Peter Neumann, Collegium Cartusianum, Kölner Kammerchor - George Frideric Handel: Joshua (2008)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 539 Mb | Total time: 49:36+73:04 | Scans included
Classical | Label: MDG | # 332 1532-2 | Recorded: 2007
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 539 Mb | Total time: 49:36+73:04 | Scans included
Classical | Label: MDG | # 332 1532-2 | Recorded: 2007
Joshua is not one of Handel’s great oratorios. Although it is patterned on the previous year’s Judas Maccabaeus with a perfunctory love story tacked on, Morrell’s mediocre libretto did not inspire Handel to the heights of their earlier collaboration. But there are some very good things in Joshua , and second-rate Handel is better than music from some composers’ top drawer, so Joshua is worthy of the occasional performance and recording.