Helmut Koch, Rundfunk-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin - George Frideric Handel: Judas Maccabaus (1996)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 809 Mb | Total time: 78:21+77:44 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Berlin Classics | 0091122BC | Recorded: 1966
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 809 Mb | Total time: 78:21+77:44 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Berlin Classics | 0091122BC | Recorded: 1966
Oratorios were to become Handelís favorite form of composition from the late 1730ís onward, and of the impressive series of works written during the last two decades of his life the oratorio Judas Maccabaeus was the most successful of this genre, eclipsing even The Messiah in popularity. Handel and librettist Reverend Thomas Morell drew upon the story of the revolt of the Israelites in 168 B.C. against the decree of Antiochus IV forbidding the practice of their religion, focusing on Judas Maccabaeus, the fearless supreme commander in the battle for freedom.