Product Description Harry Christophers and The Sixteen have long been celebrated for their recordings and performances of Handel. In the past three decades, Christophers and his award-winning ensemble have expanded their Handel repertoire, taking on his greatest works. This 12-CD boxed set features a selection of their finest Handel performances along with three remarkable solo albums of The Sixteen's celebrated orchestra and acclaimed sopranos Sarah Connolly, Ann Murray and Elin Manahan Thomas. Review This disc ranks as The Sixteen's most exciting achievement in its impressive Handel discography. --GramophonePowerful choral singing from The Sixteen and alert playing by the period-instrument band make this the most pleasurable Samson yet recorded. --Sunday TimesA dazzling revelation of melodic freshness and inventive touch...Ann Murray sings superlatively. --BBC Music Magazine
C**X
bad choice
Don't buy, unless you want to listen ONLY on a vintage, dedicated CD player - uses some British copy-protection that precludes playing on a home music center DVD/CD player, or with Windows Media player, or Windows Media Center, or copying to a hard drive in a music library: i.e - useless.
T**N
A little more information would be nice.
Sorry, this is not an actual review, though I have given ***** stars based on my experience with other recordings by this group. Some of these pieces (specfically, the oratorios) seem to have been recorded more than once by The Sixteen, but with a different orchestra each time. Can someone who has this set tell me which orchestra was used for these recordings? Then I could look up each original album on Amazon and read the feedback specific for that piece.
M**Y
Fantastic Collection!
I have this Handel Collection and love it. Contrary to the other review which described this Handel Collection as 'useless', mine works perfectly well on my new CD player, on Windows Media Player and on itunes. I highly recommend this collection for any music lover.
M**O
Espectacular.
Simplemente maravilloso. Y la presentación merece todos los elogios. Bravo por este magnífico trabajo recopilatorio.
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