Dunedin Consort’s pioneering recording presents a brand new performing version of one of Handel’s greatest dramatic works, Samson. • For the first time listeners can enjoy an authentic Handelian chorus, comprising both solo sopranos and boy trebles – a sonority largely unheard in the modern age. • The singers available to Handel for the work’s first set of performances in 1743 varied considerably, leading many researchers to speculate upon the composer’s own preferences. • But new thinking by director John Butt has led to the evolution of this recording and to what he considers to be the definitive performance in line with Handel’s intentions. • This powerful oratorio – an opera in all but name – features Joshua Ellicott in the title role with soloists Sophie Bevan, Matthew Brook, Mary Bevan, Hugo Hymas, Jess Dandy, Vitali Rozynko and Fflur Wyn. • Matching the revelatory historical practice begun in its award-winning recording of Messiah (Dublin Version, 1742), the soloists lead their sections to unite the solo and choral forces, creating a highly effective and cohesive sound. • With rich orchestration and highlights such as ‘Let the bright seraphim’ and ‘Total eclipse’, Samson is Dunedin Consort’s most ambitious undertaking to date
FECHA DE PUBLICACIÓN
08/11/2019
INTÉRPRETES
Dunedin Consort
John Butt, dirección
CONTENIDO
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759):
Samson, HWV 57
Disc 1: 1-3: Symphony
4-12: Act I Scene I
13-19: Act I Scene 2
20-35: Act I Scene 3
Disc 2:
1-4: Act 2 Scene I
5-15: Act 2 Scene 2
16-19: Act 2 Scene 3
20-31: Act 2 Scene 4
Disc 3:
1-9: Act 3 Scene I
10-18: Act 3 Scene 2
19-25: Act 3 Scene 3