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John Cameron, George Frederick Handel, Thomas Beecham
Handel: Solomon
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (18) - Disc #1
1. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 1. No. 1. Overture (without Allegro Minuet)
2. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 1. No. 2. Your harp and cymbals sound
3. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 1. No. 5. Recitative. Almighty pow'r, who rul'st
4. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 1. No. 4. With pious heart and holy tongue
5. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 1. No. 6. Recitative. Imperial Solomon, thy pray'rs are heard
6. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 1. No. 7. Air. Sacred raptures cheer my breast
7. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 1. No. 9. Bless'd be the Lord
8. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 1. No. 10. What though I trace each herb and flow'r
9. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 1. No. 12. Air. Bless'd the day when first my eyes
10. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 1. No. 13. Recitative. Thou fair inhabitant of Nile / Oh Monarch! with each virtue bless'd
11. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 1. No. 14. Welcome as the dawn of day / Myrtle grove
12. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 1. No. 19. Recitative. When thou art absent from my sight
13. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 1. No. 20. Air. With thee the unshelter'd moor I tread
14. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 1. No. 17. Recitative. My blooming fair, come, come away
15. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 1. No. 22. May no rash intruder disturb their soft hours
16. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 1. No. 44. Sinfonia (The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba)
17. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 1. No. 45. Recitative. From Arabia's spicy shores
18. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 1. No. 46. Air. Ev'ry sight these eyes behold
Track Listings (19) - Disc #2
1. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 1. No. 47. Recitative. Sweep, sweep the string
2. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 1. No. 48. Music, spread thy voice around
3. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 1. No. 49. Air. Now a different measure try / No. 50. Shake the dome, and pierce the sky
4. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 1. No. 51. Recitative. Then at once from rage remove
5. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 1. No. 52. Draw the tear from hopeless love
6. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 1. No. 53. Recitative. Next the tortured soul release
7. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 1. No. 54. Thus the rolling surges rise
8. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 1. No. 55. Recitative. Thy harmony's divine, great king!
9. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 1. No. 23. From the center curling rise
10. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 2. No. 38. From the East unto the West
11. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 2. No. 58. Air. Golden columns, fair and bright
12. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 2. No. 42. Air for a Peasant Girl. Beneath the vine, or fig-tree's shade
13. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 2. No. 60. Recitative. Gold now is common on our happy shores
14. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 2. No. 61. Air. How green our fertile pastures look
15. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 2. No. 43. Swell, swell the full chorus
16. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 2. No. 62. Recitative. May peace in Salem ever dwell!
17. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 2. No. 63. Air. Will the sun forget to streak
18. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 2. No. 64. Recitative. Adieu, fair Queen
19. Solomon, oratorio, HWV 67: Part 2. No. 59. Praise the Lord with harp and tongue

CD Details

All Artists: John Cameron, George Frederick Handel, Thomas Beecham, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Elsie Morison, Lois Marshall, Alexander Young
Title: Handel: Solomon
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Somm Recordings
Release Date: 10/26/2004
Genre: Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 675754784928, 7488712517246

CD Reviews

The Best of both Handel and Beecham

Kenneth B. Cook | Cohasset, MA | 03/24/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I bought Beecham's Solomon on the original Seraphim 33s back in about 1958. I've played it so much that the old 33s were filled with scratches and skips and finally became unplayable. I listened to a new performance on CD, and could not enjoy it because it just didn't sound like Handel.

I continued to check for a remastering of Beecham's version, and finally, it's here! It was and is the best interpretation of Solomon that I've ever heard. If Beecham has left out some of the original score, he did it for sound reasons.

Beecham put together a performance of Messiah with Jennifer Vivian, Monica Sinclair, etc. that is far and away the best of that Handel work. It's presumptuous of conductors coming along after Beecham to think that they can improve on Beecham's interpretation of any Handel work, certainly including Solomon."