Handel: Chandos Anthems – review
Conductor Stephen Layton draws crisp singing and playing from his choir and orchestra on this excellent recording, writes Stephen Pritchard
Handel/Mozart/Mosel: Timotheus oder Die Gewalt der Musik – review
Half of Vienna, and Nicholas Kenyon, contribute to an extraordinary live recording conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Joshua; La Bohème – review
Opera North's updated staging of Handel's Joshua was a rousing, low-budget triumph, writes Fiona Maddocks
Imeneo – review
The tone of Handel's score indicates that he intended it to be taken lightly. Director Paul Curran, though, goes overboard in playing up its comic aspects, writes George Hall
Handel Bad Guys – review
The album reminds us that Handel characterises evil with the same complexity with which he depicts good. It forms a superb showcase for an exceptional singer, says Tim Ashley
Brahms: Piano Sonata No 3; Handel Variations – review
Pianist Jonathan Plowright dazzles on works by Brahms and Handel, writes Stephen Pritchard
Handel: Arias for Bass – review
Handel associated bass voices with iniquity – but Christopher Purves shows there was psychological insight there, too, says Tim Ashley
The Enchanted Island – review
Jeremy Sams's baroque pastiche is enlivened by a stellar cast and William Christie's fine conducting, writes Nicholas Kenyon
Handel: Song for St Cecilia’s Day – review
Ludus Baroque's new Handel disc beguiles Stephen Pritchard
Prom 8: Judas Maccabaeus – review
It its Proms premiere, Handel's piece about the Jewish revolt against the Seleucid Empire didn't always capture its force, says Tim Ashley
Handel: Alceste – review
These vocal and orchestral numbers don't really hang together but the Early Opera Company do wonderful things with them anyway, says Tim Ashley
Rameau, Lully, Purcell, Handel: Une fête Baroque! – review
Hats off to Emanuelle Haïm, who leads the fun and frolics in this starry baroque fest, writes Nicholas Kenyon
Il Pastor Fido – review
Handel's supposedly problematic opera came good under David Bates, immaculately sung and free of self-indulgence, writes Tim Ashley
Maxim Vengerov/Itamar Golan – review
Maxim Vengerov made an aggressively noble tilt at Bach's D Minor Partita, and Itamar Golan matched him on the Beethoven, writes Tim Ashley
Handel: Il pastor fido – review
La Nuova Musica bring Handel's Il pastor fido to vibrant life, writes Nicholas Kenyon