Handel: Solomon (complete oratorio)
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Solomon (complete oratorio)
Sarah Connolly (alto) Susan Gritton (sop) Carolyn Sampson (sop) Mark Padmore (ten) / Akademie fAr Alte Musik Berlin / Daniel Reuss (dir)
[ Harmonia Mundi HMHeritage / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 20 September 2016
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Handel was 63 years old when he composed Solomon, one of his final masterpieces. This monumental oratorio depicts the three highpoints of the biblical king's life: the building of the temple, the famous judgment, and the visit of the Queen of Sheba. With a dramatic instinct keener than ever, the composer did not hesitate to combine political and patriotic reflections with exaltation of carnal love and celebration of earthly riches. This 'perfect marriage of music and English words', as Winton Dean has called it, caused the composer serious financial difficulties in 1749 on account of the exceptional forces it required - but today, under the baton of Daniel Reuss, it finds performers totally devoted to its noble cause!
This is where the ever popular 'Arrival of the Queen of Sheba' comes from.
