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Jared wrote:

fergus wrote:

as you will no doubt know Fergus, the BBC Music Mag has its own 'Building a Library' section. The Xmas edition focussed on the Schutz Christmas Story, and you'll be pleased to learn that that version came in the 4th, 'highly commended' slot...

Jose Echenique wrote:

When Germanico was recorded the authorship was in dispute, the booklet gives some hints that it MIGHT be by Handel, composed in his early years in Italy, though I have to say that it doesn´t sound like early Handel at all, that´s immediately obvious. Well, it was DHM´s bad luck that shortly after it was released it was authenticated by Giovanni Bononcini, and that seems about right, it does sound like Bononcini.
The authorship dispute apart, it is a lovely opera, with gorgeous music, and the recording is marvelous, with exquisite singing by Sara Mingardo, the Argentinian countertenor Franco Fagioli and soprano Maria Grazia Schiavo of la Cappella de´Turchini. The group Il Rossignolo making it´s recording debut is also excellent. An opera very much worth hearing, just remember, it´s not by Handel.

Dane wrote:

Just giving this a spin as I have the whole evening! I've come to like Asahina with
Bruckner - he was originally persuaded to take up the Bruckner cause by Furtwangler.
It's a nicely balanced recording and he takes the finale at a nice pace, the polka is
light and doesn't sound like dirge like some conductors take it.

:)