Handel Water Music

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Looks like the superb Hervé Niquet conducting Le Concert Spirituel, Bbm; a recording I didn't previously know about. I have difficulty reading the label: GLOSSA?

(I'm very fond of Jordi Savall's recording.)

[Caliban]

I am afraid I could'nt quite see who the artists are on this recording?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Handel-Fireworks-Concert-Spirituel-Niquet/dp/B001DETDGO

Here you go - Niquet & his Concert Spirituel on Glossa.

Expensive though - nearly 20 quid! SACD...?

[HighlandDougie]

Or, using Hafod's Spanish discovery

http://www.amazon.es/s/ref=nb_sb_nos...niquet&x=0&y=0

which, even with postage, is cheaper. I have the same recording in a pre-SACD 2-channel issue, also from Glossa, as well as the above version.

[Pegleg]

Another vote for Robert King 's Handel/Telemann recording now at bargian price on Helios.

http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc...CDH55375&vw=dc

Jordi Savall's is good. It's a pity his concert peformances can, as for exampe the one broadcast from 2009 Edinburgh Festival, seem as if he's pressed the fast forward button, taking everything at breakneck speed.

I've only heard bits of the 2-channel version of the Hervé Niquet recording. Don't forget his 2012 Prom:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/whats-on/2012/july-18/14226

With 80 musicians, it should be a blast.

[Caliban]

Or, using Hafod's Spanish discovery

http://www.amazon.es/s/ref=nb_sb_nos...niquet&x=0&y=0

which, even with postage, is cheaper. I have the same recording in a pre-SACD 2-channel issue, also from Glossa, as well as the above version.

Oooh blimey, I had no idea! Thanks!




(Why on earth has the link in my #12 not shown up as such?! It's in the same format at all the others. Oh well... t'vagaries of t'internet.... )

[AmpH]

Kubelik with the Berlin Philharmonic has for me always captured the spirit of this music the best and in a way which completely eludes most of the HIPP recordings I have heard - honourable exceptions being those of Robert King and Trevor Pinnock mentioned in other posts which I have enjoyed. I also like the Scottish Chamber Orchestra under Sir Alexander Gibson.

[Rolmill]

Kubelik with the Berlin Philharmonic has for me always captured the spirit of this music the best....

Yes, this was the version I grew up with and loved on LP. I also enjoy Il Fondamento's recording on Vanguard Classics, coupled with the Telemann suite.

The glowing reviews (here and elsewhere) of the Niquet make it very tempting, though.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Kubelik with the Berlin Philharmonic has for me always captured the spirit of this music the best ...

I think this one was in Gramophone's top 75 recordings of all time.

[Bryn]

Just to give a taste of the Niquet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABaYmjWQWSA

I must admit I paid around £12 for the SACD at the time of its UK release. I already had the CD version, but could not resist the 'upgrade'.

The 'ripe' intonation is no accident, by the way. It is based on hard core research. Lots of pertinent info in the booklets which accompanies the CD and SACD versions.

[Bryn]

... Don't forget his 2012 Prom:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/whats-on/2012/july-18/14226

With 80 musicians, it should be a blast.

That one had escaped my attention. Thanks, it's a must!