Handel - Saul / Joshua ˇ Bell ˇ Zazzo ˇ Ovenden ˇ Saks ˇ Slattery ˇ RIAS Kammerchor ˇ Concerto Köln ˇ Jacobs
Editorial Reviews
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Saul is one of Handel's most action-filled, fast-moving oratorios; an opera in everything but name only. It has been lucky on disc--both Paul McCreesh (Archiv) and John Eliot Gardiner (Philips) have led superb readings, and Joachim Carlos Martini leads a good performance on Naxos, which is a bargain. Now René Jacobs and his remarkable Concerto Köln come along and offer a truly majestic reading, filled with real drama and beautiful, precise singing and playing. Tenor Jeremy Ovenden sings Jonathan with nobility and faces down Saul in Act II with style and power. David is sung by countertenor Lawrence Zazzo, and he's as good as the best-recorded competition (Andreas Scholl, Derek Lee Ragin). Emma Bell is ravishing as Merab; Rosemary Joshua makes a fine Joshua. In the title role, Gidon Saks has the spite and big tone to draw a realistic portrait of Saul. This is another feather in René Jacobs' recorded cap. --Robert Levine
Handel - Saul / Joshua ˇ Bell ˇ Zazzo ˇ Ovenden ˇ Saks ˇ Slattery ˇ RIAS Kammerchor ˇ Concerto Köln ˇ Jacobs, Music, Henry Waddington, George Frideric Handel, Rene Jacobs, Lawrence Zazzo, Concerto Köln, Emma Bell, Rosemary Joshua, Finnur Bjarnason, Jeremy Ovenden, Michael Slattery, Choral, Classical, Classical Composers, Opera / Operetta / Oratorio, Oratorio
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