Handel Israel in Egypt - The People Shall Hear and Be Afraid
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Very beautiful.What an amazing choir!Thanks for posting this.
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Tremendous chorus indeed. Tovey admitted he was exaggerating just a bit about it, only to draw attention on this extraordinary work. The present recording is a bit dry, with too close mics perhaps. And I guess they employed boy trebles.
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Donald Tovey--19th century British musician and critic--declared this the greatest of all Handel choruses. Well, what about it--does it displace even the celebrated Hallelujah chorus? You know, I'm not sure . . . . . . . .
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Donald Tover--19th century British musician and critic--declared this the greatest of all Handel choruses. Well, what about it--does it displace even the celebrated Hallelujah chorus? You know, I'm not sure . . . . . . . .
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i feel like i've heard this in a movie possibly? would anyone happen to know which one? i remember really liking it when i heard it in the movie
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excellent!
Oh my God - this is a marvellous recording. I'm melting away when I hear this... Which choir is singing ?? Could it be Gabrieli Consort ?
stigekalder 1 year ago
@stigekalder It is by John Eliot Gardiner and the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra.
with William Kendall, J. Clarkson, B. Gordon, Christopher Royall, Marilyn Sansom, Ashley Stafford, Paul Elliott, Elisabeth Priday, Stephen Varcoe, M. Troth, Charles [bass vocal] Stewart, Alistair Ross, D. Greene, Malcolm Hicks, Jean Knibbs
codonauta 1 year ago