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Handel - Israel in Egypt | Naxos 857096667

Handel - Israel in Egypt

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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 857096667

Barcode: 0747313096671

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 27th October 2008

Contents

Artists

Laura Albino
Nils Brown
Jennifer Enns Modolo
Peter Mahon
Eve Rachel McLeod
Jason Nedecky
Bud Roach
Jennie Such
Sean Watson
Aradia Ensemble

Conductor

Kevin Mallon

Works

Handel, George Frideric

Israel in Egypt, HWV54

Artists

Laura Albino
Nils Brown
Jennifer Enns Modolo
Peter Mahon
Eve Rachel McLeod
Jason Nedecky
Bud Roach
Jennie Such
Sean Watson
Aradia Ensemble

Conductor

Kevin Mallon

About

Handel’s oratorio Israel in Egypt was written three years before the Messiah and, like the Messiah, is somewhat atypical of the composer’s oratorios.

Scored for double chorus and an orchestra using trombones, trumpets, timpani, woodwinds and strings with continuo, Israel in Egypt contains relatively little solo material but is dominated by large-scale virtuosic choruses that fully exploit Handel’s lavish and sophisticated word-painting.

Set pieces for which the work is most famous include swarming strings representing flies in ‘He spake the word’, the furious brass and timpani in ‘He gave them hailstones for rain’ and the famous depiction of frogs in the aria ‘Their land brought forth frogs’.

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