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It was going to take a massive earthquake or food poisoning to derail this lineup of Nelson, Battle, Horne, Ramey, Aler, Chance, Mackie, the inimitable Sylvia McNair, Doss, the Ambrosian Opera Chorus, and the English Chamber Orchestra.
Alas, the seismic meters were calm and the seafood impeccably washed.
The result is a sterling performance of the ‘other’ George Frideric Handel, the one who applied his gift for oratorio to pagan as well as Christian themes.
Nelson conducts a flawless and energetic performance that leaves one almost to conclude that there is nothing in this score’s potentiality that has not been brought out and made to glimmer.
Lovers of Handel need not know Semele to appreciate its virtuosity. Deutsche Grammophon has encased it all in the kind of presentation that does justice to the quality within.
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