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Solomon


Reviews (13)


Classics today

2006

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David Vernier

2006

"This is one of those recordings that from the opening moments assures you that you won't be going anywhere - it's that good, it's that compelling, and it's absolutely essential".


Politiken

d. 29. Jan. 2008

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Thomas Michelsen

d. 29. Jan. 2008

"Kræfterne på denne indspilning er fremragende ensembler fra Händels tyske fødeland og velkendte, glimrende solister fra hans nye hjemland. Resultatet er sprød højbarok med en flot alt (Sarah Connolly) i rollen som den salomoniske konge ... Dronningen af Saba (Carolyn Sampson) kommer forbi og synger en dejlig duet med bibelkongen, og Susan Gritton har et højdepunkt af en hyrdearie, inden højstemte hyldesttoner i form et dobbeltkor ... runder fortællingen af i korspecialisten Daniel Reuss' roligt flydende fortolkning".


BBC music magazine

2007 December

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George Hall (musikanmelder)

2007 December

"Some of it magnificence comes over in the new Harmonia Mundi recording, sith sleek playing from the Berlin period instruments players, though the choir sounds too slim-line for the big moments. The sound, too, could do with more clarity ... Daniel Reuss's conducting is slack".


Diapason

2007 novembre

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Ivan A. Alexandre

2007 novembre


Fono Forum

2023 Juli

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Reinmar Emans

2023 Juli

"Wir wissen dass Händel bei der Uraufführung 1749 mehr Musiker zur Verfügung standen als Alarcón. Für die prachtvollen Chöre und die bombastischen Szenen mit Pauken und Trompeten bedeutet dies aber kaum Abstriche. da sowohl Chor als auch Orchester mit Eleganz und dem gehörigen Nachdruck aufwarten. Die Vokalsolisten sind sehr adäquat bis luxuriös besetzt".


Diapason

2023 avril

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Luca Dupont-Spirio

2023 avril


BBC music magazine

2023 April

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Berta Joncus

2023 April

"Choral & song choice: This is the best-ever recording of Solomon, and a highpoint for conductor Leonardo Garcia Alarcón's career ... The band thrills to Alarcón's gestures, delivering crisp rhythms, furious tempos - the Arrival of the Queen of Sheba is not to be missed - and languorous lines ... But the chorus is the star of this show. Handel reserved his most ingenious writing in Solomon for his world-class choristers, and the Namur chamber choir is their match".


The gramophone

2006 February

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Richard Wigmore

2006 February

"Gardiner is responsive to the work's unique opulence and its fragrant pastoral tinta ... Gardiner's Solomon, Carolyn Watkinson, sounds far more involved than McCreesh's Andreas Scholl".


Fono Forum

2006 Juni

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Peter T. Köster

2006 Juni

"Der Monteverdi Choir hinterlässt ... den besten Eindruck. Die English Baroque Soloists spielen ... arg kurzatmig, Carolyn Watkinson in der Titelpartie hat gegenüber ihren männlichen Kollegen Anthony Rolfe Johnson und Stephen Varcoe einen schweren Stand".


The gramophone

2023 May

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David Vickers

2023 May

"Alarcón's propulsive interpretation ... is 10 minutes quicker than Paul McCreesh's landmark recording ... The undue rush causes adverse consequences to musico-dramatic lucidity ... Solomon's accompagnato 'Almighty pow'r' is performed eloquently by Christopher Lowrey ... The finest stretch of Alarcón's performance is Part 3's masque presenting different musical moods that 'rouse each passion'".


Weekendavisen

d. 20. Sep. 2002

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Jyllands-posten

d. 16. Mar. 1999

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Politiken

d. 23. Mar. 1999

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