewer, Beethoven Chandos, 2005 FOR THE FIRST TIME --- THE REAL DRAMA OF 'FIDELIO' IS CONVEYED TO ME --- IN MY LANGUAGE! I've never been much of an advocate for opera in English. I mean, to hear typical Italian and French operas, what with the repeats and reprises of the duets, etc, somehow to me greatly lessens the dramatic plausibility of the opera (which, in most cases, are minimally ...          products you might be interested in   search for classical music bayerische, bayerisches, belshazzar, discoveries, historically, staatsorchester      toavi.com    web randomly chosen VHS: Leoncavallo - Pagliacci